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Donlittle:
I get what you are saying but i think about it like this, if you win unanimous mvp, the least you could do is show up for one Finals Game, he performed worse than he performed last year.

Guys will start calling him the regular season player soon enough, and i know what i am talking about. If your shot is not falling, you could affect the game one way or the other, and he did not, that's why he they pain me.

See i am a dallas fan, and you know how much we do not like lebron after him and wade made fun of Dirk, and seeing him lose make me happy, and the fact that GSW(curry) would give him a ring after being up 3-1 they pain me pass GSW fans, i swear

I saw him bite hard on his Jersey as soon as the final buzzer went off. He was fighting the tears. That is a guy who knew he screwed up big time when his team needed him more. People would have forgiven him if he played like Green and Green played like him. I guess the pain can actually make him better. He has fought being overlooked all his career, this one will make him good for next year.

Whether anyone wants to admit it, they were 3-1 up against the Cavs team and had 2 Oracle games to play out of 3. It is a miracle they couldn't win one. But credit to James and Kyrie who kept making tough shorts for the last 3 games especially Kyrie in the game 7.

Kerr had his own share of the blame, and some other players that didn't just show up but it really doesn't matter. Legacies are not defined over one season. I.Thomas let his team down once against Celtics in 86, 87 and even 88 (against Lakers). But 89,90 they repeated as champs. SAS lost to Miami 2013 from 3-2 and came back the follow year beating them 4-1.

Mizzzbeee:
to the point he cost us the game I have given up too... How come Rush ddnt even play.

I tot Kerr said he wud ride a hot hand anytime. But decided to sit Speights and Barbosa...

If we can bag Whiteside then that would be money. But i heard dude was complaining that he wants to be a starter. I dont see Kerr benching Bogut

Bogut is not a franchise player. He is an absolute rim-protector but he plays too few minutes and he is injury prone. Jeez. Whiteside seems to have a higher ceiling. He will force attacks and can become a plan B or C for Warriors should the 3s not be falling. I admire him o. Big time.

Mizzzbeee:
Guys

Westbrook vs Kyrie? who yall pick

Also, according to nba rules Varejao having played a considerable number of games with the cavs, is eligible for a ring. But it depends on if:
Varejao asks for it or if Cavs management gives it to him.

Should he demand a ring?

Westbrook is more of the franchise player. He can win more games for you than Kyrie would but Kyrie is more clutch and personally, I like him better. But I guess more coaches will take Westbrook. He fills the stats better.

A40:
You are not winning anything with post Orlando Dwight. Dude is a mental midget

Even Embiid get more potential to help the Warriors, too bad he is a perma crock

You dey vex o. You are not even taking any prisoners.

Mizzzbeee:
How can one have so much love for a player, even when he flops consistently something isnt right, Kerr isnt telling us the whole story between him and Barnes.

He probably sees potentials that we don't see. Barnes is 23 I think and he was a very good college player.

I don't want to be too harsh on him, so let me see what GSW will do with him. I for one, have given up.

A40:
They need to hit the reshuffle button but certainly work on their mentality. You just can't miss your final 9 shots in a Game 7 at home. You can't have your two best scorers shooting 30%. I even saw some people blaming Green on Twitter smh

They are young but I still feel like the Warriors didn't give it their all. You never quite know when next an opportunity like this would come just ask Harden and OKC

I still think their mentality was good. The only issue I had was that "over-self confidence" they showed after game 4. Even when they lost games 5 and 6, the general aura around the team was that they would still win somewhat.

Kerr said his team doesn't handle prosperity well and he should take a bulk of the blame for that. At game 6 pre-match interview, Kerr kept letting the journalists bait him into discussing a game 7. I don't know if I was the only one that noticed it, but I was like "Have you already lost this game?" In my mind.

I believe they will bounce back. Perhaps another 60+ win regular season and they would rest the key players games before the P/Os. I know nobody will care about MVP of the regular season again.

For what it's worth, Houston Rockets were once called Choke City before 94-95 but they bounced back. Your Mavericks too choked against Shaq's Miami and were stellar in 2011.

The Core of my team is still great barring injuries. I just need a better Centre and another SF.

Mizzzbeee:
The West is getting tougher ooo!!! Spurs, Thunder, Clippers even Blazers are not smilling. I wdnt mind Durant coming to warriors tho.

Warriors fan how wud u like to see Howard on our team

Clippers and Blazers will huff and puff. The real dogs are obviously SAS and OKC but if we lead the regular season again, both teams will cancel themselves out and we would have to battle either one of them.

Since it may be SAS this time around (Considering Pop is Pop), it won't be easy but we are good for another WCFs and maybe Finals.

In the east, I don't see much changing to compete with Cavs so they would probably show up again, only challenge is, the hunger won't be as much as it was this time around, as they have already broken the jinx.

It will be interesting.

Mizzzbeee:
The West is getting tougher ooo!!! Spurs, Thunder, Clippers even Blazers are not smilling. I wdnt mind Durant coming to warriors tho.

Warriors fan how wud u like to see Howard on our team

Is Howard not better than Ezeli? They both suck at FTs, Ezeli passes better but Howard is a better scorer. Howard seems to be more healthy than Ezeli but Ezeli has better mentality.

2 sides of the same coin Ja re. I want WhiteSide or Anthony Davis.

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SmooshCHN:
Mynd44, Eruditor, A40 will there be a new thread for the off season and next season?

I kinda agree with you and A40. I think 303 pages is enough for a new thread but then again we don't get that much traffic until P/Os.

Donlittle:
Don't excuse curry eruditor. I simply want the kid to be great. If james played like this in a 7 game series what would we say?

He choked. He was terrible. he played ugly. i hope he comes back with a vengeance next year. I can't believe he let kyrie outplay him.

I agreed that he choked but my point was that his choking was not as detrimental as the play of Festus (especially) and Barnes who were liabilities on both ends.

He will bounce back. He played this post-season with niggling injuries after the game 1&4 against Houston.

Kyrie is a great player, he actually kept his team in the game and save James' block on Iggy and just overall in the whole series, Kyrie was actually my game 7 MVP (since he played for the winning side, otherwise it was Green).

A40:
I know why I harped on mentality and seizing the moment. Knowing what your team needs at any given time. Steph just didn't show it all season long and really neither did Klay.

Your best two scorers don't combine for 31pts in a Game 7 and you hope to get a W. Cleveland played their part but when you get outscored by 22pts by your opposite number 9/10 you lose the series. Sometimes you need to want it more. Did you see that block? M.J flu game scoring 45pts out of his team's 87, Dirk in 2011

You can't coach that.

If you want a Chip you don't go scoreless on your floor for the last 4 and a half mins

I couldn't agree more tbvh. I was just telling Donlittle he was being a tad too hard on Curry.

Perhaps maybe the defeat was easier to accept because It was my team's best player that let us down. Kyrie out played him today in a strange way.

Curry is guarding Kyrie and Kyrie has the confidence to still hit the jumper. The other wayround Curry has no confidence to hit shots he made for fun all season.

He will learn from it. Bron Choked aged 26 and was good for it the following year. Klay, Curry and Green are still quite young.

Donlittle:
maybe its a fluke, maybe its not, we will wait till next year to know. Disappointed in curry man, if your shot is not going in, find a way to get other people involved, but i guess you can't do that when you are playing with barnes and ezeli. They need to leave or sign below what they were asking for. They disappointed big time.

Can't be a fluke man they were up 3-1 with 2 games ahome. They choked. Simple.

SmooshCHN:
Scheduled Next week for his Left Knee and Right Ankle.. He'll have check up on his left shoulder later today.. Unto Next Season.

You see. Didn't even know the surgery was already scheduled but I noticed it especially during the OKC and CAVS series.

kamel4real2015:
Not everybody was saying nba was rigged it is only ayesha curry that don't no what to say that split the shit out before Stephen A.Smith replied the lady, is she the only wife of an nba star .

The NBA wanted a game 7 so that game 6 was questionable but the refereeing today was above average if not good.

Manutd19:
Irving though. Many tough pg in the league. Curry ain't his usual self in this playoff.

Curry needs surgery on his knee. He wasn't dribbling towards his left if you noticed. That left knee is a problem. They just coded it all P/Os

Mizzzbeee:
oh well its all done and gone tied 1-1... We look forward to next season. Do you see both of them in the finals again?. All the warriors gang are all banged up and beat up they need a long vac

Warriors can come again but they need a good Centre to debut for Bogut while Ezeli can bounce or become number 3 if Varejao leaves.

Barnes can be going.

OKC can be a problem again next year and even though I am sure CAVS can come out of the east, Bron isn't getting younger.

Mizzzbeee:
but I believe she has had her fair share of the banter, all day Bleacher report trolled her, made memes and videos of her... I think she should lay off the Internet for a while...

She is no different from any female journalist. People are making it more than what it is.

A40:
Just proved the doubters right. Made last year's run look like a fluke. Would be key to see how Steph and Klay react to this set back. They have to prove they are not one season wonders because the stigma of this chokejob would last till next year's finals if they get there. At the very least

Time heals all. It was easier for GSW to bounce back from the loss than CAVS.

They need to be credited. They beat GSW twice ahome to win this.

Kerr made the mistake of trusting Ezeli but all the pundits felt Ezeli should have started this game. He missed those early easy shots and that easy lay up when Love was guarding him. To me his defending was also slack.

Curry needed another 3 in that 4th Quarter but it didn't drop. There was doubt in his eyes. He hesitated too much to knock his threes.

At 89 a piece if Iggy had knocked that layup or dunk, even if Kyrie knocked that 3 it would have been a 1pt game.

Donlittle:
curry was terrible through out. Unbelievable.

He choked but you are being unfair. Ezeli was a problem today. He let his team down. Barnes was questionable too.

Lebron's block on Iggy was the difference.

Congrats Cleveland.

Deserved.

Sorry GSW. Next year maybe.

SmooshCHN:
Late starts are our weak point.

Like I couldn't believe GSW will start a game of such magnitude and be trailing by 20 in the first quarter.

Well, all they need is to start well. I have no doubt they can see this off.

SIRcumalot:
I think we've luck on our side.
what did you say that time about your heart telling one thing and your head another?
that is what is happening here.

Cavs have momentum not just luck.

I am not as confident as I was even after game 3 loss but that's because of the game 5 loss and nothing else.

The thing is, after the first 2 games in which Cavs lost by a cumulative 48, they still picked up and won game 3 by 30. GSW can very well do that as well.

Also with 3 games a piece, the points difference of both teams is 59pts for GSW and 59pts for Cavs.

It is evenly poised at the moment that's the point. But I won't be so quick to dismiss the home side. That's all I would say for now.

SIRcumalot:
I was wondering whether this daily masturbatory material you write for your fellow warriors fans go appear today

Your prediction can suck it has been sucking it for the past two games now There is no reason that should change.


Oh yeah,we're also lobbying the league hard to get curry banned for game 7 for pelting that poor boy with his mouth guard. that boy hasn't been well since.

Yea, because OKC are playing Cavs in the finals or because Cavs have won the ring?

The issue with false trolling is when it shows up a tad too soon. Since you have no dog in this fight there's no need for me to recount your many worthy predictions.

Game 7 will bring a sum total of yours. Let's see how it turns out.

lolawilliams:
Well. Not when lebron is leading both teams in points-181, rebounds-68 , steals-16, assists-51 and blocks-13
And you wont expect him to step up more in the final game, A ring cleveland hvnt gotten for the past 50yrs, a chance for him to make history. But if you insist warriors will have the ring, no problem then, it all goes down on sunday

Very substantial.

lolawilliams:
watch the game in real time.

You should know King james would never drop low as 23pts, that means 12pts in 1st nd2nd quater nd 11pts in the rest. Lebron would drop at least 35pts+. You'll remember this when it happens.
Gsw has never been on pressure like this for the last 2seasons, I would not advise to put you money on them. Reason is cause, who will guard King james?

He has dropped 19 in game 2 and 25 (after racking up points in garbage time) in game 4.

Not one individual can successfully guard Lebron but the team's structured and systematic way of forcing him to make tougher shots (which he has made in the past 2 games) but may not be able to continue to.

GSW have been in this type of pressure in the past 2 seasons. They were down 2-1 to Cavs and had to claw back to win 4-2. Their 73-win season looked shaky when they needed to beat SAS twice in the last 4 games and they were down 3-1 to OKC and needed to steal an away game in the final 3 games.

I have no doubt that Cavs can pull an upset in game 7 but I will more so easily rely on some facts that work against them.

1. The open man in the last 2 games for GSW has been Barnes and he shot 2-22 in the last 2 games. That will change. He is not Shaq. He will not shoot that badly for 3 games.

1b. If Barnes knocks his shots, Cavs have to adjust, freeing up MVP Curry.

2. MVP Curry will be playing with a chip on his shoulder, angry from game 6, charged in front of his home fans with a win away from back to back titles. Stop underestimating a good team especially when a closer is going to be played on home front.

3. Curry will get more of his foul calls in game 7. You can rest, assured of that.

4. For all Lebron's greatness, it is too much to ask for 3 heavy scoring games especially away from Ohio where Cavs have been atrocious. And albeit Kyrie has held his own and helped his team, Bron is the pillar that holds the Cavs.

5. I expect the game to be close from the outset, but I think the team that will win this one is the team that will have a better 4th Quarter. It is so hard to look beyond the home team in such instances.

lolawilliams:
Well if you say king james and the coach started it all, we never complained as much as the gsw coach, players and fans, its just to much. King james wldnt hve scored 40pts if draymond played now that draymond play, gsw fans are complaining about iggy's back. Thats none of our business
And steve kerr must be fined for saying its ok for curry to throw the mouth guard at the fans and for criticizing the refs publicly on press

But Lebron and Kyrie didn't score 82 points again, so doesn't that count for Green's presence?

Cavs played good ball and led by 20 after 1 quarter so they deserve to win. Lue also said Lebum doesn't get enough foul calls after game 4, and by game 5, the NBA had answered the clarion call.

Bobbieydeey:
like!!!! this rig saga is just taking the piss, just few wrong fouls and viola rigged upandan urghh annoying golden girls

LOL. Lebron charges and scores. They give him an extra free throw and give a blocking foul to the opposing player.

Curry is hassled and tossed during screens or in transition. Ref turns Ray Charles to it.

It is easy to upset any teams momentum. Ask Sacramento Kings of 2002 when Kobe got 27 free throws in one quarter or so. Lol

lolawilliams:
I dont expect you to point something like this out and ask if its progression after we won, But no problem, you'll always look for a fault


[ quote author=Eruditor post=46654832]
1. Lebron will certainly not drop another 41 points. (Lola can feel free to mention me here if he does)
After a back to back 40+, after being on mount rushmore with jerry west, michael jordan, shaq oneal, for the back to back 40pts.
I dont care about the numbers of pts he'll drop in his next game.
#CavsForChampionship #LebronForFinalsMVP

Calm down --> signifies it was a light-hearted remark. Obviously, I am pained my team lost so I am looking for positives and if a player that dropped 41 a game before, drops 23 in another, I will latch unto it.

I can tell you free of charge that if Lebron drops 23 in game 7 that will be a loss for the Cavs and obviously if Cavs win game 7 he will be the finals MVP. In the same breath, if Curry drops 40 in game 7 and GSW wins, he too will be the finals MVP.

We will see how it plays out in game 7. My money is on GSW and by God's grace, I should watch the game in real time.

Didn't see the game again because for some reason I can't stay awake to watch consistently. I understand only James had 41 and Kyrie's number reduced to 23? That's progression

If after the first quarter, the scoreline was reading 31-11, then boy am I glad I didn't spend time watching the game (infact when you start that badly you deserve to lose). At the end of the day, it was a harder pill to swallow the game 5 loss than this one seeing that Cleveland were going back to Ohio with the momentum.

It will not be misplaced to call the refs out on some of the fouls they call on Curry in contrast with the ones people infringe on him. The NBA must make $20k per seats for game 7 and now they will achieve it. The consensus online seems to echo these sentiments even though one can argue they are more from the supporters of GSW.

Well, now that Game 7 is billed for 1AM 21st naija time, I must find a way to watch it without neglecting Monday duties. I almost feel my team has flailed because I haven't been able to channel some chakra their way.

Harrison Barnes for all the money he wants has been atrocious the last 2 games but there is something (as little as it is) that will work in his favor. It is called the LAW OF AVERAGES. That same law will work against Lebron and I kid you not.

So here is how game 7 will pan out. The refs will begin to give Curry all his fouls because the story suits GSW winning the ring. As long as Curry is getting his foul calls some people on Cavs roster will be racking up personal fouls. Home crowd will buoy the team in a way that will spur them to reignite the spark they usually show when their backs are against the wall. But the 2 key issues will be

1. Lebron will certainly not drop another 41 points. (Lola can feel free to mention me here if he does) and

2. Harrison Barnes won't shoot as badly as he has done in the last 2 games.

The law of average, will guarantee that.

Having said that, it is no longer impossible for the GSW not to lose game 7 as it would have been had they not lost game 5, but I think after hitting a few bumps with my last predictions, I am probably calling this one right.

So here goes: GSW will win game 7 in front of their home fans. It will be in a fashion similar to SAS vs Pistons game 7 of 2005. In other words, home team wins but the game itself will not be a high-scoring one.

I'd be back to gloat when it happens. Till then Cavs supporters have the floor. They have earned it.

lolawilliams:
well I answered the question the way he asked it. my remarks to James reaction in the feud BTW him and green. when you say something ppl dnt go with, you'll surely get hounded.

Did you called what draymond did an attempt?! cmon we all saw that clearly, and he never denied it tho he never said he did it too, he said one can't just step on him and walk away like that. that alone shows he did it

when everybody is calling That groin, you're calling it gonads
The groin consist consists of the adductor muscles of the hip or the groin muscles. So he got hit in the groin muscle or adductor muscle. Oyinbo that said green hit him in the groin knows what they saying, and if green hit him in the gonads, gonads is also a reproductive organ, why will a NBA player act like a thug and hit someone like that, smh

You said lebron didn't noticed draymond hit him in the groin. He noticed he just didn't wanna start a drama cause the game was close to an end and they needed that comeback badly, how can someone hit you in the reproductive organ and u won't notice, the b-word he said was what sparked him.

So when someone says how great his FAMily is, talk about his 3kids at home and all, you call that a snitch Holy sh!ttttt chai

There are conspiracy theories in NBA, but what happened was fat from that, draynond groin got what he deserved, How can you hit a player in that gonads(reproductive organ) just as you said. He deserved the suspension

But if you call it an attempt to hit a player, no problem then.

I watched the tape so many times. He didn't hit him. He made an attempt.

If you think Lebron hasn't been called more than a b-word since even this 2016 P/Os began then you probably just started watching basketball. Why he chose to respond to that question is snitching FYI.

There is really no need for the front and backs. Game 6 is around the corner. Let us see how quickly Karma responds.

lolawilliams:
I felt draymond groin needed the suspension, its so silly when ppl bring up excuses saying lebron made the NBA suspended him, damn this isnt the first nt second not third but his forth flagrant foul of the post season, we call it NBA where professionals play and not thug. lebron isnt someone who let his temper get the best of him, what really got him mad wasnt caused draymond kicked his groin, he said something to lebron which he didnt like, but james acted like a man not to tell that to the public, he isnt a snitch, I liked him for that.

The question you asked me, I cant answer that, caused he never did anything dirty, only if I give him a remark of being matured enough to end the drama real quick.

This post typifies being a fan of the stats and not what you can actually see. I guess this is why it seems you are always being hounded.

First off, what Green did is deplorable. But considering the situation, anyone would have reacted the same way. Someone pushes you to the floor, then he attempts to walk over you and in the act his gonads lay just above your head.

Green wasn't trying to go for the gonads. He went for the part of Lebron that was just in his view.

I don't understand why people don't see that behind a man's back you can't refer to it as the groin. I heard even seasoned journalists use that word and I cringed. So let's save it. Green didn't hit Lebron there. If he made an attempt then the NBA should tell us when they started punishing players for making attempts.

On the other hand, Lebron walked away after the incident without noticing he was hit. He needed to re-watch the tapes to know what Green did, which means either Lebron has no balls or that Green didn't touch him. I would let you decide which is which.

As for Lebron reacting to being called a B-word or whatever. I don't even see how he can claim it riled him up or whatever. A gentleman who takes a high road should have told the Journalist that whatever was said by Green is no longer important now and he has moved on. Why did he start telling us about his family and being a grown man? That's actually snitching. So you should really stop coloring Lebron spectacular.

As for the NBA, they made a total mess of things and this will keep feeding the conspiracy theories that say they wanted more games in the final than just 5. Whether I buy into it or not is immaterial now as the deed has been done. What is left to be decided is how often the NBA will go back to review decisions in retrospect to influence important games? Like Waiters elbowing Manu during the OKC vs SAS series.

As for the flagrant Green has received, please people need to rewatch his clash with Beasly of The Rockets to decide if that qualifies for that. I could have been singing a different tune if he was suspended following the Steven Adams kick, but please, if you make an attempt to hit a player, the NBA will give you a flagrant for it? LOL

In summary, gutted by the loss as I didn't see it coming at all. I know alot of people would give Kyrie and James obeisance (and duly so) for their numbers, but I don't think having good numbers was going to be a determinant seeing that they put big numbers in game 4 and still lost.

Whether GSW want to admit it or not, losing Green is not as much a factor as they may want to make it seem especially when MVP Curry underwhelms again. There are 2 positives to be drawn from this, he tends to bounce back after bad performances and they have Green back in game 6.

On the other hand, Cavs have momentum going into game 6 trying to dish it out again in front of their home fans and If they start well, it might break GSWs confidence. Also, Bogut is most likely out and with his replacements not coming to the party, rebounding and protecting the rim may be an issue for GSW.

I won't make bold predictions again seeing as I am eating humble pie now, but I still don't see a game 7 in this and I still feel GSW got this 2nd ring.

Ofcourse, it could be another moment of the heart replacing the head, but the heart has earned that right, seeing that it has been right for most of the season.

So indulge me this one last time, I am calling an 8pt win by GSW in game 6 similar to what Transpired when they beat Spurs in Texas enroute to winning 73 games.