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

[SJ76]

thank you, captain cliche...

so, the refs HAVEN'T missed any calls in your humble opinion? funny...

They're always gonna miss calls. They're not perfect. But it's the FINALS dude.. You let some go and you call some. You call some make ups too.

Golden st had 87 points at the end of regulation. That has nothing to do with the refs.

 

[logic]

Are we still complaining about the refs?? man O man


Hey too bad Dellevadoobie cannot guard Curry, hit big shots, and make plays on D huh? No one wanted to give the guy props and what did Curry do? 5 for 23?

GS has led 26 minutes of this series. At home.


Defense wins championships

You realize that GS was the #1 team in defensive efficiency in the regular season and is only 0.2 behind Cleveland (98.7 to 98.9) in the playoffs.

 

[Black Adam]

They're always gonna miss calls. They're not perfect. But it's the FINALS dude.. You let some go and you call some. You call some make ups too.

Golden st had 87 points at the end of regulation. That has nothing to do with the refs.

er, didn't say it DID...

 

[SJ76]

You realize that GS was the #1 team in defensive efficiency in the regular season and is only 0.2 behind Cleveland (98.7 to 98.9) in the playoffs.

Yes I do realize that this is the playoffs and not the regular season. I also realize GS has led 26 minutes of this series. At home where they're better than everyone else by a landslide.

 

[Shanemansj13]

i said bad calls BOTH ways. CLEARLY someone has a reading comprehension issue...

sorry for not kissing Cavs ass enough for you. but i'm fairly certain you'll pick up the slack...

Kiss some ass lol. Well it's a 5 game series now, still got to hope for more contributions on offense for the Cavs but they need to continue to trap Curry and make Klay beat them. He did a great job last night, kept them in the game.

 

[SJ76]

i said bad calls BOTH ways. CLEARLY someone has a reading comprehension issue...

sorry for not kissing Cavs ass enough for you. but i'm fairly certain you'll pick up the slack...

Just giving credit where credit is due. That's what you do, instead of making up excuses like a snot nosed child.

Cleveland/Dellavadoober did the same thing against my Bulls. I've the seen the movie before.

 

[trojanfan12]

Fine, we'll just say everyone fouls everyone all the time so you can act like the officiating last night wasn't decidedly in Golden State's favor. Does that make you happy now?

Cavs got screwed a couple of times late. However, GSW was called for 31 fouls to Cleveland's 24. GSW shot 25 free throws, the Cavs shot 40.

Yes, I know GSW used Hack-a-Tristan a couple of times, but not enough to make that much of a difference.

 

[Across The Field]

Regardless of opinions, one thing is for certain:

No matter how down the East is and how superior the West is, no matter how many wildly crippling injuries go against them, no matter if the game is played on the toughest court in the NBA for opposition, this Cavs team is fucking legit and Lebron is the best player on the planet by leaps and bounds. This is going to be a dogfight.

 

[SJ76]

Cavs got screwed a couple of times late. However, GSW was called for 31 fouls to Cleveland's 24. GSW shot 25 free throws, the Cavs shot 40.

Yes, I know GSW used Hack-a-Tristan a couple of times, but not enough to make that much of a difference.

Is that because GS didn't go to the hole as much? Sounds like that's balance..

 

[Across The Field]

Cavs got screwed a couple of times late. However, GSW was called for 31 fouls to Cleveland's 24. GSW shot 25 free throws, the Cavs shot 40.

Yes, I know GSW used Hack-a-Tristan a couple of times, but not enough to make that much of a difference.

Free throws and foul totals don't have anything to do with who got screwed. That tells me GS is playing sloppy defense, if anything. However, these missed calls, especially at the end, were inexcusable. Not once, but twice, did Draymond Green literally grab a player during a jump ball and hold him down. With a ref literally standing beside him. How does that happen??

 

[purguy12]

Cavs got screwed a couple of times late. However, GSW was called for 31 fouls to Cleveland's 24. GSW shot 25 free throws, the Cavs shot 40.

Yes, I know GSW used Hack-a-Tristan a couple of times, but not enough to make that much of a difference.

I agree they bad both ways. Moz Traveled 3 times and there were no calls, Thompson 2 fouls on LBJ where he didn't even touch him. Then you have the put back by Livingston, it was clear that the ball was off the rim. Refs were bad for both teams. The only difference Cavs had the advantage most of the game with the refs but at the end GS got make up calls. Overall they were really bad and they were bad for both sides.

 

[trojanfan12]

They're always gonna miss calls. They're not perfect. But it's the FINALS dude.. You let some go and you call some. You call some make ups too.

Golden st had 87 points at the end of regulation. That has nothing to do with the refs.

^^^THIS^^^

We've heard all season from GSW fans that they are NOT a jump shooting team. Yet, last night, that's exactly what they were and they lost because of it.

Credit to the Cavs too. I kept expecting them to run out of gas and the Warriors to pull away. But every time it looked like that was going to happen, the Cavs had an answer.

 

[SJ76]

Regardless of opinions, one thing is for certain:

No matter how down the East is and how superior the West is, no matter how many wildly crippling injuries go against them, no matter if the game is played on the toughest court in the NBA for opposition, this Cavs team is fucking legit and Lebron is the best player on the planet by leaps and bounds. This is going to be a dogfight.

In the Bulls series, I saw a light go on for Cleveland with no Love and Kyrie. And it was on defense. They made us use the entire shot clock and had a hand in everyone's face. It made life miserable on offense. Everyone wanted to say that Chicago went ice cold and basically we did, but it had a lot to do with the Cavs' D.

Golden St is going to adjust and my guess is they move the ball more on offense. But if Cleveland keeps bringing the D, it's not going to be easy.


The way to beat Cleveland is go right at Mosgov and get him in foul trouble. The Cavs have no one behind him and it exposes the entire lane that GS can attack. Tristin can't hold it down by himself.

 

[gordontrue]

Cavs got screwed a couple of times late. However, GSW was called for 31 fouls to Cleveland's 24. GSW shot 25 free throws, the Cavs shot 40.

Yes, I know GSW used Hack-a-Tristan a couple of times, but not enough to make that much of a difference.

Shots inside of 10 ft:
GSW 26, CLE 37

Shots from 10-19 ft
GSW 19, CLE 25

Shots from 20+ ft
GSW 38, CLE 28

[Source]

 

[trojanfan12]

Is that because GS didn't go to the hole as much? Sounds like that's balance..

I agree. My point was that the refs weren't decidedly in GSW's favor like Across the Field claimed.

 

[purguy12]

Good news LBJ still chokes late in games. 2-28 in the last 2 games under 3:30 min and OT. Missed 4 game winning shots in both games.

Thank god u have Della. LOL

I do have to give Della credit for the D he put on Curry. Curry was getting frustrated.

Blatt is a bad coach. How the hell don't you play Moz in the 2nd half after what he did in the 1st half. That made no sense. That was a Thibs move.

 

[gordontrue]

I agree. My point was that the refs weren't decidedly in GSW's favor like Across the Field claimed.

I agree... there were just some really bad eye-candy blown calls at the end of the 4th and OT in favor of the Warriors that left most viewers with that taste in their mouth.

 

[Across The Field]

I agree. My point was that the refs weren't decidedly in GSW's favor like Across the Field claimed.

When it came to the "are you frickin kidding me?" calls, those were decidedly in Golden State's favor. Also, it's been pointed out now by three different posters that total fouls and FTs have nothing to do with what we were talking about.

 

[Across The Field]

I agree... there were just some really bad eye-candy blown calls at the end of the 4th and OT in favor of the Warriors that left most viewers with that taste in their mouth.

This is exactly what I meant.

 

[Across The Field]

Good news LBJ still chokes late in games. 2-28 in the last 2 games under 3:30 min and OT. Missed 4 game winning shots in both games.

Thank god u have Della. LOL

I do have to give Della credit for the D he put on Curry. Curry was getting frustrated.

Blatt is a bad coach. How the hell don't you play Moz in the 2nd half after what he did in the 1st half. That made no sense. That was a Thibs move.

And here comes purguy to rip on Lebron completely unprovoked, per usual.