“Cavs in 7.”
0fficial 2017-2018 NBA Postseason Thread....NBA Finals Cavs vs Warriors 0-4(dubs back 2 back champs)
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So Curry isn't top ten historically? Isn't the best player in the game? Isn't even the best player on his team?
We already know this man. You dudes need to stop being narrative thirsty.
GSW cheated and got KD to join. And they are doing what they are supposed to do. Winning.
Stop "hating" and just watch for the hook(sweep). Shame on you Kerry.
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My opinion on the NBA of today is well documented with grown ass men coming to the arena dressed in rompers,blouses and purses and just damn near being like WWF with the flopping, bad refereeing and shit but if Beige boy wins the NBA Finals MVP I'm done....KD took his team.
Not sure how it’s that easy to dismiss. He outscored KD in Games 1 and 2. Had a bad game in Game 3 and so did Klay. If he has a game like 1 and 2 and outscores Durant it’s hard to give the guy who saved Game 3 the nod over the guy who decided 1 and 2.
That means EVERYTHING, you can't be THAT bad in game 3 it wasn't just like a bad game you can't downplay 3-18 or whatever he shot. KD is the entire reason they won game 3. Don't even get me started on Game 1
Game 3 going in 2-0 (which he accounted for) is the reason why 3 matters so much. Going into game 3 tied 1-1 and going up 2-1 doesnt have the same feel does it? If he balls out he’ll earn it. Three games to one. Easy.
Excuses Forever, Wakanda Forever
A #1 seed lost to a #16 team in the NCAA tourney, but cats are making excuses for the best player in the world because he can't win one game.
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This guy switches more than a prison fag. Two games ago he was on TV about to cry talking about how the refs and JR Smith robbed LeBron of a chance to steal one. Now hes about to cry talking about how LeBron cant win one game. Stephen A is a fucking cartoon character.
Oh really? So niggas aren't about to vilify and discredit everything Durant does in GS but praise Lebron for what he did in Miami like he also didn't team up?
No it's not. It's the same shit. Niggas left their team and made shit easier on themselves while fucking the league in the process. Only difference is y'all praise Lebron for the shjt he did but diss Durant. Durant's move was worse on the bullshit scale but both still bullshit and both situations should be treated the same. Fuck Bron and KD not just fuck KD
1. Your point that I originally responded to was this: "A two time league MVP continues to come up short in the finals".... this is a plural statement which is totally false and not true at all; again I posted stats that shows this is not true; you posted a game; a game doesnt not equal the whole series or a final series; Curry 2017 finals was better than any other pg that has won the finals mvp; all of them!!! except MAGIC; ALL OF THEM; so again that statement is false; stop the narrative!! I havent changed anything..I didnt moonwalk away from anything; the only reason why I brought finals MVPs because you were talking about the finals; the original point I commented on; then you switch to "league MVPs" after I brought up finals MVPs to destroy your point; so you did move the goal post...
2. LBJ(your god) 2011 finals against Mavs; game 3, 17pts on 6 for 14, 9 assists, 3 rebounds, 2 steals; heat still won...oh wait theres more; game 4 of the same series; LBJ 8pts, 9 rebs, 7 assists, on 3 of 11 shooting...im not going to even post game 5 and 6
3. How did he come up short in the 2017 finals?? A man who scored 34, 14, 26, 32, 28 in that finals came up short fellas; so he drops stinkers in the finals; which stinker game was in 2017?? do you want me to post the stats before KD to show he had a good series when they beat the cavs the first time
; stop lying; hes not coming up short; a bad game, doesnt mean hes continually coming up short; the offense is built around him; not no other player on the team; everybody in the entire NBA knows and says as much; which means hes more than just points; KD is able to do the things that he does, at a clip hes never before reached in his career, because of who...STEPH!!! There a reason why all of KD advance stats are up; and they go down when Steph doesnt play...4. Ignores the context of the opponent
man I heard it all now; the reason for me showing those pgs finals mvps is because they are pg(so is steph), you specifically said finals, and they won the awards at his position; and Steph out performed all of them, period; so if he "continually comes up short in the finals" and he out performed every fucking finals mvp pg since 1979, what does that make them??? or maybe he doesnt continually come up short
Just admit that you are bias, you not giving facts; you are stating an opinion that is based in bias and bullshit.....
Steve Kerr calls Shaun Livingston “the unsung guy in this series”
By Kurt HelinJun 8, 2018, 7:48 PM EDT
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Shaun Livingston has been a secret weapon for the Warriors in the Finals. One that’s not so secret anymore.
His stats are impressive off the bench for Golden State: 9.3 points per game on a ridiculous 13-of-14 shooting. He has an offensive rating of 179 in the Finals. He knows who he is and what he does well on the court — midrange jumpers — and he plays within that. He’s another of the Warriors’ high IQ players.
Warriors coach Steve Kerr was singing Livingston’s praises on KNBR 680, as reported by NBC Sports Bay Area.
“The unsung guy in this series has been Shaun Livingston. He’s been brilliant,” Steve Kerr said on KNBR 680 on Thursday. “He’s bailed us out a few times when we’ve had foul trouble. And he’s kind of taken over the offense and has given us great minutes at both ends.
“Shaun and Andre (Iguodala) — it’s been a really interesting year for both of them. Where they are in their careers — with their age, with the mileage — I think they have paced themselves to get to this point. And they’ve both been fantastic in the playoffs and really picked it up.
“It’s really exactly what we needed them to do.”
The Cavaliers haven’t gotten anything like that from their bench.
Certainly, the Warriors are up 3-0 in the NBA Finals because they have four All-Stars playing in sync while the Cavaliers need LeBron James to be superhuman to even have a chance. But it’s also the things around those stars: The Warriors switching is much smoother on defense, for one. And then there is Livingston, and Andre Iguodala, and even Jordan Bellgiving them quality minutes off the bench.
Livingston, in particular, has been huge, and the Warriors have him locked up for two seasons after this one at a very reasonable $16 million total. He’s not going anywhere.
By Kurt HelinJun 8, 2018, 7:48 PM EDT
Getty Images
Shaun Livingston has been a secret weapon for the Warriors in the Finals. One that’s not so secret anymore.
His stats are impressive off the bench for Golden State: 9.3 points per game on a ridiculous 13-of-14 shooting. He has an offensive rating of 179 in the Finals. He knows who he is and what he does well on the court — midrange jumpers — and he plays within that. He’s another of the Warriors’ high IQ players.
Warriors coach Steve Kerr was singing Livingston’s praises on KNBR 680, as reported by NBC Sports Bay Area.
“The unsung guy in this series has been Shaun Livingston. He’s been brilliant,” Steve Kerr said on KNBR 680 on Thursday. “He’s bailed us out a few times when we’ve had foul trouble. And he’s kind of taken over the offense and has given us great minutes at both ends.
“Shaun and Andre (Iguodala) — it’s been a really interesting year for both of them. Where they are in their careers — with their age, with the mileage — I think they have paced themselves to get to this point. And they’ve both been fantastic in the playoffs and really picked it up.
“It’s really exactly what we needed them to do.”
The Cavaliers haven’t gotten anything like that from their bench.
Certainly, the Warriors are up 3-0 in the NBA Finals because they have four All-Stars playing in sync while the Cavaliers need LeBron James to be superhuman to even have a chance. But it’s also the things around those stars: The Warriors switching is much smoother on defense, for one. And then there is Livingston, and Andre Iguodala, and even Jordan Bellgiving them quality minutes off the bench.
Livingston, in particular, has been huge, and the Warriors have him locked up for two seasons after this one at a very reasonable $16 million total. He’s not going anywhere.
Warriors one win away from NBA title after a not-so-smooth season by Golden State standards
By Al Iannazzoneal.iannazzone@newsday.com@Al_Iannazzone Updated June 8, 2018 6:38 PM
From left, Draymond Green, Kevin Durant and Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors celebrate during Game 3 of the NBA Finals. Photo Credit: Getty Images North America / Jason Miller
CLEVELAND — The Warriors entered Friday night’s Game 4 on the verge of sweeping the Cavaliers out of the NBA Finals and winning their third title in four years — all against Cleveland. But it hasn’t been as easy as it seems, certainly not by Golden State standards.
They lost as many games this regular season (24) as the last two years combined. They lost their stars to injuries for long stretches, and they were pushed to the brink by the Rockets in the Western Conference finals.
Yet there they were at Quicken Loans Arena Friday with a chance to put away the Cavaliers in Game 4 of the Finals and perhaps end LeBron James’ second tour in Cleveland. All the Warriors went through ultimately made them stronger.
“Going into this season, I don’t think anybody could have guessed or predicted the ups and downs and the roller-coaster we’ve been on,” All-Star guard Stephen Curry said. “I think for us to do what we did in the Conference finals and win a Game 7 on the road, we had never done that before. And now to be one game away, it’s been a crazy ride. So now we’ve just got to finish the job.”
No one is feeling sorry for the star-studded Warriors and all that they went through this year to get to this point.
They’ve lost one playoff series in the last four years, won an NBA-record 73 games two years ago and were 16-1 in the postseason last year. Rival teams probably are rooting for some Golden State adversity. They got some, but it didn’t slow the Warriors.
Curry missed 31 games in the regular season and the first seven of the playoffs. Kevin Durant sat out 14 games, Draymond Green missed 12 and Klay Thompson nine. The Warriors ended the season losing 10 of their final 17 games. They lost just nine all season two years ago.
In the playoffs, they were down 17 and 15 to the Rockets in Games 6 and 7 of the West finals, but their championship mettle won out. Had Chris Paul not missed the final two games with a hamstring injury, it may have been a different ending.
The Warriors also trailed Cleveland by double digits in Games 1 and 3, and again were able to win — Game 1 in overtime. The Warriors never seem to get rattled. Their rocky regular season — relatively speaking — and everything they’ve experienced throughout this four-year run have prepared them for that.
“I think it’s been our most inconsistent season,” Warriors coach Steve Kerr said. “It’s been our most difficult season. But our guys sense the finish line, and they turned it on right from the beginning of the playoffs defensively.
“I think the last few years have shown up in terms of our experience in these Finals. I remember our first year in 2015 it just seemed chaotic. It seemed so up and down. Now it seems more businesslike. We seem more poised. In the overtime in Game 1 we executed in those five minutes. We executed beautifully in Game 3 to finish the game. I feel like the experience we’ve gained has helped us dramatically. It just feels more natural now.”
Most teams would sign up for 58 wins and being on the brink of a championship. But it’s the Warriors’ run of success that has teams such as the Rockets gunning for them and trying to assemble a team that can knock off Golden State.
James could leave Cleveland to form such a team since he hasn’t been able to beat the Warriors with Durant. But even in the position he’s in, James can still appreciate what the Warriors have done this season.
“At the end of the day, you can never count out a champion, no matter what’s going on in the course of their season,” James said. “It’s impossible to do that, because they’re built from a different cloth, and I know that firsthand.
“When you win a championship and you’re around guys for a long period of time, and you know what you’re capable of doing, all you need is to get healthy. If you can get healthy and guys are playing at the right level at the same time, then you can feel like you can beat anybody.”
By Al Iannazzoneal.iannazzone@newsday.com@Al_Iannazzone Updated June 8, 2018 6:38 PM
From left, Draymond Green, Kevin Durant and Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors celebrate during Game 3 of the NBA Finals. Photo Credit: Getty Images North America / Jason Miller
CLEVELAND — The Warriors entered Friday night’s Game 4 on the verge of sweeping the Cavaliers out of the NBA Finals and winning their third title in four years — all against Cleveland. But it hasn’t been as easy as it seems, certainly not by Golden State standards.
They lost as many games this regular season (24) as the last two years combined. They lost their stars to injuries for long stretches, and they were pushed to the brink by the Rockets in the Western Conference finals.
Yet there they were at Quicken Loans Arena Friday with a chance to put away the Cavaliers in Game 4 of the Finals and perhaps end LeBron James’ second tour in Cleveland. All the Warriors went through ultimately made them stronger.
“Going into this season, I don’t think anybody could have guessed or predicted the ups and downs and the roller-coaster we’ve been on,” All-Star guard Stephen Curry said. “I think for us to do what we did in the Conference finals and win a Game 7 on the road, we had never done that before. And now to be one game away, it’s been a crazy ride. So now we’ve just got to finish the job.”
No one is feeling sorry for the star-studded Warriors and all that they went through this year to get to this point.
They’ve lost one playoff series in the last four years, won an NBA-record 73 games two years ago and were 16-1 in the postseason last year. Rival teams probably are rooting for some Golden State adversity. They got some, but it didn’t slow the Warriors.
Curry missed 31 games in the regular season and the first seven of the playoffs. Kevin Durant sat out 14 games, Draymond Green missed 12 and Klay Thompson nine. The Warriors ended the season losing 10 of their final 17 games. They lost just nine all season two years ago.
In the playoffs, they were down 17 and 15 to the Rockets in Games 6 and 7 of the West finals, but their championship mettle won out. Had Chris Paul not missed the final two games with a hamstring injury, it may have been a different ending.
The Warriors also trailed Cleveland by double digits in Games 1 and 3, and again were able to win — Game 1 in overtime. The Warriors never seem to get rattled. Their rocky regular season — relatively speaking — and everything they’ve experienced throughout this four-year run have prepared them for that.
“I think it’s been our most inconsistent season,” Warriors coach Steve Kerr said. “It’s been our most difficult season. But our guys sense the finish line, and they turned it on right from the beginning of the playoffs defensively.
“I think the last few years have shown up in terms of our experience in these Finals. I remember our first year in 2015 it just seemed chaotic. It seemed so up and down. Now it seems more businesslike. We seem more poised. In the overtime in Game 1 we executed in those five minutes. We executed beautifully in Game 3 to finish the game. I feel like the experience we’ve gained has helped us dramatically. It just feels more natural now.”
Most teams would sign up for 58 wins and being on the brink of a championship. But it’s the Warriors’ run of success that has teams such as the Rockets gunning for them and trying to assemble a team that can knock off Golden State.
James could leave Cleveland to form such a team since he hasn’t been able to beat the Warriors with Durant. But even in the position he’s in, James can still appreciate what the Warriors have done this season.
“At the end of the day, you can never count out a champion, no matter what’s going on in the course of their season,” James said. “It’s impossible to do that, because they’re built from a different cloth, and I know that firsthand.
“When you win a championship and you’re around guys for a long period of time, and you know what you’re capable of doing, all you need is to get healthy. If you can get healthy and guys are playing at the right level at the same time, then you can feel like you can beat anybody.”
I'm might not watch the whole game I'm so disgusted with the Cavs....
Lebron need to score 50-60 points for them to have a shotI'm might not watch the whole game I'm so disgusted with the Cavs....
How y'all feel tonite or what y'all feeling tonite....
I think the dubs close it out, they been playing with so much ease.
Going under the screens has made the game very easy for the dubs...
After the game Lebron congratulate the Warriors and let them know he'll see them again in the finals next year....
With a retooled Cavs squad
I think the dubs close it out, they been playing with so much ease.
Going under the screens has made the game very easy for the dubs...
After the game Lebron congratulate the Warriors and let them know he'll see them again in the finals next year....
With a retooled Cavs squad
It don't matter,this series should be possibly be 2-1 Cavs yet they blew leads with 5 minutes or less in the fourth quarter... To make it worse,the Cavs actually played well in the third quarter,something they haven't done all year and on top of that's the quarter the Warriors usually make there run.
If,the Cavs manage to have a lead in the fourth quarter I gotta worried about them blowing it.
Man I really ain't completely mad at the Cavs...
The crazy thing is that you played pretty well and might get swept
They might not, they didn't played great in game 3 but did win...
Curry had like 6 points in The last minutes that opened the lead up...but other than that they wasn't hot
Fuck that. Cavs-Warriors ends tonight.
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