2016 NBA Finals: Golden State Warriors vs. Cleveland Cavaliers (3-4)

[pegcity]

I love that LBJ is complaining about Side Show Bob's flop against Love. Pot meet Kettle

[Jadoogar]

Looks like Curry will be a non-factor just like he was last finals. If his supporting cast wasn't so good and GS lost they would probably be making choke memes about him.

LOL this is insane. Curry was not a "non-factor" last year. He's the key to all his teammates getting open looks. Curry/Green PNR was incredible.

You're right tho, Lebron never has any good supporting casts

[zippy]

To be honest the non-calls were horrendous against Cleveland last night. We would breathe on Lebron and it was a whistle, the Warriors are climbing on and pushing Lebron and no whistle... Maybe some consistency in the foul calling would be nice..

Golden State got many bailout calls for them, but Cleveland needs to regain focus, their offence and defence was atrocious.

[Yeezus_]

Cavs have no chance with Kyrie and Love playing heavy minutes. Specifically since they werent even great offensively. Defensively they are absolutely atrocious and the Warriors exploited them.

Warriors are absolutely insane defensively wit Iggy and Dray.

[andrewww]

To be honest the non-calls were horrendous against Cleveland last night. We would breathe on Lebron and it was a whistle, the Warriors are climbing on and pushing Lebron and no whistle... Maybe some consistency in the foul calling would be nice..

Golden State got many bailout calls for them, but Cleveland needs to regain focus, their offence and defence was atrocious.

I don't know what game you're watching. Lebron got away with a couple of charges in the first quarter and got away all game with clearing out using his left elbow while posting up. As Phil Jackson would say, he has the best off arm in the league. If they called the game as they should (never going to happen) he'd foul out in every game.

The Raps got screwed against the Cavs though, that I agree with.

[OakleyDokely]

If it was feasible for the fivesome of Curry/Thompson/Barnes/Iggy/Green to play all 48 minutes, they may never lose a game. That lineup is awesome offensively and defensively

[lobosloboslobos]

To be honest the non-calls were horrendous against Cleveland last night. We would breathe on Lebron and it was a whistle, the Warriors are climbing on and pushing Lebron and no whistle... Maybe some consistency in the foul calling would be nice..

Golden State got many bailout calls for them, but Cleveland needs to regain focus, their offence and defence was atrocious.

I don't know what game you're watching. Lebron got away with a couple of charges in the first quarter and got away all game with clearing out using his left elbow while posting up. As Phil Jackson would say, he has the best off arm in the league. If they called the game as they should (never going to happen) he'd foul out in every game.

The Raps got screwed against the Cavs though, that I agree with.

Lebron could legit be called for an offensive foul every single time he drives. Can you imagine JV clearing his way with that arm and not getting called for it again and again? As if.

[scopy]

meh, the Curry vs MJ debate is pretty meaningless. With 1997 rules and refs, CHI/MJ wins. With 2016 rules and refs, GSW/Curry wins. Both teams and stars were a product of their time.

You could argue that there is no definitive "best team of all time" because every great team is a product of their times. The 72 Lakers or the 96 Bulls or the 16 Warriors. Totally different rules for each team. One of them was even before the 3 point line was implemented.

hmm. We both joined around the same time and have very similar number of posts. Are you also really smart and good looking and modest? Because then we would be very similar indeed.

He has 7000 more And1's. You need to change boards and be appreciated.

[dballislife]

the warriors moved around and passed the death out of that ball to win game 1...wish we combined our dribble attack with that kind of ball movement

[Son Goku 25]

loll although its fun seeing other teams suffer from biased calls, I do want to see Lebron win this year.

[-TheDocOfDenial]

The cavs will never beat the warriors paying irvin/love max deals. You can not beat the warriors by having one dimensional players on the court. LeGM paying TT 80 million dollars doomed their bench unit and cap space. This team will get shaken up after this finals loss. I just don't see how the cavs can stop curry and klay at the same time, while keeping their bench in check. This series will be over in 5. Cleavland wins one at home and loses a close one because klay or curry go insane. GSW bench takes care of business at home.

[Drop Shot]

Got this from the General Board. That's all in the first half.

Side note: Kyrie really gets away with a lot of hooking with his offhand when he drives.

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[Patman]

The Warriors have too many offensive weapons and Cavs not enough stoppers. If the Cavs have any chance in the series, they need to avoid having Kyrie and Love on the floor together as much as possible. They are just horrendous defenders, who up until now, have not met a team with enough offensive firepower to exploit them over and over again. If you give both guys 36 mins, they can play 24 mins each w/o the other on the court, and can share the court for their other 12 mins. And in those 12 mins, put Shump and TT there so LeBron doesn't have to do all the defending.

[RonaldArtest]

I was rocking my Steph Curry blue GS jersey tonight at a local town spring fair, and if I stayed there till now I probably would've gotten into a fight. Four separate instances where GS haters or Lebron fanboys talked smack to me. No idea so many disliked the Warriors. One guy told me to cheer for a real team. Lol

[orbesnet]

Kevin Love ain't all that, dude can shoot but he's a stiff, can't defend and is fragile.

KI is a star some days and invisible others. Great offense, occasional defense.

LBJ is too hot and cold, dude can dominate when he wants to but has too much ego to try when it's not going his way.

Ty Lue hasn't shown much as a coach, he's in a interesting position and obviously knows the game but isn't changing much.

The supporting cast of the cavs isn't enough, W's are too good of an all around team, steph and thompson don't have to do it to win, they're enough of a distraction that the other former all-stars and journey-men on that squad can get it done.

I originally called it W's in 5, won't be surprised if it's a sweep. Refs might give the cavs some love but may not be enough.

Wonder if LBJ's going to stick around.

[DJ_RnC]

Warriors are exploiting Kyrie on D every chance they get, Cleveland won't have an answer unless they find a way to hide him on defense.

[Bankai]

Raptors might have gotten blown out by the Cavaliers but the Raptors would keep it close against the Warriors. Yea I said that.

I really like the Warriors, but I would love it for the City of Cleveland to get a championship

[ash_k]

I wonder what this stacked team as in store for us this weekend! poor Lebron, if he scores 11 points/or less in any playoff game, it will be guaranteed L for his team! lucky Curry and Klay

[Bankai]

Yea I can see why Lebron went for Irving and Love, they are younger so the window might be larger. But Irving and Love are simply not the players Wade and Bosh are. Lebron has a younger hometown team but he left a better team in Miami.

[Lord Eder]

I was rocking my Steph Curry blue GS jersey tonight at a local town spring fair, and if I stayed there till now I probably would've gotten into a fight. Four separate instances where GS haters or Lebron fanboys talked smack to me. No idea so many disliked the Warriors. One guy told me to cheer for a real team. Lol

It's amazing what success can do. Their run to win the championship last season was really opposed by no one. But seemingly only one year removed and they're already probably one of the most hated teams currently in sports.

It's like people can't just appreciate good teams or players.