The Official NBA Finals Thread: Game 7 - Cleveland Cavaliers are your 2016 NBA Champions

[friscostylez]

yall take nt too seriously then lol

 

[goat4421]

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[silverbackhoney]

 
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WHO ARE YOU

 

[Vincent Van Goat]

yall take nt too seriously then lol

Not me. I enjoy all of the slander and hot takes

There's also plenty of serious talk to participate in. Awesome and shoeking etc

I like wading between both

 

[everysingletime]

yall take nt too seriously then lol

Nt is life and death serious. You didn't get the memo?

 

[elpablo21]

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[Air Pope]

 
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[northoaklandfc]

Tom Haberstroh [emoji]10004[/emoji] @tomhaberstroh

Kyrie had an effective FG% of 80.4%. Per @BenAlamarESPN, his shot quality was so tough that an avg player would shoot 45.5% on same shots.
11:07 AM - 14 Jun 2016

Elite heat check basketball, AI somewhere 4 drinks in at an Applebee's smiling.

Yo

 

[silverbackhoney]

I'm going to make it a habit man he never responds

 

[onetrust]

Steph hasn't had one bad game though. He's been playing bad by his standards for damn near six weeks now.

You said you're a Warriors fan, I'm gonna assume you watched most of the 82 regular season games.

Steph has looked like the same player he was October through February to you? Really?

I cut it off at Feb because like I said earlier, Steph problems aren't all health related. He wasn't look great by his basketball God standards to close out the regular season either.

I'd be curious to look at the actual monthly splits and see if the stats back this but but to the eye he's been playing below his level for months on end now.

Obviously dude is not playing on that God-like level but let's be real, that would've been pretty hard to maintain anyway. Do I think his recent play has been due to him being injured though? Hell NO!

Is he playing at 100%? Probably not, but i'm pretty sure damn near everyone left in this series is at less than 100. All i'm saying is, a lot of dudes are giving him passes cause he's having a bad game, or series, rather than it just being him just having bad games. And honestly, his games aren't even that bad, he just hasn't been that dominant force we're used to.

 

[datznasty]

yuku'd

 

[a-friend]

So going in to game 6 we have;

Curry bum shoulder

Curry bum knee/ankle(one of which he has a scheduled offseason surgery)

Bogut out

Dray flagrant issues.....

Hmmm...can't wait for game 6, and even though I talk ish, they all need this 3 day break between games.

Curry looks exhausted.

Bron looks like he has preseason legs though

 

[Peep Game]

So going in to game 6 we have;

Curry bum shoulder
Curry bum knee/ankle(one of which he has a scheduled offseason surgery)
Bogut out
Dray flagrant issues.....

Hmmm...can't wait for game 6, and even though I talk ish, they all need this 3 day break between games.
Curry looks exhausted.
Bron looks like he has preseason legs though:x

So what you're saying is, Curry is only at 70%?

 

[friscostylez]

Steph hasn't had one bad game though. He's been playing bad by his standards for damn near six weeks now.

You said you're a Warriors fan, I'm gonna assume you watched most of the 82 regular season games.

Steph has looked like the same player he was October through February to you? Really?

I cut it off at Feb because like I said earlier, Steph problems aren't all health related. He wasn't look great by his basketball God standards to close out the regular season either.

I'd be curious to look at the actual monthly splits and see if the stats back this but but to the eye he's been playing below his level for months on end now.

Obviously dude is not playing on that God-like level but let's be real, that would've been pretty hard to maintain anyway. Do I think his recent play has been due to him being injured though? Hell NO!

Is he playing at 100%? Probably not, but i'm pretty sure damn near everyone left in this series is at less than 100. All i'm saying is, a lot of dudes are giving him passes cause he's having a bad game, or series, rather than it just being him just having bad games. And honestly, his games aren't even that bad, he just hasn't been that dominant force we're used to.

can you explain how curry can't beat TT or KLove off the dribble?

 

[a-friend]

 So what you're saying is, Curry is only at 70%?

That's the rumor.....but I think he's just tired and it's gets worse as the game goes on because Cavs are beating on him hard after OKC made it rough in the 7 previous games.

He is frail after all, it takes a toll, but injured? not sure, no more than anyone else I suppose

 

[datznasty]

Steph hasn't had one bad game though. He's been playing bad by his standards for damn near six weeks now.

You said you're a Warriors fan, I'm gonna assume you watched most of the 82 regular season games.

Steph has looked like the same player he was October through February to you? Really?

I cut it off at Feb because like I said earlier, Steph problems aren't all health related. He wasn't look great by his basketball God standards to close out the regular season either.

I'd be curious to look at the actual monthly splits and see if the stats back this but but to the eye he's been playing below his level for months on end now.

Obviously dude is not playing on that God-like level but let's be real, that would've been pretty hard to maintain anyway. Do I think his recent play has been due to him being injured though? Hell NO!

Is he playing at 100%? Probably not, but i'm pretty sure damn near everyone left in this series is at less than 100. All i'm saying is, a lot of dudes are giving him passes cause he's having a bad game, or series, rather than it just being him just having bad games. And honestly, his games aren't even that bad, he just hasn't been that dominant force we're used to.

can you explain how curry can't beat TT or KLove off the dribble?

He can, he just likes to dance and shoot step back 3s. Plus there's usually a ******* wall forming behind them or going to be.

 

[nelson999]

If the Cavs end up winning it, does Kevin Love still get a ring?

 

[Armada]

 
good lawd they would kill draymond if this dude got another tech and it ended up going 7..

I actually kinda want to see it happen just to see how worked out some folks would get

Same

With the way Draymond tends to be on the court its possible it could happen the scenes would be glorious.

I mean I have seen the disrespect towards Lebron by his fellow NBA players. Kobe, MJ when they were playing, a lot of guys dislike them because they're just too good. The dislike about lebum is too personal, and it's not because he's good. How come u lebum fans doesn't see this? They called him a snitch on live TV. People have called him a b*** in his face. Man for someone 6'8" 250 and be called a b*** by a lot. That alone pretty much says everything about his personality. Can u imagine this guy winning game 7? That be the worst thing to ever happen in America.

That's worse than Trump winning

again

 

[datznasty]

Give his *** a Certificate of Appreciation writing in Old English, or a ribbon

 

[art vandelay]

 
If the Cavs end up winning it, does Kevin Love still get a ring?

He gets an anklet.

 

[superflyinchopstickninja]

If the Cavs end up winning it, does Kevin Love still get a ring?

Give his *** a Certificate of Appreciation writing in Old English, or a ribbon

He gets an anklet.

He's been pretty terrible this playoffs. Give his ring to AV instead.

 

[illoquent aka dsk]

 

 
harrison barnes is frustrating to watch too now that i think about it. the wide open shots dude was missing... man smh. if u know the 3 aint falling, stop shooting it. take a step in, or pump fake on the closeout and get the easy blow by.

Literally none of these suggestions are good.

Misses some wide open 3's...so he should stop shooting it and make it easier on the opposing defense by removing himself as a threat?

Misses some wide open 3's...so he should take a step in for a presumably better contested long 2?

Misses some wide open 3's...so he should sit there & wait for a defender to close out? And THEN pump fake, get the defender to bite, then waltz to the hoop for an "easy blow by". While the rest of the Cavs are apparently on the other side of the court or something, I'm not sure.

This might blow your mind, but...If Harrison Barnes is wide open, at the 3 point line, and has the ball...

...he should take that shot. It's not complicated.

I got 5 reps saying he tells you that you've never played basketball before.

Maybe those suggestions are how he would score multiple buckets on Andre Iguodala? 

 

[Vincent Van Goat]

Curry is hurt for sure but at least he can still play and contribute at a high leve

It could be worse. Like if he had to miss the series

 

[Proposition Joe]

At what point did curry get hurt, was it before I after he let everyone know he was back in that OT game

 

[FreshLeeLA]

The cavs almost won game 4 before fatigue set in in the fourth. They won game 3 with relative ease.

If they lose game 6 imo it'll he because of fatigue and not being able to match gsw at the 3pt line, not because bron and kyrie cant duplicate last night's performance.

They were up at the half in game 4 w/bron not scoring much at all. They were right there after 3 w/bron and kyrie not being historic.

I think gsw ultimately wins game 6, but the cavs dont need bron and kyrie to go crazy for them to win. Each game is different with their own identity.

And that's the point that everyone seems to be missing. People keep saying that Kyrie won't continue to hit those shots, Lebron won't have another good game with Draymond playing, Curry won't continue to play this poorly, etc... But each game is different and traits can either be carried or not to the next game. That's why they play the game, you don't know what is going to unfold within the game

 
He had a GREAT game last night. No one is taking anything away from that. 

It's one game though chill out

You acting like Lebron has never had a great game before in the playoffs/finals  

 
im loyal to my team. i didnt want him to come originally

C'mon fam, why you lying to yourself