2017 NBA Playoffs Thread - CLE @ BOS Game 5 on TNT

[Lovetohate3000]

shot 50% and avg 28. The team got blasted he still performed.

Stat padding. He didn't play that great.
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Kawhi clearly outplayed him.
He was better the last two years in the finals then that 2014 finals.

 

[P C H]

They lost 4-1 in a record finals margin. But I already see where this is headed. This will be another L on his finals resume that 'doesn't count'

Idk, as long as he comes through I can't definitively say that an L in this finals would take him off of 'goat' status or whatever silly **** people are saying.

They aren't supposed to win. If they do, great. I'm rooting for the cavs to do so, but they aren't the better team. Not close. It is what it is.

 

[Lovetohate3000]

Idk, as long as he comes through I can't definitively say that an L in this finals would take him off of 'goat' status or whatever silly **** people are saying.

They aren't supposed to win. If they do, great. I'm rooting for the cavs to do so, but they aren't the better team. Not close. It is what it is.

he still a top 5 player ever regardless of this year's outcome. Win or loss ain't bumping him higher or down lower.

 

[captaintuxable]

 
They aren't supposed to win. If they do, great. I'm rooting for the cavs to do so, but they aren't the better team. Not close. It is what it is.

Don't bail them out so quickly.

This is Lebron's most stacked team by far. He got almost everything he wanted. After that Christmas day game, folks were proclaiming a back to back run for the Cavs.

 

[P C H]

he still a top 5 player ever regardless of this year's outcome.

I would concur. But if he were to like play like **** or something, that would probably knock him down a bit in the eyes of some.

Basketball is a team game though. Bron can play great and the cavs can still get wiped off the floor. They aren't supposed to win. They aren't the favorites so them losing to the warriors isn't that big of a deal to me. Him playing horribly though or subpar would matter way more.

 

[LebronHasMoreFinalsMVPs]

He's already teetering towards goat status 

for the people that think kobe is 2nd to michael.

 

[abubakr shaheed]

Calm down.

Given the circumstances, I'd go Kyrie.

Most memorable goes to MJ in Game 6.

how much time was left when kyrie hit that 3? idk about ranking a shot that high, in a tied game with 2 mins left

 

[MVP]

how much time was left when kyrie hit that 3? idk about ranking a shot that high, in a tied game with 2 mins left

55 sec left.

 

[P C H]

 
Don't bail them out so quickly.

This is Lebron's most stacked team by far. He got almost everything he wanted. After that Christmas day game, folks were proclaiming a back to back run for the Cavs.

This has nothing to do with bailing them out so quickly.

The warriors were better than them in the regular season. The game the cavs won they had to come back from like down 16 at home, then got washed by like 40. In the finals last year, before Draymond got suspended, the warriors beat the cavs 3 out of 4 times by like an average of 15+ or something. The cavaliers still have defensive issues all over. Idc about how 'stacked' the cavs are because relative to gsw, it doesn't matter.

The Warriors right now have a +16 point differential that eclipses the 01' Lakers. They are on a ride right now. The cavs are not close to the warriors. At least I don't think.

But that's why we play the games. I love LBJ so if I'm wrong i'll gladly be that but I just don't see it at this very moment. Things change though.

 

[Lovetohate3000]

55 sec left.

people just can't appreciate nice things without wanting to call everything the greatest ever.

 

[abubakr shaheed]

55 sec left.

people just can't appreciate nice things without wanting to call everything the greatest ever.

this is certainly true

 

[Clyde Frog]

Basketball is a team game though. Bron can play great and the cavs can still get wiped off the floor. They aren't supposed to win. They aren't the favorites so them losing to the warriors isn't that big of a deal to me. Him playing horribly though or subpar would matter way more.

This is essentially the equivalent to Jordan having to go through a team as good as the 96 Bulls instead of playing for the 96 Bulls.

And its awesome.

 

[captaintuxable]

people just can't appreciate nice things without wanting to call everything the greatest ever.

Then what the point of top 5s top 10s, GOATs and all that other jazz?

 

[VARNELL HILL]

This is essentially the equivalent to Jordan having to go through a team as good as the 96 Bulls instead of playing for the 96 Bulls.

And its awesome.

Technically...isn't this what happened last year?

 

[Based Jesus]

 

 
 Dudes were already on the bench celebrating and then it all went to **** 

 

**** I know I was. I was poppin WILD **** on Twitter during that final minute. 

Then that shot happened 

**** went from 100-0 real quick man 

The final minute summed up for me was

  

 

[Proposition Joe]

It seems people with laker related avys discredit Bron the most. I wonder why [emoji]129300[/emoji]

 

[MVP]

Hypothetically Bron ends up 3-6 or 3-7 in the finals. Still top 5?

 

[Clyde Frog]

This is essentially the equivalent to Jordan having to go through a team as good as the 96 Bulls instead of playing for the 96 Bulls.


And its awesome.

Technically...isn't this what happened last year?

Yep and it will be the state of the league for a few more years.

 

[lynchpin33]

If they do meet, all Warriors have to do is guard the 3pt line. A lot of Korver's looks are wide open because dudes try to collapse on Lebron driving and leave guys that can actually shoot wide open for the easy kick-out.

Let him have any 2 they want. Don't leave shooters.

Same for the Spurs last night, I don't know how many wide open looks Ryan Anderson got.

I've seen longer versions of this angle and the thing that always gets me is the amount of people leaving behind the basket. Not even caring what is going on in a game seven in a close game with under a minute left.

 

[MajinZuub]

It seems people with laker related avys discredit Bron the most. I wonder why [emoji]129300[/emoji]

Kind of like those people with Jay Z avys that try to discredit Kendrick

 

[P C H]

 
Technically...isn't this what happened last year?

True.

But i'd argue that at this very moment, the warriors in the playoffs are better than they were last year in the playoffs.

 

[Lovetohate3000]

It seems people with laker related avys discredit Bron the most. I wonder why [emoji]129300[/emoji]

not even a Kobe fan.
And I don't think anyone is discrediting anyone.we just talking.
I think everyone agrees your love is top 5. Chill out and stop being so defensive.

 

[Proposition Joe]

Kind of like those people with Jay Z avys that try to discredit Kendrick

Who discredited kendrick, dude has album of the year

 

[Proposition Joe]

not even a Kobe fan.
And I don't think anyone is discrediting anyone.we just talking.
I think everyone agrees your love is top 5. Chill out.

My love?

 

[hoosierdaddy317]

Sixers interested in Lowry?