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

Who will be crowned NBA Champs and become one of the goat teams in history?

  • Cavs in 4

    Votes: 8 1.1%
  • Dubs in 4

    Votes: 89 12.1%
  • Cavs in 5

    Votes: 18 2.4%
  • Dubs in 5

    Votes: 177 24.0%
  • Cavs in 6

    Votes: 141 19.1%
  • Warriors in 6

    Votes: 147 19.9%
  • Cavs in 7

    Votes: 130 17.6%
  • Warriors in 7

    Votes: 27 3.7%

  • Total voters
    737

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Reminds me of this:



I can't believe that was over a year ago. Time flies.

But I remember I back in that interview Lebron had a few days ago after game two and they asked him how he felt, and his reply was something like "I always feel good...why not?"

Obviously it does mean a lot to them when they win, but I think stepping back and looking at the bigger picture when they think about how big the world/universe is puts a lot into perspective for them.
 
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he was going ham the first quarter, gassed himself out
7 straight finals he should know better :ufdup:
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.
 

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Love how you conveniently brush aside that that "one" is a 2x MVP and the first unanimous while Kyrie Irving's greatest accomplishment pre-LeBron James was winning lottery picks. As if who they're playing along side is any indication of their own individual talent levels. You swap KD and Bron right now you really think the results would be any different?

You LeBron haters kill me with your reasoning, legit flashing your sub-60 IQs all over this damn board. :mjlol:
Man gtfo didn't you say
If you put KD on Kyrie, then you're putting Klay or Curry on LeBron and that's gonna be :mjlol: And I promise you KD cant check Kyrie either. Talking about a nikka that has dropped 40+ on Avery Bradley and Kawhi and you think KD stopping him. :mjlol:
You don't know shyt :laff:
 

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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.
People are ignoring the fact that the cavs are playing the way that best suits Lebron

He wants to attack and attack and bully his way around the rim and pass out to guys sitting waiting for the ball

This offense isn't that much different then the terrible okc offense kd fled from

Bron built teams can't beat teams with good spacing/shooting and great defense

This warriors team is the 2014 spurs on steroids and even more motivation and want to sweep the cavs more then the cavs could ever want to win a series
 

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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.


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Only Lebron shines in the Lebron system. His teams are not constructed to be successful without him orchestrating everything. KD is KD wherever
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
 

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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
The devil is in the details. This year they are undefeated so far in the postseason as opposed to surviving a 7 game series in the conference finals against OKC last year.
 
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