Lee MUST play big minutes from here on out. He is the only person on the Warriors that can create as the roll man in the Pick and Roll and the only one that can consistently score in the post. He can be the Diaw of the Warriors and open up that Cavs pressure defense to get open shots for the shooters. Right now the Warriors are severely limited to being a perimeter team and that (Ironically) is killing them right now. Draymond and Barnes need to pull their heads from their arse and start being a threat on the floor. And damnit Steph man the eff up and get your head in the game. 3 TOs and an And-1 to Delly in the 4th. C'mon man. Wake up.
It's going to come down to heart and hustle. Right Cleveland is showing all the heart and all the hustle and GSW looks like they're still trying to figure it out. They got desperate at end of last game which got them back in it, but Thursday they're gonna have to show that desperation from the opening tip. A win is a win, but imo they'll need a double digit win to maintain some confidence going back home for Sunday's game. Especially with three days off where the Cleveland players can rest.
Dubs just getting outworked...simple as that. 50/50 balls, rebounds, extra effort on both ends. Kerr needs another "moment of truth" speech like he drummed up in the Memphis series when they were in the same scenario.
David Blatt took a Cleveland reporter aside to tell him he was 'full of s***' about Matthew Dellavedova By Seth Rosenthal @seth_rosenthal on Jun 10, 2015, 1:12p 13 Take note, Cleveland beat writers: Cavaliers coach David Blatt read your negative stories, and he's just waiting to rub them in your faces. From Chris Haynes of Cleveland.com: In early March, I wrote about how head coach David Blatt was overusing Dellavedova and how he likely sees himself in the Australian. Blatt remembered that story and graciously invited me into his office for an exclusive interview after the Game 3 victory. We sat on his sofa and that's when, as the young folks would say, he went in. "And you were full of s---," Blatt said in hilarious fashion, referring to that article. "I've been waiting to tell you that for a long time." On one hand, no one could have seen the feisty, hard-to-spell little Australian being such a catalyst of the shorthanded Cavs' 2-1 series lead. On the other hand, Blatt didn't have much option but to lean on Dellavedova when Kyrie Irving was out in March, and he doesn't have much choice now with Irving out again ... and that lack of choice has paid off immensely. Dellavedova's been a nightmare for the Warriors backcourt, he hit one of the biggest shots of Game 3, and he's probably going to injure someone by the time this is over. Real impact. So yeah, Blatt's laughing at the haters right now, and sometimes he's inviting them into his office so he can laugh at them in the most intimate setting available. He's been waiting for this. http://www.sbnation.com/lookit/2015...veland-reporter-aside-to-tell-him-he-was-full
Another player should dive at the ball with Dellavedova around it... It's a "hustle" play and gives him a dose of his own medicine.
Honestly, this is a time I would throw out my 3rd string center that's not seeing the floor for a couple of minutes. Remember, the screen that Perkins had on Jae Crowder earlier in the Cleveland's first round series against Boston? That's something similar I would instruct my center to do against that prick. We'd see no more dirty plays. Rest assured.
David Lee got physical with him on the LeBron Tackling Steph Curry play, but it's not enough. This may sound totally barbarian but... he has to bleed. He has to feel like he got hit by a semi-truck. Imagine this little prick trying this s*** against some of the older guys. Some of the old school dudes would send him home in an ambulance for real. The Pistons or the Lakers or the C Bags in the 80s would have wrecked him a couple of times already for these kinds of antics.
Or a World Peace slap in the face like he gave Barea in that series. This little **** needs to be put in his place. He's literally taken out 2 guys and Draymond could've been the third there. Nobody seems to care though in the media. As far as the series, i have to stick with the Warriors but if I had a gun to my head right now I'd go with the Cavs. C'mon Warriors, put me out of my misery.
- The tweet says "The NBA rules that James' slide tackle on Curry was in fact not a foul. Says ball had been cleanly stripped before the incidental contact."
I don't see how 4 separate plays involving players' legs can be ignored? 1. Scissor hold on Gibson's leg: Douchey move. 2. Taking out Korver's ankle: reckless and dangerous. Not sure if dirty/intentional. 3. Diving into Horford's knee: AGAIN!?!? Either intentional and dirty or he's just a reckless r*****. 4. Diving into Green's knee: Obviously intentional, and sheds light on the probability that his priors were dirty and not just reckless.
The hell? Are they that stupid? We should re-sign Artest and have him tackle people. As long as he manages to strip the ball before he actually tackles them, it's not a foul, right? Idiots. It does not matter whether or not you have the ball. It doesn't even matter if you're on the bench. You are not allowed to tackle anybody ever in the game of basketball. Jesus Christ, they're so stupid that it makes me angry.
In fact, GSW should start elbowing and kneeing players who have the ball. As long as they manage to strip the ball before they land any hits, it's clean. The elbow/knee was just "incidental contact".
Cavs win and it'll be LeBron is greater than Jordan crammed down our throats every single freaking day. I don't know about you guys, but I'm not prepared for that. C'mon Warriors Do US All A Favor And Win
