Series Thread: Golden State Warriors vs. Cleveland Cavaliers NBA Finals Thread

[Shanemansj13]

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My link isn't working right. I googled Euroleague 2015... it looks like the most games any team played was 14.

Even worse, what a joke.

 

[trojanfan12]

At the end of the day, it's Cavs management that hired him. If they knew the direction they were going in they could've gone with Sloan, George Karl, Van Gundy (jeff), or Mark Jackson.

Oh no doubt that they are the one's that put themselves in this tough spot. They could have hired a veteran NBA coach to bring their young guys along more quickly. Still a tough spot though.

 

[purguy12]

You make a good point about the backup PG position. I think LBJ can fill that role to a point, but damn, he's playing enough roles. I was actually thinking Shump used to play PG in college, but I could be wrong.

I agree with your second part, and I got flamed pretty bad for saying it earlier. If you flip the script - Give Cleveland homecourt, a fully healthy roster, and take Draymond and Klay off of GS, I don't see GS winning 2 games.

Yeah I think GS might of won 1 game. Curry would of went off at least once.

 

[purguy12]

Oh I have no doubt he did. That's already been evidenced here.

My point was that it was blown out of proportion, especially considering his track record of being an amazing teammate and more often than not taking the opportunity to compliment those around him.

I think the other thing that people are backlashing at is how LBJ went into the locker room by himself. He wanted nothing to do with his teammates. Like I said before I don't blame him. He got no help. Only other player to show up was Thmpson.

 

[purguy12]

Oh no doubt that they are the one's that put themselves in this tough spot. They could have hired a veteran NBA coach to bring their young guys along more quickly. Still a tough spot though.

I agree they should of got a proven HC to coach this team. Blatt would of been Asst with GS and he would of got some experience. Would of helped him in the future.

 

[LAD]

Yeah I think GS might of won 1 game. Curry would of went off at least once.

I agree. GS could've won one or two games but that would've probably been it. Having said that, I think it was pretty realistic of those of us that said the Cavs would win one or two. It was also based on the fact their roster is pretty much depleted.

 

[trojanfan12]

I agree they should of got a proven HC to coach this team. Blatt would of been Asst with GS and he would of got some experience. Would of helped him in the future.

Completely forgot about that.

If memory serves, he was basically hired as an assistant and then had to decline the job when the Cavs offered him the HC job.

 

[purguy12]

I agree. GS could've won one or two games but that would've probably been it. Having said that, I think it was pretty realistic of those of us that said the Cavs would win one or two. It was also based on the fact their roster is pretty much depleted.

Yeah I had Cavs with 1 win with out Irving. Getting 1 more wasn't crazy. 3 now I would be really shocked. Will LBJ go off or will he be displeased with his teammates and hide like in 2007 where he just gave up in that last game. i think he learned from that and we will see an attacking LBJ tomorrow.

 

[ckhokie]

Im going to say it again, I have no sympathy for Lebron. He knew Love and Irving were injury prone and that's the guys he wanted to play with, so he has to accept it.

YOu're right about Love and Irving being injury prone, but I haven't seen where Lebron is asking for sympathy. He could understandably be showing much more frustration than he is.

 

[LAD]

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Yeah I had Cavs with 1 win with out Irving. Getting 1 more wasn't crazy. 3 now I would be really shocked. Will LBJ go off or will he be displeased with his teammates and hide like in 2007 where he just gave up in that last game. i think he learned from that and we will see an attacking LBJ tomorrow.

One would hope he's learned. There's nothing worse than your franchise player quitting.

 

[LAD]

YOu're right about Love and Irving being injury prone, but I haven't seen where Lebron is asking for sympathy. He could understandably be showing much more frustration than he is.

Hearing him talk about being in the moment I wonder if he thinks back on his first Finals as a heat & how he & Wade took for granted they were the favorites to win & got the business from Dallas. I mean they went so far as making fun of Dirk and actually could've learned toughness from him had they been paying attention.

 

[purguy12]

YOu're right about Love and Irving being injury prone, but I haven't seen where Lebron is asking for sympathy. He could understandably be showing much more frustration than he is.

Walking out on his team by himself showed his frustration. I don't know what more u could do to show more disrespect then that besides telling the media they suck.

 

[Andresrenee]

Hearing him talk about being in the moment I wonder if he thinks back on his first Finals as a heat & how he & Wade took for granted they were the favorites to win & got the business from Dallas. I mean they went so far as making fun of Dirk and actually could've learned toughness from him had they been paying attention.

In the Mavericks series, the Heat took their foot off their accelerator in Game 5 when up 2-1 and Lebron shrunk in the 4th quarter. See his stats in that series. He deferred and was guarded by Lebron stopper Barea. There was a reason Lebron developed a post game after than year. That series was instrumental in making Lebron who is today.

 

[Montalban]

Not sure I understand the Cavs approach to game 5. Seems to me by going small they negated the one advantage they have in this series, that being size. I know they lost game 4 by 20 but they crushed GS on the boards and were constantly getting second and third shots on a possession. Mazdov was their best player by far.

I think by going small they played right into the Dubs' hands. Golden State's smalls are much better than Cleveland's and it showed. I never felt the Dubs were in danger of losing last night. I bet the Dubs close them out on Thursday if the Cavs go with this approach again.

 

[LAD]

In the Mavericks series, the Heat took their foot off their accelerator in Game 5 when up 2-1 and Lebron shrunk in the 4th quarter. See his stats in that series. He deferred and was guarded by Lebron stopper Barea. There was a reason Lebron developed a post game after than year. That series was instrumental in making Lebron who is today.

And he also did what I already explained. I didn't ask for his stats in that series because I remember them, but thank you anyway. I see what someone here already pointed out is true. LBJ fans can't take someone pointing out true facts that don't have to do with him being the "greatest". SMH

 

[LAD]

Not sure I understand the Cavs approach to game 5. Seems to me by going small they negated the one advantage they have in this series, that being size. I know they lost game 4 by 20 but they crushed GS on the boards and were constantly getting second and third shots on a possession. Mazdov was their best player by far.

I think by going small they played right into the Dubs' hands. Golden State's smalls are much better than Cleveland's and it showed. I never felt the Dubs were in danger of losing last night. I bet the Dubs close them out on Thursday if the Cavs go with this approach again.

Exactly, which is why I said Blatt not playing Mozgov lastnight was mind boggling. Could you imagine what the series would look like if LBJ hadn't taken it upon himself to change plays & what not? Goodness.

 

[ckhokie]

Walking out on his team by himself showed his frustration. I don't know what more u could do to show more disrespect then that besides telling the media they suck.

I went to bed pretty shortly after the game last night, so I didn't catch this happen..when did it?

 

[Montalban]

Exactly, which is why I said Blatt not playing Mozgov lastnight was mind boggling. Could you imagine what the series would look like if LBJ hadn't taken it upon himself to change plays & what not? Goodness.

Agreed. You don't take Mozgov out just because Bogut is not playing. Blatt is letting Golden State dictate what Cleveland does on the court and that is a recipe for failure

 

[Heatles84]

Exactly, which is why I said Blatt not playing Mozgov lastnight was mind boggling. Could you imagine what the series would look like if LBJ hadn't taken it upon himself to change plays & what not? Goodness.

The Cavs are so limited personnel wise that I'm sure Blatt was hoping that Kerr would never play a small lineup. Now that he has, he can't use Mosgov as much. I'd personally rotate out Thompson and Mosgov, but there's only so much the Cavs can do at this point.

 

[LAD]

The Cavs are so limited personnel wise that I'm sure Blatt was hoping that Kerr would never play a small lineup. Now that he has, he can't use Mosgov as much. I'd personally rotate out Thompson and Mosgov, but there's only so much the Cavs can do at this point.

Yea LBJ mentioned in his postgame interview that they don't have the luxury of using multiple lineups like Kerr. They are definitely undermanned. I also think that with a week off before the Finals even started they failed to have a solid game plan. They knew Love was out and that there was a possibility Kyrie wasn't going to be 100%. When you fail to plan you're planning to fail. There is plenty of game film of the Warriors. He could've better prepared this team instead of relying on LBJ to do everything every game.