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Message: [QUOTE="Dogdeacon, post: 3148541, member: 1026"] Right, the advance the ball thing via a timeout is essentially allowing a time warp. Can't risk shooting even with 3 seconds left as a result which makes the one-on-one move the only way to perfectly time the shot with game clock absent clockwork efficiency in execution. I think one of the two series is getting decided tonight, but not both. GSt should have had a chance to win last game and IF Durant plays the way he did for all but the end of game 3 I like the Warriors. Yet the Rockets haven't had a hot shooting game yet and presumably are therefore due. RE: Celtics, I don't think they have an answer for Giannis. They succumbed to both him & the whistles in game 3. It will REALLY help their intensity, defense, stopping runs and end-game big plays IF Smart is back & at full strength. But Smart doesn't help the Celtics tendencies to go to hero ball whenever the Bucks make a run. I just don't think they are capable of correcting that fatal flaw this late in year. Kyrie as their best guy often thrives in that one-on-one. Using Kyrie's skills to their advantage seems to also mean the other less effective one-on-one guys feel entitled to their turn as 'the man'. Good chance they win tonight, but ultimately the problem is very close to un-fixable and they are too inconsistent to be a conference finals, much less NBA finals team. Interesting that both the Celtics and the Sixers have shown a higher upside than their opponent in these semis and yet both may lose. Poor chemistry is the commonality. [/QUOTE]

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