NBA Finals Game 1 In-Game Thread Cleveland @ Golden State

Mac4Lyfe · 06-01-17, 10:30 PM

Lebron has never won a Finals where he hasn't lost game 1 so this is looking good for Cav's fans.

tony_come · 06-01-17, 10:32 PM

Mike brown had the under

tony_come · 06-01-17, 10:33 PM

Lebroom for president

JIBBBY · 06-01-17, 10:34 PM

Originally posted by Mac4Lyfe

Lebron has never won a Finals where he hasn't lost game 1 so this is looking good for Cav's fans.

Lebron never faced a stacked Warriors team like this that took them to a game 7 last year without KD..

Good luck with that theory Mac..

Mac4Lyfe · 06-01-17, 10:41 PM

Originally posted by JIBBBY

Same can be said when Shaq joined Kobe in LA.. Fun for the local fans, not so much for the rest of Nation.. Nature of the beast when stacking teams...

NBA has had stacked teams for the last 4 decades. Nothing new.

Mac4Lyfe · 06-01-17, 10:45 PM

Originally posted by JIBBBY

Lebron never faced a stacked Warriors team like this that took them to a game 7 last year without KD..
Good luck with that theory Mac..

I don't think they are so much more stacked as Cleveland. They have Curry and Durant, Cleveland has Lebron and Kyrie. Draymond and Klay are like Love and TT. Inconsistent at best. Role players play better at home. Cav's role players were shit tonight. Cav's turned the ball over too much but most of them were with GS players hugged all over them. Refs were all over GS tonight. Don't take too much away from 1 game.

Seaweed · 06-01-17, 10:47 PM

Originally posted by Mac4Lyfe

I don't think they are so much more stacked as Cleveland. They have Curry and Durant, Cleveland has Lebron and Kyrie. Draymond and Klay are like Love and TT. Inconsistent at best. Role players play better at home. Cav's role players were shit tonight. Cav's turned the ball over too much but most of them were with GS players hugged all over them. Refs were all over GS tonight. Don't take too much away from 1 game.

Cavs are 3 all stars with a bunch of stiffs

tony_come · 06-01-17, 10:48 PM

Anybody here at Mandalay Bay. Meet me in the restroom next to the sportsbook

tony_come · 06-01-17, 10:49 PM

Second stall. 3 knocks so I know

Seaweed · 06-01-17, 10:50 PM

I knocked 3 times on the wrong stall and this black guy just said fuk off

tony_come · 06-01-17, 10:52 PM

Originally posted by Seaweed

I knocked 3 times on the wrong stall and this black guy just said fuk off

I heard it

Mac4Lyfe · 06-01-17, 10:52 PM

Originally posted by Seaweed

Cavs are 3 all stars with a bunch of stiffs

I disagree. I think Cav's and Warriors are pretty evenly matched.

Lebron - Durant
Kyrie - Curry
Love - Green
TT - Klay

that's your top 4 for each team. TT and Love both sucked tonight which can be expected on the road and when the refs allow GS to mug them both. GS gameplan is to reach, grab, push and hack Love and TT whenever they have the ball.

Both teams have similar bench players that play well at home. Klay and Green struggled tonight on offense but were able to mug on defense. On the road, they shouldn't be able to hack as much and may struggle even more. We shall see but don't buy into the narrative that GS is some behemoth that can't be beaten.

Seaweed · 06-01-17, 10:55 PM

Klay and Green miles ahead of TT and Love

Mac4Lyfe · 06-01-17, 10:57 PM

Originally posted by Seaweed

Klay and Green miles ahead of TT and Love

On what planet???

Mac4Lyfe · 06-01-17, 11:00 PM

Love = 21 points, 15 rebounds

Klay and Draymond total = 15 points, 14 rebounds

I wouldn't exactly call that miles ahead. How about they are a few feet behind.

SouthBayGame · 06-01-17, 11:21 PM

Offenses are fairly even but Warriors play defense, Cavs defense suspect at times. Lots of easy dunks for Durant tonight. Warriors don't give that up and they close out on three point shooters better.

kingdom · 06-01-17, 11:29 PM

Originally posted by Mac4Lyfe

I disagree. I think Cav's and Warriors are pretty evenly matched.

Lebron - Durant
Kyrie - Curry
Love - Green
TT - Klay

that's your top 4 for each team. TT and Love both sucked tonight which can be expected on the road and when the refs allow GS to mug them both. GS gameplan is to reach, grab, push and hack Love and TT whenever they have the ball.

Both teams have similar bench players that play well at home. Klay and Green struggled tonight on offense but were able to mug on defense. On the road, they shouldn't be able to hack as much and may struggle even more. We shall see but don't buy into the narrative that GS is some behemoth that can't be beaten.

exactly. they shot 42%. cleveland shot 35%. both teams rusty, cavs were worse. dubs 12 steals to 0. Cavs 20 turnovers to 4. gsw 104 shots to cavs 84. don't expect those numbers to repeat.

Mac4Lyfe · 06-01-17, 11:39 PM

Originally posted by SouthBayGame

Offenses are fairly even but Warriors play defense, Cavs defense suspect at times. Lots of easy dunks for Durant tonight. Warriors don't give that up and they close out on three point shooters better.

Warrior's get away with much more shenanigans. Illegal moving screens tonight weren't called. Jefferson was set on a screen for Cleveland and he got called. GSW loves to push, grab and hold ball handlers and the refs never call it. I am amazed how they are the only team in the NBA that can still hand check. As soon as the Cav's tried, they were called for cheap fouls. It's very easy to play defense when you can grab and hold. They do it all game and the refs get fatigued because every time you call them for a foul, they argue, whine, bitch and moan the entire time down the court.

This was just like last year. Very similar game results. Cav's will adjust and play better. GS is known to turn the ball over. I don't see them having 26 assists to 4 turnovers again.

brooks85 · 06-02-17, 07:55 AM

well cavs have room for improvement so that is a plus, they certainly didn't play their best game. And it's good GS won by 20+, cavs will come back hard.

SouthBayGame · 06-02-17, 08:28 AM

I think Cavs were called for 23 fouls Warriors 24. Cavs shot 25 free throws to Warriors 16. Agree Warriors won't maintain that lofty assist/turnover ratio but their defense has been elite all year. Cavs defense has not.

sk0002 · 06-02-17, 08:37 PM

Originally posted by Mac4Lyfe

It remains to be seen if Durant and Curry can be consistent over a 7 game series. My money is on 1 or both of them choking before this is all said and done.

Blaming on the referee, you are one retarded penetrate, dubs missed many point blank layup due to rust, cavs got shat on as expected, only foolish delusional homers like you think cavs have a shot, real NBA finals already ended, warriors vs spurs, cavs are nothing, expect a sweep. Fraudulent defending champ.

Complaining on the referee, like a total idiotic hypocrite, I don't see you complaining about referee when the referee totally harassed GSW last year and letting cavs to abuse curry like it's nothing, where were you to complain then??

And even this game referee tried to give cavs favors to try to keep the game close, look at the free throw attempts, the best evidence there is, it's not even close, that's all you neeed to know about which side referees are on, and yet you can only see referee calling against cavs, that tells me what a biased idiot you are, hypocrite penetrate. Dubs got many calls against them, I don't see you calling it out??? What an idiot you are. Expect me to fully rub shit at your face when cavs getting swept