You're in trouble when 2 players of your BIG 3 are injury prone ... It was a great game by Lebron ... some bad decisions down the stretch , giving Warriors D a break by taking some fadeaways ... probably tired Ball of this game goes to Iggy ... some important 3s and great D on Lebron ( held him to 4-14 from the field)
These guys can't stay healthy ... this is no surprise Love/Irving/Varejao are hurt . Injuries/Accidents happen but those 3 have a history of not being able to play an entire season
Lebron and thompson played over 45 min, curry didnt have a good game, kyrie injured. And GS still won. Take out the broomsticks. Predicts a hugh 3rd querter from the warriors in game 2 and 20 + win.
underrated big play: jr smith went into heatcheck mode with one of those 9-dribble stepback threes, and iggy ate it. that was demoralizing--"I'm not even going to let you take a bad shot, b****!"
Cavs got a total of 9pts, 6rebs & 4asst total from their bench.. & all 9 of those points came from Smith in the 1st half. GSW got 34/18/9 from their bench with & had 4 of their 5 starters in double figures... Cavs don't have a chance against that.
Listening to the radio this morning, there are actually people calling in saying that cavs can still win this even without Kyrie.
Warriors plan is simple but awesome: Let LeBron do his thing. Almost everyone SAYS they'll do that, but then the fall into the trap of doubling him when his stats pile up. You know why LeBron had only 6 assists but took 38 shots? Because Golden State covered him 1-on-1 almost the entire game. If no one is doubling, someone covers the cutter, and none of the other players on the Cavs move then LeBron HAS to take the shot. He's not a great shooter and the Warriors are, so is LeBron going to outscore the Warriors all game long? Hell no. Only three other players took more than 10 shots. One now suffered what sounds like a serious illness. One is unable to create looks for himself. And the last one was 3-13 and was chucking up pure garbage out there. JR Smith was 3-13 and 3-10 from deep. That means he took only three shots inside the arch and missed all of them. The Warriors just need to stick to the game plan. Let LeBron score 50, but if that's all he gets then the Cavs will only score about 70 points and the Warriors can score more than that.
i love how the media/ESPN gushes over Lebron and his 18/38 'greatness' Kobe would have been shredded for that
I'm floored at how the media isn't beating up on LeBron about that 18-38 shooting performance. Kobe, Carmelo, and Russell Westbrook are probably jumping in their seats right now. No one can sit here and say LeBron has been amazing this post season. Stephen Curry was better yesterday. The Warriors have weapons, the Cavs have some guys who can get hot, but I think Klay coming off an injury defended Lebron pretty well. He won't shoot 5-14 again. Take LeBron's jump shot away and make the other guys shoot. No one else on the Cavs can rival the Warriors shooters.
I'll predict the narrative: Warriors go up 3-0. Dirtydova knee-dives Steph in game 4. With refs help, Cavs become first team to come back from 0-3 to win the title.
That was such an enjoyable win to watch for GS. Outside of the Lakers in the finals, obviously, watching Bron lose on the biggest stage is the second best thing this league has to offer. If Kyrie is out, GS sweeps. It's as simple as that. Iggy looks great out there defensively against LeHype. Off topic, I still wish we could've paired he and Kobe back when we had the chance. Would've been the closest thing to MJ/Pip this league has seen. What did David Lee do to Steve Kerr? Sleep with his wife? They got it under control after that first quarter, but there was a stretch the Warriors were getting abused on the glass. He could've helped that early on. Also, how has Bogut become so useless offensively? He was never a great offensive threat, but has injuries robbed him THAT much? Passing up wide open looks under the rim without hesitation.
Yeah Bogut had a dunk that he gave to Thompson for three. I like teammates and passing, but that's too much.
That was just a dumb play. A lob pass for a dunk but no he'll kick it back out to Klay instead? Just take the easy play. Sure it worked out, but it wasn't a Phi Beta Kappa move in the immortal words of Chicky Baby.
Yes they did...with graphics too. I have to give props to Irving with that block on Curry for that potential game winning lay-in. Did not quit and just went for it. Curry is not high fly act. Any other guard not named Andre Miller would have elevated and thrown it down.
i literally cringed when they brought all that up...drop the suits, wear your Lebron jerseys when calling game 2 and the rest of the series
^@pound... Same crew that kept saying Harden as "the greatest" in the WCF... I know they said it, my hearing is fine and didn't have a few at the time. Hero last night was Iguadala. Zero? Your designated knucklehead J.R. Smith.
