Can we all agree...That was a good ass game last night

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How Lebron kept it close, until he was basically like "We just have to beat them in a 5 minute game of 5 on 5, anything can happen" in order to steal a game 1 and show his team that they could actually win the series - only to be fukked over completely by one of the players he personally selected for the team...

:wow:

It'll be interesting to see if he tries in Game 2, or if he's given up on getting guys like Smith and Hill rings when they just wind up screwing him over completely in historic fashion.


Oakland :blessed:
 

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Game was good, fukkery aside.

Breaking down the box score shows you why the game went the way it did.

Cavs had 19 Offensive Rebounds to GS 4. That is a staggering advantage.
I would be interested to see the 2nd chance points the Cavs scored on those offensive boards.

GS had 31 assists to Cleveland's 18. Ball movement wins games.

Fouls were even at 18. So despite some weird/missed calls/overturned calls, the amount of calls made IN GENERAL didn't favor one side or the other.

Cavs had 6 players play over 20 mins, 7 if you include Nance with 19:21. Of those 6, the 5 others had 1 less made shot COMBINED than LeBron had (19 to 18). If you add in Nance it is still close at 22-19 made shots.

Warriors had only 5 players with more than 20 mins and Livingston with just over 18. Curry had 11 fall shots, Durant and Klay had 8 a piece.

3s did not really favor one team over another. GS got 3 more but both teams attempted the same and had below average %.

Last stat is TOs. GS had 7 total and LeBron had 5 on his own. Cavs had 11 total.

By all accounts, refs, JR Smiff aside, the Cavs were well positioned to win this game. (As is obvious by the situation at the end of the 4th).

Team ball seems to be the difference here. That includes making shots, but also limiting TOs and getting more assists. It is really amazing to me that this game was not lop sided in favor of the Cavs with the amount of off rebs they had.

I am not a Bron fan at all, but the way he put the team on his back on offense is pretty remarkable. His TOs hurt and his D is meh (1 BLK, 1 STL, 4 DREB) but can't say he didn't give it his all.
 

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It was fantastic for about 46 minutes, then it went to shyt so the refs could cover their ass

All-time great performance from Bron though
 

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i still cant believe that fukkin ref didnt let the clock run out :dead:

you know these dudes are standing around heated as fukk over the outcome of this game. and you're gonna blow the whistle on a bullshyt shot with a ten point difference and two seconds left :mindblown: just let the clock run out and that whole shyt at the end is avoided
 
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