Question: Will GSW Repeat As NBA Champs Next Season?

[Malta]

A healthy Cavs team scores more points, but they're getting raped on the defensive end.

Kyrie playing more minutes means DellavedirtyPlayer isn't on Steph as much, meaning Steph raining 3s down on the Cavs without rushing his shot like he was in Game's 2 and 3.

Cavs were a top 5 defensive team after they traded for Mozgov.

 

[Darealtwo1]

nope they had a perfect season with perfect amount of luck (clips and spurs playin each other, beverly and conley injured, 2nd/3rd best players on cavs out. Wouldnt be shocked if they dont even make it to western finals next yr

don't forget a injured jrue holliday and an injured kyrie irving.

They never faced a starting pg for the most part

 

[Darealtwo1]

The game was set in stone when he got injured.

it was 102-98 with 2 and a half mins and the cavs had the ball....wtf you mean set in stone nikka you don't know ish bout bball

 

[onelastdeath]

No. They have to start paying people now. Steph's Bargain deal and a bunch of players overachieving, allowed them to be high powered and cheap. They took advantage of their window, but this won't happen again. A lot of people need to be paid.

 

[Doomsday]

Doubt it. They just had the GOAT luck season. Everything that could break right for them did & the odds of that happening again are extremely slim.

And don't take it as I'm saying they weren't good because they were.

So...

When everyone was healthy and the Warriors went 20-0 to start the season, that was "luck"?

Winning 67 games out of 82, with most of them ending in blowouts, is "luck"? Lol ok.

 

[GoldenGlove]

Cavs were a top 5 defensive team after they traded for Mozgov.

And if you watched Game 1 you would see that Steph was headed to be a serious problem for CLE if Kyrie was going to be matched up on him for major minutes.

Also, factor in that both Kyrie AND Love would see more minutes, and that they would be playing against this GSW team who literally can go off on anybody offensively... the only reason CLE made it a series is because they had their best defensive team/lineup on the floor for the majority of the game. Yes you get needed scoring from Kyrie/Love, but you then don't get that nasty ass defense that was on display for the first half of this series.

I have more faith in GSW slowing down CLE at full strength with their core guys than I do with CLE slowing down GS with their core guys. Steph had an easy 26 in Game 1 I believe, once Kyrie went out, he really had to work for everything else. Until he got loose in the last 2 games here.

 

[Malta]

And if you watched Game 1 you would see that Steph was headed to be a serious problem for CLE if Kyrie was going to be matched up on him for major minutes.

Also, factor in that both Kyrie AND Love would see more minutes, and that they would be playing against this GSW team who literally can go off on anybody offensively... the only reason CLE made it a series is because they had their best defensive team/lineup on the floor for the majority of the game. Yes you get needed scoring from Kyrie/Love, but you then don't get that nasty ass defense that was on display for the first half of this series.

I have more faith in GSW slowing down CLE at full strength with their core guys than I do with CLE slowing down GS with their core guys. Steph had an easy 26 in Game 1 I believe, once Kyrie went out, he really had to work for everything else. Until he got loose in the last 2 games here.

Kyrie was injured in game 1

Again, Love & Kyrie were playing together and the Cavs defense improved, with the two of them healthy they'll be able to mix and match lineups.

 

[BiggWebb79]

Maybe but i think the clippers will be better and there's OKC,SA, and with the right pieces NO could be tough.

 

[GoldenGlove]

Kyrie was injured in game 1

Again, Love & Kyrie were playing together and the Cavs defense improved, with the two of them healthy they'll be able to mix and match lineups.

I'm saying tho... Kyrie didn't get injured until overtime. He was looking good prior to him going down.

 

[DeVanteSwing]

Clippers will never win with cp0 and bytch ass blake

If all teams stay healthy, i think we can all agree we'll get a OKC Warrior WCF

 

[Malta]

I'm saying tho... Kyrie didn't get injured until overtime. He was looking good prior to him going down.

He wasn't at 100% though, kind of hard to make a judgement on that and then throw out the 43 games where the Cavs looked excellent on defense.

 

[BiggWebb79]

And if you watched Game 1 you would see that Steph was headed to be a serious problem for CLE if Kyrie was going to be matched up on him for major minutes.

Also, factor in that both Kyrie AND Love would see more minutes, and that they would be playing against this GSW team who literally can go off on anybody offensively... the only reason CLE made it a series is because they had their best defensive team/lineup on the floor for the majority of the game. Yes you get needed scoring from Kyrie/Love, but you then don't get that nasty ass defense that was on display for the first half of this series.

I have more faith in GSW slowing down CLE at full strength with their core guys than I do with CLE slowing down GS with their core guys. Steph had an easy 26 in Game 1 I believe, once Kyrie went out, he really had to work for everything else. Until he got loose in the last 2 games here.

Kyrie was matching Steph at 70% health before he got hurt. Even if he's a defensive liability, his offense was sorely missed. Which resulted in Lebron playing and doing more.

 

[Reid2Achieve]

I think this title will make them even better... Health permitting, they might go on a tear next year. They are just too deep and talented. And now they all have championship experience.

 

[Tim Dripcan]

it's sad to see most posters are discrediting love + kyrie absences in the finals. they would've been a problem for GSW if they were healthy.

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

Only Cleveland and OKC stand in their way.

The Hawks coming for that ass