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[mypasswordis]

Could be nice for people in the area to go see game 2 live since the series might not come back to Oakland!

How does easy money sniper aka KD aka Slim Reaper aka Durantula even exist? 6'11 with freak athleticism and handles, passing, speed, and accuracy comparable to any of the best guards

Edited June 2, 2017 by mypasswordis

[TMoney]

I'm having to remind everyone today that GSW won g1 and g2 of last years finals by like 10 and 30 point margins and still lost the series.

The Cavs will play better. Regression to the mean is a powerful thing.

That being said, boy, Cleveland just has no one with a prayer of defending KD other than LeBron.

Asking LeBron to defend KD and carry the Cavs on offense might be asking too much.

[Hopstretch]

Know bugger all about basketball, but can't wait to be a bandwagon fan.

Tally ho Golden State! Keep on showing those other chaps what's what, what.

[TMoney]

I think the Cavs have a much better showing in g2.

A lot of the breakdowns I've read/watched show tons of sloppy mistakes that I think the King and his men are more than capable of cleaning up.

[mypasswordis]

I think if you fall into the trap of trying to beat the Warriors at their own game, it's not going to end well even if you cut down on mistakes because they're the best in the league at playing with pace, forcing and capitalizing on turnovers, team defense, passing, switching, 3 point shooting, etc. They have a lot of great individual defenders, too, but no one can completely lock down Kyrie or LeBron one on one. We may be seeing some slowing down of the game and iso ball from the Cavs before the end of the series, like in the past two years. 

[robm321]

I'm enjoying this immensely.

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[EdipisReks1]

Man that was a sloppy first half. Exciting game, though. 

10 hours ago, mypasswordis said:

I think if you fall into the trap of trying to beat the Warriors at their own game, it's not going to end well even if you cut down on mistakes because they're the best in the league at playing with pace, forcing and capitalizing on turnovers, team defense, passing, switching, 3 point shooting, etc. They have a lot of great individual defenders, too, but no one can completely lock down Kyrie or LeBron one on one. We may be seeing some slowing down of the game and iso ball from the Cavs before the end of the series, like in the past two years. 

You might be right, but it hasn't happened yet. The Cavs definitely changed their game plan for tonight, but they seemed to just run out of steam. With Durant, I think they are having to work much harder than last year on defense, and it's just that much more tiring. 

Edited June 5, 2017 by EdipisReks1

[mypasswordis]

Agreed. LeBron looks to be finally getting to the point where he can't be on the floor doing everything for 45 minutes every night, and trying to defend KD well on top of that is pretty impossible. Tristan isn't fast enough to keep up with KD, and Kevin Love isn't good at defense. Of course, it's always funny when the Warriors run a 1-3 pick and roll and Kyrie ends up (not so much) guarding Durant. KD fixed GSW's greatest weakness when he joined, since he's turned into a rim protector who can rebound the ball well on top of everything he did before. He could basically play any position on both offense and defense...

[TMoney]

Gimme some of that spicy Curry!

 

[crappyjones123]

Night night Bron Bron.

[mypasswordis]

He had 39/11/9 today and has been playing crazy good all 3 games. One could say it's the bad choices he made as acting GM catching up with him, as the role players continue to be ghosts... Tristan Thompson with 0 pts, 3 rebounds, and 1 King manslaughter charge. Steph got more rebounds in a single game than Tristan has the entire series.

[TMoney]

Hats off to the Cavs. LBJ and Kyrie left everything out there on the floor and just didn't have the gas in he tank to get them over the finish line. 

KD!!!!!!!!!!

Legacy defining shot for him  

 

[Aura]

Tristan Thompson was out-rebounded by Curry.  Dude is fucking terrible this series.

[Parbaked]

The Kardashian Curse....

[mypasswordis]

https://bossip.com/1563348/khloe-kardashians-bae-tristan-thompson-got-roasted-for-wearing-her-jeans-to-game-3/

[crappyjones123]

I didn't even know he was going Out with one of them. 

[TMoney]

God I love the internet sometimes.

https://streamable.com/h2c06

[TMoney]

Well.... that was a game. 

Kyrie is insane. 

[crappyjones123]

Freak of a game. They aren't shooting 60% from 3 again. 

[TMoney]

Not the result I wanted, but that was fun as hell.

God damn I love the NBA Playoffs.

After that drama, I think there is a solid chance g5 is the most watched NBA game in over a decade.

Edited June 10, 2017 by TMoney

[robm321]

Same here, as much as I wanted a sweep, it was finally exciting and competitive. Good to see some fight in Cleveland.

Now finish them off in Oakland.

[TMoney]

Gotta hand it to Kobe. These videos he does are great.

https://twitter.com/kobebryant/status/873333281311174660

Edited June 11, 2017 by TMoney

[TMoney]

Just a tiny snippet of the genius level mind-games going on in the finals.

 

[Aura]

Congrats KD, though I sure wish you'd been wearing an OKC jersey when you got it done. And congrats warrior fans, of course. 

Watching LeBron walking off was interesting... He's said he has nothing more to prove and he looks the part more than ever. I hope everyone hating him these last 5-6 years wakes up before he's done because this is the second time he lost a finals and should be series mvp. Unbelievable stuff. 

[Hopstretch]

We did it guys! Wooooooo!

This is by far the best moment of my 10 days as a diehard Warriors fan.