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BR1986FB
Posts: 24,104
Jun 10, 2015 7:30am
Agree 100%. Game 4 is "must win." If they get that one, I'm confident the Warriors won't beat them 3 straight. If it goes back to Oracle 2-2, I'm not that confident they will win it. I'm concerned with how much they have left in their tanks.Footwedge;1733779 wrote:Just 2 more. The winner of game 4 will be the champs.
SportsAndLady
Posts: 35,632
Jun 10, 2015 7:37am
I thought the biggest mistake of the game last night was made by Kerr when he took out Lee for Azili with a few minutes left. Cavs could not figure Lee out and he helped cut that lead down to a point.like_that;1733782 wrote:He did. He nearly had 30 points. As long as both curry AND klay don't go off. I hope the cavs can figure out the David Lee lineup though.
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like_that
Posts: 26,625
Jun 10, 2015 7:58am
Luckily they survived and can review the film to hopefully counter the Lee lineup. He is a defensive liability and he cavs should be able to expose that. In hoping the reason they didn't was because they were tired and went into leiso ball.SportsAndLady;1733785 wrote:I thought the biggest mistake of the game last night was made by Kerr when he took out Lee for Azili with a few minutes left. Cavs could not figure Lee out and he helped cut that lead down to a point.
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BR1986FB
Posts: 24,104
Jun 10, 2015 8:07am
like_that
Posts: 26,625
Jun 10, 2015 8:18am
Curry did end up scoring 27 and nearly stole the game. Not sure anybody should be mocking his game.
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BR1986FB
Posts: 24,104
Jun 10, 2015 8:22am
Who is mocking it? They are playing out of their minds with a rag tag group. If they lose game 4, they probably lose the series.like_that;1733793 wrote:Curry did end up scoring 27 and nearly stole the game. Not sure anybody should be mocking his game.
Benny The Jet
Posts: 2,987
Jun 10, 2015 8:27am
Delly went to hospital after the game due to severe cramping
like_that
Posts: 26,625
Jun 10, 2015 8:29am
Memes like that are pretty much mocking him all over social media. We had a poster here last night say he almost would agree with sleeper with not trading delly for curry straight up... Stupid shit like that.BR1986FB;1733794 wrote:Who is mocking it? They are playing out of their minds with a rag tag group. If they lose game 4, they probably lose the series.
Also game 4 is huge (as are all the games), but I don't buy into it as a must win or the series is over narrative. Cavs are going to play hard every game.
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BR1986FB
Posts: 24,104
Jun 10, 2015 8:33am
So what? Curry had his head up his ass that whole game, pouting like a little bitch. The Cavs took their foot off the gas and almost let the Warriors steal it. The Curry for Delly comment is absurd though.like_that;1733796 wrote:Memes like that are pretty much mocking him all over social media. We had a poster here last night say he almost would agree with sleeper with not trading delly for curry straight up... Stupid shit like that.
Also game 4 is huge (as are all the games), but I don't buy into it as a must win or the series is over narrative. Cavs are going to play hard every game.
They aren't going to have enough left to win a 7 game series. No doubt they will play hard but I'd bet strongly against them winning a game 7 in GS and, if they were to lose tomorrow, I don't see them winning a game 5 there either.
I'm as nervous as anyone being up 2-1.
SportsAndLady
Posts: 35,632
Jun 10, 2015 8:36am
You're not going to predict the NBA finals. Especially this one. I don't buy into the whole "they can't keep it up for 7 games" or "they won't win 2 of 3 if they lose game 4."
The reason why is no one gave them a chance when kyrie went down. And they won two straight. You never know what Lebron James is gonna do.
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The reason why is no one gave them a chance when kyrie went down. And they won two straight. You never know what Lebron James is gonna do.
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BR1986FB
Posts: 24,104
Jun 10, 2015 8:39am
I'm not worried about what LBJ is gonna do. Regardless of what sleeper says, he can't be a "one man show." Granted, he hasn't had a ton of support but he has had some. If Delly & Shump are sidelined, that's going to put an even bigger monkey on his back. At some point, something's got to give. They need JR to have a big game at some point.SportsAndLady;1733799 wrote:You're not going to predict the NBA finals. Especially this one. I don't buy into the whole "they can't keep it up for 7 games" or "they won't win 2 of 3 if they lose game 4."
The reason why is no one gave them a chance when kyrie went down. And they won two straight. You never know what Lebron James is gonna do.
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SportsAndLady
Posts: 35,632
Jun 10, 2015 8:43am
No they don't. They don't "need" someone to go off. They need to continue to play crazy good defense and Lebron James to continue to be smart with the ball offensively.BR1986FB;1733800 wrote:I'm not worried about what LBJ is gonna do. Regardless of what sleeper says, he can't be a "one man show." Granted, he hasn't had a ton of support but he has had some. If Delly & Shump are sidelined, that's going to put an even bigger monkey on his back. At some point, something's got to give. They need JR to have a big game at some point.
I would agree with you before the series started. But the three games so far has proven we don't need miracles. We have the best player in the world who will win with a bunch of average guys as long as they play great D and hit a few open shots.
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BR1986FB
Posts: 24,104
Jun 10, 2015 8:51am
Nice read on the history of Delly....
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/cavs--nba-finals-hero-matthew-dellavedova-taken-to-hospital-in-ambulance-after-game-075418631.html
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/cavs--nba-finals-hero-matthew-dellavedova-taken-to-hospital-in-ambulance-after-game-075418631.html
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BR1986FB
Posts: 24,104
Jun 10, 2015 8:58am
I can agree with this but I'm still concerned about them running out of gas. Should they win the series, I'll be interested to see what this "secret motivation" is that Lebron supposedly has.SportsAndLady;1733801 wrote:No they don't. They don't "need" someone to go off. They need to continue to play crazy good defense and Lebron James to continue to be smart with the ball offensively.
I would agree with you before the series started. But the three games so far has proven we don't need miracles. We have the best player in the world who will win with a bunch of average guys as long as they play great D and hit a few open shots.
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BR1986FB
Posts: 24,104
Jun 10, 2015 9:17am
Curry saying LBJ isn't the reason for the Cavs lead in the series....
http://www.cleveland.com/cavs/index.ssf/2015/06/stephen_curry_said_lebron_jame.html#incart_big-photo
http://www.cleveland.com/cavs/index.ssf/2015/06/stephen_curry_said_lebron_jame.html#incart_big-photo
Laley23
Posts: 29,506
Jun 10, 2015 10:12am
Why are they gonna run out of gas? Never understood that. They played 82 games with less rest than this. If they were gonna run out of gas, it would happen already. It's not gonna happen randomly in game 6/7 lolol
Dr. KnOiTaLL
Posts: 2,682
Jun 10, 2015 10:13am
BR1986FB;1733804 wrote:Curry saying LBJ isn't the reason for the Cavs lead in the series....
http://www.cleveland.com/cavs/index.ssf/2015/06/stephen_curry_said_lebron_jame.html#incart_big-photo
SportsAndLady
Posts: 35,632
Jun 10, 2015 10:42am
Exactly my point. Lebron James is a fucking freak. I'm pretty sure he can handle the minutes while in his prime. Not to mention these guys are all running on adrenaline to win a championship for the city of Cleveland. They're not going to just "run out of gas" during their 97th and 98th games lolLaley23;1733806 wrote:Why are they gonna run out of gas? Never understood that. They played 82 games with less rest than this. If they were gonna run out of gas, it would happen already. It's not gonna happen randomly in game 6/7 lolol
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Footwedge
Posts: 9,265
Jun 10, 2015 10:42am
LeBron was absolutely incredible again last night. The 3 he hit with 1.5 minutes to go was incredible...should have been the dagger. well that and his steal to put them up 9 points. Then Shumpert and Mosgov threw the ball away. Cavs were fortunate that K. Thompson's foot was out of bounds.
What can you say about Dellavadova? Game 2 he makes the play of the game with 10 seconds left in OT. James Jones bricks a wide open 3 with 8 seconds left and Delly grabs the rebound, gets hammered and drains both free throws. Then last night when the 20 point lead was down to one, he made an unreal and one in the paint stemming the tide of GS's avalanche.
And to think I had to take all that shit from the morons here whenever I said Delly was playing lights out in the playoffs.
What can you say about Dellavadova? Game 2 he makes the play of the game with 10 seconds left in OT. James Jones bricks a wide open 3 with 8 seconds left and Delly grabs the rebound, gets hammered and drains both free throws. Then last night when the 20 point lead was down to one, he made an unreal and one in the paint stemming the tide of GS's avalanche.
And to think I had to take all that shit from the morons here whenever I said Delly was playing lights out in the playoffs.
Automatik
Posts: 14,632
Jun 10, 2015 10:48am
lol....lights out? C'mon.
Delly has been phenomenal, but he's not perfect. He was fucking up royally during Golden State's comeback. He's fucking relentless though and he's constantly pissing someone off from the other team.
Also, Draymond Green is a bitch.
Delly has been phenomenal, but he's not perfect. He was fucking up royally during Golden State's comeback. He's fucking relentless though and he's constantly pissing someone off from the other team.
Also, Draymond Green is a bitch.
BRF
Posts: 8,748
Jun 10, 2015 10:49am
Some of those shots in the 4th quarter were unreal......almost super human.like_that;1733793 wrote:Curry did end up scoring 27 and nearly stole the game.
Automatik
Posts: 14,632
Jun 10, 2015 10:50am
He's like something from a video game. He jacks it up and no way you think it's going on.....fucking swish. That one from the corner was ridiculous.
sleeper
Posts: 27,879
Jun 10, 2015 11:01am
I'll tell you what Lebron James is going to do. He's going to win the NBA championship.SportsAndLady;1733799 wrote:You're not going to predict the NBA finals. Especially this one. I don't buy into the whole "they can't keep it up for 7 games" or "they won't win 2 of 3 if they lose game 4."
The reason why is no one gave them a chance when kyrie went down. And they won two straight. You never know what Lebron James is gonna do.
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sleeper
Posts: 27,879
Jun 10, 2015 11:04am
It's obvious isn't it? It's one(or all) of three things:BR1986FB;1733803 wrote:I can agree with this but I'm still concerned about them running out of gas. Should they win the series, I'll be interested to see what this "secret motivation" is that Lebron supposedly has.
1) He is not happy that he was 3rd in the MVP vote and he wants to prove that he is the real MVP
2) He wants to bring a championship to a championship starved city in his first year back
3) He wants to prove that he can win without all-stars around him
like_that
Posts: 26,625
Jun 10, 2015 11:07am
Not to mention delly played rugby, these guys had 8 days off prior to the finals, and there are only 4 games left at most. If they go from playing hard to looking lifeless then that is all mental. Also GSW only played two more players than the cavs. Let's not act like they are coasting thru these games and conserving all this energy for games 4-7.SportsAndLady;1733811 wrote:Exactly my point. Lebron James is a fucking freak. I'm pretty sure he can handle the minutes while in his prime. Not to mention these guys are all running on adrenaline to win a championship for the city of Cleveland. They're not going to just "run out of gas" during their 97th and 98th games lol
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