I think it's obvious he was hurt but it's not worth arguing about. He was great two years ago and looks great again now

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When you start begging guys to play with you and teaming up for the sake of rings it takes away from whatever individual greatness you profess to have.

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I love the kid...I'm a huge Warriors fan. But it sure seemed like when the pressure was the greatest, he was nowhere to be found. The Cavs are a bunch of front runners...and Steph seemed that way too. Not looking to argue either. Irving is a terrible defender as well, despite having size on Curry.

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that narrative is very 90's. I highly doubt also that Durant is concerned with his individual greatness/standing. He wants a ring. And he wants to have fun. I think it's clear that he and Westbrook did not like each other all that well.

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welp after watching last night alls i can say is that i hope cleveland fans loaded up on "Eastern Conference Champions" swag this season =P #ThisALookANoGoodA

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No such thing as old school new school when it comes to being a competitor.

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I agree with you, but the legions of basketbloggers who suck the NBA's dick at every turn won't allow this to be so. Even though any sensible person can see that it's bad when two teams go 24-1 through the first three rounds en route to their third rematch and then one of those teams still gets plastered, we'll hear that the game has never been better, the Warriors have once again changed the way we think about the way we think about the way we think about basketball, black America #resisted Drumpf because Kevin Durant made some shots, there have never been more Chinese people watching, etc., etc., etc.

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It will be interesting to see what kind of adjustments need to be made before the next game. It's hard for LeBron and Kyrie to match Durant and Curry because if they cancel each other the Warriors have enough guys to outscore the Cavs lesser players.

Here are some stats that I noticed looking at the box score. Tristan Thompson had 4 boards and 0 points. LeBron had 8 turnovers and the Cavs had 20 as a team compared to 4 by the Warriors. The Cavs shot 9 more free throws than the Warriors. Even though I felt like Kevin Love had a decent game he was still only 4 for 13 from the field. The Cavs shot just under 35 percent from the field. That seems unlikely to happen again. Draymond and Klay combined to go 6 for 28.

Basically I think game 2 should be closer, but you have to like the Warriors at home.

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FF swears that the NBA is wide open and there are a number of teams who can win every year.

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Cleveland was also blown out in last years game 1 as I remember. They can play with G.S. This series will go a minimum 6 games

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Win the draft lottery? Sure

The difference is that Curry is playing better so far this series and the Warriors have Durant. Last year Iguodala started in the Finals, so even he has been bumped down a spot. The turning point last year was the injury of Bogut and Green being suspended in Game 5.

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there are different levels of competitor.

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I'd rather see the best teams playing for championship. Doesn't bother me that you sort of know who will be there every year. If mediocre teams made it to the Finals the same crowd of critics would be bashing the quality of play.

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Don't really know what you mean by that.

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The only way the playoffs improve in the early rounds is the playoffs are seeded 1 through 16 with an interconference playoffs.

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There are some differences but I could also argue that Love is playing better too. Cavs also have a better bench than last season. G.S. is the favorite but Cleveland will give them a series.

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some guys are ruthless. Jordan, for example. Other guys want to play basketball to have fun (see Gasol, P). Some guys only become competitors when they get slapped in the face. Other guys stop being competitors when they get slapped in the face.

Thompson is the major key in this series. Cleveland's hope is to go big, and get better defenders out there...slow the game down. They can't run with the Warriors...they start too many starting defensive liabilities and a guy who I have always liked, Deron Williams looks frightened out there.

The Cavs came back on the Warriors a few years ago because Love was out, Irving was out and Della was in, Shumpert was in. They hit ungodly percentages 3 point wise and played defense. This Cavs team is too diversified, too reliant on defensive liabilities. Thompson should have had way more boards. How does Kevin Love get 18 and Thompson get, what, four?

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Are you implying that Cleveland was better with Matthew Delladova and Shumpert starting as opposed to Irving and Love? Are you crazy?

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The plan I saw for five divisions of six was perfect for the NBA. Yeah, Warriors-Magic is a cumbersome first round with regard to time zones, but hey, that won't bother China! The NBA is just a TV show for China now, right?

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You wanna talk about not competing?

https://streamable.com/cjhvz

Look at that clip. Steph is competing. Kyrie is not.

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Lyin' Leash at it again. Sad!

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Steph Curry has already revealed himself to be a gutless frontrunning coward. I'm cool on his non competitiveness until he starts taking covers on top tier point guards.

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He completely dominated his matchup last night, in the Finals. Not much more you can ask for. And it's because of plays like that one too, not just his shooting.

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I'm fairly certain that his scary ass allowed Klay Thompson to Guard Irving. Can't be a matchup unless its a matchup.

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It still amuses me that you think he has a say in it. Golden State has one of the best defenses in the league. They match up the way they do for a reason. Every team in the league does cross matching.

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They have been hiding Curry on defense for about 6 years now. It preceded the arrival of Kerr and the "genius" of Ron Adams. They do it because he can't guard a ham sandwich. Scheming plays no role because when they play the Spurs he has no problem taking the Patty Mills assignment.

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That's why JR Smith needs to take more than 4 fucking shots when he has Curry, or anyone else on him. Ffs if Cleveland's bench doesn't wake up this series could be the ugliest finals ive ever seen.

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The Fields Cult is dumb: double check

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