He reached an unstoppable state. His final form.

That’s actually amazing ngl.

draymond +99 to all stats when going head to head against european bigs

Going at Draymond with game on the line and shoot a free throw line hook, great play.

It all makes him lock the fuck in

Many many many times.

Bro could have stormed Omaha beach by himself with that amount of plot armor

May be the best defender of all time

Peak draymond is back

Refs intentionally gave him a flagrant instead of a second T to ensure he wouldn’t be ejected.

Udoka shouldn’t have given in to Kerr’s mind games. Trust Steve-o in those moments

Steven Adams is an absolute menace at rebounds

Bro actually changed the game and still lost

I have so much love for Steven Adams.

+16.. im tired boss.

Broadcast said the only thing that can stop him is houston sushi lmao

wasn’t trying not to shit himself probably helped

Straight up great tonight love to see it

Casuals will think podz is overperforming but hes been good. Let the man get some playoff experience (and over his food poisoning). They need him at his best if they wanna go deep in the playoffs.

Podz got that dawg in him. Dat dawg? Pitbull with chains

Well tbf wasn’t he sick for a bit before?

Getting over food poisoning will do that

Meanwhile Jimmy can’t miss ¹²⁄₁₂ lol.

• Dominate the glass
• Shoot 48% from 3
• Get 8 3s from FVV and a 30-point performance from Sengun
• Hold Steph to 17 points
• Still lose because you can’t make free throws

I never understand how professional basketball players can be so bad at free throws sometimes. Isn’t that supposed to be a fundamental?

Refs can’t win with these cats.

Jalen green being unplayable in the clutch and making sengun the only offense on the rockets makes it so difficult for the rockets to win

Steph stinker, Draymond foul trouble, FVV and Sengun legacy game, and the Rockets still found a way to lose. This team is beyond cooked.

The free throws hurt, but also… FVV was unconscious tonight - 25 points on ⁸⁄₁₃ from the field and ⁸⁄₁₂ from 3 (one of the misses was a desperation heave at the end of regulation). That’s really hard to stomach.

E: the Rockets hounded Steph all night and held him to ²⁄₈ from deep but let Podz fill in all the gaps (26 points and ⁶⁄₁₁ on threes); they kept Dray off the court for 17 minutes but they let Jimmy cook all night (a machine-like 27 points on 12 FGA). Absolutely brutal loss for the Rockets, I wanted this series to go 7 but alas.

Draymond Green is the DPOY bro, this dude is insane on the defensive end.

Warriors have another level. Once Draymond came back in the defense ratcheted up. Rockets don’t have answers on offense.

Such a large free throw disparity but they couldn’t convert them. Seems like early season warriors who were missing free throws for fun

Defense wins championships.

He’s the antithesis of Reddit. No stats, doesn’t care about others’ opinions, and is a bully. Plays the hardest on the floor yet no one can “analyze” his greatness. He’s the mf that broke these mfs glasses and took their lunch money

Miss 12 of said FTs

All while Steph was meh, and Draymond was out for most of the second half with foul trouble

61% FT shooting plus allowing a 13-2 and 18-1 run to open each half

The refs can gift you freethrows but can’t shoot them for you

God I’d love to have Adams on my team man, he is such a beast

u/MrBuckBuck the GOAT, can’t believe the mods thought the sub could run without him.

our glorious king is vindicated

holy shit they freed him and I just now noticed

They really lost this game at the free throw line, it would have been theirs if they hadn’t shot so pitifully from the line

jalen green magic ball can save us (1 game use)

Best 3 hour movie since The Irishman.

The first half was abysmal with all the stoppages.

2nd half was fucking insane intensity

Same exact rebound he got his legs taken out from underneath him on. Ballsy to be willing to go up like that after getting hurt

seriously! highest he’s jumped like all series. looked like it was gonna be an easy rocket put back until he came flying in

That’s what I was saying! I would’ve called their bluff and seen how many of them I could get to rack up fouls. I think he was a damn fool to fold instantly.

Kerr getting Adams off the court was a great tactic. Forced Udoka to make a move that cost them the game.

Udoka fell for Steve’s mind games which I didn’t expect tbh

Warriors wouldn’t be in the playoffs at all without that trade.

They might’ve missed the play-in without Jimmy 

We’re hoping it’s more like a couple of series.

Fred was terrifying tonight. It all looked like it was going in, from the deep ones to that last attempt

They switched bodies tonight

He did it with one ass cheek too

Been like this more or less since Jordan’s first retirement 

EDIT ok technically second retirement. First retirement was the baseball stint/secret gambling suspension.

The East looks pathetic but somehow the Celtics will inevitably repeat

Winning without jimmy and then winning again where stephs performance was meh, back to back

Rockets must be feeling SICK right now

Second half Steve

Those hacks on Steven Adams by Looney were beautiful

NOTHIN’ BUT NET

I’m usually in incognito mode when I type out a phrase like that

Nah bro sengun was the only reliable offense that the rockets had all game. Jalen green was fucking UNPLAYABLE down the stretch

A 6’11 center struggling to make a shot on a 6’6 player. Hate whatever antics Dray has in his game, but you can’t ignore that he’s an elite defender.

Rest of the team can shoot free throws in neighboring gyms

That last possession was diabolical. Draymond 100% got in his head with the psychological warfare

Draymond locked him up, but as soon as Draymond was off the floor, Sengun was cooking TJD. Once Draymond came back on in the 4th it was curtains for Sengooner.

Do you really believe he should’ve been kicked out this game?

his first tech was complete and utter bullshit so that’s why he didn’t get thrown out. and beyond that everyone pushed it to the limits you’re acting like brooks wasn’t acting a damn fool all night. in fact this whole playoffs has been physical and chippy but woe is me draymond green is the exception.

expecting a full-on fist fight at some point in game 5

Facts, also Kerr basically telling him how important Adams was and he responds by agreeing and taking him out

Come and join us in rationalizing being 1-3 down, Rockets fans

Outside of Draymond I like to think they’re a pretty likable bunch

As easy as it may be to hate the Warriors, this Rockets team is genuinely fucking insufferable so that may be why ur cheering for them this time at least.

outside of draymond, it’s really hard to not root for the rest of them

also the rockets have some absolute cringe players