And There were Young Warriors against a King's Legacy...OFFICIAL CAVS VS. WARRIORS NBA FINALS Thread

Cavs or Warriors

  • Cavs in 4

    Votes: 10 2.6%
  • Cavs in 5

    Votes: 12 3.1%
  • Cavs in 6

    Votes: 133 34.7%
  • Cavs in 7

    Votes: 23 6.0%
  • Warriors in 4

    Votes: 8 2.1%
  • Warriors in 5

    Votes: 44 11.5%
  • Warriors in 6

    Votes: 116 30.3%
  • Warriors in 7

    Votes: 37 9.7%

  • Total voters
    383
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Bogut should not see another minute
Barbosa should not see another minute
Barnes is on the cusp of should not see another minute

Kerr is in purgatory with Draymon; because he's too good to keep on the bench yet is too wishy washy on the floor.

And honestly,Curry can wash Delly anytime he wants, yet is still hesistant in my opinion
 
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When you think about it, it's amazing Cleveland even won a game..let alone 2.
today really showed how scrub his teammates are. Delly was just awful offensively and James Jones can't even catch the ball. Mozgov the only one that came to play.

I don't even want to mention Shumpert and Smith


Hopefully the extra day of rest does everyone on Cleveland good
 

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Boutta make a serious post.

You know I think it's funny. Cavs win a game and Warriors fans are talking about it being an "anomaly" and GS just needs to wake up and blah blah. But tonight they finally get a win, and it's almost entirely based on anomalies.

Where do I start?

1.) Iguodala absolutely SHOWED OUT. Hats off to him, but that's not the recipe for success. Just like Klay, you'll get a good game out of Iggy then he'll fade to obscurity in the next.

2.) JR and Shumpert played inexplicably bad. Don't get me wrong, they've been mediocre all series, but watching the Cavs get like 4 second chance 3s for Smith and watching him brick them all was cringe worthy. Speaking of which...

3.) The Cavs couldn't hit a 3 to save their lives. When GS can't score it's because "they're off", but Cle is shooting poorly and of course it's because of GS' "stifling defense." Go back and watch the game, the overwhelming majority of the 3s Cle shot were uncontested and they bricked everything. Delly, Shump, and JR especially.

4.) The Cavs were GASSED. They run a 7 man rotation and are battling all night, it showed in tonight's game with 1 day's rest. LeBron was on an IV for cramps before the game. Delly was in the hospital just a night before from dehydration. No one looked like they were mentally checked in besides Mozgov, who (this isn't a coincidence) has seen the least minutes of all the Cavs starters this series.

5.) LeBron played horribly. No one expects him to shoot great percentages, but he wasn't even shooting in volume. He didn't look aggressive and was missing lots of FTs, again probably due to fatigue.

6.) On top of missing lots of 3s, Cle was missing a lot of point blank layups as well, again probably due to fatigue. Despite dominating the glass they weren't converting all that well. They shot 33%.

7.) For the first time all series, GS was able to play at the fast pace they like. And again, I chalk this down to Cleveland being absolutely gassed. Dudes were leaking out for straight up uncontested fast breaks. That won't fly with 2 days rest.

And despite all that the Cavs were down 3 and within striking distance of the Warriors at the end of the 3rd. For a moment it looked like they were gonna take the game. Don't let the final score fool you, GS gave Cleveland their absolute best shot tonight and Cleveland played about as awful as they can play and this game was still anyone's for the taking until Cleveland was running on fumes and decided to give up. And I don't wanna hear a single GS fan tell me that this wasn't their "best shot" because Curry and Thompson didn't play well. 4 games is a pattern, that "explosion" game is never coming for either of the Splash Bros.

2 Days of of much needed rest/recovery and time to make adjustments? Along with the fact that they'll be playing desperate because they just got beat? I'm not even worried. This series is cooked. Cavs in 6, on their home floor. :yeshrug:
This. GS had so many defensive breakdowns and the Cavs missed 20 open 3 point shots that they typically score off and GS coverage wasn't even in their vicinity. Kerr took a gamble but it needs to be looked at for what it is, a gamble and those only work once in a blue moon. The GS points on transition were another case in point that they probably wont get again especially after made baskets. The big elephant in the room is still how Curry and Klay play and them nikkas are never going to have a good series. The coverage on them is stiffling
 
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