Series is over. It was pretty clear Bron went ham to win that game out the gate, so he could conserve energy in game two. That way they go back to Cleveland tied. Now Bron is spent and they're down a game already. Might as well sit him for game 2 because it's gonna be a rout regardless.
I don't think the Cavs were gonna win this series but any chance they had relied on last night. Win that game and suddenly the door is open. Now it's closed. It's over.
This is gonna unfold a lot like the 1995 finals. He’s gonna shoot poorly in game 2 while clearly looking spent from this game and the warriors win by at least 12. In game 3, he’ll play hard, have a monster game, keep them in it, but the warriors will pull away in he second half, and then game 4 is a blowout regardless of how he plays and it’ll likely unfold like game 5 in 2014 where he has 30+ and the rest of the team struggles to score anything at all.
I hate seeing a performance like that go to waste, regardless of who has it, especially due to someone doing something as stupid as what JR did. I don’t see him replicating that with how poorly the team continues to shoot besides him. He’s gonna run out of gas eventually with no help. The rest of of the team even with Love having a good game shot 23-67 from the field and 7-30 from deep.