2016 NBA Finals - Cleveland Cavaliers Vs Golden State Warriors

I agree for the simple fact that one of the splash bros are more likely to have 1 or two more games of cold shooting than the Warriors bench is of playing better than Cleveland's starters, so the Cavs should still feel good about their chances.

I also cosign that they should, keep the original game strategy of keeping Klay and Steph from scoring because their bench is not going to be this hot multiple times. Cleveland has a strong possibility of taking game two. All LeBron needs is barely 30, Kyrie 25, Love 20 with a small showing from Frye and a decent shooting performance from J.R. Smith and they take one in Oakland.

This can get interesting.

 

The only guys that I don't see repeating their performances are Livingston and Barbosa....Curry and Klay are going to play much much better in the next game and tbh Curry missed a TON of wide open looks. If I'm cleveland....you change your gameplan because tbh they shoulda been blown out by 30 just like their last regular season game against GS....

Curry and Klay are both equally capable of dropping 30 each....man this series could end up being a bloodbath but I think the Cavs will respond at home. I think they drop game 2 though.

 

the Cavs only spent $100mil in players...LeBron needs more help

 

Very creative, look at his hairline lol

 

oooh, strongly disagree. most of those were contested shots away from the basket, iirc. i kept finding myself surprised they were going down.

man, the rhetoric after this game 1 reminds of that after spurs/okc game 1. cleveland didn't get here by accident, and i don't think steph and klay's poor performances were as flukish as the one they had early in the okc series. that was a gameplan executed, imo.

 

separately, i'm surprised lebron still gets a pass in the media for his occasional on-court petulance. there was a play in the first half last night where he had ezeli switched onto him with about 7 seconds left on the shotclock, and he dumped the ball to love, who, by the time he caught and established position, had about 3.5 seconds. when the ball swung around for a shotclock violation, lebron just glared at everyone, and i'm like...dude: you're supposed to be the best thing since mj...take festus ezeli.

 

Not surprised. Last series LeBron had Lowry on him and passed like three times in a row. He is one of the most frustrating superstars I've ever had to watch. People talk about him being more like Magic rather Kobe or Michael, but Magic would never let anyone get away with that especially on the block.

 

Cavs aren't good enough defensively both as a team and individuals .

Too many mistakes by Kyrie , Love , Smith ... Lebron has declined on this end aswell

As for Livingston he has no pb hitting contested shots over midgets on a regular basis .

Warriors role players obviously will perform worse at Cleveland , this is when and where GS best players have to play better.

Cavs need to take some tough decisions such as playing Kyrie and Love less minutes if they want a closer series .

 

Honestly.. Livingston, Barbosa, Iggy, Speights & Ezili/Verajao together are as good a many starting rosters in the NBA.

 

Curry with a mullet?

 

If or when this series gets close you think we'll see this Steph again?

 

Funny! But seeing that pic of the Logo still down on the sidelines teaching, and undoubtedly a huge reason for the great team that the Warriors have assembled, still pisses me off that Phil Jackson helped run him out of the Lakers organization.

 

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i already posted at length about his somewhere else, but i think the discussion of gs's bench talent is bordering on mythology at this point. like the spurs, they have guys who fit well into what they want to do. they'd get smashed by several other benches, imo, in terms of pure talent. much less starters.