edit: there's also reports that Aron Baynes broke his nose in game 6 on friday night then still started last night while playing 19 minutes.
Thanks I figured it had to be illness/ medical
m
I don't know if this is what exactly happened but i know someone who had nasal surgery not too long ago and he ended up with two black eyes after the surgery. Could be this was what happened with Kyrie and he didn't want to sit on the bench looking like that.
@Coinstartled said:
Paul is listed as game day decision. Would be surprising if he didn't play.
for Houston to have any chance, he has to play. they simply do not have enough players on the roster who can log heavy minutes and can help score at Golden State's pace without him.
i didn't watch game 6, but the outcome was what i anticipated. actually, it was worse than what i expected because the Rockets were up by 17 after the first quarter. that's a 46-pt turnaround over the next three for those scoring at home.
Luc Mbah a Moute got the lion's share of Paul's minutes and he's a guy who has literally forgotten how to put the ball in the hole. he has played 54 minutes in the series and scored a grand total of 5 points. he wouldn't even sniff the court tonight were it not for Paul's injury, but they will be forced to play him it appears. others who could potentially be called upon to offset CP3's loss of production: Ryan Anderson (21 mins in the series, zero points), Aaron Jackson (8 mins, 4 pts), Nene Hilario (6 mins, zero points), and an antiquated Joe Johnson (20 mins, 6 points).
in other words, the situation is laughably dire. without Chris Paul, the Rockets are bringing a knife to a gunfight. sure, they might slash the Warriors a time or two (a la the 1st quarter in G6), but once Golden St comes to, they will unload a clip on Houston.
I love the analogies. It's really too bad CP3 got hurt. I like CP#'s game much better than Harden.
it is very unfortunate. in a way, the NBA is starting to remind me of the NFL: the best players get hurt, and as a result the product is diluted on the court. can you imagine how epic tonight's game would be with a healthy Paul? or a fully-loaded Celtics team with Irving & Hayward awaiting the victor? the NBA's popularity would be off the charts this postseason.
here's another analogy: CP3 is the oil that lubricates the engine. seriously, Houston's offense doesn't run nearly as smoothly without him. when they won 4 & 5, they turned the ball over 10 times each game. without Paul in game 6, they turned the ball over 21 times. the team is a school of fish completely out of water without him. if he doesn't play tonight, James Harden will make you scream because he's going to try and do it all to save the season. and once that happens, there will be a lot of ugliness. they won 65 games and advanced this far because those two guys work well in tandem........not one attempting to be Superman without the other.
edit: Coin just said Paul is out. game over, season over. Golden St/Cleveland: Act IV
@Coinstartled said:
Galaxy, so GS has already won and we should watch the Great Escape instead tonight?
if Houston wins tonight, I'll PayPal you $50 so you can chip away at a nice meal with your special lady. i'm dead serious and i'll be more than happy to do so if it comes to fruition.
i just have no faith for the reasons mentioned above
@Coinstartled said:
Galaxy, so GS has already won and we should watch the Great Escape instead tonight?
if Houston wins tonight, I'll PayPal you $50 so you can chip away at a nice meal with your special lady. i'm dead serious and i'll be more than happy to do so if it comes to fruition.
i just have no faith for the reasons mentioned above
@Coinstartled said:
Galaxy, so GS has already won and we should watch the Great Escape instead tonight?
if Houston wins tonight, I'll PayPal you $50 so you can chip away at a nice meal with your special lady. i'm dead serious and i'll be more than happy to do so if it comes to fruition.
i just have no faith for the reasons mentioned above
@Coinstartled said:
Galaxy, so GS has already won and we should watch the Great Escape instead tonight?
if Houston wins tonight, I'll PayPal you $50 so you can chip away at a nice meal with your special lady. i'm dead serious and i'll be more than happy to do so if it comes to fruition.
i just have no faith for the reasons mentioned above
Remember what Yogi said.......
correct, which is why i should be forced to pay for jumping the gun. and i will pay if i'm wrong........literally.
@Coinstartled said:
Galaxy, so GS has already won and we should watch the Great Escape instead tonight?
if Houston wins tonight, I'll PayPal you $50 so you can chip away at a nice meal with your special lady. i'm dead serious and i'll be more than happy to do so if it comes to fruition.
i just have no faith for the reasons mentioned above
@Coinstartled said:
Galaxy, so GS has already won and we should watch the Great Escape instead tonight?
if Houston wins tonight, I'll PayPal you $50 so you can chip away at a nice meal with your special lady. i'm dead serious and i'll be more than happy to do so if it comes to fruition.
i just have no faith for the reasons mentioned above
@Coinstartled said:
Galaxy, so GS has already won and we should watch the Great Escape instead tonight?
if Houston wins tonight, I'll PayPal you $50 so you can chip away at a nice meal with your special lady. i'm dead serious and i'll be more than happy to do so if it comes to fruition.
i just have no faith for the reasons mentioned above
@Coinstartled said:
Galaxy, so GS has already won and we should watch the Great Escape instead tonight?
if Houston wins tonight, I'll PayPal you $50 so you can chip away at a nice meal with your special lady. i'm dead serious and i'll be more than happy to do so if it comes to fruition.
i just have no faith for the reasons mentioned above
@Coinstartled said:
Galaxy, so GS has already won and we should watch the Great Escape instead tonight?
Season Premier of Six ( Navy Seals ) starts tonight. That’s being DVR’d. Watching Stanley Cup Finals as I type. Vegas Vs Caps. Love this
mark
Walker Proof Digital Album Fellas, leave the tight pants to the ladies. If I can count the coins in your pockets you better use them to call a tailor. Stay thirsty my friends......
@Coinstartled said:
Galaxy, so GS has already won and we should watch the Great Escape instead tonight?
if Houston wins tonight, I'll PayPal you $50 so you can chip away at a nice meal with your special lady. i'm dead serious and i'll be more than happy to do so if it comes to fruition.
i just have no faith for the reasons mentioned above
Remember what Yogi said.......
Nobody goes there anymore, it's too crowded?
I'll be there, with the fifty bucks!
If Curry has an off night, ya got a shot. If he's on, well then Galaxy gets to keep his 50 bucks.
National Anthem sung, here we go, boys!!! listening to the in-house announcer introducing the Warriors and can only think he should be taken to the woodshed and beaten with a knotted plow-line. how ridiculous.
@galaxy27 said:
end of first quarter - coin is at the strip club being teased to death
Rule number one at the strip club is don’t make eye contact with the ugly ones.
m
Walker Proof Digital Album Fellas, leave the tight pants to the ladies. If I can count the coins in your pockets you better use them to call a tailor. Stay thirsty my friends......
Wow. I just was looking at yesterday’s box score. James played all 48 minutes. Just wow
m
Walker Proof Digital Album Fellas, leave the tight pants to the ladies. If I can count the coins in your pockets you better use them to call a tailor. Stay thirsty my friends......
Walker Proof Digital Album Fellas, leave the tight pants to the ladies. If I can count the coins in your pockets you better use them to call a tailor. Stay thirsty my friends......
Wow Harden got whacked twice on back to back threes with no call. I honestly don’t know how they missed those. That’s probably 5 or 6 lost points. Terrible
m
Walker Proof Digital Album Fellas, leave the tight pants to the ladies. If I can count the coins in your pockets you better use them to call a tailor. Stay thirsty my friends......
@galaxy27 said:
end of 1st half - 5 hotties take coin on stage, remove his shirt, strap him into a chair, and whip out the body paint
Caligula?
m
Walker Proof Digital Album Fellas, leave the tight pants to the ladies. If I can count the coins in your pockets you better use them to call a tailor. Stay thirsty my friends......
Dimeman is seeing ticky-tack fouls called while Mark points out the obvious, that the Refs are making more no-calls than anything. Golden State looks easily beatable just off the first half. now if the Rockets can withstand the third quarter that has been the Warriors bread and butter all year they may win the game.
the Warriors are playing sloppy and being beaten at the point of attack with some very good defensive switching.
@keets said:
Dimeman is seeing ticky-tack fouls called while Mark points out the obvious, that the Refs are making more no-calls than anything. Golden State looks easily beatable just off the first half. now if the Rockets can withstand the third quarter that has been the Warriors bread and butter all year they may win the game.
the Warriors are playing sloppy and being beaten at the point of attack with some very good defensive switching.
keets - if you will check the time of my post on ticky tack fouls - you will see that I was referring to the first minute or so of the 1st quarter.
Holy crap Houston is getting hosed by the guys with the whistle. Hope it cuts both ways later. I usually never mention the refs but this is really awful.
Nope. Getting worse.
m
Walker Proof Digital Album Fellas, leave the tight pants to the ladies. If I can count the coins in your pockets you better use them to call a tailor. Stay thirsty my friends......
@Justacommeman said:
Holy crap Houston is getting hosed by the guys with the whistle. Hope it cuts both ways later. I usually never mention the refs but this is really awful.
Nope. Getting worse.
m
It's going both ways Mark........looks like Hockey without the puck!
@galaxy27 said:
this is one of the worst officiated games i have ever seen. the refs have cost the Rockets as many as 12 points to this point.
i sure hope the NBA addresses this and doesn't bury its head in the sand
It’s sickening. They ruined this game. The worse of the bunch is Eric’s guy. How does he have a job? If I didn’t know any better one might say they want GS in the finals. Horsesh*t
Count on them burying their heads. I truly don’t care who wins but come on man
m
Walker Proof Digital Album Fellas, leave the tight pants to the ladies. If I can count the coins in your pockets you better use them to call a tailor. Stay thirsty my friends......
@galaxy27 said:
this is one of the worst officiated games i have ever seen. the refs have cost the Rockets as many as 12 points to this point.
i sure hope the NBA addresses this and doesn't bury its head in the sand
It’s sickening. They ruined this game. The worse of the bunch is Eric’s guy. How does he have a job? If I didn’t know any better one might say they want GS in the finals. Horsesh*t
Count on them burying their heads. I truly don’t care who wins but come on man
m
If you assume they want the warriors vs cavs in the finals then they did just what they needed.
@Brick said:
When Golden State gets rolling they are nearly unbeatable.
Indeed
m
Walker Proof Digital Album Fellas, leave the tight pants to the ladies. If I can count the coins in your pockets you better use them to call a tailor. Stay thirsty my friends......
On a side note, I picked up on the haphazard officiating as well. How is this stuff going to play when NBA sanctioned, national online wagering is available.
Live by the three, die by the three. Houston went ice cold from three. This allowed GS to overcome a halftime double digit lead. 33 to 15 in favor of GS in the third. Houston at one time missed 27 straight three point shots.
@galaxy27 said:
end of game -- lights come on and coin does his best Usain Bolt impersonation. he faceplants into the 4,000-lb bouncer standing at the exit.
"sir, we can't allow you to leave until you square up. that'll be $375."
"i beg your pardon? i, uh, need to get in contact with a friend of mine, Jon Dimeman, for some assistance."
@galaxy27 said:
end of game -- lights come on and coin does his best Usain Bolt impersonation. he faceplants into the 4,000-lb bouncer standing at the exit.
"sir, we can't allow you to leave until you square up. that'll be $375."
"i beg your pardon? i, uh, need to get in contact with a friend of mine, Jon Dimeman, for some assistance."
(call goes straight to vm.)
Something like that happened to me in Detroit 25 years ago. I was sober, friend was blotto stoned and drunk. $10 a dance stripper didn't leave for 45 minutes. Friend was nearly broke and I had just enough to cover the tariff.
I'll make sure to carry Dimeman's number next time.
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I don't know if this is what exactly happened but i know someone who had nasal surgery not too long ago and he ended up with two black eyes after the surgery. Could be this was what happened with Kyrie and he didn't want to sit on the bench looking like that.
Eric
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Breaking: Chris Paul out for game 7.
We will find out how good Harden is tonight.
it is very unfortunate. in a way, the NBA is starting to remind me of the NFL: the best players get hurt, and as a result the product is diluted on the court. can you imagine how epic tonight's game would be with a healthy Paul? or a fully-loaded Celtics team with Irving & Hayward awaiting the victor? the NBA's popularity would be off the charts this postseason.
here's another analogy: CP3 is the oil that lubricates the engine. seriously, Houston's offense doesn't run nearly as smoothly without him. when they won 4 & 5, they turned the ball over 10 times each game. without Paul in game 6, they turned the ball over 21 times. the team is a school of fish completely out of water without him. if he doesn't play tonight, James Harden will make you scream because he's going to try and do it all to save the season. and once that happens, there will be a lot of ugliness. they won 65 games and advanced this far because those two guys work well in tandem........not one attempting to be Superman without the other.
edit: Coin just said Paul is out. game over, season over. Golden St/Cleveland: Act IV
you'll never be able to outrun a bad diet
Galaxy, so GS has already won and we should watch the Great Escape instead tonight?
if Houston wins tonight, I'll PayPal you $50 so you can chip away at a nice meal with your special lady. i'm dead serious and i'll be more than happy to do so if it comes to fruition.
i just have no faith for the reasons mentioned above
you'll never be able to outrun a bad diet
Good enough.
Guess I will be watching now!
Remember what Yogi said.......
correct, which is why i should be forced to pay for jumping the gun. and i will pay if i'm wrong........literally.
you'll never be able to outrun a bad diet
Nobody goes there anymore, it's too crowded?
What were you gonna do...refuse that bet? LOL
I haven't watched a single NBA game in its entirety this entire season, but I'll tune in to this one.
I've already seen the Great Escape.
That was a good one too.
I'll be there, with the fifty bucks!
Season Premier of Six ( Navy Seals ) starts tonight. That’s being DVR’d. Watching Stanley Cup Finals as I type. Vegas Vs Caps. Love this
mark
Fellas, leave the tight pants to the ladies. If I can count the coins in your pockets you better use them to call a tailor. Stay thirsty my friends......
If Curry has an off night, ya got a shot. If he's on, well then Galaxy gets to keep his 50 bucks.
National Anthem sung, here we go, boys!!! listening to the in-house announcer introducing the Warriors and can only think he should be taken to the woodshed and beaten with a knotted plow-line. how ridiculous.
Boy...talk about ticky tacky fouls. Looks like the refs are on the Houston City Counsel.
well they rig games for golden state all the time. ticky tack fouls is the preferred method
end of first quarter - coin is at the strip club being teased to death
you'll never be able to outrun a bad diet
Rule number one at the strip club is don’t make eye contact with the ugly ones.
m
Fellas, leave the tight pants to the ladies. If I can count the coins in your pockets you better use them to call a tailor. Stay thirsty my friends......
CS deserves to lose. All they seem to want to do is throw up 3's and play sloppy defense. Ugliest game I have seen this post season!
Wow. I just was looking at yesterday’s box score. James played all 48 minutes. Just wow
m
Fellas, leave the tight pants to the ladies. If I can count the coins in your pockets you better use them to call a tailor. Stay thirsty my friends......
He played almost all if not all of game 6 too.
46 minutes in game 6. Just about
Fellas, leave the tight pants to the ladies. If I can count the coins in your pockets you better use them to call a tailor. Stay thirsty my friends......
Houston is killing them on the boards, This is getting ugly. Dandy Don would be tuning up for "Turn out the lights..the party's over"!
Wow Harden got whacked twice on back to back threes with no call. I honestly don’t know how they missed those. That’s probably 5 or 6 lost points. Terrible
m
Fellas, leave the tight pants to the ladies. If I can count the coins in your pockets you better use them to call a tailor. Stay thirsty my friends......
end of 1st half - 5 hotties take coin on stage, remove his shirt, strap him into a chair, and whip out the body paint
you'll never be able to outrun a bad diet
Caligula?
m
Fellas, leave the tight pants to the ladies. If I can count the coins in your pockets you better use them to call a tailor. Stay thirsty my friends......
I just wish I knew what any of that meant.
Dimeman is seeing ticky-tack fouls called while Mark points out the obvious, that the Refs are making more no-calls than anything. Golden State looks easily beatable just off the first half. now if the Rockets can withstand the third quarter that has been the Warriors bread and butter all year they may win the game.
the Warriors are playing sloppy and being beaten at the point of attack with some very good defensive switching.
keets - if you will check the time of my post on ticky tack fouls - you will see that I was referring to the first minute or so of the 1st quarter.
Holy crap Houston is getting hosed by the guys with the whistle. Hope it cuts both ways later. I usually never mention the refs but this is really awful.
Nope. Getting worse.
m
Fellas, leave the tight pants to the ladies. If I can count the coins in your pockets you better use them to call a tailor. Stay thirsty my friends......
It's going both ways Mark........looks like Hockey without the puck!
this is one of the worst officiated games i have ever seen. the refs have cost the Rockets as many as 12 points to this point.
i sure hope the NBA addresses this and doesn't bury its head in the sand
you'll never be able to outrun a bad diet
We forgot "deja vu...all over again"
When Golden State gets rolling they are nearly unbeatable.
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Ralph
Houston has fallen into the trap that GS was in earlier.........throwing up 3's hoping they go in.
It’s sickening. They ruined this game. The worse of the bunch is Eric’s guy. How does he have a job? If I didn’t know any better one might say they want GS in the finals. Horsesh*t
Count on them burying their heads. I truly don’t care who wins but come on man
m
Fellas, leave the tight pants to the ladies. If I can count the coins in your pockets you better use them to call a tailor. Stay thirsty my friends......
end of 3rd...
hottest girl in the club: "why don't we go someplace private?"
coin: "who? me? but.....but.....but.......i didn't even bring my wallet. i planned on sitting here quietly and drinking water all night....."
hgitc: "shhhhh. we'll worry about that later. just follow me." (she winks menacingly.)
you'll never be able to outrun a bad diet
If you assume they want the warriors vs cavs in the finals then they did just what they needed.
Indeed
m
Fellas, leave the tight pants to the ladies. If I can count the coins in your pockets you better use them to call a tailor. Stay thirsty my friends......
Sapphire is not happy.
On a side note, I picked up on the haphazard officiating as well. How is this stuff going to play when NBA sanctioned, national online wagering is available.
a good win by the Warriors. if the Cavs can't figure out how to stop these 3rd quarter runs the series will be short.
Was exiting for a bit over a half. Thanks for the shot, Galaxy!
end of game -- lights come on and coin does his best Usain Bolt impersonation. he faceplants into the 4,000-lb bouncer standing at the exit.
"sir, we can't allow you to leave until you square up. that'll be $375."
"i beg your pardon? i, uh, need to get in contact with a friend of mine, Jon Dimeman, for some assistance."
(call goes straight to vm.)
you'll never be able to outrun a bad diet
Live by the three, die by the three. Houston went ice cold from three. This allowed GS to overcome a halftime double digit lead. 33 to 15 in favor of GS in the third. Houston at one time missed 27 straight three point shots.
Congrats to both teams.
On to Cleveland v. GS, Act 4.
I think the Cavs will give the Warriors all they can handle or vice versa!
Durant is a scoring machine!
Sorry man.....I spent all my money on coins!
Something like that happened to me in Detroit 25 years ago. I was sober, friend was blotto stoned and drunk. $10 a dance stripper didn't leave for 45 minutes. Friend was nearly broke and I had just enough to cover the tariff.
I'll make sure to carry Dimeman's number next time.