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[diffusionx]

Not really. If you see the defense, it's been quite good. Delly has pretty blocked the shit out of Curry. No open space for any easy 3's. Same goes for Klay.

Warriors have gotten plenty of open looks. They just haven't made any of them.

It's true that Curry hasn't gotten many though.

 

[eBay Huckster]

What was LeBron's statline at halftime in Game 4 in 2011? Because I'm looking at Curry's 3 points and thinking "yep."

Turns out LeBron actually had 4.

 

[Bam Bam Baklava]

Not really. If you see the defense, it's been quite good. Delly has pretty blocked the shit out of Curry. No open space for any easy 3's. Same goes for Klay.

Are we really arguing between a choke job and good defense? They were missing open looks 4 minutes into the game, that's choke.

 

[piratethingy]

If we can even get 6 minutes of good basketball out of this game I'd be satisfied. Surely the game won't end with turnovers and clunk shots? Even Lebron can play a good 6 minutes with some shots made or something, let's see some action.

I don't know you or any other posters here and this is still just so awesomely transparent.

 

[Crud]

Cavs gonna pull away in the 2nd half and win by double digits. I can feel it. It's that kind of a game.

Because you can feel it? Lol ok. Curry will score but no take over it is not in him tonight. It has not been in him all series.

 

[NomarTyme]

Gronk on Family Feud? must watch!

 

[badb0y]

Lebron and what amounts to a bunch of bums off the bench are wiping the floor with the Warriors. This is embarrassing.

Are we really arguing between a choke job and good defense? They were missing open looks 4 minutes into the game, that's choke.

No, the defense is really good, I don't know why you keep trying to downplay the Cavaliers defense.

 

[bucknuticus]

Are we really arguing between a choke job and good defense? They were missing open looks 4 minutes into the game, that's choke.

Or they shook

 

[Zoned]

Really. If they hit half the open jumpers they have missed they'd be up by 10.

Well tight defense can certainly get on anyone's nerves. Even MVP can be in pressure.

 

[friskykillface]

Cavs gonna pull away in the 2nd half and win by double digits. I can feel it. It's that kind of a game.

pretty much, had them winning by double digits


again, its either 2-2 or 3-1 cavs going back to oakland
a game 5 blowout in front of their crowd would be insane

 

[JinjoUnchained]

I wonder what odds you could get on Klay Thompson for Finals MVP right now. Warriors are still favored, but the Cavs are going to make someone besides Curry beat them.

 

[Serenity]

Another season low for the GS. When can we say the Cavs are actually pretty good defensively?

I do sense a GS come back though.

 

[JustenP88]

Are we really arguing between a choke job and good defense? They were missing open looks 4 minutes into the game, that's choke.

It seems to me that people remember the handful of missed open jumpers but conveniently forget all the other possessions that ended without points.

Can we stop talking about the much better the western conference is? Heheh

Maybe we'll revisit that the next time an Eastern team that doesn't have LeBron James wins the championship.

 

[Bam Bam Baklava]

Keep floating that narrative so you can downplay a Cleveland chip. Not transparent at all.

What difference does it make what I say?

 

[MIMIC]

Can we stop talking about the much better the western conference is? Heheh

SECSECSEC

 

[hitgirl]

Switching over now that the baseball game is done, am I right to assume the score looks closer than how things have played out?

Yea. Cavs got obvious advantage right now. But like you mentioned, the score is still really close.

 

[Darkman M]

Because you can feel it? Lol ok. Curry will score but no take over it is not in him tonight. It has not been in him all series.

I think you read his post wrong bro...

 

[RedAssedApe]

Iggy the only one who came to play

 

[see5harp]

Are we really arguing between a choke job and good defense? They were missing open looks 4 minutes into the game, that's choke.

They've also allowed Cleveland to control 2.5 straight games now. Their half court offense is as bad as it ever was. This reminds me of the Spurs series where they just couldn't do shit without Steph hitting unbelievable threes.

 

[alr1ght]

Cavs have plenty of time to bench Mozgov and choke up a lead in the 4th.

 

[Ninja Scooter]

Because you can feel it? Lol ok. Curry will score but no take over it is not in him tonight. It has not been in him all series.

It's just one of those odd games where it feels like the Cavs should be up 10. They've been slowly building momentum as the first half went on and the Warriors on the other hand haven't been able to string even 2 decent possessions in a row together.

 

[Battersea Power Station]

They've missed tons of open shots

I recall 4 or 5 but I might be forgetting some. The rest were all contested. And when you're facing tremendous pressure hitting the open shots is even more important, so it makes the shooters really nervous.

That's what everyone means when they say it's dangerous to build a team around jump-shooting.

 

[Crud]

.

 

[bucknuticus]

SECSECSEC

them OSU football parallels in this series is unreal!

 

[RellyRell28]

 

[Jonm1010]

Iggy the only one who came to play

Almost think he should be the primary focus on offense right now. He seems the only one up for the moment tonight. Let him have his Josh Smith moment while the rest of the team sulks.

 

[Crud]

It's just one of those odd games where it feels like the Cavs should be up 10. They've been slowly building momentum as the first half went on and the Warriors on the other hand haven't been able to string even 2 decent possessions in a row together.

I misread your post my bad.

 

[Zoned]

Are we really arguing between a choke job and good defense? They were missing open looks 4 minutes into the game, that's choke.

You didn't see those sloppy ball handling in warriors offense? Curry lost ball at least 3 times.

 

[AkuMifune]

I thought for sure GS had the offense to bounce back hard. This is crazy.

Hey Kevin Love, you know how to get dudes towels right? Doesn't look like they need you after all.

 

[Baroquemantic]

Cavs have plenty of time to bench Mozgov and choke up a lead in the 4th.

Yep

 

[Champagne]

lol when James Jones is outplaying the "greatest shooter of all time"

give me a break

 

[reggieandTFE]

Curry, Klay, Bogut, Barnes all look legit shook. I would bring back Livingston, Ezeli and especially Iguadola real quick if there's a Cleveland run in the 3rd.

 

[ryutaro's mama]

This is why I always liked you, alr1ght.

 

[eBay Huckster]

Hey Kevin Love, you know how to get dudes towels right? Doesn't look like they need you after all.

Kevin Love in this series means Cleveland's up 2-0 and about to go up 3-0.

 

[CassidyIzABeast]

The one thing in this series thats for certain is that Love is gone. They clearly dont need him or his max contract to be competitive.

 

[Redd]

Whatever happens though all the Warriors need is one game in Cleveland and they reclaim home court advantage.

 

[Gully State]

It's just one of those odd games where it feels like the Cavs should be up 10. They've been slowly building momentum as the first half went on and the Warriors on the other hand haven't been able to string even 2 decent possessions in a row together.

Yeah, Cavs are playing 90's Knicks basketball. Walk it up the court and pound the pick and roll..I know it's only a 7 point deficit but it feels larger given how slow the pace of the game is.

 

[Champagne]

I thought for sure GS had the offense to bounce back hard. This is crazy.

Hey Kevin Love, you know how to get dudes towels right? Doesn't look like they need you after all.

you must've missed the latter half of the regular season when the offensive tri of kyrie, lbj, and love were tearing holes through the fabric of basketball

don't be stupid now

 

[Cooter]

What's going on in his head? Did something happen to cause this mental slump? You think he's shying away from the moment? Is physical defense getting into his head?

Yes. He's not confident. Look at him put there. Passing up open threes and barely driving. You really think Delly is some kind of shut down defender?

 

[TJ Verboten]

GAF tell me I'm crazy but are the Cavs are weirdly better off for THIS particular matchup with Golden State with Love and Kyrie out?

Love gets killed in pick n rolls.
Kyrie's D is disinterested most of the time.

I kinda feel like Golden State's offense would look a lot better if Love and Kyrie were playing major minutes.

Cavs D have dictated play 3 straight games, besides some fits and starts from GS.
Kerr needs to make an adjustment or Golden State is going to lose this series.

Is the above theory ludicrous?

 

[HeySeuss]

them OSU football parallels in this series is unreal!

When Schumpert went down I thought they were going to call Cardale in.

 

[alr1ght]

This is why I always liked you, alr1ght.

i pulled it from twitter, but i'll take the credit.

 

[RBelong2Us]

Are people watching? I don't see that great D from Cavs... I see open shots getting missed horribly. Like they just look bad coming out of the players hands. Curry, Thompson, green, and Barnes forgot how to play ball.

This reminds me of Pacers collapse last season

 

[cyborg009]

This is funny looking back at it....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9fcycloKqA

 

[Zoned]

Iguadala and Green are the only players in GSW who feel like are interested in winning this game.

 

[ryutaro's mama]

i pulled it from twitter, but i'll take the credit.

Own it, mang.

It's yours.

 

[eBay Huckster]

you must've missed the latter half of the regular season when the offensive tri of kyrie, lbj, and love were tearing holes through the fabric of basketball

don't be stupid now

I forget what span of time it was, but for some segment of those last 43 games Cleveland was posting something insane like a 13 SRS

 

[MIMIC]

them OSU football parallels in this series is unreal!

"Yall swept the Hawks/destroyed Wisconsin? SO THE FUCK WHAT!"

lol

 

[victreeb3l]

Get it together Warriors

 

[NervousXtian]

If the Cavs somehow win this series.. would they arguably be the worst team to win a championship ever?

JR and LeBron are the only guys to average double figure scoring this year.. yes I know Kyrie and Love out.. but when JR Smith is your 2nd best score.. fuck.