Playoffs 2017 Second round : Cleveland Cavaliers (#2) vs Toronto Raptors (#3)

Dupp · Post #2 » by **Dupp** » Tue May 2, 2017 5:59 am

Go team?

Lobo_Loco · Post #3 » by **Lobo_Loco** » Tue May 2, 2017 3:44 pm

It was a nice win for the Cavs last night. I still got Cavs in 7 so I hope that they can keep up this level of play through the series. Just gotta keep limiting Derozan and watch out for Ibaka.

ducler · Post #4 » by **ducler** » Wed May 3, 2017 6:35 pm

L&H_05 · Post #5 » by **L&H_05** » Thu May 4, 2017 4:57 pm

It really was not DeRozan that killed them in game 2. Ibaka's inability to react to the defense quickly when he receives the ball absolutely destroyed any flow they could have offensively.

As soon as he caught the ball he couldn't make the proper read and make a pass that could lead to another for an open look... The double team on DeRozan works so well cause Ibaka is the outlet guy the majority of the time and he simply doesn't have the quick reacting basketball IQ to make the right play...

ducler · Post #6 » by **ducler** » Fri May 5, 2017 7:35 pm

Coxy · Post #7 » by **Coxy** » Sat May 6, 2017 7:17 am

Man this board is quiet!

gflem · Post #8 » by **gflem** » Sun May 7, 2017 4:20 pm

Get r done. Get some more rest and usher out either Bos or Was in the next round. OT, can the refs get any worse in the NBA? It would be nice to have a couple of replacement refs waiting courtside and have a way to toss a ref out of a game for being **** wouldn't it?

ducler · Post #9 » by **ducler** » Sun May 7, 2017 5:15 pm

L&H_05 · Post #10 » by **L&H_05** » Sun May 7, 2017 10:17 pm

Yea that was about as easy as it gets

Post #11 » by **TheOUTLAW** » Tue May 9, 2017 5:21 pm

There have been litany of comments suggesting that LeBron and the Cavs had no respect for the Raptors. Everything from the ball flip before draining the 3 to the left handed floaters have been scrutinized. However, the single most disrespectful thing that I've seen/heard regarding this series was the 1st quarter interview of Lue while the Cavs were behind. They asked him what the Cavs needed to do to slow down Toronto who'd drained a couple 3's taking them to a 10 pt lead. Lues response was "nothing".I just thought it was a hilarious response especially considering that we were behind at the time. Heck someone says your behind and Toronto seems to be taking advantage of your defense what do you need to do to take over this game??? Nothing! LOL

afarmenian · Post #12 » by **afarmenian** » Wed May 10, 2017 6:48 pm

TheOUTLAW wrote:There have been litany of comments suggesting that LeBron and the Cavs had no respect for the Raptors. Everything from the ball flip before draining the 3 to the left handed floaters have been scrutinized. However, the single most disrespectful thing that I've seen/heard regarding this series was the 1st quarter interview of Lue while the Cavs were behind. They asked him what the Cavs needed to do to slow down Toronto who'd drained a couple 3's taking them to a 10 pt lead. Lues response was "nothing".I just thought it was a hilarious response especially considering that we were behind at the time. Heck someone says your behind and Toronto seems to be taking advantage of your defense what do you need to do to take over this game??? Nothing! LOL

I don't know if it was disrespect.....maybe the way he said it could have made it disrespectful because it did come off funny but to me he was telling it like it is. The Cavs plan was to trap Lowry and DD and make the others make 3's all game because thats their weakness and they clearly were not comfortable with doing that. Just because they make a few doesn't mean you panic and change it up and he was proven right.

Post #13 » by **TheOUTLAW** » Thu May 11, 2017 12:56 am

afarmenian wrote:
TheOUTLAW wrote:There have been litany of comments suggesting that LeBron and the Cavs had no respect for the Raptors. Everything from the ball flip before draining the 3 to the left handed floaters have been scrutinized. However, the single most disrespectful thing that I've seen/heard regarding this series was the 1st quarter interview of Lue while the Cavs were behind. They asked him what the Cavs needed to do to slow down Toronto who'd drained a couple 3's taking them to a 10 pt lead. Lues response was "nothing".I just thought it was a hilarious response especially considering that we were behind at the time. Heck someone says your behind and Toronto seems to be taking advantage of your defense what do you need to do to take over this game??? Nothing! LOL

I don't know if it was disrespect.....maybe the way he said it could have made it disrespectful because it did come off funny but to me he was telling it like it is. The Cavs plan was to trap Lowry and DD and make the others make 3's all game because thats their weakness and they clearly were not comfortable with doing that. Just because they make a few doesn't mean you panic and change it up and he was proven right.

Oh, I'm not implying that he was wrong, but it is hilarious that when you are behind you say, nah, we're good.