Someone explain to me how Game 1 was the Cavs giving their "best shot"?

[#StarkSet]

Let's ignore 9 bench points all from JR Smith. 0 from Delly. 0 from Jones.
Let's ignore that Tristan Thompson, as colossal as he was on the boards, played 47 minutes and posted up a massive 2 points.
Let's ignore that Shumpert and JR, 2 wings who've been key for the Cavs played some of the worst ball I've seen them play all postseason yesterday.
Let's ignore that Delly never looked to score and was playing scared af out there even though he's a great defender.

44/8/6. "Failed." "All on the King." lol dumbasses like you make sports unbearable.

 

[G-Zeus]

Let's ignore 9 bench points all from JR Smith. 0 from Delly. 0 from Jones.
Let's ignore that Tristan Thompson, as colossal as he was on the boards, played 47 minutes and posted up a massive 2 points.
Let's ignore that Shumpert and JR, 2 wings who've been key for the Cavs played some of the worst ball I've seen them play all postseason yesterday.
Let's ignore that Delly never looked to score and was playing scared af out there even though he's a great defender.

44/8/6. "Failed." "All on the King." lol dumbasses like you make sports unbearable.

bro.. in reality.. if you could argue with these dude face to face.. you would walk away...

i pray some of them are just trolls.. but even trolls has to shut it down time to time...these dude are on that bullshyt ALL THE TIME.

how is a one man show the best basketball they could play?

its the dumbest basketball you could play.. heck i expect a load of adjustment now.

and none of that player switch where shump dont know where his guy is.

just sucks Kyrie is now a non factor

 

[BStapies]

Let's ignore 9 bench points all from JR Smith. 0 from Delly. 0 from Jones.
Let's ignore that Tristan Thompson, as colossal as he was on the boards, played 47 minutes and posted up a massive 2 points.
Let's ignore that Shumpert and JR, 2 wings who've been key for the Cavs played some of the worst ball I've seen them play all postseason yesterday.
Let's ignore that Delly never looked to score and was playing scared af out there even though he's a great defender.

44/8/6. "Failed." "All on the King." lol dumbasses like you make sports unbearable.

If you actually watch games you'd know GSW's gameplan was to let Bron eat and defend everyone else. You could make the argument that it worked but regardless of how "great" GS' defense is, the other role players for Cle played like hot garbage and can really only get better from there. That's not a sustainable defensive model for GS.

Kyrie's done so this series is over in 4. Maybe 5 if the Cavs are lucky

Sucks but it is what it is.

 

[J Money]

For real though are you telling me the Cavs weren't able to find a better backup PG that Dellaadova?

He brings good defence and hustle but he is so limited offensively. The Cavs knew damn well Kyrie is injury prone, you cant find a good backup PG to take the pressure off him?

 

[The God Poster]

The Cavs averaged like 2 chances at the basket everytime down the floor. Bron played like a monster and dropped 44. Kyrie was cooking and Mozgod played like a damn beast. Tyrus was rebounding his ass off.

On the Warriors. Klay,Green and Bogut were horrible and shot a combined 11-32...not to mention Curry can play better.

 

[G.O.A.T]

You can't blow games away, especially in the finals when you're up against a better team.Cavs were in common for most of the game. Imagine if the Cavs would have put it away in regulation, you would have Kyrie at least healthy enough to give a similar effort game 2.

 

[Piff Huxtable]

i'm still @ Maccabiball drawing up such a crappy play with 24 seconds left

sorry Scott Brooks, but we might have a new WOAT coach that made the finals

 

[NormanConnors]

OP has been on point on all playoffs

 

[The_Sheff]

I keep hearing this.

"Wow Cavs played as good as they could possibly play and still lost."

shyt like this makes me quickly weed out who on The Coli actually watches the NBA and who's just looking for daps and reps.

Let's start with defense. People act like the Cavs playing great defense on GSW last night was an anomaly. This is false. They've been the best defensive team all POs with or without Irving and people are holding onto regular season stigmas. Give them their due. Regardless of how this Series plays out, the Warriors will have to grind every game.

As for offense...NEVER has LeBron having to go for 40+ and Kyrie 20+ been the formula for Cav success. If you really watched the Cavs, you'd know they're most dangerous when the ball is swinging and everyone gets hot. And when your bench only gives you 9 points, all from one guy (JR Smith), who btw looked AWFUL compared to how he's been typically, I really have no idea how any of you morons can call it their "best shot." Bron was definitely iso-ing a lot and they'll have to adjust Game 2 to get other guys going early because once they were finally touching the ball they had no idea wtf to do with it.

All you guys see is Bron scoring a lot and losing and your anti-Bron obsession makes y'all reactionary as hell. That Cavalier Gameplan was nowhere near close to their "best shot." I see a Warrior team that largely got outclassed and outplayed despite the Cavs playing legit dumb as shyt until OT when they lost gas and depth took over.

And they're saying right now Kyrie has no structural damage but we'll see.

What team isnt at their best when everyone is hot?

 

[NormanConnors]

Let's ignore 9 bench points all from JR Smith. 0 from Delly. 0 from Jones.
Let's ignore that Tristan Thompson, as colossal as he was on the boards, played 47 minutes and posted up a massive 2 points.
Let's ignore that Shumpert and JR, 2 wings who've been key for the Cavs played some of the worst ball I've seen them play all postseason yesterday.
Let's ignore that Delly never looked to score and was playing scared af out there even though he's a great defender.

44/8/6. "Failed." "All on the King." lol dumbasses like you make sports unbearable.

If you actually watch games you'd know GSW's gameplan was to let Bron eat and defend everyone else. You could make the argument that it worked but regardless of how "great" GS' defense is, the other role players for Cle played like hot garbage and can really only get better from there. That's not a sustainable defensive model for GS.

Yep all the Cavs needed was another shooter to step up while Bron was cooking and that would have stifled the Warriors plan. JR has was it until after the 1st qtr...this is the first time Love has been missed since Injury. Cavs still in good shape just need consistent shooting from the outside.

 

[Perfectson]

I keep hearing this.

"Wow Cavs played as good as they could possibly play and still lost."

shyt like this makes me quickly weed out who on The Coli actually watches the NBA and who's just looking for daps and reps.

Let's start with defense. People act like the Cavs playing great defense on GSW last night was an anomaly. This is false. They've been the best defensive team all POs with or without Irving and people are holding onto regular season stigmas. Give them their due. Regardless of how this Series plays out, the Warriors will have to grind every game.

As for offense...NEVER has LeBron having to go for 40+ and Kyrie 20+ been the formula for Cav success. If you really watched the Cavs, you'd know they're most dangerous when the ball is swinging and everyone gets hot. And when your bench only gives you 9 points, all from one guy (JR Smith), who btw looked AWFUL compared to how he's been typically, I really have no idea how any of you morons can call it their "best shot." Bron was definitely iso-ing a lot and they'll have to adjust Game 2 to get other guys going early because once they were finally touching the ball they had no idea wtf to do with it.

All you guys see is Bron scoring a lot and losing and your anti-Bron obsession makes y'all reactionary as hell. That Cavalier Gameplan was nowhere near close to their "best shot." I see a Warrior team that largely got outclassed and outplayed despite the Cavs playing legit dumb as shyt until OT when they lost gas and depth took over.

And they're saying right now Kyrie has no structural damage but we'll see.

breh, they had to have Kyrie out there for 43 minutes
Lebron was trying to beast the entire night - this is very rare, he wanted this 1st game really badly. I think it took a lot of him and you're going to see him "give up" next game like he typically does. We all know Lebron doesn't play hard every game.

this was against a young warriors team who has never been in this position. Lebron has. Yet GSW never seem to unravel after taking a shot in the first qtr and just eased their way back in the game.

GSW played their entire bench, Stephen play 42 minutes
on cleveland

TT played 47
Lebron played 45
Kyries played 43

Dirty Dellavedova didn't do shyt and didn't have an opportunity to thug

Cleveland still hit 9 3's but only a 29% clip - GSW is showing they will let Lebron get his and he shot 40 times . His supporting cast didn't do anything offensively. That's the way to play Cleveland, let Lebron drop 50, they are going to lose by 10 every game.

 

[Perfectson]

What team isnt at their best when everyone is hot?

i dapped you, but you know what he meant. Lebron wasn't passing the all as much - meanwhile JR smith shot 3-10 from 3 and Iman didn't get too many open 3's

6 ssists and 4 TO from Lebron. They are going to play home on Lebron, he's going to have work in the post and we know that's not what he wants to do for 40+ minutes

 

[360Waves]

What team isnt at their best when everyone is hot?

I don't think you understand.

LeBron, Kyrie and Mozgov were the only 3 Cavaliers to score in the 2nd half.

Golden State, with all of their depth, and just about everyone contributing, playing on their homecourt where they're near untouchable, was laboring to beat a team that could only muster out offensive production from THREE GUYS.

I repeat, THREE GUYS.

Every single player who got minutes for GS last night both scored and contributed well and they barely skated by three guys.

Imagine if JR or Shump gave just a little more? Imagine if Delly actually took a god damn shot?

That's why I maintain that GS' defensive philosophy isn't sustainable. They wanna let LeBron eat and try to shut down everyone else, but even with that plan fully maximized yesterday (again, only 3 dudes scoring in the second half) they still barely won. JR, Shump, Jones, Delly, TT, can't play any worse offensively than they did in Game 1, 1 or 2 of them is bound to go up from there. Then what happens? Obviously a lot of this hinges on Kyrie's health, but I'm pretty sure he'll be returning. May miss a game.

 

[Ronnie Lott]

Let's ignore 9 bench points all from JR Smith. 0 from Delly. 0 from Jones.
Let's ignore that Tristan Thompson, as colossal as he was on the boards, played 47 minutes and posted up a massive 2 points.
Let's ignore that Shumpert and JR, 2 wings who've been key for the Cavs played some of the worst ball I've seen them play all postseason yesterday.
Let's ignore that Delly never looked to score and was playing scared af out there even though he's a great defender.

44/8/6. "Failed." "All on the King." lol dumbasses like you make sports unbearable.

If you actually watch games you'd know GSW's gameplan was to let Bron eat and defend everyone else. You could make the argument that it worked but regardless of how "great" GS' defense is, the other role players for Cle played like hot garbage and can really only get better from there. That's not a sustainable defensive model for GS.

It's on LeBron. When it mattered the most, he took a horrible fade away shot and bricked it. Warriors proved to be the better team last night. And I forgot to mention that Klay was cold all night.

Like I said before, the Cavs are gonna get swept this series.

 

[360Waves]

It's on LeBron. When it mattered the most, he took a horrible fade away shot and bricked it. Warriors proved to be the better team last night. And I forgot to mention that Klay was cold all night.

Like I said before, the Cavs are gonna get swept this series.

Check one post right above you. Terrible argument.