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

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

Yes especially healthy each team will beat Cavs. Breh Cavs play in the East that shyt is not impressive at all I am sorry.
 

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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
And when lebron did beat them.. they switch.. made bogut catch lebron (ignoring TT) and had Steph swiping in drives (ignoring delly) that's game 4, 5 and 6
 

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When Love over commits on Steph with Kyrie, Draymond is going to have an open lane to rim to either finish hard or alley to either Bogut or Ezeili. Watch the footage on the Christmas and MLK game matrchups. Unless Kyrie and Love become world class defenders on the pick and roll overnight, this is going to be a major concern for Cleveland going into this series. Draymond did not have that opportunity in this series because he was constantly picked up by Durant, Ibaka, and Roberson who took that lane away from him and have the foot speed to affect his impact.
Teams overreact to Draymond on the pnr. Stay on the shooters cause he's looking to pass most of the time anyway. Other than that take a charge if you get there in time or just go straight up and challenge. Draymond's not a great finisher and will generally offensive flop his way into a few missed layups anyway. That play's not gonna beat you as long as you dont allow it to segue into their better offensive options.
 
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I only wanted OKC to setup the easy ring. Win or lose, Lebron will be the unofficial MVP, can't even doubt that.



Will you be looking at his playoff stats or are you going to forget it is a team game and one player can't do it all?

You can't keep bringing that point up. He is being put up there in all time company. When we look at that company they have 3 or more championships with more wins then losses in the finals. We cannot change the rules for Lebron because it is not fair to the past greats. If he wants to be respected like them then he is going to have to win one for Cleveland with his now fully healthy team. No more excuses!
 
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Teams overreact to Draymond on the pnr. Stay on the shooters cause he's looking to pass most of the time anyway. Other than that take a charge if you get there in time or just go straight up and challenge. Draymond's not a great finisher and will generally offensive flop his way into a few missed layups anyway. That play's not gonna beat you as long as you dont allow it to segue into their better offensive options.

Easier said then done for a defender like Kevin Love who does not have the foot speed or length to hinder a guy like Draymond.
 

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OP only speaks Chinese, not English, that's why all his thread titles are trash.

Nonetheless, I want Cleveland's streak to continue. No city with 3 teams in the top 3 leagues has gone as long w out a title. Not een close.

 
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kyrie and curry probably have the best handles in the league. might be an ankle breaking exhibition like never seen before in the finals. training staff gonna need extra tape and braces on deck. :banderas:
 

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I think the rest helps Cleveland, and OKC gave em the blueprint on how to beat the warriors.

Cle should eat on the boards, they just need shots to fall and to lock in on defense
 

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Easier said then done for a defender like Kevin Love who does not have the foot speed or length to hinder a guy like Draymond.
Not saying it'll be easy but its just the clear way to go if you want to give yourself the best chance. At least gotta try it out, commit to no openlooks on 3s or dump offs for easy layins. See if the Warriors can win off the back of Draymond diving to the hole and trying to finish 25 times. Gotta make em prove that can even work before you adjust and give up other advantages that they'd rather play to anyway.

Love has actually played some surprising solid defense at times this postseason, given his reputation as a woat defender. :manny:
 
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