Red Mosquito

verb_to_trust wrote:

E.H. Ruddock wrote:

verb_to_trust wrote:Its over joes. Cleveland needed this game. Maybe next year?

Well it won't be Chicago next year

You are a true basketball wizard for being able to pluck this valuable piece of insight out of the murkey nba landscape for 2016.

So, I wasn't expecting it to be that lopsided, but I'm not really surprised at the outcome last night. Golden State had to win, Cleveland didn't. I'm guessing they split the next 2 and we get a game 7. It's still pretty close, Lebron was obviously tired. JR Smith was....JR Smith.

Nice to see Golden State game enough last night to make it a series after not showing up for 2 games.

Golden State was making their open shots last night and the Cavs weren't. I think the Warriors are also finally figuring out tweaks to their offense to get some good looks against Cleveland's scheme.

i've always liked iguodala's game...i'd love to see him be the cavs killer

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:i've always liked iguodala's game...i'd love to see him be the cavs killer

He has been incredible in this series. He has such a unique skillset.

If the Warriors win the series, and Lebron doesn't pull a Jerry West and win the MVP, I bet Iggy gets it.

Joesanity wrote:

verb_to_trust wrote:Its over joes. Cleveland needed this game. Maybe next year?

At least next year we'll have our fragile PG back, our fragile third big man and maybe Kevin Love.

I hope last night shuts up the people who say this team doesn't need Love and Irving (believe me, they're out there).

Kyrie is just as injury prone as rose if you look at his history. Hes been lucky enough to avoid ligament issues but I wouldnt feel good about his ability to stay healthy for full seasons if I was a cavs fan.

Gotta give credit to kerr for the lineup change. Maybe its just the bulls/thibs stubbornness ingrained in me but I didnt think a change to the starting lineup was necessary.

verb_to_trust wrote:Gotta give credit to kerr for the lineup change. Maybe its just the bulls/thibs stubbornness ingrained in me but I didnt think a change to the starting lineup was necessary.

It gave them the flexibility to double Lebron and still have the speed to close out/recover (in most cases) on a 3 point shooter. Not sure it will work as well in future games given the rebounding disadvantage but it definitely worked last night.

I think girls name Thompson and Mozgov have rebounding advantage no matter who is out there for Golden State. I would just stay small, especially with how well Iggy is playing.

verb_to_trust wrote:I think girls name Thompson and Mozgov have rebounding advantage no matter who is out there for Golden State. I would just stay small, especially with how well Iggy is playing.

Agreed. Stay small and push the ball. Try to wear them out. I see this series going 7 now. Should be fun.

verb_to_trust wrote:Gotta give credit to kerr for the lineup change. Maybe its just the bulls/thibs stubbornness ingrained in me but I didnt think a change to the starting lineup was necessary.

they should have forfeit due to his lie about it

Monkey_Driven wrote:

verb_to_trust wrote:I think girls name Thompson and Mozgov have rebounding advantage no matter who is out there for Golden State. I would just stay small, especially with how well Iggy is playing.

Agreed. Stay small and push the ball. Try to wear them out. I see this series going 7 now. Should be fun.

Going small and running is a big advantage for Golden State due to the short Cavs rotation. Delly could barely stay in the game and was abused. Lebron was noticably tired as well.

verb_to_trust wrote:

Monkey_Driven wrote:

verb_to_trust wrote:I think girls name Thompson and Mozgov have rebounding advantage no matter who is out there for Golden State. I would just stay small, especially with how well Iggy is playing.

Agreed. Stay small and push the ball. Try to wear them out. I see this series going 7 now. Should be fun.

Going small and running is a big advantage for Golden State due to the short Cavs rotation. Delly could barely stay in the game and was abused. Lebron was noticably tired as well.

Third game in 5 days will do that.

Monkey_Driven wrote:

verb_to_trust wrote:

Monkey_Driven wrote:

verb_to_trust wrote:I think girls name Thompson and Mozgov have rebounding advantage no matter who is out there for Golden State. I would just stay small, especially with how well Iggy is playing.

Agreed. Stay small and push the ball. Try to wear them out. I see this series going 7 now. Should be fun.

Going small and running is a big advantage for Golden State due to the short Cavs rotation. Delly could barely stay in the game and was abused. Lebron was noticably tired as well.

Third game in 5 days will do that.

yeah i'm not a cavs fan but delly and lebron put in some serious minutes and effort in those first 3

I still see it as a problem for the cavs going forward regardless of one or two days rest.GS has a bench and the cavs do not.

verb_to_trust wrote:I still see it as a problem for the cavs going forward regardless of one or two days rest.GS has a bench and the cavs do not.

Yup, Delly in particular is not used to the minutes he has been getting. He's been fighting like hell to get through all those screens guarding Curry. It starts to wear on you. Lebron is a robot.

verb_to_trust wrote:Leblood!!

Ledick!!

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The Warriors are just too good and too deep for the Cavs. I'll give Cleveland a lot of credit for keeping the series as close as they have, but I think the Dubs really shouldn't look back from this point forward.

Are they even deeper than the Spurs last year?? I think they probably are, which is mind boggling to me.

Monkey_Driven wrote:

verb_to_trust wrote:I still see it as a problem for the cavs going forward regardless of one or two days rest.GS has a bench and the cavs do not.

Yup, Delly in particular is not used to the minutes he has been getting. He's been fighting like hell to get through all those screens guarding Curry. It starts to wear on you. Lebron is a robot.

yeah...assuming the curry and thompson actually start scoring consistently i just have a hard time seeing the cavs pull this one out

4/5 wrote:The Warriors are just too good and too deep for the Cavs. I'll give Cleveland a lot of credit for keeping the series as close as they have, but I think the Dubs really shouldn't look back from this point forward.

Are they even deeper than the Spurs last year?? I think they probably are, which is mind boggling to me.

They are insanely deep. I was really looking forward to a Clippers/Warriors WCF to see the Warriors' bench obliterate the Clips' lackeys.