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Nuvendil on 10 June 2017
TH3-D0S3R said:
monocle_layton said:

???

 

The only comment which lacks common sense is yours. How one cannot see the terrible effort from yesterday's game is beyond me.

 

I'm not a Cavs or Warriors fan. The only thing I honestly want to see is Javale win a ring so he can stop being made fun of for every little mistake. Either team could've won this game and I still would've complained

 

The referees were awful. Simple as that. To make it worse, they made the game feel like I was watching American football due to the constant (and long) review breaks.

Even though I may be a Warriors homer, Javale will always be known as Mr. Shaqtin-a-Fool. It doesn't matter if he wins 10 championships in a row, messing up in dumb ways IS his legacy.

And as for the refs constantly reviewing things, at least American football refs when looking at something are actually looking at something important. They aren't like last nights refs where they had to review whether or not Green would pick up his second, oh wait I mean first, technical. Granted he did absolutely nothing to warrant the second T, but the first was clearly on him.

The refs never made any consistent calls to me. They spiratically just blew whistles on things they 'interpret' as fouls, thus it got out of hand. Granted I'm not downplaying the Cavs, but do people really think they're gonna make 24 3's again? That was more of a hot shooting game, which are harder to replicate. I don't view amything from last night as indications that the tides are turning, just more as a game gone out of control.

I don't think they can be THAT great behind the arc again, but the Cavs had the best 3 shot in the regular season.  But from my perspective, the big change was determination.  The Cavs didn't take their foot off the gas like they did in Game 3 multiple times.  In short, they played like it's the finals . I don't know how far they can push this and don't think they can win, coming back from 0-3 is a ridiculous endurance round and the human body can only do so much.



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Dark_Lord_2008 on 10 June 2017

Cavs huge win in Game 4, clearly proves they are the better team and deserve to win the NBA title. Cavs are going to win the next 3 games and win in game Game 7 again!



Angelus on 10 June 2017
Dark_Lord_2008 said:
Cavs huge win in Game 4, clearly proves they are the better team and deserve to win the NBA title. Cavs are going to win the next 3 games and win in game Game 7 again!

Ridiculous overreaction. The Warriors played a horrible game, while the Cavs played the best that they possibly could.



LudicrousSpeed on 10 June 2017

So all the Cavs need to do to win is put up record breaking offensive performances every game the rest of the way.



monocle_layton on 10 June 2017
LudicrousSpeed said:
So all the Cavs need to do to win is put up record breaking offensive performances every game the rest of the way.

Delusional fans will keep thinking this means the cavs will win it all



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VGPolyglot on 10 June 2017
Angelus said:
Dark_Lord_2008 said:
Cavs huge win in Game 4, clearly proves they are the better team and deserve to win the NBA title. Cavs are going to win the next 3 games and win in game Game 7 again!

Ridiculous overreaction. The Warriors played a horrible game, while the Cavs played the best that they possibly could.

Dark_Lord_2008 seems to always post like that, I don't think he's really being serious.



A_C_E on 10 June 2017
KLAMarine said:

I think salary caps can be circumvented if players agree to earning less. Tim Duncan is one example of this happening:

http://www.sbnation.com/nba/2015/7/9/8922483/tim-duncan-contract-discount-spurs-nba-free-agency

I imagine Kawhi and James and Irving can join the Warriors if everyone in the Warriors agrees to taking cuts.


No, I'm just disappointed. I love basketball and the amazing 7-game series that can take place at times and I once had great respect for Durant.

Not so much anymore as he chases a ring the easy way.

Of course players can take less money but good luck getting these guys together with smaller paychecks, lol. The salary cap is too small for that. The Warriors have done an amazing job over the years developing/acquiring players around their playstyle without having to just buy their way to a championship.

Look at yesterdays game, proof the Warriors - no matter how great they technically are - can still be contested. They lost comfortably. The difference in this series and all throughout the playoffs is that GSW's are consistent. People make it seem like the Warriors are automated to win the championship. Basketball success is analog. KD is still sweating and running and throwing down 3's with less than a minute to go to win games. It is not easy to win championships. 
Yes, Durant's teammates makes championships come easier than they did in OKC. If Durant's "disloyalty" leaves a bitter taste, fair enough. But ever since he played in Texas he has been a singular talent at 7'4" who can do anything with a basketball. He's avoided any trouble and conducted himself with class. No player is more deserving of an NBA title. Loyalty to truth matters, too.

You are disappointed? These finals have the highest average viewership (20 million viewers per game) since the '98 bulls when Jordan won his last title. People keep tuning in apparently, I guess they like being disappointed.


KLAMarine on 10 June 2017
A_C_E said:
KLAMarine said:

I think salary caps can be circumvented if players agree to earning less. Tim Duncan is one example of this happening:

http://www.sbnation.com/nba/2015/7/9/8922483/tim-duncan-contract-discount-spurs-nba-free-agency

I imagine Kawhi and James and Irving can join the Warriors if everyone in the Warriors agrees to taking cuts.


No, I'm just disappointed. I love basketball and the amazing 7-game series that can take place at times and I once had great respect for Durant.

Not so much anymore as he chases a ring the easy way.

Of course players can take less money but good luck getting these guys together with smaller paychecks, lol. The salary cap is too small for that. The Warriors have done an amazing job over the years developing/acquiring players around their playstyle without having to just buy their way to a championship.

It can't be that hard considering every NBA player is desperate for a ring. You said it yourself.

A_C_E said:

Every NBA player is desperate for a ring, it's every NBA players dream lol, what do you think is the biggest prize in the NBA? Loyalty to a capitalistic organization? Someone fooled you.

 

A_C_E said:

Look at yesterdays game, proof the Warriors - no matter how great they technically are - can still be contested. They lost comfortably. The difference in this series and all throughout the playoffs is that GSW's are consistent. People make it seem like the Warriors are automated to win the championship. Basketball success is analog. KD is still sweating and running and throwing down 3's with less than a minute to go to win games. It is not easy to win championships. 
Yes, Durant's teammates makes championships come easier than they did in OKC. If Durant's "disloyalty" leaves a bitter taste, fair enough. But ever since he played in Texas he has been a singular talent at 7'4" who can do anything with a basketball. He's avoided any trouble and conducted himself with class. No player is more deserving of an NBA title. Loyalty to truth matters, too.

I would have preferred Durant going to the Spurs or Rockets. It would seem less like a move out of desperation.

Now if somehow, some way, the Cavs manage to win this series, I'll forgive Durant. 'til then, I need to see him struggle and lose games with these Warriors before I'm happy seeing him win.

Lebron had to struggle before he could get a ring with the Heat. I want to see Durant do the same.

A_C_E said:

You are disappointed? These finals have the highest average viewership (20 million viewers per game) since the '98 bulls when Jordan won his last title. People keep tuning in apparently, I guess they like being disappointed.

Yeah, I'm disappointed. I get that others aren't and hey, good for them.

As for me, I'll go watch something else.



Nuvendil on 10 June 2017
monocle_layton said:
LudicrousSpeed said:
So all the Cavs need to do to win is put up record breaking offensive performances every game the rest of the way.

Delusional fans will keep thinking this means the cavs will win it all

I don't expect them to win it all, but this proves they can take them.  If they can just go the distance they would only be the fourth team to do that.  I just wanted them to play like champions.  

I will say this though, the Warriors are horrendous at closing out finals series.   This is the fourth straight deciding game they have lost.



monocle_layton on 10 June 2017
Nuvendil said:
monocle_layton said:

Delusional fans will keep thinking this means the cavs will win it all

I don't expect them to win it all, but this proves they can take them.  If they can just go the distance they would only be the fourth team to do that.  I just wanted them to play like champions.  

I will say this though, the Warriors are horrendous at closing out finals series.   This is the fourth straight deciding game they have lost.

Cavs definitely could've won. Why do you think I chose warriors in 7?

 

Issue is they cared too late. Unless golden state experiences the most embarassing comeback one again, the Cavs have a lot to reflect on for next season