A King Asks For Seconds & A Chef Obliges: Official Warriors vs. Cavs 2016 NBA FINALS Thread

[Thegospel]

They weren't tight, they were honestly struggling with the Cavs defense, games 5 & 6 were still close and it took runs for the Warriors to end them. They finally figured out that their PF had to dive to the basket on those hard shows, but still the Cavs defense held tight, their offense is what let them down.


The Cavs bigs will hit threes, they will spread the floor and leave someone one on one trying to keep Thompson off the glass. This Cavs team is better than the Thunder, how much better is up for debate but they can pose some of the same problems. And it's not like they have to keep Love out there either, if his defense is that big of an issue he wont play.

that defense wont be there with Kyrie and Love out there. you replace Delly and Thompson defense with offense of Kyrie and Love. either way Cavs lose something

 

[an emissary from hell]

Durant was able to shut Draymond down with his incredible wingspan and quickness, Kevin Love hasn't shown that he can defend Draymond during the regular season and I'm not sure if he can do that in the finals either.

 

[Brief Keef]

Only tears shed (if any) will be of joy...cuz the cavs won't blow 13 point leads over and over like the thunder did...ya heard

cuz they'll be too busy being blown out by 20 to have any type of lead

 

[Llcoolbay]

Cavs Bench lineup with Lebron can do damage this series

 

[NZA]

warriors in 7

 

[Columbo]

One thing I trust more withe the Cavs then the Thunder is their ability to close out games.

What troubles me is Loves defense. Its a favorable matchup for Green, he can routinely beat Love down the court.

Also when things turn south for the Cavs, JR Smith has mental lapses defensively. Not a good thing when your guarding Klay Thompson

Kyrie I actually think can cancel out some of what Steph does. Hes like a poor mans Curry to me, ill dribblin skills and he can shoot

My guts tellin me Warriors in 6 but I feel like the Cavs have a legit chance. Lebrons a great leader and you really have to be 100% committed each possession on offense and defense. The warriors are the best at capitalizing off of other teams' mistakes. The Thunders gave away many opportunities on offense with foolish turnovers and poor shot selection

The Cavs wont make as many mistakes as the Thunder did.

 

[JordanwiththeWiz]

Servers were extra shytty today y'all should upgrade before the finals @cook @Brooklynzson

 

[wild100sboy]

Let's go Warriors!

 

[Black Samurai]

I wonder if Kerr will start Iguodalda over Barnes this series Barnes has been terrible all playoffs and cannot guard Lebron

 

[CarltonJunior]

Cavs Bench lineup with Lebron can do damage this series

Warriors bench gonna be able to get off too though now that they don't have to deal with 4 7 footers, Livingston gonna torch Delly again, no one can guard Speights on the perimeter and if Klay plays with the bench lineup everyone will be open.

Key contribution of the series is Kyrie and if he can make his teammates better

 

[ryderldb]

I saw ibaka shooting way too many wide open 3s. They gotta fix that cuz I'm not sure the warriors can survive that with love/frye shooting those open 3s.

 

[LV Koopa]

damn, Blackthoughts just wont take an L

 

[CarltonJunior]

When did the format change? I thought it was always a 2-3-2 format?

 

[cKondomsucK6]

poor lebron

 

[Illuminatos]

Warriors in 6

I can't imagine how devastating it would be for Cleveland fans if GS won the title at the Q again.