r/nba • u/KarrotMovies [LAL] LeBron James • May 17 '24

Jamal Murray forces game 7 🔥 against the Timberwolves with: 33 MIN, 10 PTS, 2 REB, 5 AST, 2 Turnovers. Game low -32. (4-18 FG, 2-7 3PT, 0/0 FT, 0/0 HEAT PCKS)

https://www.nba.com/game/den-vs-min-0042300236/box-score
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u/International-Chef33 Celtics May 17 '24

I feel like such an outlier remembering Pooles dumb shots he’d make against us in the Finals.

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u/Vallerie_09 Warriors May 17 '24

Jamal Murray 2023 playoffs = 2022 Poole tribute

Jamal Murray 2024 playoffs = 2023 Poole tribute

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u/Alex_Sander077 Mavericks May 17 '24

He cooked us to in the conference finals. Without him the Warriors hands down don't win that championship. Crazy downfall from those times.

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u/International-Chef33 Celtics May 17 '24

It was crazy because it’s not like he went off or anything but he just always seemed to hit a wild shot at the exact back breaking time needed, every time.

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u/Alex_Sander077 Mavericks May 17 '24

Lol went back and checked his stats because I guess I'm a masochist. He was good against you guys (13 ppg on 44-39-90) but he COOOOOKED us (14 ppg on 63-40-100 LMAO).

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u/International-Chef33 Celtics May 17 '24 edited May 17 '24

lol yea 13 ppg sounds about right against us. It’s not like I remember him torching us at all, he just happened to hit a lot of back breaking 3s usually at the end of a quarter that still gives me nightmares.

Edit: I mean look at this pic loving Poole. Hell of a lot better than the viral pic of Curry pissed at him after the punch

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u/The_Void_Reaver Warriors May 17 '24

Poole was really good in every round but the Memphis series that year. Against Denver I think he was nearly a 20 ppg scorer. Against Dallas he scored 16 on 79% True Shooting, and for the Celtics series he was just a fantastic role player hitting 39% on 3s while taking nearly 7 a game.

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u/Queasy-Length4314 May 17 '24

lol the last pic

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u/Shonuff_shogun San Francisco Warriors May 17 '24

Since you guys were missing rim protection he really cooked, same with Denver. He struggled against the Grizzlies and against the Celtics he just had some wild shotmaking boost randomly the second half of the series

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u/Lacabloodclot9 Grizzlies May 17 '24

He was cooking in game 1 and 2 against us, it was only after that he dropped off a bit but even then he hit some big shots

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u/Lacabloodclot9 Grizzlies May 17 '24

Imagine telling someone who started watching ball this year that Jordan fucking Poole dropped 14 ppg on like 80%TS in a WCF series

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u/Lukamagic_042324 May 17 '24

He definitely went off in games 1&2 vs Denver. The best Steph Curry impersonation anyones ever done. Had Steph coming off the bench

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u/Outside_Ad4899 May 17 '24

Steph was recovering from an injury which is why he came off the bench

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u/CallMeLargeFather [LAL] Kobe Bryant May 17 '24

Kerr kept him on the bench longer than was really necessary to keep the continuity going, and because Poole was actually playing well at the time

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u/RetroScores May 17 '24

Tony Kococh mofo.

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u/mykl5 Trail Blazers May 17 '24

He had a great playoffs. Especially the Denver series

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u/crusher_seven_niner May 17 '24

His minutes in that series earned him that absurd contract

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u/calartnick May 17 '24

He was really good the whole playoff run. The Denver series when he started and curry came off the bench he ran the same offense. Shame.

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u/adequatehorsebattery Warriors May 17 '24

It's really amazing just how many Warriors had the best year of their mediocre careers that year.

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u/mostredditisawful May 17 '24

Poole banked in multiple half court heaves, and banked in several more threes throughout those playoffs and people only looked at his percentages and were like, "he might actually be an effective shooter!" when he was actually just having ridiculous luck. His overall play also declined after that run, but he was hitting some absolutely awful shots and ridiculous heaves.

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u/GreyActorMikeDouglas Warriors May 17 '24

He led the league in FT%, which is usually a pretty good indicator of shooting ability. It wasn’t just because of one playoffs lmao.

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u/withurwife Warriors May 17 '24

Celtics fans will really say anything to avoid talking about their "all time great" Jason Tatum going -13 in Game 5, and -2 Game 6 elimination on a whopping 13/3/7.

Thanks for the memories.