NBA Finals Discussion thread

[emkee]

ESPN 'Square Meter'...

NBA Finals (Series tied 2-2): What will be the GAME RESULT?
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[TD="class: mg-column3 opponents"] Cavaliers: Win or Single Digit Loss[/TD]
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[TD="class: mg-column6 wpw, align: center"]83.4%[/TD]
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[nbafan88]

If Mozgov is able to be the same offensive weapon he was last game he should get to the line plenty again... just dont know if it will play out the same way again

 

[nbafan88]

oh well it looks i just moved the line more :rofl:

 

[nbafan88]

Final card

Warriors -9.5 big
warriors -13.5 +178
Draymond Over 20.5 points +800
Barnes over 17 Pts + boards -115

 

[cogenman]

bricks bricks bricks

 

[cogenman]

there you go Klay

 

[cogenman]

run, run, run... wear them out.

 

[cogenman]

Final card

Warriors -9.5 big
warriors -13.5 +178
Draymond Over 20.5 points +800
Barnes over 17 Pts + boards -115

rooting for you on this one. GL.

 

[cogenman]

easy call on JR. what an idiot he is.

 

[emkee]

Not the best start if you're on the Dubs. Moment seems a little too big for Klay.

Still think it goes as planned. Got to own this 2nd quarter.

 

[emkee]

Dubs playing arrogant again, not pushing the ball.

 

[cogenman]

keep pushing the pace. 3Q and 4Q is where they'll wear down.

 

[cogenman]

kick ball?

 

[emkee]

Yep. Kicked ball.

Fight early, fade late for Cleveland.

 

[cogenman]

intentional

 

[cogenman]

nice putback Barnes, over Lebron too

 

[crawdads]

Clevelands box score is unreal.

 

[emkee]

That's a big swing to end the 2nd all things considered.

Dubs open at -6.5 for the 2nd half spread.

 

[sportjunky]

cavs right in it for playing 5 on 8.

 

[crawdads]

cavs right in it for playing 5 on 8.

5? Delly, Thompson and Mozgov are useless tonight. Shump as well.

 

[sportjunky]

5? Delly, Thompson and Mozgov are useless tonight. Shump as well.

this pos shump should practice his layups this offseason smh

 

[hugh613]

LeBron played all 24 minutes? Finals or not, that's insane. Blatt's gonna end up shortening LeBron's career like Dusty Baker did with Kerry Wood and Mark Prior, smh...

 

[crawdads]

Lebrons last year in Mia where wade basically sat out the majority of the season i think 2 years off his career. He basically did everything there as well.

 

[RetroVK]

Lebron just played an incredible first half of basketball. That was amazing

 

[crawdads]

Whoever wins this gets the championship in game 6.

 

[emkee]

Holding with the anticipation the Cavs fade in the 2nd.

Dubs 11-0 SU (8-3 ATS vs the pregame line) when leading by a point or more the half this postseason.

 

[hugh613]

There was a good article on ESPN today about the potential long term harm this series might have on LeBron's health. Won't be surprised to see the knee issues start to come up next season...

 

[cogenman]

under 98 for 2H seems like a good bet the way the series has been going thus far

 

[sportjunky]

There was a good article on ESPN today about the potential long term harm this series might have on LeBron's health. Won't be surprised to see the knee issues start to come up next season...

5 straight finals appearances is unprecedented right? at least in the modern nba. that is a ridiculous amount of basketball games.

 

[hugh613]

5 straight finals appearances is unprecedented right? at least in the modern nba. that is a ridiculous amount of basketball games.

It's like with how RB's in the NFL only have a short shelf life because of all the abuse they take. Just like how Iverson could have probably been an elite player for a few more years if not for the toll his style took.

I'm sure a lot of it is just LeBron telling Blatt to fuck off whenever he tries to pull him, but this is insane. My hats off to him though. To still be producing at this level after the first 4 games is pretty epic.

 

[cogenman]

curry and dova battling lol

 

[emkee]

So far this game is defying logic.

Played at their pace and only 2 Cavs scoring.

Dubs should be up 10+.

Crazy.

 

[cogenman]

Curry frustrated by dova. He needs to get going.

 

[emkee]

Law of averages will be reflected at the end of the 4th, surely.

 

[cogenman]

He should keep running around screens. make dova chase him. he'll be winded soon.

 

[cogenman]

with Iggy on Lebron, they keep screening him off of Lebron. the warriors gotta do a better job of fighting thru the screens so Iggy can stay on Lebron.

 

[cogenman]

damn curry settled for a 3 there

 

[emkee]

damn curry settled for a 3 there

And a 40 ft one too, smh...

 

[crawdads]

Clumsy Mozgov needs to get that rebound to keep up the momentum.

 

[emkee]

Kerr needed to stay small, blew the the potential cover putting Ezeli in there.

 

[divol]

Kerr needed to stay small, blew the the potential cover putting Ezeli in there.

They are up 5, so the cover is there...
Fatigue can decide this one...

 

[crawdads]

Cavs dont score here it will snowball. Their offense is give it to the king and hide.

 

[emkee]

Dubs don't possess the killer instinct and can't shoot a FT to save themselves.

Cavs cover.

 

[cogenman]

Iggy!

 

[emkee]

Keep playing for 3 guys.

 

[emkee]

Derailed by the hack-a-Iggy.

 

[cogenman]

I love Iggy but his 2-11 FT's hurt

 

[cogenman]

from way downtown

 

[cogenman]

It's so easy to guard JR. He has 15 shots and 14 of them are from downtown. Just hug him and stay close to him. He's too lazy to drive.

 

[emkee]

Dubs don't possess the killer instinct and can't shoot a FT to save themselves.

Cavs cover.

Had to go NBAfan on that tip.

Go Dubs.