The scary part...

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  1. magnifier661

    magnifier661 B-A-N-A-N-A-S!

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    Wanna know the real scary part?! What happens if this team can always play the second halves like we've had the last 5 games?
     
  2. Natebishop3

    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    In the early games he was using a floater, but I haven't seen him use it in a while. I'm wondering if he lost his confidence in that shot.
     
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    Pinwheel1 Well-Known Member

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    I saw him make one in one of the last two games. (Can't remember which) I remember it for the reasons stated above, it is a huge difference maker. Hopefully he keeps working at it.
     
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    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    How 'bout we just smash NYC tomorrow from the get go and get our starters some rest and our bench some quality PT.
     
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    hhhoggg NOMAAM

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    I'm all for that, keeps the blood pressure down. I read butterball is day to day, if he's smart he would just head down to VooDoo Donuts and avoid the RG.
     
  6. BlazerCaravan

    BlazerCaravan Hug a Bigot... to Death

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    He was missing them pretty much always so yeah I bet he has because he's not good at the shot yet
     
  7. Nikolokolus

    Nikolokolus There's always next year

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    They can't ... and won't. We've seen this kind of thing from teams before and those that consistently try to play from behind, eventually run out of whatever mojo or energy it takes to come back from double digits deficits night after night.
     
  8. Natebishop3

    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    He needs to develop it. It's one of the reasons why Curry is so unstoppable.
     
  9. Nikolokolus

    Nikolokolus There's always next year

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    That would be nice. All of these come from behind wins are thrilling and fun to watch, but they take a fuck ton of energy out of our starting unit and eventually that's going to come back to haunt us.
     
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    blue9 Well-Known Member

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    Watching the game the other night left zero doubt about just how much better Curry is than Lillard. I like Lillard - REALLY glad we have him. But he isn't even close to Curry's level. Only similarities are their 3-point shooting. Still, I don't think I'd swap him for Curry because Curry is so slight and can get injured if someone just looks at him the wrong way.
     
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    BlazerCaravan Hug a Bigot... to Death

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    As long as we don't have to all the dang time, we should be fine. Right now, we've been down at halftime 6 times, and up 8 times. Except for the Chicago game, we've been down single digits each time. We're not dropping down 18 every time and grinding it back wasting a ton of energy. We're down but keeping it close, generally.

    I feel good about how the team plays overall, but we could sure use two days off soon... after that, I think we'll re-center ourselves again.
     

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