The sinking ship that is the Cleveland Cavaliers...

Without bogut Tristan Thompson will dominate the boards all game long. Caves win this game.

 

So far so good for the cavs

 

Huge factor right now...like I said when Bogus went down I was worried for warriors.

 

Ship looks ship shape tonight.

 

I'm expecting a better game 7 Sunday, but caves still win warriors have no answer for Tristan Thompson. Plus they can't protect the rim. Should be a good game though we'll see.

 

I wonder if draymond likes the way his foot tastes.

 

Being downtown tonight and seeing how excited this city is... I have to say Cavs in 7. The atmosphere in downtown Cleveland is crazy right now and the Cavs have so much confidence going into game 7.. I don't see them losing this game.

 

Everyone keeps talking about having no answer for Thompson.... what about Lebron? I think it's pretty clear they have no answer for the best player on the planet, 41 and 11 asts in a Finals game as a forward is absurd.

People talk about how the game is less physical now, maybe it's because the players are better overall. Bigger, faster, stronger, quicker, more agile (on average). I admittedly don't follow the NBA religiously, but in college basketball the rough/fouling teams are almost ALWAYS that way because they are physically outmatched and they have to resort to that.

That's my pot stirring for the night. Hope the Cavs win in 7 so everyone will stop riding Curry's nuts.

 

Your right they dont have an answer for lebron, but nobody does he's gonna get his. GS had answer for Thompson with Bogut, but now they dont have Bogut so no answer for Thompson. On top of that igoudola is having back problems. He looked like an old man out there tonight. So yea caves take game 7, but should be a good game.

 

Stay classy Steph, throwing your mouth piece and a tantrum and jawing at LeBron like he has anything for him in a physical confrontation.

 

I normally would pull for Cleveland. However I work at Davidson college and I am personal friends with Steph Curry. His dad and grandmother were my neighbors when I was a kid and Steph while going to school here spoke with me almost on a weekly basis. I will pull for him till the end. We had some good times. I actually got an H on him playing him in a game of horse one time. Then he smoked me


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I think just about the whole planet is wanting the cavs to win this. I have always heard the NBA is rigged, where do I send a donation?

 

He had a right to be pissed off. At least half the fouls he was called for were utterly ridiculous. Making a big deal about throwing a mouth piece....really?

 

Golden State is tough at home. They have only lost two games. I say Golden State by 10


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Home team ALWAYS wins game 7. This might be the exception but I'd still say GS in a close game and Cleveland's hearts are broke again.



Here are all the game 7 road wins in the NBA's playoff history. Home teams are 80%. And only two in history won game 7 on the road in the finals.

All-Time Game 7 Road Winners

Year Road Team Home Team Round
2014 Brooklyn 104 Toronto 103 First round
2013 Chicago 99 Brooklyn 93 First round
2012 L.A. Clippers 82 Memphis 72 First round
2009 Orlando 101 Boston 82 Conference semifinals
2007 San Antonio 91 New Orleans 82 Conference semifinals
2007 Utah 103 Houston 99 First round
2006 *Dallas 119 San Antonio 111 Conference semifinals
2005 Detroit 88 Miami 82 Conference finals
2005 Indiana 97 Boston 70 First round
2002 *L.A. Lakers 112 Sacramento 106 Conference finals
2000 New York 83 Miami 82 Conference semifinals
1995 Indiana 97 New York 95 Conference semifinals
1995 Houston 115 Phoenix 114 Conference semifinals
1982 Philadelphia 120 Boston 106 Conference finals
1981 Kansas City 95 Phoenix 88 Conference semifinals
1981 Houston 105 San Antonio 100 Conference semifinals
1978 Washington 105 Seattle 99 NBA Finals
1976 Phoenix 94 Golden State 86 Conference finals
1974 Boston 102 Milwaukee 87 NBA Finals
1973 New York 94 Boston 78 Conference finals
1971 Baltimore 93 New York 91 Conference finals
1969 Boston 108 L.A. Lakers 106 NBA Finals
1968 Boston 100 Philadelphia 96 Division finals
1948 Philadelphia 85 St Louis 46 Semifinals
(*) Asterisk denotes overtime

 

Couldn't have been more wrong in my prediction.

I wanted GS to win from the start, but I don't know now. They haven't showed any fire (other than mouthpiece) in the past two games. I can understand the frustration from Curry, though. The refs were calling everything and the last one was BS.

As for the Cavs.. Lebron is playing lights out but I'm more impressed with how Thompson has been playing down low.

All I can hope for now is that both teams show up and the superstars are forced to make some clutch shots.

 

I find the irony of folks blowing up at Steph for this one occurrence. The guy otherwise has always had above reproach character (he does show boat a touch but NBA everyone does)....if we all were judged by one out burst or terrible moment well I think you guys know where I'm going.

With Bogut out, Iggy possibly not 100% back wise....I'm going to say GSW but only if Ig can go without looking like he just got stabbed in the back everytime he comes down. It was painful watching him try and play last night.

 

Curry has thrown his mouth guard like that before and he was straight up disrespectful to the ref. It doesn't help that his wife is a social media nightmare. They are just as cocky as anyone else in the NBA. I find it ironic that LeBron gets hammered my the media and fans a hundred times harder than Curry and he's never gone off like that or thrown a temper tantrum at that level. He may do a sad face and put his hands up but he doesn't scream and swear at a ref and throw things.

 

Stephs wife... I have no words for that woman.






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Yep, that was one of the multiple tweets I was referring to. As a Cavs fan, I admit I too wondered if it was fixed (but in favor of GSW a few games back). So I won't go too far on being a hypocrite but being the wife of a player and defending him when he's being a sore loser and throwing a temper tantrum isn't a good look. Now with that being said, it's possible that having extremely tough back to back series' is just catching up to the Warriors and the Cavs are just getting their momentum back that they lost at the beginning of the series. Like I keep saying, it's all about peaking at the right time and momentum. With Bogut being hurt the Cavs were able to have the bigger lineup and on top of that Iguodala tweaked his back so the GSW have lost their bigs and lost their defense. So I don't want to hear any whining from GSW or their fans about things being rigged because they all dogged the Cavs/Cavs fans for saying that last year's Finals would have been different if Irving and Love had played. Bogut is hurt now and possibly Iguodala, so the Warriors are just getting a taste of what it was like for the Cavs last year. LeBron has stepped up his game to MVP caliber and leads in scoring, assists, rebounds, blocks, and steals in the Finals. Regardless of what happens, this will go down in history as one of the best NBA Finals ever.