Game 23: Golden State Warriors (15-8) 128 - Toronto Raptors 131 (19-4)

[Nilanka]

I'm dying (not like Sager)

Charles Barkley hilariously makes fun of Kevin Durant's body: "Jesus... Is that a cadaver?" Ernie: "He had 51 points." Charles: "He would have 55 if he had a hamburger." pic.twitter.com/wKWPlB0GYf

— OLDSKOOLBBALL (@Oldskoolbball1) November 30, 2018

[Hotshot]

[rocwell]

[MixxAOR]

[rocwell]

damn so much attention.

[KeonClark]

Pippen ain't easy

[MixxAOR]

damn lol people went bonkers over RS game

[golden]

"Waah. The US media never talks about us."

[The Great One]

I'm more interested to see what the Canadian media has to say. What did they say about this game? Nylander is going to sign.....oh wait.

[Jclaw]

wait...what?! We don't have 10 pages on the Cleveland game yet? Guess everyone is a little worn out from that overtime.

[G__Deane]

So Webber made an interesting point last night, that we don't often talk about.

I'm paraphrasing, but the gist of it was that late in the 4th quarter, "open shots" simply aren't good enough. You need your best players taking the best shots. This might've been said around the 6 minute mark of the 4th when Durant was single-handedly cutting into the lead, and OG was repeatedly clanking wide open 3s.

Do you think this is something Nurse addresses? Or is any open shot a good shot at any point in time?

I have said for 6 months that I don't want poor 3-shooters to be taking too many threes just beofre they're open. I don't want them to try to be open lol

Contrary to some beliefs, you can't will a 30% 3 pt point shooter into a 40% 3 pt shooter just because they start to take them in volume or even just because they work to be open. Kawhi, Lowry, Green and Miles (when he's on) are the only guys that should be TRYING to be open in their spots. Then Fred and Serge and Wright. To a lesser extent, Siakam who I want to work on his stroke and JV.

Not everyojne jacking up threes because it's the noveau thing to do. Sometimes you can't make chicken soup outof chicken poop lol

[G__Deane]

Over the Warriors last three games, Kevin Durant is averaging:
48.0 points,
10.0 rebounds,
7.3 assists and
1.3 blocks,
while shooting 52.2% from the floor, 40% from 3PT territory and 95.2% from the free-throw line.

— Tommy Beer (@TommyBeer) November 30, 2018

But evidently he's not top 3 in the game lol

[G__Deane]

Kawhi's team is 19-4. Durant's team is 5-6 without Curry.

Kawhi > Durant.

Team doesn't equal player....you're STILL wrong but it's cool you don't get it

TORONTO — Another Golden State Warriors outing, another monstrous scoring night for Kevin Durant, and another reminder that we’re witnesses to an all-time great in his prime.

Durant dropped 51 points on Thursday, marking his third-straight game of at least 44 — the first player in a decade to make that claim — while carrying an average of 48 points per game in that span.

[Hotshot]

Last night's win over the Warriors was the most-watched Raptors regular season game ever on TSN with 564k viewers. 1.9 million Canadians tuned in to some part of the game. The previous most-watched reg season game was last month's season opener (528k). The Kawhi effect is real.

— Josh Lewenberg (@JLew1050) November 30, 2018

[G__Deane]

Have Drake and Kawhi even spoken to each other or interacted during a game this season? I've seen Lowry speak with him but not Kawhi.

Just another reason to love Kawhi