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Cleveland Cavs (2016 NBA Champions)

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LeBron: We need more from Kevin Love in Game 6

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“We definitely need Kev to play better. We want him to play better,” Cavs star LeBron James said. “But we don’t want to add more stress on him or added pressure. We just want him to go out and play. Just let it hang out.”

Love is struggling offensively in the Finals, averaging 8.8 points and six rebounds and shooting 37.1% from the field and 28.6% on three-pointers.
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http://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nba...om-kevin-love-in-game-6/ar-AAh65Gh?li=BBnb7Kz
 
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ScriptOhio said:
Cavs guard J.R. Smith will decline player option, test free agency

Cleveland Cavaliers guard J.R. Smith will not pick up his player option and will become a free agent on July 1, sources told ESPN.com.

Entire article: http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/1...smith-decline-player-option-become-free-agent
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That's either great or terrible for tonights game. He's going to come out and try and earn a free agent contract, so if he's on fire he could have a huge night. If not, he'll go 1-10 from downtown and cost CLE the game.
 
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buckeyesin07 said:
Yeah, not sure what the answer is here. I'm not sure if LBJ saying this to reporters will work or not, but I suppose it's better than doing nothing, because Love's performance in the Finals so far isn't good.
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I'm sure Love knows he needs to play better. Nobody wants to play like a steaming dung heap, but he was still +18 in game 5 so he must have been doing something ok. The Cavs are going to need at least 2 of Love, JR, RJ, or Fry to be on tonight because GS is going to do everything they can to stop Lebron and Kyrie. I have a feeling they are going to need 50-60 points from that group if they are going to win. If Love could get hot he can be the x factor at the 5 against the "death lineup".

The thing I don't understand is how Curry is the league MVP. Maybe it's just against the Cavs, but I would say he is the 4th most important player for GS against the Cavs. If GS wins tonight I don't know who their MVP is. At least with the Cavs you know it's one of 2 guys.
 
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Heard a stat yesterday. If Lebron has 1 teammate score 20. He wins at a 75% clip in the playoffs. Now granted all the play off games he's played its only happened 4 times
 
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AuTX Buckeye said:
Heard a stat yesterday. If Lebron has 1 teammate score 20. He wins at a 75% clip in the playoffs. Now granted all the play off games he's played its only happened 4 times
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For comparison, here are Scottie Pippen's playoff averages in Jordan's 6 title runs.

21.6
19.5
20.1
16.9
19.2
16.8

His career playoff average as a Bull was 18.1 ppg.
 
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There's no way I could be a coach. I'd have called a timeout right there or Bobby Knight'd a chair across the floor for those guys standing around letting Kyrie get stuck at the shot clock.

They should be up 15 right now.
 
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