2015 nba finals: golden state warriors of oakland versus the cleveland cavaliers of cleveland

naw the slow pace is an effect of the changes not a cause, defense is just like one million times better m/l to break it down

i mean u cld run the ball up and down the court but if the defense is still getting back and clogging up the lane its not gonna change anything

Under Popovich, the Spurs have taken 1,000 more corner 3s than any other franchise since the NBA began tracking the shot in 1997 (9,282) and they are the only team to convert over 40 percent of them over that time.

"Today, there's too much emphasis on the 3-point shot," says Riley, the Heat president. "Erik [Spoelstra] and I talk about this all the time, because my style of basketball is '3 yards and a cloud of dust.' That's how I was raised. That's how I was coached. I'm not really part of this craziness. Just layups and 3s. The whole midrange is dying. This is all borne out of what people call analytics."

if riley didn't have the good fortune of being the GM of a franchise in a destination city, he'd be out of the league by now

tbf it hasnt stopped riley from hiring coaches who use the three/analytics, i mean that rant is m/l what pop said too

tho of course rileys true inexcusable regressiveness is his hatered for forign players

being old-school in another sport would mean actively working against something like the three, being old-school in basketball means grumbling and accepting it.

if riley didn't have the good fortune of being the GM of a franchise in a destination city, he'd be out of the league by now

― k3vin k., Wednesday, June 3, 2015 1:04 PM (27 minutes ago) Bookmark

this is not exactly "fortune"

I think I voted gsw in 6 because it just seems like the most statistically likely outcome

Yeah. When a team wins a series 4-2, it means they won twice as many games as the other team, so it isn't like this is some crazy hedging to think it might happen.

sixth game is on the road for gs something worth considering

i mean u cn have a very close six game series and u cn have a not that close six game series, if ur thinking this series is a blowout better of voting for one of the true blowout scenarios, voting for six is basically saying i think it will be at least a lil close

i don't think the warriors are going to have a particularly hard time winning in cleveland

its just a factor is alls im saying

they clinched in the grindhouse

omg i know its possible to clinch on the road its just somewhat less likely

reasonable course of action:

Ethan J. Skolnick ‏@EthanJSkolnick
Steph Curry's big plans for today: "I'm gonna get a haircut."

after watching that davidson video I'm considering rooting for the cavs

Whoa poly

hes on record as saying it was one of the coolest things hes ever done B-) http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/04/sports/basketball/stephen-curry-gave-davidson-good-publicity-and-a-bad-rap.html

I like that he's a dork.

steph is pure

he had never had a thought that was mean or low

He threw his mouth guard that one time.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CGnmva7VIAAUaXc.jpg

he made it to the final boss

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L37akjnYUzY

how has this not started yet

basketball tonight!!

its good i am excited

you guys should get into hockey

ew

smh

is hockey even a thing?

Back in the grimy and dangerous days of ILX, I got yellowcarded for mentioning hockey, so you kids should count yourselves lucky.

lol

it really isn't in most areas of the country, although don't tell mookieproof that

hockey is great. We have HD TVS now.

is it broadcast in GRITvision so you can see the dumb drop the gloves/put your dukes up hypermacho bullshit in crystal clarity or wut

blackhawks have been great for awhile now and lots of people I know from back home are really really into them (they are def more popular than the Bulls locally) and I've tried to will myself into digging hockey but just can't do it

the sport itself is pretty boring but it doesn't help that typical BHawks fan as far as I can tell is a racist mook

i like hockey but have to pick my poison with the wife.

the Taiwanese animated video for this series is incredible (as they always are)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQI3Bd7hhAo

laughed pretty hard at the Tristan Thomas reference

Adam Lauridsen sums up how I feel today:

I’m just happy to be here. Who wouldn’t be after the last 40 years? Whether it’s Chris Cohan and Robert Rowell, Latrell Sprewell and PJ Carlesimo, Chris Washburn and Chris Porter, Chris Webber and Don Nelson, Monta Ellis and the moped, Byron Houston and Jason Caffey, or Todd Fuller and Patrick O’Bryant, this fanbase has suffered through enough trauma for even the most masochistic sports fan. Making it to the Finals isn’t a dream come true, because my dreams as a Warriors fan didn’t even extend this far until very recently. When Game 1 of the NBA Finals tips off on Thursday, it will all be surreal, and this season will be an unqualified success no matter what happens next. Fortunately, unlike me, the Warriors players aren’t just happy to be here.

I’m not one for drawing lines between old and new fans of sports teams — we all have to start our love of a team somewhere, at some special moment — but there has been one telltale sign I’ve noticed between recent converts to the Warriors’ winning ways and those who have been dragged to this point by years of thankless loyalty. The newer fans celebrate the Warriors’ advancement to the Finals with giddy excitement. The dominant emotion among long-suffering fans is dazed bewilderment. This team — with the NBA’s best record, the MVP, the Executive of the Year and nearly the Coach of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year — is unrecognizable. They’ve inverted all the typical Warriors’ faults — poor drafting, me-first hero ball, rigid coaching, matador defense — and excelled at doing things the right way. I have years’ worth of muscle memory trained to expect the worst, but with this team, the breaks (so far) have almost all gone our way. I alternate between incredulity and euphoria.

http://blogs.mercurynews.com/warriors/2015/06/04/universal-themes-the-warriors-their-fans-and-the-dream-of-the-finals/

:) happy 4 u

gettin pumped for the game tonight

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CGsCsKqUcAAeeuc.jpg

this is really exciting, I can only imagine how much so that's the case for spottie and leee

i'm hosting a party tonight and also i am making pizzas :)

That sounds awesome poly, I'll be watching it alone on my laptop. #swag

Eating leftover veggie pupusas.

that does sound swag

can't start the game til the kids go down :(