We should never forget that both games 5 and 7 were at oracle

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

Oh, yeah, of course. But that's basketball. shyt happens. Warriors ain't show a drop of sympathy when LeBron damn near has to get upper and lower back surgery from Zeus himself for carrying his injury-depleted squad six sad ass games against them the year before.

And when shyt happens, you either have that reserve oomph or you hit the damn deck. The Warriors ain't show any oomph, man. That's a real bad loss. Dray showed up like a motherfukker. Steph? Sheeeeeeeit. Injury and all... he came up real short. So did Klay. Barnes, as per usual, was his stiff bum ass self. And the game was still there for the taking, that's how good the team was overall. But they blew a historic season.

They did come up short, there's no denying that and there's no excuse for that, but the problem I have these absolutes (not accusing you here), is that ONE 3-pt shot was all that came between the Warriors and back-to-back titles. Now if Kyrie didn't make that shot, and the Warriors went down the other end and did, it changes the entire narrative of EVERYTHING, despite all the activity in between being the same. Which again, it's nauseating how some folk keep bringng up the injuries the Cavs had in the '15 Finals and using it to suggest the Warriors' title deserves an *; parlayed with the notion that the Warriors couldn't beat a healthy-Cavs squad, and yet not only NOT applying the same principle the year after, but having the nerve to claim that the Cavs were always the better team because they won when both teams were healthy.

I've mentioned this before, but if the Cavs went up 3-1 when both squads were at relatively full strength, and then had a suspension to a notable player, and two injuries to another notable player (+ a defensive piece), and the Warriors won the series off the back of that - all that asterisk talk would resurface.

 

[FS4LFE]

This is the dumb shyt that kills me.

They already won 2 straight in Oakland to win the series

Yet somehow you have a hard time believing they could win 2 straight in Oakland to win the series

:jagfan:

Just ask him when the Knicks are hosting a game 5 6 or 7.

 

[G.O.A.T Squad Spokesman]

That was then....this is now

 

[...o3]

...biggest group of chokers in history.

...i want to agree with this statement, but then i'm reminded that i'm a sports fan from dallas. i've witnessed the mavs blaze through a season as the #1 seed and catch them beats from that same warriors organisation in the first round. i sat a watched the rangers be up two games and an out away from the organisations 1st world series title. last but not least..............the cowboys. at least i can say i'm old enough to have watched live all of their SBs from the 90's.

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

Curry been shook ever since to be honest.

Didn't look shook in their last matchup when GS blew the Cavs out by 35 points.

 

[street heat]

Series would have been over with the 2-3-2 format

Cavs win game 5 but now way they would have won 6 & 7 at Oracle

man stfu. so they won 5 an 7 instead of 6 and 7. before the series would have said neither was possible.

respect the king

 

[FS4LFE]

Didn't look shook in their last matchup when GS blew the Cavs out by 35 points.

He's looking shook without Durant beta ass carrying the team. Just liked he's look from 3 this year and the same way he looked when Kevin Love locked him down with a championship on the line.

Now go suck some more Warrior dikk.

 

[Walt]

it changes the entire narrative of EVERYTHING

If the last 18 months can't convince people of how stupid "narrative" is, and should be reserved for soap operas and bad cable shows...

LeBron went from "his legacy is ruined and irredeemable" to "his legacy is teflon" in 5 days. So many narratives have been rewritten over the past 18 months. All of it is silly. For instance, Steph Curry had one of the greatest seasons of all time. That didn't mean he "made Bron irrelevant" or was even a better basketball player. Fans gotta learn to just fukking enjoy these players and teams.

 

[Mad Good Dro]

Hilarious how it went from dudes saying kyrie and love being injured made the cavs better to whining about iggy and curry injuries when they both played

 

[smitty22]

If the last 18 months can't convince people of how stupid "narrative" is, and should be reserved for soap operas and bad cable shows...

LeBron went from "his legacy is ruined and irredeemable" to "his legacy is teflon" in 5 days. So many narratives have been rewritten over the past 18 months. All of it is silly. For instance, Step Curry had one of the greatest seasons of all time. That didn't mean he "made Bron irrelevant" or was even a better basketball player. Fans gotta learn to just fukking enjoy these players and teams.

.. Too cool to hate the other side now a days than to just appreciate greatness

 

[seemorecizzy]

i don't want to hear about steph curry not being 100 percent because he put up like 40 against portland in the second round

he also screamed "im back" lmao

 

[seemorecizzy]

golden state should be happy they have one ring
cavs won 2 games against them with delladova as their second best player lol
he was giving it to curry for the first half of the series and cost him finals mvp
they lose 4-1 if love and kyrie were there
they didnt have the confidence they had in their second title run

 

[Weaver31]

Yes Green was out for Game 5. But what about Games 6 and 7? Warriors have well had strength in numbers....plus they can still win away and even blow out teams on their court. No excuse for not winning either Game 6 or Game 7....no excuse.

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

i don't want to hear about steph curry not being 100 percent because he put up like 40 against portland in the second round

he also screamed "im back" lmao

You do realize he said that in the heat of the moment right? You do realize he had two weeks rest prior to that game right? You do realize the affects of a MCL sprain can get worse the more you play right? You do realize Curry had notable swelling to his knee after most games right?

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

golden state should be happy they have one ring
cavs won 2 games against them with delladova as their second best player lol
he was giving it to curry for the first half of the series and cost him finals mvp
they lose 4-1 if love and kyrie were there
they didnt have the confidence they had in their second title run