the lone star Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 Did The Raptors Prove That Defense Isn't Dead In Today's NBA? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYRaider Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 Warriors have always been pretty damn good defensively too. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oregon Ducks Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 No Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kip Smithers Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 No. Warriors have elite to very good defensively for a while now. Also, it was much easier to defend the Warriors than it would be under normal circumstances 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SBLIII Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 8 hours ago, the lone star said: Did The Raptors Prove That Defense Isn't Dead In Today's NBA? It never was. Only 1 team won the championship in the last 40 years with a defensive rank worse than 12/13 (01 Lakers) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FinSting Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 I read a giggly comment that said 'the Raptors started triple-teaming Steph Curry as he stepped off the team bus.' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaguarCrazy2832 Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 They proved that its easier to play defense when 2 of the best shooters in the world aren't on the court for their team Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the lone star Posted June 27, 2019 Author Share Posted June 27, 2019 On 6/25/2019 at 5:51 AM, SBLIII said: It never was. Only 1 team won the championship in the last 40 years with a defensive rank worse than 12/13 (01 Lakers) I agree. The people that said defense was dead were overblowing it for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBURGE Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 On 6/25/2019 at 7:14 PM, JaguarCrazy2832 said: They proved that its easier to play defense when 2 of the best shooters in the world aren't on the court for their team It's almost like there was only one series in the playoffs 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renndawg37 Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 On 6/25/2019 at 7:14 PM, JaguarCrazy2832 said: They proved that its easier to play defense when 2 of the best shooters in the world aren't on the court for their team Thompson missed like 15 minutes of the series and there were three rounds prior to the finals...give their defense credit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-ALL-DAY Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 2 minutes ago, renndawg37 said: Thompson missed like 15 minutes of the series and there were three rounds prior to the finals...give their defense credit. No, he missed the final 8 minutes of game 2, the ENTIRE game 3 and then missed the final 15 or so minutes of game 6. Raptors were legit, but to say Thompson only "missed like 15 minutes of the series" is not true. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renndawg37 Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 44 minutes ago, J-ALL-DAY said: No, he missed the final 8 minutes of game 2, the ENTIRE game 3 and then missed the final 15 or so minutes of game 6. Raptors were legit, but to say Thompson only "missed like 15 minutes of the series" is not true. My bad. I had a brain fart and forgot he missed game 3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaguarCrazy2832 Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 10 hours ago, JBURGE said: It's almost like there was only one series in the playoffs Can you honestly say there was more than 2? I mean the Magic like most 1st round matchups were a bit of a joke outside of 1 game and the 76ers couldn't get Embiid on the court so they were no real threat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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