Cavs in 7, or GSW in 4. I’m debating with myself.
― omar little, Wednesday, 30 May 2018 16:58 (five years ago) link
Dubs were often terrifyingly creaky and saved by a number of fireball third quarters vs rockets and the cavs are worse but I will put nothing past lebron until he is officially retired which rules out a sweep
― gritty tigger reboot (agent hibachi), Wednesday, 30 May 2018 17:00 (five years ago) link
Unless two or more of their starting five can't play, due to injury, illness or nut-hunting, GSW has this. We all know it.
― A is for (Aimless), Wednesday, 30 May 2018 17:02 (five years ago) link
warriors in 4, just try to figure out the matchups from cleves pov you cant they literally have no one to defend any of the dubs big 3, cleve cld win game 4 i guess if the dubs decide to let them
― sprout god (lag∞n), Wednesday, 30 May 2018 17:08 (five years ago) link
Dubs were often terrifyingly creaky and saved by a number of fireball third quarters vs rockets and the cavs are worse but I will put nothing past lebron until he is officially retired which rules out a sweep― gritty tigger reboot (agent hibachi), Wednesday, May 30, 2018 10:00 AM (six minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― gritty tigger reboot (agent hibachi), Wednesday, May 30, 2018 10:00 AM (six minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
that was the first time theyve been tested since Durant signing. And the rockets were built to beat them, and they should/could have. The cavs without Kyrie dont instill much fear but it's possible the warriors take it easy thinking they already passed the hard test. Cavs have to take game 1 to have a chance. If they dont, then they take game 3 and that's it imo. If Iggy is back and looks normal then I think this is a sweep.
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Wednesday, 30 May 2018 17:12 (five years ago) link
when i actually cast my vote it's hard for me as a cle homer to vote anything besides a cavs win but i'm not optimistic at all, this cavs team isn't very good.
agree w/ agent hibachi tho i don't think it will be a GSW sweep, lebron will get at least one or two games, anything beyond that will require massive efforts from the rest of the cavs and i just don't see that happening. korver and love might light up for a couple games. jr is probably gonna be shit. would be cool to see tristan out-rebound steph unlike last time lol
― marcos, Wednesday, 30 May 2018 17:12 (five years ago) link
I think Warriors in 5 or 6. Lebron to get first finals MVP on a losing team since Jerry West.
― I'm Finn thanks, don't mention it (fionnland), Wednesday, 30 May 2018 17:30 (five years ago) link
if he didnt get it in 2015 it's not gonna happen no matter what he does
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Wednesday, 30 May 2018 17:34 (five years ago) link
(in a loss, of course)
i say warriors in 6 tho i think i accidentally voted cavs in 6... cavs almost won both home games last year & tho they're worse now i think the warriors just seem ragged and out of sorts, and have actual structural problems w/ igou hurt.
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 30 May 2018 17:35 (five years ago) link
warriors have more players they can play in this series. i think they might even go to zaza to start who generally does a great job vs TT
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Wednesday, 30 May 2018 17:37 (five years ago) link
dubs in 4
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Wednesday, 30 May 2018 18:30 (five years ago) link
There hasn’t been a sweep in the finals in 11 years, although last year was close. I would think that the Cavs could win at least one game. Famous last words.
― Jeff, Wednesday, 30 May 2018 18:39 (five years ago) link
it won't be a sweep
― marcos, Wednesday, 30 May 2018 18:40 (five years ago) link
it might be, but dubs in 5 is probably the safest bet
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 30 May 2018 18:43 (five years ago) link
I’ll go dubs in 6 to account for the lebron goes bananas game and the up 3-1 dubs don’t bother taking care of the ball and three random cavs have great games and they drop one before closing it out game
― gritty tigger reboot (agent hibachi), Wednesday, 30 May 2018 20:30 (five years ago) link
Let’s guess brons stat line averages I’m going 37-10-8
― gritty tigger reboot (agent hibachi), Wednesday, 30 May 2018 20:32 (five years ago) link
iggy out game 1
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Wednesday, 30 May 2018 20:42 (five years ago) link
Groundhog Day finals
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 30 May 2018 20:50 (five years ago) link
http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/page/nbaplayoffpreview23646470/warriors-versus-cavaliers-biggest-mismatch-modern-finals-history
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Wednesday, 30 May 2018 20:51 (five years ago) link
There hasn’t been a sweep in the finals in 11 years, although last year was close. I would think that the Cavs could win at least one game.
Famous last words.
― Jeff, Wednesday, May 30, 2018 2:39 PM (three hours ago) Bookmark
it was closer to being a 6 game series than a sweep actually
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 30 May 2018 21:46 (five years ago) link
yeah
― sprout god (lag∞n), Wednesday, 30 May 2018 21:47 (five years ago) link
Close in the sense that it was 3-0.
― Jeff, Wednesday, 30 May 2018 21:48 (five years ago) link
Not the closeness of any of the games.
― Jeff, Wednesday, 30 May 2018 21:49 (five years ago) link
cavs choked away game 3, easily cldve been 2-2 going back to oakland
― sprout god (lag∞n), Wednesday, 30 May 2018 21:49 (five years ago) link
Then it wouldn’t have been close, it would have been far. Close is when one team is on the verge of sweeping, which the warriors were for the time between game 3 and game 4. That is my definition of close. Let’s go to the replay.
― Jeff, Wednesday, 30 May 2018 21:52 (five years ago) link
Warriors in 7 if Iggy doesn't play. If he plays everything except game one, then Warriors in 6.
The normal NBA fix--who knows who they'll suspend for a game this year!--and LeBron going beast means that there will not be a sweep.
― Joe Gargan (dandydonweiner), Wednesday, 30 May 2018 23:20 (five years ago) link
dubs in 2
― G.O.A.T. rodeo (Clay), Wednesday, 30 May 2018 23:21 (five years ago) link
remember how the cavs had deron williiams last year taking up minutes in the finals? never seent anyone more shook in my life.
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Wednesday, 30 May 2018 23:21 (five years ago) link
honestly i feel like maybe dubs in 1 or 0
― sprout god (lag∞n), Wednesday, 30 May 2018 23:22 (five years ago) link
i don't even remember who deron williams is
― marcos, Wednesday, 30 May 2018 23:26 (five years ago) link
yeah i was hedging bc its good to be conservative abt these things but i agree dubs in 0 xp
― G.O.A.T. rodeo (Clay), Wednesday, 30 May 2018 23:26 (five years ago) link
Number of full days off for the Warriors between the last game of the West Finals and Game 1 of the NBA Finals:-2015 = 7-2016= 2-2017 = 9-2018 = 2— Drew Shiller (@DrewShiller) May 30, 2018
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Wednesday, 30 May 2018 23:27 (five years ago) link
that's settles it then cavs in 7
― marcos, Wednesday, 30 May 2018 23:31 (five years ago) link
agree
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Wednesday, 30 May 2018 23:34 (five years ago) link
apparently this poll is ending in 24 minutes even tho its supposed to end tomororw.
GET YOUR VOTES IN NOW!
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Wednesday, 30 May 2018 23:36 (five years ago) link
espn folks weigh inhttps://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dee7WDbVQAAoyPe.jpghttps://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dee7WDbV4AAUGWl.jpg
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Wednesday, 30 May 2018 23:59 (five years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Thursday, 31 May 2018 00:01 (five years ago) link
Chris Herring... thank you
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Thursday, 31 May 2018 00:28 (five years ago) link
there are more brave posters on ilh than all of espn
― sprout god (lag∞n), Thursday, 31 May 2018 03:09 (five years ago) link
thank you for the recognition
― Clay, Thursday, 31 May 2018 03:26 (five years ago) link
For LeBron to win MVP the Cavs would have to take it to at least 6 games, maybe 7
― rip van wanko, Thursday, 31 May 2018 04:16 (five years ago) link
The only way Lebron wins an MVP is if KD completely shits the bed, and the chances of that are vanishingly small.It was plausible before KD arrived cause Lebron had no direct matchup in the series you could point to. Now he has to at least appear to shut down KD and be monstrouson offense.
― tsrobodo, Thursday, 31 May 2018 06:44 (five years ago) link
i predict Klay will be finals mvp this time
― ciderpress, Thursday, 31 May 2018 13:30 (five years ago) link
is draymond still good
― marcos, Thursday, 31 May 2018 14:09 (five years ago) link
yes
― ciderpress, Thursday, 31 May 2018 14:20 (five years ago) link
damn ok
― marcos, Thursday, 31 May 2018 14:22 (five years ago) link
steph?
durant?
lemme just ask are all the warriors still good
both teams played hard
― Allen (etaeoe), Saturday, 9 June 2018 02:53 (five years ago) link
yeah fuck kd seriously
― micah, Saturday, 9 June 2018 02:53 (five years ago) link
aaand the cavs have left the building
― Anglo Scarfy (rip van wanko), Saturday, 9 June 2018 02:57 (five years ago) link
rip basketball
― Clay, Saturday, 9 June 2018 03:00 (five years ago) link
you can say a lot about the cavs but you can’t say they didn’t play hard until the end
― Allen (etaeoe), Saturday, 9 June 2018 03:04 (five years ago) link
i mean.....3 or 4 cavs have played hard
― call all destroyer, Saturday, 9 June 2018 03:05 (five years ago) link
kevin love def played hard
yeah kevin love has def played hard
― Allen (etaeoe), Saturday, 9 June 2018 03:06 (five years ago) link
Curry going for the fmvp but not sure it’s gonna be enough. Kd great teammate for getting him going this game you could tell he was hunting him in the first Half.
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Saturday, 9 June 2018 03:07 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrOH-KHxXg0
― Clay, Saturday, 9 June 2018 03:07 (five years ago) link
if kd doesn’t win the mvp he should sign elsewhere in protest
― Allen (etaeoe), Saturday, 9 June 2018 03:08 (five years ago) link
Top ten presser all time xp
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Saturday, 9 June 2018 03:08 (five years ago) link
they're trying to let steph run it up here but i think i'd vote for kevin
― call all destroyer, Saturday, 9 June 2018 03:09 (five years ago) link
larry nance is playing hard but unfortunately he sucks
hahaha fair
― Allen (etaeoe), Saturday, 9 June 2018 03:09 (five years ago) link
talk about a dude who got exposed when he had to play meaningful ball
― call all destroyer, Saturday, 9 June 2018 03:10 (five years ago) link
jvg should use this time to advocate for making dunks count for 3
― Allen (etaeoe), Saturday, 9 June 2018 03:16 (five years ago) link
Kd stunk in game one but his numbers were ok-ish. Curry stunk last game shooting it and his numbers looked bad. I think Kd gets it again. Curry shoulda got it in 2015 tho.
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Saturday, 9 June 2018 03:17 (five years ago) link
So they gonna sit the starters or nah
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Saturday, 9 June 2018 03:19 (five years ago) link
kerr is not a dick. he will sit them.
― Allen (etaeoe), Saturday, 9 June 2018 03:22 (five years ago) link
like now lol
Nice of Van Gundy to pump up Ty Lue a couple of days before Lue gets fired.
― EZ Snappin, Saturday, 9 June 2018 03:30 (five years ago) link
congrats warriors fans! it was a good one.
― Allen (etaeoe), Saturday, 9 June 2018 03:33 (five years ago) link
to hell with owners they did nothing fuck em
― Van Horn Street, Saturday, 9 June 2018 03:41 (five years ago) link
seriously. i fucking hate that shit.
― Allen (etaeoe), Saturday, 9 June 2018 03:43 (five years ago) link
Uh guys I run a karaoke night on Fridays and Saturdays and uhChanning Frye just walked in
― Clay, Saturday, 9 June 2018 04:20 (five years ago) link
Let us know what he sings
― EZ Snappin, Saturday, 9 June 2018 04:21 (five years ago) link
Reading rumors that Bron punched a whiteboard after game 1 and played w a serious bone bruise the rest of the series
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Saturday, 9 June 2018 04:24 (five years ago) link
thats what brian windhorst reported on espn
― 21st savagery fox (m bison), Saturday, 9 June 2018 04:26 (five years ago) link
Juicy
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Saturday, 9 June 2018 04:26 (five years ago) link
congrats spottie and all dubs fans
― marcos, Saturday, 9 June 2018 04:31 (five years ago) link
i was wrong about a sweep. this series was bad and underwhelming
― marcos, Saturday, 9 June 2018 04:32 (five years ago) link
Thanks marcos! I thought 2 of the 4 games were really good.
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Saturday, 9 June 2018 04:50 (five years ago) link
I can report that some kid sang “that’s life” and dedicated it to lebron and Channing was dying of laughter
― Clay, Saturday, 9 June 2018 04:52 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUzUwtlXiDM
― DJI, Saturday, 9 June 2018 04:52 (five years ago) link
That’s the good reporting, Clay
― EZ Snappin, Saturday, 9 June 2018 04:54 (five years ago) link
omg clay
― k3vin k., Saturday, 9 June 2018 05:10 (five years ago) link
warriors were +50 in 197 minutes. it seemed closer but really it wasn't
― k3vin k., Saturday, 9 June 2018 05:11 (five years ago) link
game 1 was a legit great finals game but it was all downhill from there
― ciderpress, Saturday, 9 June 2018 05:23 (five years ago) link
sadly Channing left without singing and mostly seemed deeply embarrassed when his dudes came up to do like sweet caroline and don’t stop believing etc
― Clay, Saturday, 9 June 2018 05:54 (five years ago) link
Also yeah worst finals since the spurs and nets snoozefest all those years ago
― Clay, Saturday, 9 June 2018 05:55 (five years ago) link
LeBron kept the corpse animated right up to the Finals. Then JR drove a stake through its heart.
― A is for (Aimless), Saturday, 9 June 2018 15:17 (five years ago) link
<3 Shaun
This was Shaun Livingston in 2008. He was recovering from perhaps the worst basketball injury ever. People thought he’d never play again. He was talking about where he’d be in 10 years.It’s been 10 years. He’s a 3x NBA champion. pic.twitter.com/vu6kpZuHt0— Thomas Duffy (@TJDhoops) June 9, 2018
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Saturday, 9 June 2018 18:28 (five years ago) link
People are struggling with why this isn’t a travel, so I’ll explain:His left is the pivot. He jumps just about off of both feet, but it would still be legal for him to lift off the right foot into the air. Not a travel as long as he releases the ball before left foot lands. pic.twitter.com/UFZm4xDMLG— BBALLBREAKDOWN (@bballbreakdown) June 7, 2018
honestly never understood this rule
― k3vin k., Saturday, 9 June 2018 18:55 (five years ago) link
My friend saw Javelle at Whole Foods tonight. He was wearing a Gucci fanny pack.
― EZ Snappin, Sunday, 10 June 2018 03:01 (five years ago) link
whoa there was a game on last night who won???
― frogbs, Sunday, 10 June 2018 03:04 (five years ago) link
We all did
― EZ Snappin, Sunday, 10 June 2018 03:06 (five years ago) link
just ordered one of these shirts:https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dfgh0TyU0AAn9RY.jpg
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Wednesday, 13 June 2018 04:05 (five years ago) link
Kevin Durant struggles to open bottle of champagne, gets help (video) https://t.co/bOAqO5Dw4H— Kurt Helin (@basketballtalk) June 13, 2018
― sprout god (lag∞n), Wednesday, 13 June 2018 17:01 (five years ago) link