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Re: The NBA Begins by SIRcumalot:
Eruditor:
Gee, the problem is Cavs did win a ton of games after Love's injury so bringing it up again is a hard sell. It is not offensively that they are not clicking - it is on the defensive end where opposition PGs waltz right through to make buckets. Houston game was 1 of 4 losses in that stretch of 5 games but was significant because it exposed the kind of offense Cavs will play against comparative big teams.

I agreed the bench is better; but that's on Paper. I am yet to see how this bench will prevent opposition benches from scoring not necessarily about if they themselves will score any. A Cavs team with LeBron always has something to be optimistic about but not when they are going to be chasing the ball against ball-moving and good 3-pt shooting teams like Spurs, GSW and Houston who play better defense than the Cavs.
no it isn't,any cavs person fully admits to the fact that they're in the weaker conference,hence easy wins.
since we're talking about the rockets guess who was present last time the cavs won ?
primarily am concerned with offense when it comes to the bench but if bogut didn't go down you would've since something Sanders i don't know much about.
also this bench slowly came together as the season progressed they would be ready playoff.
basketball isn't one sided who ever makes it out of the west will have to guard the cavs too,they're champions for a reason.
Re: The NBA Begins by SmooshCHN: 6:09am On Mar 15, 2017
Muna15:
Baba, it's getting strong o shocked
Don't play with the Warriors.. 16pt deficit on a 33% FG..
Re: The NBA Begins by SmooshCHN: 6:10am On Mar 15, 2017
Draymond Green.. Top 3 clutch defender. The Warriors play well when he keeps his head I'm check
Re: The NBA Begins by Manutd19: 6:12am On Mar 15, 2017
Draymond mehn!
I didn't think warriors will find winning games hard like after losing Durant.
Re: The NBA Begins by Nobody: 6:27am On Mar 15, 2017
You've gotta just love Westbrook and how the crowd carries him on, even the away crowd.
Finally finally, did someone suggest the "warriors are back! "?
Re: The NBA Begins by Manutd19: 7:51am On Mar 15, 2017
sapiosexual1:
You've gotta just love Westbrook and how the crowd carries him on, even the away crowd.
Finally finally, did someone suggest the "warriors are back! "?
Back? Big NO for me. Would have lost against a better team shooting poorly like that. They played some defense in the 4th tho.
Re: The NBA Begins by Nobody: 7:55am On Mar 15, 2017
Manutd19:
Back? Big NO for me. Would have lost against a better team shooting poorly like that. They played some defense in the 4th tho.
Abi oooo. They gotta blowout a playoff bound team for me to be convinced.
Let's just say they are recovering sha grin
Re: The NBA Begins by SmooshCHN: 8:00am On Mar 15, 2017
Calm down. We just needed a confidence boosted. 4th quarter showed we could do it if we're dedicated to. Thanks to Green and Curry narrow focus on not giving up.


Happy Birthday to the Chef Curry tho
Re: The NBA Begins by Eruditor: 9:55am On Mar 15, 2017
SmooshCHN:
Get in here!! We need to hold it down right now
You know me; got tired by end of 3rd quarter so I crashed. Actually thought we would lose the game but I guess Draymond helped with the scoring. That guy was phenomenal yesterday.
Re: The NBA Begins by Eruditor: 9:58am On Mar 15, 2017
SIRcumalot:
no it isn't,any cavs person fully admits to the fact that they're in the weaker conference,hence easy wins.
since we're talking about the rockets guess who was present last time the cavs won ?
primarily am concerned with offense when it comes to the bench but if bogut didn't go down you would've since something Sanders i don't know much about.
also this bench slowly came together as the season progressed they would be ready playoff.
basketball isn't one sided who ever makes it out of the west will have to guard the cavs too,they're champions for a reason.
You are reading me one-sided. I know their bench is better than most. I know they have formidable scorers in Bron and Kyrie. I just said if they continue to play that 3-point shooting with a ton of ISOs they will beat most eastern teams but will struggle against western teams that play that brand of basketball better than them. Not saying they stand no chance of winning a ring at all - in fact I said they could, if they stuck to their grind and grunge way of playing like they did against GSW especially games 5 and 7.
Re: The NBA Begins by Eruditor: 10:02am On Mar 15, 2017
SmooshCHN:
Don't play with the Warriors.. 16pt deficit on a 33% FG..
GSW were actually playing well. What was worrying me again was the open looks that we could not capitalize on. Several easy dunks and layups just rolled off the rim. Also on the defensive end we had no answer for Saric or Jahil except when Draymond chimed in. But we are getting our groove back and finding our ID without KD. It did take some time but I believe we are getting there based on our 2nd half performances in the last 2 games.
Re: The NBA Begins by Eruditor: 10:06am On Mar 15, 2017
Manutd19:
Draymond mehn!
I didn't think warriors will find winning games hard like after losing Durant.
All of us knew it would get harder but admittedly, not for this long. Coupled with the fact that Klay and Curry just couldn't make a bucket from 3 which is a strong part of our offense and defence (because it forces teams to mark us on the perimeter thereby creating easy alleys for other players to get to the opposition's rim).

Happy with a close game. That is the kind of game GSW would have lost going by this season's antecedents but they seem to be righting the ship.
Re: The NBA Begins by Eruditor: 10:08am On Mar 15, 2017
Manutd19:
Back? Big NO for me. Would have lost against a better team shooting poorly like that. They played some defense in the 4th tho.
Actually GSW shot badly which kept the game close. At some point we shot 33% to Sixers 47%. What kept GSW in the game prior to the 4th, was 3 point shooting which became better due to Klay primarily.
Re: The NBA Begins by Eruditor: 10:11am On Mar 15, 2017
SmooshCHN:
Calm down. We just needed a confidence boosted. 4th quarter showed we could do it if we're dedicated to. Thanks to Green and Curry narrow focus on not giving up.


Happy Birthday to the Chef Curry tho
Chef always scores 25pt+ on his birthdays. Thank God it did not change. I don't know why Kerr took Klay off in the first quarter when dude caught fire and could not miss. For a second there it upset his rhythm.

Still don't know what is happening to Curry's shooting. He missed open looks in the first quarter. Which is puzzling because in the pre-game warm up, one video reel had him make 70+ threes out of 80 that he took.
Re: The NBA Begins by SIRcumalot: 10:22am On Mar 15, 2017
Curry and pogba share the same birthday am taking this has a positive sign. grin
Re: The NBA Begins by SIRcumalot:
Eruditor:
You are reading me one-sided. I know their bench is better than most. I know they have formidable scorers in Bron and Kyrie. I just said if they continue to play that 3-point shooting with a ton of ISOs they will beat most eastern teams but will struggle against western teams that play that brand of basketball better than them. Not saying they stand no chance of winning a ring at all - in fact I said they could, if they stuck to their grind and grunge way of playing like they did against GSW especially games 5 and 7.
Grind and grunge is that how the cavs won ?
Even when you try to pay compliment It doesn't look sincere. Alright mehn grin grin
Re: The NBA Begins by Eruditor: 10:56am On Mar 15, 2017
SIRcumalot:
Grind and grunge is that how the cavs won ?
Even when you try to pay complement It doesn't look sincere. Alright mehn grin grin
Ok they won through beautifully crafted offense; moving the ball really well, not shoving Curry and Klay all game, shooting incredibly from deep and having a ton of assists with zero to negligible Iso. Not forcing offensive rebounds and getting 2nd choice put backs, not fouling Ezeli and Bogut and forcing them to go to the FT line, not drawing fouls and going to the FT line themselves and so. grin
Re: The NBA Begins by SmooshCHN: 2:02pm On Mar 15, 2017
Eruditor:
Chef always scores 25pt+ on his birthdays. Thank God it did not change. I don't know why Kerr took Klay off in the first quarter when dude caught fire and could not miss. For a second there it upset his rhythm.

Still don't know what is happening to Curry's shooting. He missed open looks in the first quarter. Which is puzzling because in the pre-game warm up, one video reel had him make 70+ threes out of 80 that he took.
I'm waiting for the next game before I decide if they're really not sleeping..
Re: The NBA Begins by SmooshCHN: 2:03pm On Mar 15, 2017
At this stage it's Westbrook and Harden for MVP. All other players should go fishing. What those two have been doing is Ultra hyper decasonic performance cheesy grin
Re: The NBA Begins by Eruditor: 2:36pm On Mar 15, 2017
If WBs team was 4th I would have wanted the NBA to give them a joint MVP but I fit bet my hand now that it will be Harden.
Re: The NBA Begins by joephemzyz(m): 11:24pm On Mar 15, 2017
Eruditor:
If WBs team was 4th I would have wanted the NBA to give them a joint MVP but I fit bet my hand now that it will be Harden.
Haha your hand


Bro...

grin
Re: The NBA Begins by A40(m): 12:29am On Mar 16, 2017
I'm looking at the East and the only team with enough firepower to bug the Cavs in a series are the Wizards.

The Warriors need to pray they get back K.D. Steph and Klay are shooting too poorly to not have a guy that can bail them out with a reliable midrange game
Re: The NBA Begins by Eruditor: 1:31am On Mar 16, 2017
joephemzyz:
Haha your hand


Bro...

grin
I swear I ate it after Cavs won last finals but it grew back

lipsrsealed
Re: The NBA Begins by birdman(m): 2:24am On Mar 16, 2017
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/miserable-at-every-nba-stop-darko-milicic-has-found-peace-as-a-farmer-131359198.html

Will never forgive Dumars for picking this dude over Melo. That team could have won at least on more ring
Re: The NBA Begins by birdman(m): 2:46am On Mar 16, 2017
oh man, West is so messy. Either no 1 or 2 seed, someone has to play rockets and clippers in round 2. Dantoni hasnt had a team this good since Nash/Amare/JJohnson and Clippers might actually play healthy this year with a high scoring bench.
Re: The NBA Begins by birdman(m): 2:46am On Mar 16, 2017
Eruditor:
I swear I ate it after Cavs won last finals but it grew back

lipsrsealed
lizard
Re: The NBA Begins by A40(m): 12:27pm On Mar 16, 2017
birdman:
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/miserable-at-every-nba-stop-darko-milicic-has-found-peace-as-a-farmer-131359198.html

Will never forgive Dumars for picking this dude over Melo. That team could have won at least on more ring
grin grin grin

Maybe he thought Milicic was the next Dirk
Re: The NBA Begins by A40(m): 12:30pm On Mar 16, 2017
birdman:
oh man, West is so messy. Either no 1 or 2 seed, someone has to play rockets and clippers in round 2. Dantoni hasnt had a team this good since Nash/Amare/JJohnson and Clippers might actually play healthy this year with a high scoring bench.
You sound so sure the Clippers would beat the Jazz
Re: The NBA Begins by SmooshCHN: 3:59am On Mar 17, 2017
Klay Thompson had caught fire o. It's just 1st Quarter with 5 threes..

Curry had an injury scare. My heart jumped for like 5mins.. Scared the hell out of me..
Re: The NBA Begins by Eruditor: 4:10am On Mar 17, 2017
Watching it. Klay is streaky. As soon as Orlando called a time out his shots stopped falling. He has bailed us out recently but we have got to do better in FTs and defensive rebounds. We slept in the last 3 mins.
Re: The NBA Begins by Eruditor: 4:11am On Mar 17, 2017
SmooshCHN:
Klay Thompson had caught fire o. It's just 1st Quarter with 5 threes..

Curry had an injury scare. My heart jumped for like 5mins.. Scared the hell out of me..
I was like which kain juju be this? But he came out healthier. He is trying to facilitate because Klay was on fire but he might need to start shooting because our FTs have been bad. We have missed 5 of 8 now.
Re: The NBA Begins by Eruditor: 4:12am On Mar 17, 2017
birdman:
lizard
grin
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