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Cleveland Cavs (2016 NBA Champions)

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It's funny how Cleveland fans blame LeBron when things go awry, even though he's the only reason the Cavs have ever competed for a title. Now, if he orchestrated the move to replace Blatt with Lue then there's a complaint. Lue rhymes with clue, but he doesn't seem to have one. He's standing there like a deer in the headlights while the Warriors run away and hide.

Cleveland came into this series rested and healthy. Golden State had to fight from 3-1 down just to get here. Yet the Warriors dominated the first two games in a manner never seen before in the Finals, including Jordan's Bulls. How could that happen? Is there really that big of a disparity in talent? Livingston? Barbosa? Festus Ezeli? Really?

The only good thing at this point is the Cavs still have time to save face, but it's going to take quite a turnaround to do it. If the next two games are like the first two it'll be the biggest ass kicking in Finals history.
 
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NJ-Buckeye said:
@OregonBuckeye don't go grandstanding... didn't say it was 'egregious' but a much more visible call than the travelling call on LeBron 30 seconds later.. and in EXACT same spot

appreciative you care about my sleep.. so maybe you can now go back to sleep cuz I'm fine
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Glad to hear it.

OKC was dominating GS with Green so he wasn't the difference. OKC flat out choked(thought GS deserves some credit too for continuing to fight). They should've closed it out game 6. The refs didn't make them turn it over 5 times late in the 4th. But lets say Green does get suspended and OKC closes out. Don't you think they would handle Cleveland just fine? The Cavs have been no shows. Their defensive rotation and ball movement looks preseason caliber.

I'm sure Cleveland has been screwed on some calls but that's the least of their problems right now.
 
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I think we could beat OKC cuz OKC is not a smart team... they do dumb shit.. whereas GS plays smart evidenced by the number of times we double the guards who in turn throw a pass to a WIDE open player who is standing under the basket ALONE

GS is a streaky team... as are the Cavs.. so if you get shitty calls at the right time.. the other team can explode.. the shitty calls that come to mind were during the times games went from Cavs up 4 to down 16
 
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OregonBuckeye said:
Glad to hear it.

OKC was dominating GS with Green so he wasn't the difference. OKC flat out choked(thought GS deserves some credit too for continuing to fight). They should've closed it out game 6. The refs didn't make them turn it over 5 times late in the 4th. But lets say Green does get suspended and OKC closes out. Don't you think they would handle Cleveland just fine? The Cavs have been no shows. Their defensive rotation and ball movement looks preseason caliber.

I'm sure Cleveland has been screwed on some calls but that's the least of their problems right now.
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Their biggest issue was, GSW adjusted to the iso-ball Russ and KD were hitting them with, and at least limited their success in doing so. Game 6: 20-58 combined shooting. Game 7: Westbrook tried taking the game over, and failed pretty hard. KS was 10-19, and Russ was 7-21. The rest of the roster was absolutely horrid in Game 7.

Andre Roberson: 2-11
Diane Waiters: 2-9 (a shooting guard?!)
Steven Adams: 4-11
Serge Ibaka: 5-11
Enes Kanter: 4-7
Talk about no shows.


Aside from Westbrook, that OKC roster is pretty bad. They will need to address some moves in the off season if they want to hang on to KD.
 
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