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

[mtcan]

slow down.
G-State were down 1- 3 and totally outplayed&outcoached until words like chOKC and chOklahoma were added into the Urban dictionary.
Let's not act like that G-State has been this unbeatable team, during the playoffs.

it is not looking good for the Cavs but they are not as bad as the first 2 games! LeBron needs to go full king-mode like last year

It's never a given...but I think Golden State will continue to destroy Cleveland. Warriors owned the Cavs in the regular season...including a brutal blowout.

[RapTelligence]

I Miami Lebron had a clutch closer in Wade whenever he needed him. On this team there is none.

[DG88]

The Land in shambles

[OakleyDokely]

GS in the regular season:

vs Raps: 227-219 (+8)
vs Cavs: 221-181 (+40)

[OakleyDokely]

Who will win NBA finals?

Warriors
Other

[SwaggyB]

Is Cleveland the worst finals team in NBA history?

[Dr Octagon]

Cleveland looks like a bunch of scrubs out there.

[And1+2]

Is Cleveland the worst finals team in NBA history?

I don't know if this actually deserves green font.

[Lateral Quicks]

Agreed.

We're still far from being a legit contender. Even if we added another all-star, we're gonna need a FAR better bench to compete against GSW.

If this was the Raps in the finals instead of Cavs right now, we would be getting smoked by epic proportions.

We already competed against GS very well this year, almost stealing two games. Not saying we're a legitimate contender, but give this team some credit.

I wouldn't say the GS bench is all that frightening. After Iggy, they have journeymen in Livingston and Barbosa getting the most minutes. I don't see how our bench is worse.

To me, the big disparity is in the starting lineup. Curry, Thompson, and Green are all arguably better than our best player (Lowry). Adding another all-star would help. Also, JV taking that next step to all-star status would be huge.

[LLJ]

To me, the big disparity is in the starting lineup. Curry, Thompson, and Green are all arguably better than our best player (Lowry). Adding another all-star would help. Also, JV taking that next step to all-star status would be huge.

Thompson isn't better than Lowry was this year. Not even arguably. Green and Curry arguably yes, but Thompson no. I know Thompson's big scoring outputs in the playoffs are still fresh in people's mind, but overall it's too early to anoint him a top 10 player yet, although he's making his case to get on it soon.

Anyway, it's possible the Warriors are just a bad matchup for Cleveland. Sure, they're not on the Warriors level, but they're probably around the same level as OKC, and if this were OKC vs Cavs in the Finals, I think the games would be a lot closer.

[notagenius]

GS's defence is insane.

They are able to switch everything since all their defenders are similar in height and length. Reminded me of the late 90's bulls team.

[OakleyDokely]

Cavs should just be happy to be there

[Agimat]

Yup, GSW is going to win the ship' again! OKC was the only team really close to beating them.

GSW reminds me how I truly hate the Shaq-Kobe Lakers because of how f***in OP they were lol. It's all good though it just tells me that GSW is a really, really good team....and fun to watch.

[LLJ]

LeBron going for Jerry West's Finals losses record. Lose this one, make 4 more Finals and lose them and he'll surpass West.

LeBron can become the new NBA logo. A silhouette image of him flopping 15 feet backwards would be cool.

[BigCashRuthford]

Well this makes me feel better after losing to the Cavs in 6....But yeah we are so far away from a championship. Even by adding Durant we would be where the Cavs are.

How the hell did Golden State build this thing, in 2016 nonetheless? Hats off to them. The good news is after Golden State you can easily say the Raptors had the 2nd most successful season of the NBA franchises.

[OakleyDokely]

Well this makes me feel better after losing to the Cavs in 6....But yeah we are so far away from a championship. Even by adding Durant we would be where the Cavs are.

How the hell did Golden State build this thing, in 2016 nonetheless? Hats off to them. The good news is after Golden State you can easily say the Raptors had the 2nd most successful season of the NBA franchises.

and they built it without any of their core players drafted higher than 7th.

[OakleyDokely]

LeBron going for Jerry West's Finals losses record. Lose this one, make 4 more Finals and lose them and he'll surpass West.

LeBron can become the new NBA logo. A silhouette image of him flopping 15 feet backwards would be cool.

[OakleyDokely]

The scary thing about the Warriors:

Curry: 28
Thompson: 26
Green: 26

[LLJ]

Last year Draymond Green was the surprise player on GS for me, not Curry. From what people were saying about him, I was expecting like a PF version of Bruce Bowen, but after watching him, I found that comparison laughable. He's an incredibly smart and skilled player. In fact he's basically the most interesting utility player I've seen since Pippen.

That said, I dislike how he gets away with murder, and his on court antics really is off putting.

[hype_2004]

GS in the regular season:

vs Raps: 227-219 (+8)
vs Cavs: 221-181 (+40)

2 extremely close games decided by questionable suspect officiating esp the 1st game, Raps match up really well against the Warriors we have the personnel to give a serios run for their money.