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See me see Celtics ooh

Basketball can be a funny game at times. The irony here is the Cavs have played better since James sat. The perimeter D is poor tho. If them carry this one meet Golden State iku niyen oh

This IT injury na real blessing in disguise

Hahaha. Ileke ti ja bayi oh

Squad!

Roland17:
I just need the Warriors to sweep the Cavs, that is the only way they can compensate for last year's choke job in my books.

Lebron fans would still tell you they blew a 3-1 lead and went on to add Kevin Durant. So I really don't care if na sweep or a Game 7 overtime win. Another Finals L is enough for me

One of the greatest songs ever recorded

IFEANNYI:
The Verve - Bittersweet symphony.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lyu1KKwC74

prof1990:
He used both hands.

Kinda new here shout out to all the GSW fans didn't see the series ending early tho, felt the Cavs would have it easier.

Even Pop said GSW is the best team he's seen in years.

#strength in numbers

You welcome. I'm a bit disappointed the series went down that quickly however I don't want the Cavs having any sort of injury. Even James Jones, Iman Shumpert must be healthy cos I no wan hear any excuse

Of which who saw that double block from K.D? I didn't even know that was possible.

His rebounding and shot blocking has to turn up in the Finals

Unfortunate the way the series played out but Pop got 5 rings and 6 Finals. He don try

A lot of things the Warriors need to clean up but they would be meeting an equally flawed Cavs team

Steph needs to start calling out the refs. I don't agree with this kin mumu noble silence

And K.D, time to give the haters a huge one finger salute. Especially those that claim what he did was somehow worse than a #1 pick joining 2 of the top 5 draft picks of his class

What is wrong with Klay Thompson? This is someone I rated and he even called himself the best SG in the league. He isn't playing to even 40% of his capabilities and its disappointing

birdman:
These geriatrics got to the wcf, no?

Does that mean they were not geriatrics? Karl Malone was 41!

SIRcumalot:
that three ball don dey fall for am for since around the last 30 games of the regular season.
the longer bron stays on the floor,the better the cavs play.

He is shooting it very much better in these playoffs.

coolluk:
They r already cult classics, i would suggest u read their synopsis tho

I think I would skip that American gods though. Too many faggöt scenes

So the Chilean Federation released their Confederation Cup squad and mistakenly listed Sanchez as a Bayern player. Hmmm

Donlittle:
I didn't watch the game, only saw the go ahead basket by bradley. I didn't even bother checking the stats because i thought lebron team mates probably let him down. Came on here this morning only to find out man mad about 15 pts. Interesting.

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Roland17:
I am not even to miffed by the numbers but the mere fact that "LEBRON IS NOT THE GO TO GUY WHEN THE GAME IS ON THE LINE". We have continued to witness Uncle Drew take over games for the Cavs because he has the heart to dare those shots. Last night was not the first time i watched Lebron shy away from the responsibility of stepping up, somehow, the ball moves to Kyrie.

This is why is not anywhere close to MJ in my books.

He took just 4 shots in the 4th. Bizarre because he played the entire quarter and the game was clearly slipping away. Truth be told he would probably drop 40 on the Celtics on Tuesday

However with the game on the line he once again deferred to Kyrie.

Lmaoooo

Number of Playoff Games M.J had less than 15pts - 0

Number of Playoff Games Lebron had less than 15pts - 6

G.O.A.T indeed

SIRcumalot:
spurs finishing with another 60 win no be surprise na
Who go take that spot ? OKC without Durant!


My point is simple: the eastern teams are weaker but similar in strength. The western conference have the stronger teams with a larger disparity.

Have not watched a ton of LeBron games this post season but to me,his free throws just dey enter and his playing more minutes don't think much has changed.

The difference is bleeding obvious. He is shooting the three at a ridiculous and hopefully unsustainable clip. He has also been very efficient. He is scoring more pts with fewer shots. His minutes have little to do with it

Roland17:
This W without IT would give D. Ainge sleepless nights about possibilities. Honestly, i don't want to be in his shoes, tough decisions this summer.

The pick and roll without IT is definitely different on both ends of the court most importantly because of better size, and that improves ball movement.

Its a dilemma really because Crowder would suffer, and I feel he is a key player in your squad. His D on Lebron was stellar in the 4th.

Isaiah's size or lack of it is a problem. There would always be a ceiling. The key move is being less reliant on him night in night out. Finding that trade or guys simply stepping up like tonight. Though I expect them to revert to the mean in Game 4

SIRcumalot:
shay them dey play possum for this last game too?. the teams that beat them should get credit for beating them.
cavs is on top the 2nd best team isn't clear wizards-raptors-Celtics dey drag number 2
bucks-miami-hawks-pacer-bulls no clear strongest. na how me see am.

Houston is the only team that surprised me in the west.

Can you compare how Lebron has been playing in the playoffs to the regular season? A team that was 10-14 suddenly went 10-0. Clearly they pushed the tempo and its clear for all man to see. One off losses don't change that

How is 2nd clear in the West? In the last 3 years its been Rockets, OKC, Spurs so wetin be the argument? Bucks and Bulls no too dey relevant or I might as well add Pelicans, Mavs

Roland17:
Folks easily hype T.Lue, S. Kerr, yet BRAD STEVENS is doing the job under the radar without much talk.

Aside Brad Stevens coaching which was briliant. Especially with his rotations. The absence of IT really allowed things to flow a little better offensively. Aside the insanely incompetent duo of Amir Johnson and Terry Rozier everybody else contributed. Marcus Smart was dynamite Bradley was excellent too

The rebounding has to be better though. Na where I dey always follow your guy Horford fight be that. For his size he is quite poor at it

birdman:
I agree these playoffs have been crap. Spurs Pistons was worse but thats debatable.

But my question is, whose fault is it. When warriors who got to the finals still went hard after Durant and a few other pieces, what was the rest of the west looking at? Other than rockets, who else? When cavs, the reigning champs kept making trades all season where was the rest of the east?

The super teams argument is an excuse! Detroit pistons with no superstars beat the lakers with kobe, shaq, payton and malone!! I refuse to blame 2 teams for working hard to get where they are while other teams were sleeping

Spurs vs Pistons debatable ke? You mean the year they faced the Suns in the West and the Pistons vs Shaq and the Heat in the West? I no agree oo

It is easier for the Cavs and Golden State to attract star players and make trades my guy. Korver, Williams, West, Pachulia are all taking change to play for them. Ray Allen was on a minimum to play for the Heat.

Lool. Karl Malone was like 40, Gary Payton like 36 or 37. I don't know why una like to dey use that 2004 team as example. They were geriatric bruh

Decale:
Isn't this a team fighting without their best player? And minions will come here saying the west is tough

Lmao una no get shame. You had a 21pt lead and after getting almost 40FTs una no still fit win

Wow! Wow! Wowzers! No I in Team.

I started at the 4th and I could barely believe the score

chic2pimp:
....What is it with you and Dayo having a pop at JT? ...... Someone can not retire in silence again?

Naah bruh. Just stating facts yunno

Roland17:
Until dem chop another 5 for the next game abi?

The Penguins are not here for play my gee. 7 goals to 0. Isu no be cocoyam

SIRcumalot:
it was fun to laugh at the cavs when them dey play rubbish for regular season now them dey win all we hear Is the east weak.


I think decae point is simple: the west is top heavy.they have the better teams but the eastern teams are not has good yet,but they all have similar strength aside from the cavs.

Guy bone the top heavy thing. We all know the Cavs were playing possum, the degree at which they were doing so was underrated largely but they can afford to take games off

Even in the East we have the upper echelon. Used to be Cavs, Celtics, Orlando then Pacers, Celts, Heat now its the Cavs, Raptors

We have rubbish teams in the East just like the West

Roland17 lare lare shey you saw how the Penguins sodomized the Sens

Arguably the worst Conference Finals in the history of the league. On one end a team crippled by injuries on another end a team hopelessly overmatched. Its tragic especially compared to last year's Finals

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVDmkCJrptI

Decale:
Tough is relative.

For the fact that Cavs is doing the Bayern of Eastern Conference doesn't rule out the conference. Afterall, they didn't get up to 60 wins, Warriors did. They didn't win 1st seed, you guys did.

We've all seen plenty teams in EC finals unlike West where it's either Spurs or Warriors for the past hundreds of years.

We also see more teams battling for playoff spot at the EC unlike the west. More teams are represented in the east. A large fraction of the years has seen the East having more .50 teams.

We also see less blowouts, less wins in the EC

We also watch more playoff games in the east before the finals, even this year with Cavs sweeping everybody.

You also lose your key players and still dominate teams. Look at Rockets, so called 3rd best team in the league or Warriors that went on a 13-0 run without Durant. That can't happen in the east, it gets tougher to adjust cos more competitive teams are looking to take your position e.g. Cavs when Love went out, Raptors when Lowry went out, Bulls when Rondo went out, etc.


So yeah, tough is relative

Nice touch with the Bayern example. I would point out though that the Cavs were under .500 against teams from the West. They lost to every single team that made the playoffs out West. Now imagine they had to face these guys 4 times a year. Now compare with the Warriors vs teams from the East. Even that 13-0 run you are referring to also included teams from the East

Since 2011 Mavs, Grizzlies, Rockets, OKC are all teams that have made the Conference Finals apart from Warriors and Spurs. I'm sure if we go to the East the variety isn't higher.

This is the 2nd Eastern Finals heading for a sweep in 3 seasons. Whereas you and I know the Warriors are not sweeping the Spurs if not for Kawhi's injury.

The West is tougher and its not that close. Isu no be cocoyam