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ill take my chances betting on the cavs to win in the finals
OFFICIAL 2015 NBA PLAYOFF THREAD (NBA FINALS SET; GSW V. CLE - (But we have a whole week before the
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And the Cavs don't have Tony Allen
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GS beat 3 teams that all would have gave problems to the Cavs. Spurs, Clippers, and Rockets are all better than the Celtics, Bulls, and Hawks lmao.
Kyrie or no Kyrie this series, GS is finishing it off in 5/6.
Kyrie or no Kyrie this series, GS is finishing it off in 5/6.
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Cleveland as whole has played better defense than Memphis in the playoffs. I referenced Tony Allen because you need a smart defender to stifle Golden State's backcourt. Cleveland seems to have a few capable wing defenders that can funnel everything to their bigs.
LeBron wasn't going to cancel out the fact that the Spurs sagged off Wade and allowed Bosh to shoot jumpers, rather than using his quicks in the post. Golden State is certainly putting up historic numbers, but I don't see them running Cleveland out the gym. Houston has been the same team all season, Memphis has been the same for quite a few years, great defense with not enough scoring.
Cleveland is a different team than before, so you really have to toss out all the film from earlier in the season. I'm interested to see how Blatt is going to defend GS, switching, playing it straight, zone, etc. Defense is his lane and up to this point, his staff has been able to slow down every strength of their opponent. Cleveland is vulnerable against teams with great ball movement and teams that put pressure on the defense with an attacking 3/4.
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Exactly.
Glad it's another fan of a non-Lebron team saying that, too.
Yes, in the 3 new teams Lebron has joined, there have been other roster changes. Ben Wallace, Larry Hughes. Chris Bosh, Mike Miller. Kevin Love, Mike Miller.
But those additions have never been reasonably considered to be THE reason for the huge turnarounds his teams have taken upon his arrival.
People want so badly for that to be false, but ultimately, it's not.
He's a walking Finals contender. Not "winner"; I'm not saying he's a walking Finals winner, because obviously, he's already lost 3, and very well could lose a 4th. But he is absolutely a walking Finals contender, and that's crazy.
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Good thing for GS is, they've already faced 2 of the top 5 players in the game
They've faced the best defensive and rebounding front court in the league in ZBO/Gasol
That will prepare them for this Cavs team as best as you could hope
They've faced the best defensive and rebounding front court in the league in ZBO/Gasol
That will prepare them for this Cavs team as best as you could hope
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It's easy to do that when they've played Boston, CHI and ATL
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Teams 1-7 woulda taken the Cavs to 6 or even beaten them. Lebron cake walks to the finals every year, only reason his finals record isnt perfect is because the West is just a different monster.
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Underrated post right there.
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I'm sure it is with as many personnel changes as they've made throughout the year, especially considering the fact that they've had to completely change their identity in the midst of the playoffs.
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Crazy that a GSW Finals trip would mean Steph beats out the rest of the All NBA First Team roster.
(sorry if my blunder gave you a false sense of hope for being mentioned, Seth.
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(sorry if my blunder gave you a false sense of hope for being mentioned, Seth.
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They go from Love to TT, defensively, that's a plus move
They've had Mozgov for a while now, starting
Going up against 2 teams in the west, that defense would not look the same as it appears now
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*Steph 
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That's incredible.
Crazy that a GSW Finals trip would mean Steph beats out the rest of the All NBA First Team roster.
That man his having the season of his life. I'm glad it's him, dude only wants to get better.
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Steph gonna win the Championship by eliminating each of the 4 other members of the ALL NBA First Team from the Playoffs, win NBA MVP, Finals MVP, and set all kinds of 3pt records. Hot wife, hot mom. Winning all sorts of ways
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Have they really had to make that drastic of an adjustment in the playoffs though? Offensively they've been an iso centric team all year that's relied on LeBron and Kyrie to penetrate and either score or draw the defense in and kick it out to the plethora of shooters (Love, Shump, JR, Jones). Now with Kyrie out, the burden has fallen on LeBron mostly. And we all know they are a better defensive team without Kryie and Love on the floor. Tristan has been doing his thing on the boards throughout the year. Don't see this complete revamp that they've suddenly had to overcome all in the midst of going against teams in the playoffs who clearly have their issues on the offensive sides of the ball, not just against CLE either. Think you're giving their defense a little too much credit. They've not seen a juggernaut even close to what GS is going to throw at them.
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It'll be by far the most impressive run I've seen outside of what Dirk did in 2011 going through Kobe, KD, and Lebron on the way to a chip only losing 3 games total in that stretch.
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Damn, I read other dudes in here saying Curry is having a LeBron-esque cake walk through the playoffs
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Damn I didn't even realize that
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I would invalidate pretty much all future basketball opinions of anyone who told me Steph and Co. are cakewalking through the playoffs.
Just because they're making it look easy doesn't mean it is.
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Curry took an L with his wife, doe. Should have married his mom.
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Bro, I wish I could find the posts. I really do
I would invalidate pretty all future basketball opinions of anyone who told me Steph and Co. are cakewalking through the playoffs.
Just because they're making it look easy doesn't mean it is.
No chill
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