Kyrie's ill fated three point attempt really hurt. He just dribbled and dribbled and wasted time. He should have known to try for a 2 for 1.
NBA Finals Gamethread or how the NBA has more downtime than Game Of Thrones
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Korver missed a wide open corner 3. What does that have to do with scheme. How many beautiful passes on that Durant dagger?
Definitely a combination of both. I mean Cleveland really played awful down the stretch but it took amazing execution to complete the comeback.
KD was amazing.
The Cavs played probably the best game possible against these GSW. Has to be demoralizing. This is over in 4.
Once again, Cleveland's 3 point shooting failed them. 12/44 from 3. Kyrie was 16/29 from the floor, which is awesome, but he was 0/7 from 3. Just can't beat Golden State when you shoot less than 30% on 44 shots from deep.
For all the love that Kevin Love got tonight, he was basically Marcus Smart. Making plays all over the place, but 1/9 from the floor, including 1/7 from 3 point land, for 9 points. He's their third option and a huge part of their offense. Can't have that.
Plenty of blame to go around, but I've been saying it since game 1, Lebron has to be more selfish, especially in crunch time. He's playing as good as he's ever played, but if his teammates can't rise to the challenge, he has to do it himself. MJ never would have let Korver take that shot, and then Kyrie take the next one. He's putting that shit on his shoulders.
Plenty of blame to go around, but I've been saying it since game 1, Lebron has to be more selfish, especially in crunch time. He's playing as good as he's ever played, but if his teammates can't rise to the challenge, he has to do it himself. MJ never would have let Korver take that shot, and then Kyrie take the next one. He's putting that shit on his shoulders.
Well, sorta.
LeBron and Kyrie yes. Smith and Korver okay. But then...
Love 1-9
Thompson 0-1
Jefferson 0-2
Williams 0-2
Shumpert 0-3
Not enough.
As good as bron bron played, he failed at closing it out. He took a bad fadeaway, deferred, took that Durant 3 in his eye, and turned it over down 3. Have to be better in final 2 minutes.
The big parts of the game were Kyrie going one on one and not taking it to the hole and nobody attacking the offensive glass, followed by LeBron being a step slow on defense allow by Durant to take a very makeable shot. I have no idea what LeBron was doing on that last possession when you had plenty of time to get a good shot off and even if Iggy didn't get a hand on the ball Cleveland's season was hanging on a crazy turnaround corner three with :15 to shoot? That was the really crazy thing.
For whatever reason, Lue chose to stack the lineup with scrubs for LeBron's 1Q nap and the Warriors pushed the pace and scored 10 in a row in 2 minutes.
I'm just talking in terms of ball movement, defense, and scoring. Lebron and Kyrie are part of the team too
I honestly don't understand why both Lebron and Kyrie gave up on attacking the basket the last few minutes. GS couldn't stop them in the second half but they started passing it off to sub-par players in crunch time.
Agreed. They played well but lack of 3's hurt.I'm just talking in terms of ball movement, defense, and scoring. Lebron and Kyrie are part of the team too
LeBron's line is a monster but he tired down the stretch again.
Don't sleep on Lebron trying to take a quick turnaround corner 3 with 15 seconds left. Horrible shot selection.
I don't have a problem with Korver taking the shot; you have one of the best pure shooters ever who had been having a good game, getting a good look from beyond the arc. Kyrie had been scorching hot and last year in Game 7, LeBron "differed" to Kyrie and he made the shot. If I was a Cavs fans I would have liked to have a more constructive play run, even a LeBron/Kyrie PNR would have worked.
It is so amazing to watch KD play in these finals.
I mean just last year, he and Westbrook couldn't close out GSW. KD's team blew a 3-1 lead.
KD isn't messing around this year. GSW has a great chance to finish this postseason undefeated.
Well they have 3 plus LBJ's hand picked role players in Smith and Thompson.
And they play an incredibly fluid system based on all ball movement when they aren't playing the best team of all time.
The game plan absolutely should be to get Curry to switch into the ball handler and attack him. Sorry you don't like watching it, but do you have a better idea to beat Golden State?
P.S. Thompson was drafted while LBJ was in Miami.
This I don't get.
They're good shooters. They don't try to draw fouls. The move the ball and shoot and pass well when available.
Not hero ball. Not begging for whistle ball.
I'm not the one who called one-on-one offense with four players nailed to a sport beautiful.
And 28-3.
I predict LeBron throws Love under the bus and then trades him off the team.
Do what the Cavs did last year. Half court, very physical, try and bait Dray into something dumb.
Nope. You just turned the only reasonable strategy to beat the Warriors into a referendum on the state of a league you clearly don't watch.
I'm not one that doesn't like Cleveland's system so I have no issue with what they do. They are damn good but playing an incredible machine.
On Thompson, LeBron lobbied hard for Gilbert to re-sign him and ultimately TT got way more than what was originally offered.
Sure, GS is amazing. But the Cavs' cabinet is hardly bare.
If people don't like the "halfcourt" offense that Cleveland runs, I'd hate to think what they would say about the 80's Celtics teams that had McHale turning the post into an art form, and Bird backing guys down only to rain jumpers over them, etc. Today's NBA across the board is so, so far from a "boring, halfcourt game," that I can't believe anyone is complaining about any of these teams.
(30-45 minutes behind on DVR)
HAHAHAHAHA
best ending ever (in a non-Celtics win)
Good job Kyrie dribbling out the 2 for one. Maybe you should have stayed for a 2nd year so Mikey K could have taught you something, strategy-wise.
I want to see the time-laspe photography of those Cavs fans inside the Q starting at when they were up 6 late.
I feel bad that Tito has to live in this city.
HAHAHAHAHA
best ending ever (in a non-Celtics win)
Good job Kyrie dribbling out the 2 for one. Maybe you should have stayed for a 2nd year so Mikey K could have taught you something, strategy-wise.
I want to see the time-laspe photography of those Cavs fans inside the Q starting at when they were up 6 late.
I feel bad that Tito has to live in this city.
Gotta respect Lue though with the haltime defensive changes. Seemed like GSW stopped getting the looks from 3 in the 2nd half. IF the looks continued, would have been over early. Korver also brought his A game.
Can't play 2 or 3 on 5 though, boys.
Can't play 2 or 3 on 5 though, boys.
That Thompson contract was an overpay for all of a season. He was the first guy to get paid with an eye towards the new cap. He's now a bargain.
And no, the cabinet isn't bare. But it is compared to Golden State who has two MVPs in their prime, two other all NBA players, the defensive player of the year, and round out those guys with Iguodala, Livingston, West, Pachulia, etc.