Series Thread: NBA Finals: Warriors vs Cavaliers

[RobToxin]

too many days between games...

thanks LeClown...

Is that the new "thanks Obama"?

 

[LAD]

Knows what?

That he's gonna lose

 

[Shaqdaddy11]

I can't help but notice the significant lack of cavs fans the last few pages...

 

[LAD]

I do to...hopefully nothing crazy happens


They verry well may try that..It wouldn be a bad idea at this point.

Leaving him wide open is the very thing that good help him find his shot. Not a good defensive strategy IMO.

 

[LAD]

Is that the new "thanks Obama"?

What???

 

[LAD]

I can't help but notice the significant lack of cavs fans the last few pages...

Of course, that's what they do (except for @gordontrue)

 

[msgkings322]

Of course, that's what they do (except for @gordontrue)

To be fair Shaneman was here taking his lumps. It's just that one RiggyWuss.

 

[The Oldtimer]

Honestly with the way klay has been shooting. I probably pull the Harrison Barnes defense and leave him wide open

Why do people worry about the way Klay is shooting the ball? Klay is playing great defense and his shot will come around eventually.

 

[BallsOfFurry]

Oddly GS only had 2 players score in double figures, Durant and Curry.

 

[msgkings322]

Oddly GS only had 2 players score in double figures, Durant and Curry.

Works when the first of the two figures is a 3

 

[LAD]

To be fair Shaneman was here taking his lumps. It's just that one RiggyWuss.

Pfft, I just can't with Shane. That's all I'm gonna say.

 

[TJL]

I was all "JUICE IN 4", before game 1

Now I'm all "JUICE IN 5", after game 1

THIS IS THE LAND BABY WE WILL PROTECT IT

GO JUICE

 

[TJL]

But....just in case I'm wrong

 

[msgkings322]

OK so apparently Rihanna is a big Cavs fan and she was heckling Durant and some W fans too.

https://theringer.com/2017-nba-finals-rihanna-vs-kevin-durant-84772b94df94

The clip of Durant and Curry at the postgame presser was awesome

 

[TurnUpTheHeat]

so much for "the cupcake" chiming in with 38 points...

More like a lit candle on a the cupcake.
He was on fire.
Wiggys avi = Wiggywam'd

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

Oddly GS only had 2 players score in double figures, Durant and Curry.

Add to that the Dubs committed just 4 turnovers in the entire game, tying an NBA finals record for the fewest......while the Cavs had 20.

 

[Mecca of the “B” Team]

OK so apparently Rihanna is a big Cavs fan and she was heckling Durant and some W fans too.

https://theringer.com/2017-nba-finals-rihanna-vs-kevin-durant-84772b94df94

The clip of Durant and Curry at the postgame presser was awesome

Not surprising.

She loves her some Bron and Her and Jr. Used to be club frennimies when he was a Knick.

Their Twitter fight when he shit the bed during the playoffs in 2013 was hilarious.

 

[bksballer89]

 

[gordontrue]

Cavs defense was fine. Seriously. Their offense is what kept them from being competitive in game 1. (Or the Warriors defense, however you want to look at it).

It wasn't just the missed shots (Cav players not name LeBron went 8 - 28 on uncontested shots. Looking at you Korver). It was the live-ball turnovers. The Warriors feasted in transition, Durant getting open dunks, Curry hitting transition 3's.

No one on the Warriors had a good shooting game. Even with all of the easy transition points, they shot 43% from the field as a team.

Cavs half court defense is fine. Their transition defense was bad, but good transition defense against this Warriors team when you're giving up liveball turnovers is probably impossible.

Ball security & Crashing the defensive glass should be the top priorities for Game 2.

 

[tlance]

Cavs defense was fine. Seriously. Their offense is what kept them from being competitive in game 1. (Or the Warriors defense, however you want to look at it).

It wasn't just the missed shots (Cav players not name LeBron went 8 - 28 on uncontested shots. Looking at you Korver). It was the live-ball turnovers. The Warriors feasted in transition, Durant getting open dunks, Curry hitting transition 3's.

No one on the Warriors had a good shooting game. Even with all of the easy transition points, they shot 43% from the field as a team.

Cavs half court defense is fine. Their transition defense was bad, but good transition defense against this Warriors team when you're giving up liveball turnovers is probably impossible.

Ball security & Crashing the defensive glass should be the top priorities for Game 2.

Here is the problem though Gordon. The Warriors didn't even play that well.

The Celtics had the ideal defensive game plan against the Cavs. Stay home on shooters and force the big 3 to do all the work. Problem is, the lacked the offensive firepower and the defensive horses to match up.

GS can leave Klay on Kyrie without a ton of help. Draymond can guard Love without any help and KD and Iggy are about as good as any non-Spur team is going to do against LeBron.

The Cavs stars have to go supernova against GS to win, and even if they do, GS still has the ability to outscore them. Maybe Lue forces some adjustments in game 2, but this will be a short series if Cleveland can't find a weakness in the Warrior defense in short order.