2015-16 Playoffs - BlindSideNZ's Dynasty

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2015-16 Playoffs

Posted on February 7, 2014 at 09:17 AM.

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After sweeping the Charlotte Bobcats with absolute ease, i got a little too excited. Simmed a few played a few. We then swept the Sixers in the second round to go against the Miami Heat in the Conference Finals.

Toronto Raptors 4 - 2 Miami Heat

This lead us to our very first NBA Finals since i took control, facing off against the Oklahoma City Thunder. And goddamn i forgot what it was like to TRY, and i emphasize try to run the point against Russell Westbrook.

Lowry came back halfway through the Miami series to go back down in Game 1 versus the Thunder, so did Amir Johnson. Also with a Broken Jaw. And DeMar DeRozan played with a bruised sternum the entire playoffs. So this left us shorthanded for sure, which led me to worry going up against a full strength Thunder team.

Game 1
Toronto Raptors 97 - 102 Oklahoma City Thunder

Game 2
Toronto Raptors 87 - 80 Oklahoma City Thunder

Game 3
Oklahoma City Thunder 101 - 98 Toronto Raptors

Game 4
Oklahoma City Thunder 97 - 102 Toronto Raptors

Game 6
With a chance to close the Thunder out, and this was by far the hardest fought game, the first four just went back and forth. Like i said earlier, Westbrook was the bain of our exsitence this time out. I seriously feel like 2k didn't want us to have any chance at winning this game, Tremaine Alexander went down early with a severe ankle sprain leaving me to play small ball when Jonas went to the bench. But I have to give it to Draymond Green who came up with so priceless plays to help keep us close. Then DeMar went down with 30 seconds to go in the first half with a sprained ankle. But came back out in the second and played through the pain to score 20 points. Not usually somebody you'd rely on from deep but we have to give him
credit. OKC continually went under screens and doubled Valanciunas in the post leaving DeRozan open time and time again.

Toronto Raptors at Oklahoma City Thunder
Jan 1,	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Toronto ()	32	22	34	34	122
Oklahoma City ()	28	25	32	29	114

Toronto Raptors
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Ashley Walker	36	4-16	1-6	0-0	6	14	0	0	8	9
DeMar DeRozan	40	12-20	6-9	7-9	4	5	4	2	0	37
Terrence Ross	39	9-13	0-1	2-2	4	1	0	0	1	20
Kurtis Holden	38	4-7	0-0	5-6	11	3	1	0	0	13
Jonas Valanciunas	36	7-15	0-0	6-7	6	1	0	2	0	20
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Pierre Jackson	8	5-8	2-3	0-0	1	2	0	0	0	12
Ramon Sessions	12	2-4	1-2	0-0	1	4	0	0	1	5
Matt Barnes	7	1-2	0-0	2-2	2	2	1	1	0	4
Tremaine Alexander	8	1-3	0-0	0-0	4	0	0	0	0	2
Draymond Green	11	0-0	0-0	0-2	2	1	1	1	0	0
Tyler Hansbrough	10	0-1	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Muscala (DNP)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
TEAM TOTALS		45-89	10-21	22-28	43	33	7	6	11	122

Oklahoma City Thunder
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Russell Westbrook	35	15-26	0-2	4-4	4	5	3	0	6	34
Jeremy Lamb	36	2-6	0-0	0-0	1	5	2	0	0	4
Kevin Durant	42	9-20	1-4	10-10	5	2	2	0	1	29
Serge Ibaka	41	7-11	0-0	4-6	13	0	1	2	1	18
Steven Adams	33	5-10	0-0	1-4	8	1	0	1	0	11
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Reggie Jackson	18	4-8	0-2	0-0	2	3	1	0	1	8
Thabo Sefolosha	7	1-3	0-1	1-2	2	0	0	1	0	3
Mathias Storjohann	5	1-2	0-1	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	2
Andre Roberson	8	1-2	0-1	0-0	2	1	1	0	1	2
Perry Jones	8	1-2	0-0	0-0	3	0	0	0	0	2
Bryce Joseph	5	0-0	0-0	1-2	1	0	0	0	0	1
Christian Chambers	9	0-0	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	0
TEAM TOTALS		46-90	1-11	21-28	43	18	10	4	11	114

DeMar DeRozan was awarded finals MVP in game, but in the menu's it showed Ramon Sessions, so i don't have DeMar's stats.

Thats right we did it!!! Feels so damn good. After the first two games i realized that the Thunder had a roster full of guards. So i attacked the rim over and over, wreaking havoc on pick and rolls, and then the baseline penetration with DeRozan and Ross. And let me just say DUNK!

The other thing i realized as early as the Charlotte series is that this team thrives in transistion. We're so fast. On the break it was either DeRozan or Ross throwing it down time and time again.

So what is next you ask? As is the rest of the league, even with a #1 seed, i don't think anybody expected us to come out on top. It would seem we have a point to prove this coming season.

I'm feeling pretty hyped right now. So the offseason update may be up tonight.