Exclusive Official Around the NBA FINALS - 2015 Edition, Cavs vs Warriors

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  1. Strenuus

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    Nah. Warriors in 6. It was close, but Cavs wore out, they have no bench. No way could they sustain what they did. Warriors in 6 no question.
     
    Strenuus, Jun 11, 2015
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    The matchups are horrible for Houston.
     
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    I doubt anyone will win finals MVP if they don't win the finals. Shit lebron was the best player on the floor last finals and he didn't win it
     
    magnifier661, Jun 11, 2015
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    GASOL SHOULD HAVE WON IT OVER KOBE BRYANT
     
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    Cavs will adjust to Kerr's adjustments. Cavs will win the series. If they're going to stay with Green at center, Thompson, Mozgov, and James will have a field day over the rest of the series. All Cavs need is for Delly, Iman, or JR to get hot from 3 and they'll run away with it.
     
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    Yeah, shit is over. Warriors taking it.

    Told y'all motherfuckers that Igoudala was the missing piece.
     
    EL PRESIDENTE, Jun 11, 2015
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    Lebrons numbers are historic through the first 3 games. Until tonight it wasnt that he was playing good but playing at a "best finals series ever " statline. Tonights showing dampers those numbers a bit but if he avg a triple double with 30+ points and a few steals/blocks a game my bet is he wins it when the cavs lose.
     
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    That would be pretty cool to watch if it happens
     
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    The cameraman collision was a huge flop by Bron. Jesus.. never seem someone bound into a crowd like that....
     
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    But it's so true how the Warriors have faced injured teams all the way. I don't think they win this series if the Cavs have Irving and Love.
     
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    It's over. You'll be wrong again. They had their chance. You don't get to win often in oracle let alone more than once. They did that one time this series and then they promptly blew that opportunity.

    Golden state warriors 2015 champions. As painful as that sounds.
     
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    If the warriors win, Iggy should be the MVP
     
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    I moved this here because it may be more relevant here overall.

    SO... Am I gonna have to eat crow on this? LOL

    I will say this. It wasn't 3pt shooting that really won game for. It was team ball and Iguodala. Do GS win game 4 if Cleveland is healthy?
    Im still not sold that 3pt is the way to go. The ting is GS has a damned god interior game and a deep deep bench. When you have bench players that you can bring in to start to make adjustments and they perform like that?

    What if the blazers had a player we could bring in off the bench that would perform like that in place of Batum when he slumps half the season away?

    To reference these finals teams pertaining to the blazers, I think its clear that we have a solid starting 5 if we bring them all back, but it is the bench that is the key, and IF we do bring everyone back, we have an improving young bunch, but we still need that true 6th man like Iggy
     
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    I said it last summer, LeBron, Irving, and Love is not a good pairing. Throughout these playoffs, Cleveland has gotten progressively better as each of their secondary stars went down. With Love and Irving healthy, Thompson and Deladadova would be getting a lot fewer minutes, and those two have been the biggest pains in the ass for GS.

    I sort of wonder if LeBron is secretly an Allen Iverson clone, being unable to fully mesh with other stars. Miami struggled with how to get the most out of he and Wade, often having to take turns with them running the offense. The main reason it worked most of the time is they were both so good defensively. Offensively, LeBron + Wade isn't much greater than either by himself, and we're seeing the same thing in Cleveland. Iverson was at his best in their Finals run when surrounded with a bunch of blue-collared, offensive no-names.
     
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    CJ will be that true 6th man.
     
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    The old maxim "there's only one ball" holds true again. LeBron needs the rock A LOT to be amazing, so surround him with people who don't (garbage men, spot shooters, defensive stoppers)! Kyrie and Love (like Wade) need high usage to be effective too... But there's only one ball.
     
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    Funny, the Warriors seriously considered a Klay Thompson for Kevin Love trade, and were roasted by some for not doing it.
     
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    It's not much different than Jordan; his championship teams had defensive stoppers like pippen, spot shooters like bJ and Kerr, garbage men like Rodman. You didn't have Jordan with Bird and Kevin Johnson.
     
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    Yup, exactly why I thought they were stupid for giving up Wiggins for Love.
     
    HailBlazers, Jun 12, 2015
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    Dude. Pippen is one of the greatest players of all time. And Rodman is the greatest rebounder of all time, and an elite defensive player. Kukoc for crying out loud is better than anyone LeBron is playing with in these finals
     
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