I would be curious how many NBA champions were blown out by 34 at home.
There was no reason for Cleveland not to be fired up. The problem for them is Golden State is getting better. Green and Curry are both quite a bit better from last year.
Cleveland isn't. Love is one of the biggest losers in the league. Irving gets hurt every year. Even LeBron has slipped a little. He's played a lot of years and a ton of games.
I would be curious how many NBA champions were blown out by 34 at home.
There was no reason for Cleveland not to be fired up. The problem for them is Golden State is getting better. Green and Curry are both quite a bit better from last year.
Cleveland isn't. Love is one of the biggest losers in the league. Irving gets hurt every year. Even LeBron has slipped a little. He's played a lot of years and a ton of games.
Cleveland played its best last year in the finals without Love and Irving on the floor. Guys like Mozgov, Thompson and Delly gave the contributions they needed (defense, rebounding, toughness) that Love and Irving lack.
In most years you need 2 stars to win a title. Irving and Love aren't even close. They arent even all stars.
Cleveland had also circled the game as a statement game and then got all pissed off earlier in the day after Curry had made some kind of comment about hoping that the locker room still smelled like champagne. Add all of that up and you still get drubbed at home ... and let's be honest, the 34 point margin of victory was lipstick on the pig. The Warriors could have won by 50+ if they would have put the pedal down for the full 48.
The problem is that if the LeBron's go the defense route to stop Golden State (which they can do probably better than just about any other team), they lack enough offensive weapons to be able to score with them. If they put the offensive guys on the court, the Warriors basically get layups, dunks, and open shots on every possession.
The Warriors and Spurs will be a great series if it happens. The Spurs desperately want to avoid the Bastard Sonics because the matchup against Westbrook is probably their one big Achilles heal but they are better prepared for it today than I think they have been in the last few years with the added big in Aldridge and the emergence of Leonard as a MVP caliber player. They still will have their hands full with the matchup though.
The West is where it is at for sure. And I am not enamored with the type of ball Cleveland is playing now, win or lose. But it is still in fact, January.
The reason you can't count out Lebron is because if the Warriors don't get through, LBJ has already beat OKC and SA with Miami.
Golden State is different than everyone else. A lot of fun to watch and if they get through they will go back to back
The West is where it is at for sure. And I am not enamored with the type of ball Cleveland is playing now, win or lose. But it is still in fact, January.
The reason you can't count out Lebron is because if the Warriors don't get through, LBJ has already beat OKC and SA with Miami.
Golden State is different than everyone else. A lot of fun to watch and if they get through they will go back to back
But the Lebron hate is doogish and moronic
What did you expect from a message bored full of doogs?
The West is where it is at for sure. And I am not enamored with the type of ball Cleveland is playing now, win or lose. But it is still in fact, January.
The reason you can't count out Lebron is because if the Warriors don't get through, LBJ has already beat OKC and SA with Miami.
Golden State is different than everyone else. A lot of fun to watch and if they get through they will go back to back
But the Lebron hate is doogish and moronic
What did you expect from a message bored full of doogs?
I would be curious how many NBA champions were blown out by 34 at home.
There was no reason for Cleveland not to be fired up. The problem for them is Golden State is getting better. Green and Curry are both quite a bit better from last year.
Cleveland isn't. Love is one of the biggest losers in the league. Irving gets hurt every year. Even LeBron has slipped a little. He's played a lot of years and a ton of games.
Cleveland played its best last year in the finals without Love and Irving on the floor. Guys like Mozgov, Thompson and Delly gave the contributions they needed (defense, rebounding, toughness) that Love and Irving lack.
In most years you need 2 stars to win a title. Irving and Love aren't even close. They arent even all stars.
Yeah they looked like shit in game 1 with Irving. He certainly didn't go toe to toe with Curry and block his shot in the last 30 seconds.
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January or June. Absolute ass kicking.
There was no reason for Cleveland not to be fired up. The problem for them is Golden State is getting better. Green and Curry are both quite a bit better from last year.
Cleveland isn't. Love is one of the biggest losers in the league. Irving gets hurt every year. Even LeBron has slipped a little. He's played a lot of years and a ton of games.
In most years you need 2 stars to win a title. Irving and Love aren't even close. They arent even all stars.
The problem is that if the LeBron's go the defense route to stop Golden State (which they can do probably better than just about any other team), they lack enough offensive weapons to be able to score with them. If they put the offensive guys on the court, the Warriors basically get layups, dunks, and open shots on every possession.
The Warriors and Spurs will be a great series if it happens. The Spurs desperately want to avoid the Bastard Sonics because the matchup against Westbrook is probably their one big Achilles heal but they are better prepared for it today than I think they have been in the last few years with the added big in Aldridge and the emergence of Leonard as a MVP caliber player. They still will have their hands full with the matchup though.
The West is where it is at for sure. And I am not enamored with the type of ball Cleveland is playing now, win or lose. But it is still in fact, January.
The reason you can't count out Lebron is because if the Warriors don't get through, LBJ has already beat OKC and SA with Miami.
Golden State is different than everyone else. A lot of fun to watch and if they get through they will go back to back
But the Lebron hate is doogish and moronic