| Dark_Lord_2008 said: This could be an epic 6 or 7 game series with the Cavs expected to win their home games. |
How? This Cavs team is now messed up beyond repair with George Hill missing a FT, JR being high as usual, and the Warriors winning a game that they didn't deserve because they were lazy AF and just feeling out the Cavs. Hill's and Smith's confidence are now all sorts of fucked up which is bad considering they are your starters (Cleveland needs to start Clarkson and Korver next game if they want any sort of chance), and if you thought the Cav's chemistry was bad before, seeing Lebron's postgame interview, it's worse now which I didn't even think is possible. On top of that, Klay Thompson is my favorite player in the league, so I've watched the Warriors all season long, and let me just say, that was worse than anything I saw in the Rocket series. KD was absolute garbage, Klay wasn't as reliable as he could be, and everyone on the bench minus maybe Livingston was non-existent. The only people I can say did their jobs well enough (not perfect, just well enough) was Curry and maybe Green. You can say well the Cavs bench wasn't quite utilized properly, but they never can be if James is going to score 51 points by himself, and on top of that the Warriors minus the 2 players listed didn't live up to expectations so they also technically have room to grow from there.This was a game they NEEDED and HAD in order to make it an interesting series, and while Lebron played out of his mind, his team choked and lost a game that the Warriors didn't deserve.
This game reminded me of Game 1 in the 2001 Finals between Iverson and the Shaq and Kobe Lakers. Iverson's team in comparison was absolute trash, but he won game 1. I thought Lebron was in a similar position going into this series, and he almost had his game 1, but his team blew it for him. I was thinking this would be a 5 Game series for the Warriors, and if the Cavs won last night, it may have gone 6, but after seeing what transpired last night, I'd be in shock if this wasn't a sweep. They couldn't win a game that they controlled, so I now have little faith in them, and that JR play felt like the nail in the coffin for the series. I think Lebron could possibly take 1 game at home, but outside of that the Cavs have zero confidence from me.
