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

[gerrit4]

Cavs are super talented and will figure out the offense - but the defense is a big problem. I don't think you can play love and Irving. I think they'd be better with a lesser player that can defend at an average level.

[hsb]

I always thought it would be GS in 5 and after this game I'm sticking to that

Same, Cleveland just can't guard them consistently. Especially when they play Love so much, he such an awful defender.

Irving is just as much of a culprit. They didn't know where they could hide him defensively and a big part of the Warriors run was giving the ball to whoever he was guarding (Livignston and Barnes).

[Undefeated]

Only chance Cavs have at stealing the next game is to play less of Irving and Love together. Said that from the beginning. Their defense is just too bad to offset anything they bring offensively.

[Volcano]

what happened to Channing Frye and his unstoppable rain of 3's?

[steamed hams]

what happened to Channing Frye and his unstoppable rain of 3's?

He's not playing against scrubs on the Raptors and Hawks?

[-TheDocOfDenial]

LeBron as assist away from a triple double yet he has been invisible this whole second half. Way too passive.

[pingpongrac]

Livingston might be the only other perimeter player in the league who shoots more mid-range jumpers than DeRozan.

And yet, since he came back from his injury, I can't recall a single time he took one of those shots when I thought it was a bad shot.

I've seen him miss shots, but I've never seen him take what I would describe as a bad shot. Such a smart player.

DeRozan should really study tape of his game. If DeRozan played with that type of IQ, I'd be happy for him to go on shooting as many mid-range jumpers as he wants.

True, but Livingston is almost always guarded by players that are significantly shorter than he is and he plays for a team that finds good looks for everybody. If you put DeRozan on the Warriors and had 6-foot defenders on him 75% of the time, most of his shots would look like great shots.

[Treadmill_Team]

I'd take Livingston over Derozan. Not as good an athetle, but better passer, better post up game and doesn't take bad shots. Much better defender too. If he had the same opportunity Derozan has in Toronto he'd be much more productive

Umm no. Livingston is a good role player. We need offense. I'm not sure why you're even comparing the two.

Derozan wouldn't even have a role on GS. He would get no run at all.

[gp2015]

It's embarrassing how trash the East is.

Any one of the Spurs, Warriors or Thunder could have kicked the Cavs asses.

[Southward1]

GS has so many creators and ball-handlers and their cutting is so awesome and of coarse they shoot from 3 brilliantly.

Like I said in another thread, they have 6-7 players in their rotation that are all above average to elite triple threat players. Shooting, dribbling passing. There's really no way to defend them.

Totally Agree. And other key thing with those 7 guys is, they all have quick feet defensively and are good at cutting off passing lanes. It's ridiculous.

[Scott Hall]

How did we lose to these bunch of fakes; F@k!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Horrific defense, dumb TO's and poor 3 point shooting...

Could have been a result of fatigue of the wars with Indy and Miami especially the surprising poor D

[Omzz]

kyrie did nothin but chuck this game. demars chucking pales in comparison

[Tacoma]

It's not just the players, it's also the system Kerr has deployed, lots of movement, passing and sharing the ball that resulted in many easy baskets. No selfish iso's like under Casey-ball.

[Potential]

How do u beat a team who's back up PG is as good as a prime D Wade

[hsb]

This is the type of game a road team can steal. Pretty terribly game by the Cavs.

[gp2015]

I'd take Livingston over Derozan. Not as good an athetle, but better passer, better post up game and doesn't take bad shots. Much better defender too. If he had the same opportunity Derozan has in Toronto he'd be much more productive

Umm no. Livingston is a good role player. We need offense. I'm not sure why you're even comparing the two.

Derozan wouldn't even have a role on GS. He would get no run at all.

Ok, so an all star wouldn't even get any run at all, not even as a role player

You probably shouldn't talk about basketball anymore.

[Brinbe]

Shows how far we are from true contention. We would've lost to this Dubs team by like 50.

[Southward1]

I always thought it would be GS in 5 and after this game I'm sticking to that

Same, Cleveland just can't guard them consistently. Especially when they play Love so much, he such an awful defender.

Irving is just as much of a culprit. They didn't know where they could hide him defensively and a big part of the Warriors run was giving the ball to whoever he was guarding (Livignston and Barnes).

Yeah, the cavs have a massive issue. Their best offensive unit includes Irving and Love together, but when they play together it's also their worse defensive unit. Irving's got issues with reading cuts and recognition, but goddamn Love is just useless defensively. At least irving is quick and can generally stay in front of his man 1 on 1, Love can't even do that.

[-TheDocOfDenial]

what the **** is lebron doing

[Banjax]

Splash,Splash