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

they being the warriors

i'm strong pro-warriors in this series but i'm happy the cavs won that game simply because lebron really would've been pillaged in the media when the refs just cut him absolutely zero slack to an absolutely absurd degree at the end of regulation last night

the iggy no-call hack on the baseline on bron reminded me of game 2 of the 2012 finals when durant missed that baseline bunny at the end of the game in the same spot w/ a lebron nudge to the side that could've been called

i would agree had he not switched his pivot feet three time prior to it.

i can't remember the last important playoff series where i felt like each coach was totally absent from the proceedings.

― J0rdan S., Monday, June 8, 2015 11:58 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

both first year coaches looking exceedingly dazed on the sidelines

Anybody else hear the Ether Grant Hill dropped on Kenny Smith when he brought up Hakeem after Kenny had been gushing how he'd never seen a superstar do more with less?

haha yea that was an A+ zing

Cold as hell, that's the kind of shit that kills friendships. Didn't Payton get frozen out of TNT for that time he clowned Kenny with a stat sheet?

Man GP and C Webb were everything, they need to find a way to put those two back together
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5AodJFb29o

gp too real 4 tv

Meanwhile Chuck's views on why slavery wasn't all bad are good enough for CNN

that gp and cwebb clip is so fun

Orlando should improve even in spite of Skiles.

― tsrobodo, Monday, June 8, 2015 2:31 PM (4 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Short term improvement is his thing (and maybe what's called for down there)

In general I'm pro-warriors but the glowing dumb articles about the brilliance of Joe Lacob and positionless basketball make me want Mozgov and JR Smith will the cavs to victory a little.

mozgov is pwning bogus so hard

Mozgov is such a mercurial player, I guess Bogut kinda is too

yeah

Mozgov and JR Smith will the cavs to victory a little.

...these are the guys who are gonna make that happen? not sure i agree 100 percent w/ your police work there irv

slothro you need to be a little less literal online bro

*slothrop

i never know with you man you like yr minority positions

Because I don't want to think about hoops rn I just wanted to say that I'm rewatching the third season of The Wire and my love for Bunny has not diminished a bit.

mozgov is the prison guard baller from Oz think about it

jesus god now you're reminding me of that scene where they slice morales's achilles tendons goddamn u sufjan

lol at bron trying to extricate himself from blatt hug as fast as possible

― call all destroyer, Sunday, June 7, 2015 11:19 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

This was amazing he went big time on dellavedova and then bolted away from blatt in like 0.3 seconds

i just realised that tyronn lue is the young assistant coach on the cavs bench

You didn't notice in the regular season when he was calling timeouts behind Blatt's back? Or when he saved Blatt when he tried to call a nonexistent timeout against the Bulls?
Starting to think he might have the juice
http://cdn.slamonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/tyronn-lue-david-blatt-lebron-james.jpg

i've wondered who he is and never connected him with this guy
http://i.imgur.com/aFaqhaI.jpg

if lebron averages 40-12-8 for the series, he has to be the MVP whether the cavs win or lose, right?

one wld think

i suppose it's possible, if they lost it would make him the first finals mvp for a losing team since jerry west (the first to win the award)

that would be a hilarious public upset

deserving tho

My theory re bron's shooting is that all the juice has made him more powerufl but he hasn't been able to adjust his shooting touch to accomodate the extra strnegth

lol it's just fatigue

or just a cold streak

its a pretty astoundingly awful streak, brons ability to be effective through it with a xtremely depleted team is vv impressive

yeah super impressed with what they've accomplished. if they somehow win this series I'm saying he's the goat

well, it would certainly erase any uncertainty left over from bron's shaky start this season

well he's still murder in the post and the warriors are letting him get there whenever he wants

Yes but Jordan never went to the juiceman.

questionable

There is no juice in gatorade

well he's still murder in the post and the warriors are letting him get there whenever he wants

― J0rdan S., Tuesday, June 9, 2015 2:13 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah feeling like a change in defensive approach might be in order

but still

http://img1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120802060200/logopedia/images/6/62/Juicy_Juice_Logo2.jpg

serious question, do any of Lebron's teams in his 12 years make it past the 1st round of the playoffs without him? besides maybe like the 11-12 Heat?

wld be true of p much any finals team minus their best player

have people forgotten that Tyronn Lue basically stifled Iverson in that series (arguably due to helpful officiating)?

My theory re bron's shooting is that all the juice has made him more powerufl but he hasn't been able to adjust his shooting touch to accomodate the extra strnegth

― 龜, Tuesday, June 9, 2015 5:10 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

he was a better shooter last year when he was way bigger

well he's still murder in the post and the warriors are letting him get there whenever he wants

― J0rdan S., Tuesday, June 9, 2015 2:13 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah feeling like a change in defensive approach might be in order

― lag∞n, Tuesday, June 9, 2015 2:17 PM (29 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I bet we see some stretches of full on ball denial and preemptive double teaming tonight to try to frustrate him into taking more jump shots. Might even throw both bigs at him if/when Tristan is the 5

Also Steph better stop playing like a shook ass mark asap