Yup, and that's not just playoff teams. Those two have the worst PnR defense of any two players in the league. Which means, when the two are on the floor together, the Warriors are going to run PnR with whoever they're guarding. Over and over again. Good times.
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Yup, and that's not just playoff teams. Those two have the worst PnR defense of any two players in the league. Which means, when the two are on the floor together, the Warriors are going to run PnR with whoever they're guarding. Over and over again. Good times.
serenewarfare
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Warriors will probably be, to me, the greatest single-season team of all-time in US pro sports history if they can win the title. Really a transcendent run they're on.
Also I discovered today that Ezeli watches One Piece, so how can I root against a guy like that?
Also I discovered today that Ezeli watches One Piece, so how can I root against a guy like that?
They looked a bit vulnerable, but I think that was more OKC turning a corner into a crazy good team for a little bit there rather than GSW necessarily going down in the dumps. Curry seems mostly back, and I just can't see Cleveland playing up to the abilities OKC was at that point after having roasted the Spurs, too.
I think Cleveland will get in some good punches, though. I'd say GSW in 6.
PadWarrior
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Love looked so bad in that Martin Luther King day matchup on pick and rolls.
You see his tweet today? https://twitter.com/festus/status/737680183159750657
Same as last year. Last 4 four Finals were basically rematches.
FeenixRising
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LeBron haters are unbearable.
Cavs in 6. Looking for reveeeeeeeeeeeenge
Cavs in 6. Looking for reveeeeeeeeeeeenge
Alex Stroud
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Cleveland in 6. I can't see James and a full and well-rested supporting cast being stopped. Thunder struck the glancing blow, now it's time for the Land of Cleve to ascend to the champion's throne.
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Cavs in 6
Conversely, GSW is usually considerbly smaller than the Raps, Hawks and Detroit and Lebron has been feasting in the paint. Not only that but whoever guards Lebron has to worry about foul trouble also.
Big Baybee
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Do people saying Warriors in 5 realize it took 6 games last year for them to beat LeBron and a bunch of guys from the local YMCA?
ProvenDeadly
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I think GS is happy to let LeBron try and singlehandedly beat them.
perfectchaos007
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G1: GS by 15
G2: GS by 10
G3: CLE by 5
G4: GS by 7
G5: GS by 22
G2: GS by 10
G3: CLE by 5
G4: GS by 7
G5: GS by 22
PadWarrior
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It took the Warriors six games to beat the best defensive team in the playoffs who dominated them on the boards and slowed the pace down to a crawl.
That's not this year's Cavs.
Violence Jack
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All these 3s that's going to be raining down this series.
It took virtually this same Warriors team 6 games to beat Lebron and his bench. I think this one is going 7. It'll be interesting to see which version of Love shows up.
It took virtually this same Warriors team 6 games to beat Lebron and his bench. I think this one is going 7. It'll be interesting to see which version of Love shows up.
Mostly because all of the other wins were blowouts, record breaking even. It was a good series but GSW just squeaked by OKC.
TrumanBurbank
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Curry > Lebron
Klay > Kyrie
Draymond > KLove
Klay > Kyrie
Draymond > KLove
Warriors won three straight against a great team with two of the five best players who had just trounced the 67-win Spurs. Somehow, I don't think the Warriors would have struggled as much as Cleveland did to put away a mediocre Toronto team.
Klay was ass and Curry didn't get going until late in the series, when GS won 3 straight comfortably.
Joei
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Don't forget, Kyrie is a bad boy ready to take it the hole. He and Lebron are going to attack them like they ain't been attacked before
Really, OKC should have beaten GS in 6 games but they blew it. Toronto was nowhere close to getting to that point with Cleveland. They were absolutely trounced those last few games.
OKC is definitely a better team than Toronto but still.
ProvenDeadly
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I'm kinda rooting for the Cleve since I don't really want to see Bron lose 3 finals in a row.
On the other hand GS just pulled off the near impossible by coming back from 1-3 and taking out the Thunder for me, can't root against them.
I just hope this is fun, hopefully going to game 7.
On the other hand GS just pulled off the near impossible by coming back from 1-3 and taking out the Thunder for me, can't root against them.
I just hope this is fun, hopefully going to game 7.
This is the darkest timeline for me.
Golden State escaped Oklahoma by launching ridiculous 3's that had no business going in for the most part. That is their game though, but I can't see them having a run of games like that (+84 from 3 in games 6 and 7) against Cleveland... The Cavs have actually been better from 3 these playoffs, and OKC were middle of the pack.
Will be interesting to see how Lebron does without having to carry the full load every game. I can't imagine that Draymond doesn't pick up 2 games worth of suspensions either (one for the flagrants, and one for the techs)
Golden State escaped Oklahoma by launching ridiculous 3's that had no business going in for the most part. That is their game though, but I can't see them having a run of games like that (+84 from 3 in games 6 and 7) against Cleveland... The Cavs have actually been better from 3 these playoffs, and OKC were middle of the pack.
Will be interesting to see how Lebron does without having to carry the full load every game. I can't imagine that Draymond doesn't pick up 2 games worth of suspensions either (one for the flagrants, and one for the techs)
Hawks.
Joei
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That was against Atlanta, one of the top defenses in the league.
Yeah because Westbrook is a chump at driving the ball.
i3allistic
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Dubs can retake that record against the Cavs ...while winning the title again in 6 and Lebron dipping Cleveland and Ohio again for Miami ...
serenewarfare
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Russ is exactly that and is better than Kyrie (as an attacker at least), and they found a way to handle that for the last three games.
Ninja Scooter
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Warriors in 5. Kevin Love will, at some point, be boo'd off the court in Cleveland.
The record the Warriors got with Curry only making one 3 and missing the second half :lol
Also, GS swept OKC in the season as well (though people always yell at me when I bring up stuff from the regular season).
Joei
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Because OKC couldn't hit the broadside of a barn past 15 feet. Same as last year when Lebron was forced to drive constantly on them with no outside help.
PadWarrior
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It's funny how it works that way. Don't dare mention how a healthy cavs team got wrecked by 32 in their own building.
Big Baybee
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This years Cavs can be an offensive juggernaut, though.
Stabby McSter
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all hail your one and only true champion, anderson varejao
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