Noticiero El Big Picture del Deporte, NBA, 5/31/2019

Sección: NBA 5/30/2019

Frases brillantes de los medios en el triunfo de los Raptors sobre los Warriors

• For the first time since Kevin Durant was lost to injury in the second round of the playoffs, the Warriors looked like an incomplete team. Toronto’s half-court defense smothered Golden State’s offense, hanging tight with Curry, denying clean looks at the rim and forcing 10 first-half turnovers. 
• “Their defense was great, and it wasn’t our best night,” Kerr said afterward. “We just got outplayed.”
• If the Raptors opened this series by convincingly proving they were ready for the pressure, the Warriors must now confront their biggest question: Can they score enough and win this series without Durant?

Fuente:

The Washington Post, In first NBA Finals game in team history, Raptors beat Warriors, 118-109, to take 1-0 series lead, Ben Golliver, May 31, 2019, link: https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2019/05/30/nba-finals-game-one-warriors-raptors/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.317e49590f8d.

• Pascal Siakam put on a show for the Raptors, punishing the Warriors for 32 points, eight rebounds and five assists in the win. His rebound and putback with just under a minute remaining sealed the win for the Raptors and gave them an early 1-0 lead in the series. 
• Siakam’s length caused problems for the Warriors all night, but so did his speed. The 6-foot-9 power forward beat the Warriors' bigs down the court on multiple occasions, finishing on the break as a rim runner.
• Leonard is on the top of the scouting report when facing Toronto, but Siakam is not far behind. If the Warriors can’t figure out to slow the Raptors second-leading scorer, they could be in for a long series.

Fuente: 

NBC Sports, Raptors' Pascal Siakam steals show vs. Warriors in Game 1 of NBA Finals, James Ham, May 30, 2019, link: https://www.nbcsports.com/bayarea/warriors/raptors-pascal-siakam-steals-show-vs-warriors-game-1-nba-finals. 

• The 24-year wait for Canada’s basketball community to finally get a taste of the N.B.A. finals officially ended Thursday night with something else the locals, so often heartbroken in the playoffs, scarcely could have imagined until it happened.
• The Toronto Raptors pulled away for a 118-109 triumph in Game 1 of these finals against the mighty Golden State Warriors at a raucous Scotiabank Arena, despite Kawhi Leonard shooting just 5 of 14 from the field to finish with a modest (for him) 23 points.
• Siakam’s outburst, which featured 14-for-17 shooting and multiple transition baskets in which he simply outran the Warriors, more than offset Stephen Curry’s 34 points. 
• For the first time since Kevin Durant’s calf injury, Golden State seemed to truly miss its frontcourt star, who will likely not be back until at least Game 3.

Fuente:

The New York Times, How the Raptors Won Game 1 Over the Warriors, Benjamin Hoffman and Marc Stein, May 30, 2019, link: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/30/sports/basketball/warriors-raptors-nba-finals-2019.html.