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If I'm comparing rosters, I don't see how GSW loses this.

JR Smith is going to get TORCHED by Klay. Kyrie is going to get TORCHED by Steph. Lebron can be guarded by Draymond. Barnes can cover Frye and/or Love.

They got lots of length, and multiple covers. Iggy can guard Lebron if they wanna move Draymond to Love.


Again, GSW is tailormade to stifle the Cavs in every sense. I say Dubs in 6.
 
It's the CURSE I tell ya... Clay Bennet should not have stolen that team from Seattle, ...



As long as Bennet's still part owner, I believe they'll never win a thing.
 
dalamon said:
If I'm comparing rosters, I don't see how GSW loses this.

JR Smith is going to get TORCHED by Klay. Kyrie is going to get TORCHED by Steph. Lebron can be guarded by Draymond. Barnes can cover Frye and/or Love.

They got lots of length, and multiple covers. Iggy can guard Lebron if they wanna move Draymond to Love.


Again, GSW is tailormade to stifle the Cavs in every sense. I say Dubs in 6.
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You could say the same thing in the opposite way.

Curry can't guard irving and will get torched.
Cavs are much better at going small so you won't see adams and kanter big slow lugs getting switched onto curry and klay. Those screens for gsw won't be as effective.
Lebron will torch draymond or iggy (last year in finals, with no other threats besides lebron, lebron torched iggy and draymond for 36 points per game.)
Love will over power barnes.
Cavs have been the better three point shooting team in the playoffs so they could potentially beat gsw at their own game.
Cavs will be healthier and more rested.
Cavs will grind and beat down the warriors physically.
Jr Smith and shumpert are a better tandem of defenders against klay than anything they have faced yet.
I recall last year delly gave curry all kinds of trouble.

Blah blah blah.

Fact is that the cavs have steamrolled everyone so far. They are peaking right now. They are healthy. They have a top 3 player of all time. Plus two other all stars. Plus role players playing their best.
Cavs took them to 6 games last year with no irving and no love.

It's dumb to count out either team. Hell, it's dumb to count out any team in any finals ever.
If you are in the finals then you are really really good.
This isn't gsw against the pistons or something. Smd
 
Just like so many people were just recently counting out the warriors in the series that just ended.
If you have talent like steph and klay then you never count their team out no matter what the matchups look like on paper.
If you have a team with lebron, irving, and love on it then you never count that team out no matter what the matchups look like on paper.
 
fishonjazz said:
Steph is so fun to watch.
Having said that, go Cleveland.

Should be a great finals but i think gsw repeat unfortunately. Curry and Thompson are basically unstoppable. Great defense doesn't even matter most of the time. Only hope is that they are cold.
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I just cannot pull myself to root for a team with JR Smith on it. Not a GSW fan at all so bleh.

Go 2017 season!
 
fishonjazz said:
It went six games last year. Warriors were healthy. Cavs were not.
Sorry.

Btw I picked the warriors to win the series. But it's incredibly dumb to think that the cavs have no chance.
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You seem to completely ignore the fact that this years Warriors are way better then last years Warriors. How about we look at regular season meetings where GSW beat Cavs by total of 41 points with both Love and Irwing playing. A little preview of what's to come.
 
Both teams are lethal from 3; when either team catches fire from 3 they're unbeatable. But I think Cleveland is the better team when the 3 ball isn't falling. They blew teams out in the postseason with the 3 and without it. GS is completely reliant on the 3; if it's not falling from distance in any given game against an elite team, they most likely lose.

Every time the Warriors have trailed in a series it's been because they get pounded down low. The Cavs have to dominate the boards to win this series. They can do it with LeBron, Love, and Thompson--that's a potentially elite rebounding unit.

GS just seems like the more resilient team overall, though. I think they're the better defensive team, too.

I'm gonna hold off on my official prediction for now, but I do like Cleveland's combination of 3 point shooting and rebounding. I think this is the first team GS has faced that could destroy them on the glass AND out shoot them from 3.


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MVP said:
You seem to completely ignore the fact that this years Warriors are way better then last years Warriors. How about we look at regular season meetings where GSW beat Cavs by total of 41 points with both Love and Irwing playing. A little preview of what's to come.
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This year's Cavs are way better than last year's. Don't ignore it. Last year they didn't have love, irving, or frye and I think shumpert might have been out.

I do remember lebron killing everybody that golden state threw at him and delladova smothering curry though.
 
Both teams are really really good (that's why they are in the finals me thinks).

Either team could win the series. I think the warriors are the favorites and that's who I pick to win the series. Won't be easy for either team though.
 
dalamon said:
If I'm comparing rosters, I don't see how GSW loses this.

JR Smith is going to get TORCHED by Klay. Kyrie is going to get TORCHED by Steph. Lebron can be guarded by Draymond. Barnes can cover Frye and/or Love.

They got lots of length, and multiple covers. Iggy can guard Lebron if they wanna move Draymond to Love.


Again, GSW is tailormade to stifle the Cavs in every sense. I say Dubs in 6.
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I'm in your corner all the way on this one! There just is NO ANSWER, NO DEFENSE to contain Curry and Thompson, while GS DOES have an answer to the Cav's offense, plain and simple! No matter how close you try to play Curry or Thompson, they just drop back another step....and NAIL another 3 pointer! Lebron can be slowed down with great effort and the Warriors have 2 maybe 3 guys that can take turns doing it. The Cav's have NO defense to keep Curry and Thompson under control, case closed! I'm just flabbergasted at the ability of those two to force shots, get off shots and MAKE those shots, on a more than consistent basis! There uncanny,("Uncanny definition:having or seeming to have a supernatural or inexplicable basis; beyond the ordinary or normal; extraordinary).....both of them! I'm old school, but I don't think Reggie Miller and Ray Allen, in their PRIME, could shoot as good as Curry and Thompson do...and that's just the plain facts of the matter! Plus, Cleveland can sometimes commit unforced turnovers, not in a large bunch, but enough to give the Warriors more shots at 3 point range, where they are DEADLY! Bottom line: Warriors Offense AND Defense are both better than the Cav's Offense and Defense!
 
They better thank their lucky stars Klay Thompson, the real MVP of Warriors, stepped up.

And that my two guys are raging homosexual choke artists who were too busy jerking one another off on their duo-podium sets.

****ing christ, I will never live this down IRL.
 
Ignacio said:
They better thank their lucky stars Klay Thompson, the real MVP of Warriors, stepped up.

And that my two guys are raging homosexual choke artists who were too busy jerking one another off on their duo-podium sets.

****ing christ, I will never live this down IRL.
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You mean how thompson shot 7-19 for 21 points and curry shot 13-24 for 36 points last night?
 
I just can't root for Draymond Green, no matter how much I dislike Cleveland.
 
Ignacio said:
They better thank their lucky stars Klay Thompson, the real MVP of Warriors, stepped up.

And that my two guys are raging homosexual choke artists who were too busy jerking one another off on their duo-podium sets.

****ing christ, I will never live this down IRL.
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So not only are you an ignorant dumbass Richard kranium, you're also a bigot
 
I really like Lebron/Thompson at the 4/5 vs the Warriors. Both Thompson and Lebron can switch better than KD/Adams/Ibaka/Kanter.
 
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