The Chef Hires A Servant To Stop The Kang From Ringing: Cavs vs Warriors III

[Jordan>>LeFrozen]

That's a chance you got to take

They took that chance in game 7 and Dray dropped 30. Luckily for them Harrison Barnes couldn't pick up his game and Steph/Klay came up short. I doubt that happens again even if they find a way to neutralize KD/Steph

 

[threattonature]

He has no choice. He has to be aggressive, he has to look to score when the Warriors defense is at its least strongest state and he's at his strongest state - that means pushing the ball in transition and into the paint before GS knows what hit them. It's a simple equation of:

LeBron's biggest strength is scoring in transition
Warriors' smallest strength is defending in transition (even though they're the best in the league at it, it ain't their strongest defensive quality)

LeBron's smallest strength is scoring in the halfcourt
Warriors biggest strength is defending in the halfcourt.

The key is LeBron MUST defer to Kyrie within the first third of the shot clock more regularly - to keep himself from hitting a wall in the 4th. That means the team has to get Kyrie the ball more often on the break, not when the first action on offense is broken up by the Warriors defense and they dump the ball to him, hoping he can conjure up some magic when the shot clock is dwindling down. If Kyrie and LeBron are balancing the fastbreak opportunities equally, it helps them: stay in rhythm, provide a more unpredictable offense for the opposition to defend, and delays the inevitable onset of fatigue as much as possible.

Times like these where Lebron's lack of variety in his offensive game works against him. That and him needing the ball in his hand to orchestrate everything. I would like to see him come off the ball early and try to get in better position to score through cutting or being the guy setting the pick in a pick and roll with Kyrie. By trying to initiate the offense he's having to spend too much energy. Especially with GS having great individual defense.

 

[BigMoneyGrip]

Then why only those 2 games?

Scott I hate the warriors Foster was the lead ref in both those games, not hard to figure out what that shyt was about

 

[threattonature]

and he team without him is still a playoff team

we can't even actually say he's improved the warriors... they won more last year and they are exactly where they were last year at this time..... same point spreads and everything

I said right after the signing that the biggest accomplishment in signing Durant was in dismantling the one team that was built to give the Warriors trouble. OKC was the one team that could go small and actually match GS's small ball lineup. They had the two superstars at the top and if they could've just added more shooting at the two they could probably beat GS. GS was going to be the best team regardless.

 

[the cool]

Question why doesn't javale start? Or get more minutes than zaza

 

[WMG the 2nd]

I said right after the signing that the biggest accomplishment in signing Durant was in dismantling the one team that was built to give the Warriors trouble. OKC was the one team that could go small and actually match GS's small ball lineup. They had the two superstars at the top and if they could've just added more shooting at the two they could probably beat GS. GS was going to be the best team regardless.

Everybody knew they needed more shooting so they add sabonis and oladipo

 

[WMG the 2nd]

Question why doesn't javale start? Or get more minutes than zaza

Zaza get Tristan Thompson out the way then javale comes in after to be that energy

 

[Brief Keef]

LeBron tired

no excuses

 

[The Devil's Advocate]

I said right after the signing that the biggest accomplishment in signing Durant was in dismantling the one team that was built to give the Warriors trouble. OKC was the one team that could go small and actually match GS's small ball lineup. They had the two superstars at the top and if they could've just added more shooting at the two they could probably beat GS. GS was going to be the best team regardless.

And that's what people don't get. It's not like KD left some shytty team with no shot. He left a team that was about to damn near beat them in 5 games.

Even this year with KD. Without Parker and kawhi not being 100%, they was getting their asses kicked that first game.

Of course they beating most teams. But they aren't some unstoppable gods on the court. I do think they will win this year of course. But I'm not buying the hype

 

[Versa]

you put lebron on the warriors and KD on the cavs, is KD performing the same?

KD performs the same no matter what team he's on. He's the ultimate shapeless malleable puzzle piece. You can put him anywhere and it works, because 7 feet with 30+/10+/5+ and a couple blocks on 50%+ shooting works anywhere lol.

LeBron wouldn't be as good on GSW as KD because he isn't as good offensively or defensively. LeBron's passing isn't needed with Dray and Steph.

 

[Brief Keef]

had no idea nash was on the warriors teachin KD some moves how many mvps they need

 

[AJtheOne]

 

[Ill-Mind]

 

[fifth column]

What was the blueprint for games 3 and 6 of last years finals??? Cleveland was up like 30-10 in the first quarter of those games and GSW couldn't recover. They held em to like 13 points in the first quarter. Was that just a freakish anomaly?

Problem is that last year is last year

 

[fifth column]

The recipe for the Cavs to win tonight is simple to me: the bench players need to step up big time. Kyrie needs to up his offensive output and LeBron just needs to be himself. He's playing a great series. It's time for is teammates to rise to the challenge

Nah, Cavs needed to develop good defensive habits throughout the regular season. Too late at this point but playing lockdown defense and being aware for 48 minutes might put them in a position where Lebron and Kyrie can close.