EPTBring out them broomsticks...
2015 NBA Finals - Page 11
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SwARmZzz
Canada193 Posts
Bring out them broomsticks... | ||
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Doraemon
Australia14949 Posts
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DystopiaX
United States16236 Posts
On June 06 2015 07:15 zulu_nation8 wrote: I feel like barring something truly unexpected, the finals will the same next year and hopefully with CLE in full force. Sucks that the series is already over but CLE definitely overachieved with or without the injuries. Love already said he's re-signing and no reason for TT to go elsewhere. idk the West is always really competitive and it's hard to tell how it'll shake out- GSW didn't have to face SAS or LAC and OKC should hopefully be back with Durant healthy. ATL will be back, hopefully at full force as well- although they have a couple big FAs and who knows what will happen with them, and there's a couple of young teams that'll get another year of experience- MIL, ORL, Miami might be back depending on their injuries and so on. I don't think it'll be that competitive in the East still but I do think that it's likely that Cleveland will face more of a challenge next year than this year. Love said he's re-signing but everyone says that during the regular season so we'll see. | ||
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whatisthisasheep
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oneofthem
Cayman Islands24199 Posts
On June 06 2015 05:25 DystopiaX wrote: idk a lot of people seem to attribute GSW's game as them playing poorly, but I think Cleveland's defense has been underrated in this aspect as well. They did a good job forcing bad shots and turnovers (and GSW is prone to a couple dumb turnovers a game already) so while you could say that GSW could have performed better I think a lot of that is on how well the Cavs played them. they were shooting 20% on mostly open shots in the first quarter. that's a slow start. the only real edge cavs showed was the bunch of rebounds they had early, not all of which were off of warrior misses either. anyway for cavs+love vs gsw, their offense will improve but it is still dependent on streaky shooters making their shots. the defense would become quite a bit worse with love on the floor. the most notable change would be a faster pace of the game for cleveland | ||
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Scarecrow
Korea (South)9172 Posts
On June 06 2015 07:40 SwARmZzz wrote: Kyrie confirmed out... Bring out them broomsticks... Going on how the cavs played without him these playoffs I'm not expecting a sweep, depite kyrie's spectacular blocks they're still better defensively with del | ||
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oneofthem
Cayman Islands24199 Posts
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Jerubaal
United States7684 Posts
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OkMong
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On June 06 2015 05:26 andrewlt wrote: More than usual? Turnovers have been the Warriors' biggest weakness all season. They had 12 this game. Stop being such a homer. I don't think you've watched any of the western conference games but the Warriors did the same thing against the Rockets. They didn't play that well during many stretches of games 1-2 but were able to squeak by even with Harden going off. Same thing happened in game 1 with them surviving a massive Lebron game. My point stands. You are wrong to downplay Cavs defense as merely a result of a weak Eastern Conference. The official figures for the Finals Game 1 validate this. And no need to be emotional and descend to ad hominem. | ||
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whatisthisasheep
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Jerubaal
United States7684 Posts
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AgentW
United States7725 Posts
On June 06 2015 13:23 OkMong wrote: My point stands. You are wrong to downplay Cavs defense as merely a result of a weak Eastern Conference. The official figures for the Finals Game 1 validate this. And no need to be emotional and descend to ad hominem. You still haven't addressed the fact that the Cavs were 20th in the league in defense this year. Don't need to mention the East to do that. http://stats.nba.com/league/team/#!/advanced/?sort=DEF_RATING&dir=-1&Season=2014-15&SeasonType=Regular Season | ||
Jibba
United States22883 Posts
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AgentW
United States7725 Posts
On June 06 2015 22:22 Jibba wrote: Uh... this Cavs team has had the biggest transformation from their regular season than any other team in recent memory. Maybe if you just run the numbers starting post-trade, but counting the rest of the year is silly. Not an exact comparison, but post ASG, they were 14th. http://stats.nba.com/league/team/#!/advanced/?sort=DEF_RATING&dir=-1&Season=2014-15&SeasonType=Regular Season&SeasonSegment=Post All-Star | ||
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OkMong
76 Posts
On June 06 2015 22:15 AgentW wrote: You still haven't addressed the fact that the Cavs were 20th in the league in defense this year. Don't need to mention the East to do that. http://stats.nba.com/league/team/#!/advanced/?sort=DEF_RATING&dir=-1&Season=2014-15&SeasonType=Regular Season You misread the conversation. The data I pointed out was that the Cavaliers lead in defense in the playoffs. And then he tried to diminish this record by saying that the Cavs were playing in the "dreadful conference", which is related but irrelevant to the point I raised, and his claim was utterly demolished by the numbers for game 1. Regular season records was out of the discussion from the start. | ||
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Jerubaal
United States7684 Posts
I also feel like we have this weird tendency to want to say that Lebron James teams are simultaneously awesome and awful. | ||
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ZenithM
France15952 Posts
Nah, I'm kidding, Wade and Bosh are cool. | ||
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Xeris
Iran17695 Posts
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Scarecrow
Korea (South)9172 Posts
edit: damn warriors intro is sick reminds me of my fav starleague intro | ||
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Elroi
Sweden5599 Posts
On June 08 2015 08:46 Scarecrow wrote: got a feeling cavs will win this one edit: damn warriors intro is sick reminds me of my fav starleague intro https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iB2-UpWlyos No way. GS got this in the bag. | ||
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