Never thought I would be pulling for LBJ. Damn, I wish they would have been able to grab Game 1.
NBA: *** Official 2015 NBA Playoffs Thread ***
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Gun to my head yes, Id pick Golden State. However, I wouldn't bet my life savings on either team. I expected this to go 7, and I still do.
Wilt is GOAT. Just sayin...
Pretty incredible that the Cavs are a bucket away from being up 2-0 in this series. They are flat out battling out there. This has been one of the more entertaining NBA Finals in some time. As a former Cleveland resident I'd love to see James write one of the most incredible finale chapters of all storybook endings. You'd be hard pressed to find an NBA title more unlikely and impressive than if Cleveland could pull this off.
And it will be interesting if Golden Child Curry gets roasted for his terrible game like James surely would for playing that bad. He stunk tonight.
You are what I call a box score reader, not somebody who actually watches the game. I don't have much time for this, but let me say what Dellavedova did on Curry was one of the most incredible defensive performances I've seen this year. He shot a season low FG%!!!!!!! Defense is just as important as offense (officially in Captain Obvious mode with this poster). LeBron is the leader of this team, but it was Dellavedova's night. Class is over. Goodnight.
Next time Dellavedova has 3 guys draped on him while putting up 9-5-1, then perhaps we'll call him the star. LeBron put up 39-16-11 as the full focus of the Warrior's D, which is why Dellavedova even had the opportunity to be your so-called "star of the game" (first because LeBron kept the entire team in the game, second, Curry couldn't hit the broad side of the barn on open shots this evening, but yeah, give Dellavedova credit for Curry missing wide open looks). But yeah, obviously we're all just box score readers...
I should have clarified a little more. We expected LeBron to do in the ballpark what he did. But Dellavedova couldn't even dribble up the court last game, was a complete liability. LeBron played about a regular game for LeBron, but Dellavedova stepped up like nobody expected, he outplayed Curry!
Point is nobody cares about Dellavedova's legacy, we all care about LeBron's. With Kyrie out, he bailed out LeBron big time tonight because if LeBron loses this game, everybody is going to say how he came up short in the late moments again. Dellavedova made the 2 big free throws and got countless amount of stops on Curry. It's a matter of opinion who had the better game, but Delly sure as hell helped out LeBron's legacy with that win tonight!
Jordan could get a call with three guys draped on him (or a noncall when he pushed off). It just amazes me what it takes before they call a foul with guys winding up and whacking LeBron.
He's so big, he muscles through most of the hacks. When a smaller player gets hacked that player's arm is likely to go down when hit, but with Lebron being so strong, he goes through it
I suppose that's why. Doesn't seem to matter how big you are when someone rakes you across the face though; a thumb in your eye and a fist to your mouth, muscles don't help. I guess they called a common foul on at least one of those. I went into this series liking both teams and thinking I would be happy with whomever won. But that officiating actually changed my thoughts on it.
