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NBA Finals 2016 |OT| - The King demands seconds. The Chef delivers.

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RellyRell28 said:
Bruh? Green is taking photos after a blowout loss. These niggas didn't care at all about this game
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I think it's time to let go of the thought that the Warriors will ever be that super killer team that breaks a team's will. They always have confidence that they will win in the end but they also seem to want to do as little as possible to get there. It would certainly explain their game 3 lulls since those games are pretty hard fought and your opponent is giving you their best shot now that they're back home.
 
Gouty said:
LOL at butt hurt whoever fans.

I give a fuck who wins. I think its obvious GS is the better team.

The only thing more obvious is how you couldnt find a Cavalier under the rim in game 1 or 2 and now in game three you dont see a shot go up without 3 Cavs camping for a rebound.

Like they suddenly figured out the secret of the sport.

The leauge wont allow a 4 game series, its awful for business. They don't favor teams, they favor a series.
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Gouty said:
LOL at butt hurt whoever fans.

I give a fuck who wins. I think its obvious GS is the better team.

The only thing more obvious is how you couldnt find a Cavalier under the rim in game 1 or 2 and now in game three you dont see a shot go up without 3 Cavs camping for a rebound.

Like they suddenly figured out the secret of the sport.

The leauge wont allow a 4 game series, its awful for business. They don't favor teams, they favor a series.
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Nigga what?!?!? Series ain't rigged. Closest a series came to rigged was Kings/Lakers 02 and Mavs/Heat 06, otherwise, it's all skill baby. Play ball and you'll see
 
ameleco said:
Lol fair point, but what is actually going on here then? Was Kevin Love really *that* bad? Do small adjustments really lead from a blow out one way to a blow out the other? Is it the law of averages? It's like night and day and this has happened a lot in these playoffs.
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I would say it's mostly this. Especially with teams so reliant on the 3 (like the Cavs and Warriors), small things can balloon out of control pretty quickly.

As a contrast, in the Thunder series, it was about OKC going for the knockout punch early, sometimes successfully, and sometimes not. GSW would then either throw in the towel after getting too far behind (blowout), or take control in the 2nd half due to superior depth.

In the first two games of the finals (I didn't watch tonight until the game had been decided), Cleveland was just completely unprepared. Tonight is weird to me, I'll have to go back and watch to see if it's an anomaly or if they're actually playing that much better. Educated guess would be that most of it is that the Warriors got complacent, which is (1) in line with their character as a team these playoffs, (2) totally understandable after the first 2 games. But who knows, maybe the Cavs turned a corner. That'd be nice, I'd like to have a competive series.


e: I see the graphic now. I can't speak it being that high. I'd guess some of it has to do with 3s, but there's also a huge amount of competitive imbalance too. That the top teams are so much better than the middle of the league isn't great for the sport.
 
Tbh I don't think anything was rigged or warriors wanna win at home etc.

I think Kevin Love suck so much balls that he is an anchor on the Cavs

LeBron why did you give up Wiggins
 
LeGM has to make serious changes win or not. Love is trash and kyrie dribbles the air out of the ball.

Folks say no one wants to move to Cleveland but if KD came to CLE he and bron bron could sleepwalk all over the Least Coast conference.
 
LyleLanley said:
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unreal. I was legit shook at this play.
 
They better throw Love on the second unit if he comes back. The physicality of the first unit looks overwhelming for everyone but Green and Iguodala and Love is made of glass. Hopefully we start having a series now.
 
Good shit Cavs. Was actually feeling sorry for them. And K Love loses even when he doesn't play.

Nice to see Cavs fans/Warriors haters come back out of the woodwork for the time being.

Now time to make adjustments GSW.

So damn weird all the teams trading blowouts this postseason.
 
Mix Master said:
LeGM has to make serious changes win or not. Love is trash and kyrie dribbles the air out of the ball.

Folks say no one wants to move to Cleveland but if KD came to CLE he and bron bron could sleepwalk all over the Least Coast conference.
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LeBron and KD would walk all over the NBA, Warriors included. At least until LeBron's body broke down.

Say goodbye to your pick and roll
 
I actually wouldn't be surprised if Love was still ok to play tonight but they wanted to test their game without him being there
 
Bron better hurry up and try to get rings as he only has 3-4 years left in the tank. After that cavs gon be looking like the bum ass Lakers, with kobe the grandpa.
 
Also worth pointing out that the experts who kept saying Mozgov was the answer are clearly wrong. He had a chance and looked just as useless as you'd expect.
 
Epsilon-delta said:
Then won 3 straight against Seattle in the Finals before Gary and co. won two back-to-back before losing in Game 6.
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You mean when George Karl decided that it was a good idea to let Hersey Hawkins guard MJ for the first 3 games? Then decided to put Gary (who was DPOY) that year for the following 3?

Not saying we would of won but man it have been more competitive that's for damn sure.
 
TTG said:
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Ruh roh.
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Curry doesn't have the clutch factor of a Kobe or MJ, but he still services his team when need be

Like usually someone else bails out the Warriors, and then Curry just puts in the daggers at the end to make the comeback seem impossible. eg. Game 6 vs Okc

I will say from both finals this and last year, he definitely isn't the Finals MVP
 
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