||| WARRIORS ||| CAVALIERS ||| NBA ||| FINALS ||| 2017 ||| PART ||| 3 |||

lol that was the dumbest question

Lebron was pretty good that whole interview but there were a couple really dumb qs

Bron looked pretty gassed by the middle of the third

lol can't blame bron for that shit

Cavs locker room has a strong reefer aroma to it tonight. Hey, it's Cali. You're down 2-0 and it's all about pain control. #NBAFinals

— Mike Wise (@MikeWiseguy) June 5, 2017

lol

i've analyzed some historical data and the most likely outcome from this point is for the cavs to win game 3, lose game 4, then win games 5, 6, and 7

Bron looked pretty gassed by the middle of the third
― i believe that (s)he is sincere (forksclovetofu), Monday, June 5, 2017 4:36 AM

lol can't blame bron for that shit
― Nhex, Monday, June 5, 2017 6:11 AM

Baseline angle of Curry and LeBron pic.twitter.com/TxUVQqtwrk

— CJ Fogler (@cjzero) June 5, 2017

gosh

great defense, better offense

in the interest of fairness, this was a thing to see
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1odS_FWoPw

his dunk in game 1 was one of his best ever imo

great defense, better offense

― k3vin k., Monday, June 5, 2017 12:33 PM (eleven minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Yeah this is incredible by both of them, lebron only error was overcomitting a bit to contesting a possible step back 3 after steph opened up one step worth of space, curry was just faster to bail on that and drive instead and lebron correctly played for the block from behind instead of pushing up and probably fouling since he was beat. No one else on the planet has a chance on that play

http://i.imgur.com/r3CHGTO.png

wow how did steph get bron to bite so hard on that upfake

lol

lol that the plays ppl made the biggest deal abt this offs were both obvious double dribbles

ive noticed that fake bringing the off hand up to load the ball for a shot then go has become an important play, but you have to make sure not to actually grab the ball

what was the other one? IT2?

bron shaking jalen brown in the corner

tbf bron destroying IT was prob bigger but it wasnt really a play more of a hopeless massacre

if you watch that steph play in real time him putting his hand on the ball is imperceptible and i don't think had any effect on the play

i'm still not convinced. i need that intel 360 technology

the exact purpose of the move is to get the defender to bite so i'd say it had an effect on the play!

the only effect it had on the play was bron defended it accordingly leading to a layup for steph LOL

as i detailed upthread its a good fake but its important to not actually do the thing youre faking

lol yes

i like the part where steph got away with a dd and roasted lebron

kyrie had a really blatant carry last night i stood up and yelled CARRY AHHHH and my kids were scared of me for a second.

lol classic dad moment

the fake works whether or not he puts his hand on the ball, he does it all the time

yup

also JR was almost the MVP

I'm not saying JR Smith was trying to hurt Kevin Durant, but what is this exactly? pic.twitter.com/g4FEYvALFz

— Drew Shiller (@DrewShiller) June 5, 2017

here was when i had my dad moment

the carry is dead. pic.twitter.com/QhdPyx4EJf

— From The WaterCooler (@FTWaterCooler) June 5, 2017

that's the one where he plants his foot under KD on the 3 right? i was surprised to see twitter not going nuts about that

yup

the fake works whether or not he puts his hand on the ball, he does it all the time

― J0rdan S., Monday, June 5, 2017 3:27 PM (three minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

one way is a fake, the other is not, feel like i shdnt have to explain this, also youre positing an unprovable counterfactual, and saying something insanely stupid

the little flair JR puts on his leg was bowen-esque. way more blatant than zaza's

that kyrie carry is ok because also other times when he does not carry he continues to dribble the ball

zaza got kawhis back leg on a second hop lol jfc whats up w u ppl today

thats basically what happened on that play i linked, just got lucky he didnt roll

if you watch the video jr does a third hop

its a shitty play by jr def but not worse than zazas which took an extra hop to specifically target kawhis injured rear leg

iirc you coudl see JR mouth to lebron on the sidelines later "damn dude sorry, i almost got him, shoulda added an extra hop"

more importantly zaza has been >>> Tristan so far in this series. dont expect that to hold in cle but hes been weirdly absent so far.

not really the sort of job u shd send jr to do

tru

frankly im surprised more people didn't complain when JR was on the bench and threw the banana peel right in front of KD on the break

ha

more importantly zaza has been >>> Tristan so far in this series. dont expect that to hold in cle but hes been weirdly absent so far.

― fo, fo, fo, fo (Spottie), Monday, June 5, 2017 3:42 PM (two minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

zaza playing 13mins last night is more the problem, theres no one for tristan to guard, putting him on dray and and having him sag back into the paint has some appeal theoretically but it hasnt worked so far

btw dray has been in foul trouble both games and it hasnt really mattered cause the dubs r just scoring so many points, doesnt seem like he affecting the series that much defensively anyway, kinda a weird first couple games in a the warriors are breaking basketball sort of way