SportsAndLady;1858623 wrote:Don't get how he gets so tired in the finals. He had so much rest this year, and they played 13 playoff games leading up to the finals.
As was mentioned, not only is he guarding Durant (no small chore) but he has to attack in an up tempo offense. Also take into account that he has little, if no help off the bench. I heard a stat this morning that the Warriors bench outscored the Cavs, on average, 30 points PER GAME in this series. I don't know if that's correct (didn't check) but it's glaring.
What is says to me is that it's possible that the Cavs might be able to compete with them if they get rid of the dead weight (both Williams, both Jones, Korver, RJ & Frye). Can they use those guys as trade chips to get a 4th guy? Doubtful but one can dream.
I agree with the poster that said that Cavs would've won this series, minus Durant. I don't know about "sweep" since the first two games were pretty lopsided but I think they'd be up 3-2 right now.
As I've said previously, I think that K-Love is going to be the unfortunate scapegoat even though he played pretty well in these playoffs.
One thing to keep in mind (assuming the Cavs add/subtract some pieces) that next year will be a whole new animal. In 2017, the GSW were a laughingstock choke job who lost a 3-1 lead in the 2016 Finals. They were hungry and they were the hunters. In 2018, they will be wearing the target on their back and be the hunted. The Cavs should be pretty locked in and hungry to win back what was theirs. The only scary part about GSW is that this was supposed to be their year to gel/feeling out period and they were THIS good. Cavs have a lot of work ahead of them as LBJ's window shrinks.
EDIT: Oh, and classy can gfh.