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

[street heat]

People don't u understand that cavs causes more mismatch then gsw..

Last year they doubled and tripled lbj... this year the 3point shooting should handle that..can Iggy guard him one on one?
Kyrie might drop 30 on 50% .. even if green will eat love.. his returns should be even more than green..

And u are forced to guard JR with curry... this is pure bliss for cavs as okc gave them a blue print for at least an easy 3 basket a game....

How can one not see this series will be very competitive?

actually they made lebron beat them and stayed at home on shooters. iggy can make lebron work hard one on one. thats pretty much why he won finals MVP. played lebron tough and still scored on the other end.

3 POINT SHOOTING will be the key though. channing frye is going to be huge as a stretch 5. its so much easier for bron to get into the paint and draw a crowd when their 5 has to worry about him.

if curry is going to be on JR, he needs to shoot it well enough to make them put klay on him, who will probably be on kyrie.

im not sure how well tristan thompson fits in this series. hes terrible on offense, and will be overpowered by bogut.

that toothpick shaun livingston is going to eat this series since all the cav guards are pretty small.

i hope the cavs win but im not sure they have enough defensively....the warriors have so much length on the perimeter

 

[Malta]

Get the fukk out of here with that shyt. Eastern Conference is the worst and if you insert Rockets Grizzles even with injuries, Pelicans, Clippers in the east they riding on everybody Cleveland included. The west is just better and Lebron is great but part of his 6 final failures is playing no competiiton in East breh. Raptors wont even be a top 5 seed in the West fam.

The Raptors were 7-3 against all those teams you just named (Added Spurs in there as well)


And no, the Rockets, Grizz, Pelicans and Clippers would not beat the Cavs in a series

 

[Makavalli]

I don't know if it's been mentioned, but it's definitely worth noting that Lowry and Derozan were shooting/playing very poorly until they played Cleveland. Both were shooting WELL under 40% heading into the conference finals. Lowry wound up shooting 47%/35% and Derozan shot 50%.

If that's any indicator of Cleveland's perimeter defense going into this series...yikes.

Cleveland been winning by their offense and pace not defense. So now they are playing a team that can play that pace with better scoring. Yall really want JR on klay or curry?? Yea shump can play F but u giving up scoring now. Frye a rim protector now with love??

 

[Malta]

Cleveland been winning by their offense and pace not defense. So now they are playing a team that can play that pace with better scoring. Yall really want JR on klay or curry?? Yea shump can play F but u giving up scoring now. Frye a rim protector now with love??

Cleveland has been winning because of shooting and rebounding, they don't play at a fast pace at all, they are 3rd slowest in the playoffs, they play at a snails pace and take care of the ball. They're basically going to try and play possession basketball vs the Warriors, limit turnovers and try and win the glass, that's how they've been winning games.

The only other teams that played slower were Memphis and Detroit.

 

[Leasy]

Cleveland has been winning because of shooting and rebounding, they don't play at a fast pace at all, they are 3rd slowest in the playoffs, they play at a snails pace and take care of the ball. They're basically going to try and play possession basketball vs the Warriors, limit turnovers and try and win the glass, that's how they've been winning games.

The only other teams that played slower were Memphis and Detroit.

Slow pace is worst aginst an offense like GS. Play slow basketball with buckets against a team who can shoot threes like layups.

 

[Malta]

Slow pace is worst aginst an offense like GS. Play slow basketball with buckets against a team who can shoot threes like layups.

This post makes no sense, the Cavs play at a slow pace and still score, playing slow doesn't mean you can't score. They present a lot of the same problems the Thunder did, while also being less turnover prone and better on offense.

 

[Millions]

It's destiny for them this year GSW in 7 Bron will show out again tho

 

[Llcoolbay]

TT held his own against Drummond he is not about to get over powered by Bogut

 

[Malta]

TT held his own against Drummond he is not about to get over powered by Bogut

I think they have to put Love on Bogut though, everyone is focused on Love's defense but you can hide him a lot easier than you can hide Kyrie. Kyrie is the one that really has to bring his A game defensively.

 

[Leasy]

This post makes no sense, the Cavs play at a slow pace and still score, playing slow doesn't mean you can't score. They present a lot of the same problems the Thunder did, while also being less turnover prone and better on offense.

Yes and once GS finally played like they did they beaten OKC while playing horrible. You have to stack points against GS and cant play slow and safe as your lead is never safe because of their shooting.

Cavs perimeter defense is horrible if we use the Raptors series as an example. Imagine what Curry and klay will do.

 

[Microfracture]

TT held his own against Drummond he is not about to get over powered by Bogut

Bogut looks like he's in pain every time they cut to him. TT will feast on the glass

 

[Malta]

Yes and once GS finally played like they did they beaten OKC while playing horrible. You have to stack points against GS and cant play slow and safe as your lead is never safe because of their shooting.

Cavs perimeter defense is horrible if we use the Raptors series as an example. Imagine what Curry and klay will do.

Again, just because they play slow doesn't mean they can't score, the Hawks had the 2nd best defense in the league, the Cavs hung a 123 offensive rating on them, for comparisons the Warriors had a 115 offensive rating on the season. A slow pace does not mean your offense isn't potent.

And Westbrook & Durant were able to get off against the Warriors, are you implying that they are that much better than LeBron & Kyrie?



This is a close series to call in my opinion, the Cavs have the ingredients to win, but you think the Pelicans, Grizz, Clippers and Rockets would beat them in a series so obviously I'm wasting my time here.

 

[NY's #1 Draft Pick]

Low quality posting breh. You're obviously smarter than this.

I'm just outchea makin folks mad

 

[Leasy]

Again, just because they play slow doesn't mean they can't score, the Hawks had the 2nd best defense in the league, the Cavs hung a 123 offensive rating on them, for comparisons the Warriors had a 115 offensive rating on the season. A slow pace does not mean your offense isn't potent.

And Westbrook & Durant were able to get off against the Warriors, are you implying that they are that much better than LeBron & Kyrie?



This is a close series to call in my opinion, the Cavs have the ingredients to win, but you think the Pelicans, Grizz, Clippers and Rockets would beat them in a series so obviously I'm wasting my time here.

Durant and Westbrook are most def better than Lebron and Kyrie as a combo. I rather see Lebron than Westbrook and Durant.

What makes GS so scary is the fact that they can get outrebounded and still be dominant. I mean dude they beat Thunder with Durant and Westbrook scoring 30 plus. I just dont see how Cleveland can beat them as I dont trust Cleveland supporting cast.

 

[Malta]

Durant and Westbrook are most def better than Lebron and Kyrie as a combo. I rather see Lebron than Westbrook and Durant.

Just like the Grizz, Pelicans, Rockets and Clippers would beat the Cavs, right?