NBA: Sweep?

[NWICY]

Off topic, but good trivia - Who is the only player to win the Heisman Trophy while playing for a team with a losing record?

Should have won would be Troy Davis. Everybody knew what was coming and still couldn't stop him.

 

[CyJack13]

Yeah. Not exactly breaking news, but it's up to Lebron. If he's already mentally gone from Cleveland then maybe he coasts tonight and Golden State wins by 20+. I just don't think he'll check out like that. I expect him to go down fighting, but we'll see. Here's an interesting question - is Lebron the Finals MVP despite being on the losing side?

I thought he should have won it in 2015 despite being on the losing side, but not this year. Durant should repeat.

 

[SCyclone]

The correct answer is Paul Hornung in 1956, who quarterbacked the 2-8 (!!!!!!) Fighting Irish of Notre Dame.

 

[chuckd4735]

I'm looking for Lebron to have a monster game - I think he's pi$$ed. (And rightfully so!)

I 100% agree with this, but Warriors still win by 5-10 points.

 

[CloneGuy8]

Probably. Thank you Durant for making the NBA boring

 

[Cy$]

If LeBron didn't win it the year he averages ~40 a game then it won't happen anytime soon.

 

[madguy30]

Yeah. Not exactly breaking news, but it's up to Lebron. If he's already mentally gone from Cleveland then maybe he coasts tonight and Golden State wins by 20+. I just don't think he'll check out like that. I expect him to go down fighting, but we'll see. Here's an interesting question - is Lebron the Finals MVP despite being on the losing side?

If it's 2-1 Cavs right now, sure.

 

[Pitt_Clone]

Probably. Thank you Durant for making the NBA boring

How can it be satisfying for him to go to a team that he knows doesn't need him to win a championship? I've never understood it.

 

[IASTATE07]

I hope the Warriors blow the Cavs out by 30+.

 

[jdoggivjc]

How can it be satisfying for him to go to a team that he knows doesn't need him to win a championship? I've never understood it.

That's pretty easy, actually. He looks down at his finger and sees a large, gaudy ring there that wouldn't have been there otherwise, and realizes his legacy of not being an all-time great that didn't win a championship is secure.

 

[CycloneErik]

Looks like a few Cavs have quit.

 

[enisthemenace]

This game is brutal. GSW just kicking a dead animal. Over and over and over and over...

 

[ISUAlum2002]

Ho hum, yet another GSW title. Just think, this would have been 4 in a row if they hadn't choked away the 3-1 series lead 2 years ago.

Not sure how anyone can enjoy watching this anymore. Another team needs to step up and dethrone these punk whiners.

 

[CYdTracked]

The Warriors have more talent top to bottom than the Cavs do but this is a blow to LeBron's claim as better than Jordan as the GOAT. LeBron has appeared in more Finals than MJ but MJ still won against teams that had more talent than the Bulls did.

 

[cyclones500]

NBA Finals over, unofficial start of summer. Rockets vs. The City was the only truly compelling series in this year's playoffs

 

[CYdTracked]

Where will LeBron take his talent this summer?

 

[jdoggivjc]

The Warriors have more talent top to bottom than the Cavs do but this is a blow to LeBron's claim as better than Jordan as the GOAT. LeBron has appeared in more Finals than MJ but MJ still won against teams that had more talent than the Bulls did.

Such as?

I'll entertain that maybe - MAYBE - the 1993 Knicks team was "more talented" than the Bulls team. The 1993 Suns team was not. There isn't another team that is even in the conversation.

And keep in mind the 1994 Bulls team without Jordan still won 55 games and was a 3-seed in the East.

 

[awd4cy]

The Warriors have more talent top to bottom than the Cavs do but this is a blow to LeBron's claim as better than Jordan as the GOAT. LeBron has appeared in more Finals than MJ but MJ still won against teams that had more talent than the Bulls did.

MJ didn’t play against any teams that had 4 NBA all stars on them either like LeBron has to while having 0 on his team other than himself.

 

[CycloneWanderer]

Honestly I thought it was a shame Cleveland got past the Celtics. I think the Celtics would have been a more competitive matchup in the finals.

 

[NWICY]

Welp GSW made that look easy. Now the hard part is keeping it all together with salary caps, egos and all that stuff.