Rodrigo Duterte
Footballguy
They should just start game 4 now and save people from watching another blowout and two days of waiting for the 4th yawner.
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2015 NBA Thread: I felt a great disturbance in the trolls, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced. (3 Viewers)
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timschochet
Footballguy
Serious question- why is home court so much bigger in the NBA playoffs than it is any other sport?
Joe T
Footballguy
mr. furley
Footballguy
Cleveland doing a great job following up on their momentum from the first quarter by doing..... nothing the same
timschochet
Footballguy
timschochet
Footballguy
Actually, that's not true. I was in a softball league a few years back, I forgot.
Cliff Clavin
Footballguy
Looks like they learned a something from the Raptors series. Standard procedure for pretty much every Canadian sports team.
Bobcat10
Footballguy
BroncoFreak_2K3
sucker for Orange
GS stays within ten at half, they win
BroncoFreak_2K3
sucker for Orange
Britney Spears
guest speaker
James missing so many shots near the basket.
Joe T
Footballguy
My opinion - you have the same crowd, energy at home in all sports. The difference in being at home in basketball is comfort shooting the ball at home. There is something different about playing and specifically shooting at home. Comfortable spots on the floor you've worked on. General confidence having done it there so many times before. Shooting at home >>> shooting on the road.
I'm guessing there may be stats to prove or disprove this. But that's my guess.
Synthesizer
Footballguy
None of the other major sports have the crowd literally a few feet away from the players and refs. It plays a role in comfort level and some calls for sure.
Kev4029
Footballguy
GroveDiesel
Footballguy
Not sure why he keeps settling for awkward layups instead of dunking. Are his legs gone? Of course, in his defense, he seems to be getting guys giving him an awful lot of contact near the rim without any calls as well.
CGRdrJoe
Footballguy
sports_fan
Footballguy
If this game doesn't prove how overrated Lebron is I don't know what will.
Dez
Footballguy
Bobcat10
Footballguy
PlasmaDogPlasma
Footballguy
CGRdrJoe
Footballguy
Bobcat10
Footballguy
PlasmaDogPlasma
Footballguy
I'm ready to see James sitting on the bench.
I really encourage you to learn the market. You can start sniffing out the fishy lines.
Rodrigo Duterte
Footballguy
GS will win game 4 now and take one of the most boring series ever to easily the most boringest.
tdoss
Footballguy
PlasmaDogPlasma
Footballguy
I thought a 'dirty line' was coke in a hooker's crack.
Times have changed I guess.
Times have changed I guess.
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Warriors opened at + 1 as a slight dog. Still curious to where you pulled your information from.
PlasmaDogPlasma
Footballguy
Cavs in 6
I originally told bananafish I thought GS wins in 6 or 7. Cleveland has been so good at home this postseason. GS was terrible at everything tonight. I think a good portion of that was their own fault, but a lot of credit goes to Cleveland for playing a much better game tonight too.
Game 4 will be interesting to see how much of tonight's loss was Golden State's fault and how much of it was Cleveland's improvement. Funny that Cleveland is better without Love when he was a big reason why people thought they could win last year. I know Kerr hasn't been great in playoff game 3s but a few of those were without Curry (although they may as well been without him).
Very happy to still have home court advantage still.
Game 4 will be interesting to see how much of tonight's loss was Golden State's fault and how much of it was Cleveland's improvement. Funny that Cleveland is better without Love when he was a big reason why people thought they could win last year. I know Kerr hasn't been great in playoff game 3s but a few of those were without Curry (although they may as well been without him).
Very happy to still have home court advantage still.
pats3in4
Footballguy
I'm convinced it's the nature of the scoring. No other sport has the volume of scoring plays that the NBA has. Every scoring success by the home team is magnified by the home crowd as is every scoring failure by the visiting team. And the failures by the home team and successes by the visiting team are met with relative silence.
I think the home teams in all sports can feed off their crowd and I also think the visiting teams can let the crowd get into their heads. But it's not as noticeable in other sports because the scoring plays are fewer. In basketball, the score can run away quickly if the crowd is having an effect.
sports_fan
Footballguy
Kerr switched baskets game 6 vs. Oklahoma City:
"You make the decision based on whether you want your offense or defense in front of you in the second half," Kerr said. "So we just decided with noise, we'd rather have our offense in front of us. We're making more calls on offense from the sideline than we are on the defensive end."
Similar to the ease of a QB calling plays at home vs. on the road.
"You make the decision based on whether you want your offense or defense in front of you in the second half," Kerr said. "So we just decided with noise, we'd rather have our offense in front of us. We're making more calls on offense from the sideline than we are on the defensive end."
Similar to the ease of a QB calling plays at home vs. on the road.
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