with 5 rings? nah...c'mon there's your wake up call Dubs...time to grow up and take that championship step
The Warrior's inexperience clearly showed. Why did you go away from Klay who was the only one actually making something. Curry, if your shot isn't falling then attack the basket. Warriors had so many chances to get back into the game but ended up taking a terrible shot, usually a contested three with no one around to rebound. I'm pretty sure Lee slept with one of the coach's wife or something, he can help them out so much offensively and with rebounding. Hope this was just one game slip up and they can come back and win the series, if not I'm staying away from all sports media for some time.
I'm not a huge fan of Lebron... But it would be nice for cle to finally win a ship... But then again, The Warriors are a great story too. I really don't care who wins...
It's not that simple though. Curry played like crap. Yes, but you can't just force your way to the basket and expect magical outcomes. That's the James Harden tactic. It was a terrible game for Curry, and they took advantage. I don't see that happening too often. They're trapping Curry. He's double or triple teamed as soon as he puts the ball on the floor. He can chuck it (which he unfortunately did quite a few times) or pass it, and when he gives up the ball, it's up to the other players to make plays. Curry's "gravity" is insane. If he gets even half a foot of space between him and his primary defender, a help defender comes right away. With the amount of attention Curry gets, Green, Barnes, and Bogut should be doing much better. They didn't take advantage. I think Green's first basket was in OT. At one point, Mosgov was "guarding" Green. Also, Klay did score a lot, but there were a lot of poor possessions. There would be possessions without a single pass. So yes, Klay played well, but he and the rest of the team have to play within the system that got them there. Move the ball and get everyone involved. The Warriors also got to where they are without Lee. It's extremely unrealistic to expect a coach to suddenly change what they've been doing when they got this far without him. Not to mention that they were up 1-0 without Lee and Speights was a huge part of the comeback in game 1. Bogut is having issues deciding whether to help on LeBron or stay at home with Mosgov. I expect Bogut / Warriors to make the necessary adjustments. Remember that last year, the Spurs also lost homecourt but proceeded to demolish the Heat.
In the first 2 games when Conley returned, Curry also played poorly: 7/19 (36.8 FG%) 2/11 from 3pt 6 assists 3 turnovers 8/21 (38.1 FG%) 2/10 from 3pt 6 assists 4 turnovers But the Warriors and Curry adjusted.
Are you effing kidding me? Dan Gilbert was the one who cried to Stern to get the CP3 deal blocked. He cried when LeBron left to Miami. When Lebron realized wade and bosh started to rack up injuries, he bounced to Cleveland, whom the league had been miraculously gifting #1 draft picks. IMO, Cleveland getting 3 out of 4 #1 picks was all set up for the scripted "coming home" story for LeBron. Don't feel bad for Cleveland. They don't deserve s***!
GS had a letdown. It happens. They figured it'd be easy with Kyrie out. Especially Curry. They'll bounce back in game 3.
This! And keep in mind IF Lebron manages to will the Cavs to a championship, there will not be a day within the next 365 days we will not hear about it on any sports outlet. Which is why I'm rooting very hard for the Warriors to get their act together. I don't think I've rooted this hard for a non-Laker team to win since...ever. So yeah, I'm with Punk, although feel bad for the injured players, I don't feel bad for Cleveland as a whole one bit.
The only guy on Cleveland I feel bad for is Kyrie who I like. Everyone else not so much. And actually it makes it all the easier for me to root against them now, not that I had trouble before. Hopefully Curry picks himself up and comes back strong like an MVP should next game. The only remedy for a stinker game like that is a good one. Get it done Steph. And go Warriors.
Yeah, GS, man. They kept chucking and chucking; mind you, that is not their OFFENSE. I have a feeling we'll see a focused GS team come out with a purpose tonight.
After speights missed that dunk. I kept telling myself. Watch that be the difference. And look what happened. Smh!!!
That was a bad one and came back to bite them. What sealed the deal though was not boxing out Dirty D, the smallest guy on the floor for that last offensive board. That was the nail in the coffin. Kind of a humiliating one, too. They need to come out and stomp on the Cavs this game to make up for it. Hopefully they do.
Hopefully the Warriors will win tonight, but winning game 4 instead is cool too. As long as they win 1 in Cleveland, they should be fine. Curry and Draymond have to shoot better, and they have to play with more intensity in general. Let's see if Bron can keep this up. If he has an average game, Cleveland will lose. It has to happen, sooner or later.
Lebron might have an average game, a day separates the two games which includes flying, dude must be tired by now. Step hasnt looked right since that fall in Houston over Ariza, he really needs to find his stuff again. No more being humiliated by Dellawhatever. They need to come out playing hard and playing the type of ball that got them here.
We'll see what the Warriors are made of, specifically the MVP Stephen Curry. It's not all on him though, guys like Barnes and Draymond Green have to step up and provide the necessary help. And if I'm coming off that bench I'm EMBARRASSED that as a whole we were outplayed by Cleveland's bench. I expect a big turnaround tonight.
