Go4alOngbOmB;1797702 wrote:I am going to say something very unpopular. As a Cleveland FAN, as a person who wants the curse of Lake Erie lifted more than anyone in here.

When the lead change exchange happened in the 3rd.....and they went from 1 up to 12 down, as soon as that happened. LeBron should have taken the game over. Not Irving, not Love, Lebron. When it started getting out of hand again, our all world, all league all star, should have saw, WELL, our 3 point dagger all off season isnt hitting, our slasher inside threat isnt getting his out of control finger rolls to drop, he should have tried to take the game over.

If THAT didnt work, he should have went into the post game and said, I tried my best.

Being THAT far down and coming back after halftime, your all world player needs to take over if the wheels come off. While the wheels came off in that 3rd quarter, he let Irving shoot more than I could imagine, and facilitated to make everyone happy. At least Love was hitting shots so we didnt get beat by 40. Irving only scored because he was at the line.

Take over a game, own it, he wants to emerge from Jordan's shadow so badly, just DO it.....or so they say.

Go4alOngbOmB;1797702 wrote:I am going to say something very unpopular. As a Cleveland FAN, as a person who wants the curse of Lake Erie lifted more than anyone in here.

When the lead change exchange happened in the 3rd.....and they went from 1 up to 12 down, as soon as that happened. LeBron should have taken the game over. Not Irving, not Love, Lebron. When it started getting out of hand again, our all world, all league all star, should have saw, WELL, our 3 point dagger all off season isnt hitting, our slasher inside threat isnt getting his out of control finger rolls to drop, he should have tried to take the game over.

If THAT didnt work, he should have went into the post game and said, I tried my best.

Being THAT far down and coming back after halftime, your all world player needs to take over if the wheels come off. While the wheels came off in that 3rd quarter, he let Irving shoot more than I could imagine, and facilitated to make everyone happy. At least Love was hitting shots so we didnt get beat by 40. Irving only scored because he was at the line.

Take over a game, own it, he wants to emerge from Jordan's shadow so badly, just DO it.....or so they say.

Benny The Jet;1797716 wrote:I never knew how good they were at swiping and stealing on people driving to the hoop. Iguodala seemed like he had 4 in a row on Lebron or Kyrie when they'd drive, he'd swipe down on the ball and knock it off their leg. And it was always clean.

sleeper;1797723 wrote:BTW since most of you are plebs who don't understand basketball, the Cavs defensive strategy is entirely based on stopping Curry/Thompson. Every time Curry rotates off a screen, the Cavs are giving him a clean shoulder/elbow. I wouldn't be surprised at all if Curry gets a few T's or flagrants from retaliating on those bumps. You can tell he was extremely frustrated in that style of defense and I don't see the Cavs changing up the game plan.

Curry does not like physicality. Good on Lue for recognizing this and building a game plan around it.

sleeper;1797723 wrote:BTW since most of you are plebs who don't understand basketball, the Cavs defensive strategy is entirely based on stopping Curry/Thompson. Every time Curry rotates off a screen, the Cavs are giving him a clean shoulder/elbow. I wouldn't be surprised at all if Curry gets a few T's or flagrants from retaliating on those bumps. You can tell he was extremely frustrated in that style of defense and I don't see the Cavs changing up the game plan.

Curry does not like physicality. Good on Lue for recognizing this and building a game plan around it.

Commander of Awesome;1797732 wrote:He is such a sack of fucking shit

Benny The Jet;1797716 wrote:I never knew how good they were at swiping and stealing on people driving to the hoop. Iguodala seemed like he had 4 in a row on Lebron or Kyrie when they'd drive, he'd swipe down on the ball and knock it off their leg. And it was always clean.

like_that;1797717 wrote:They definitely were not all clean.

like_that;1797733 wrote:That's a basketball move. /silver

Commander of Awesome;1797732 wrote:He is such a sack of fucking shit

thavoice;1797729 wrote:Any solid game plan is put together to take out the best player or two of your opponent and make the rest of the team beat ya. Last night the rest of the Warriors were better than the rest of the Cavs.

This is what makes a series interesting as now we see how each team responds to said strategies.

sleeper;1797737 wrote:That's not exactly true. Most teams don't laser lock players in the NBA because everyone is an NBA player and can have a big night. This strategy essentially banks on allowing the role players, who aren't as consistent as super stars, to miss shots at a greater clip.

Last night, the Cavs executed the game plan they brought in; except the role players played above their expectation and the Cavs role players did nothing. I wouldn't change a thing from last night except to hit your damn shots and make your bunnies.

thavoice;1797738 wrote:Agree. Any time your plan holds Curry and Thompson to 20 you have to like your chances. Think they were held to that amount or less 3 times now and lost the other two.

On the flipside though, GS has to be tickled they won with those two scoring so little.

As you eloquently state, time will tell.

sleeper;1797739 wrote:I don't expect Curry or Thompson to get over 40+ ppg between them in this series and I don't expect freaking Shaun Livingston to be relevant either.

The reality is, we hit shots at 45% and we are up 1-0. Also need to shoot more 3's especially from JR. Hitting 3's opens the game up for Lebron/Irving to just go HAM in the paint.