I don't see a problem with Livingston shot at all. If that makes someone mad they are just looking for something to fight about. Come on .....get real!
He should have taken the 24 second violation. If that shot would have went in they still would still be separating the players. Further more if that shot went in and I would have pushed my Cav’s plus 12 bet I would be on suicide watch. It was hard enough wrapping my head around it when GS went up by 12 in OT
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I suspect that if Cleveland was winning and one of its players had the ball as Livingston did he would have done the same thing. Letting the shot clock run out prior to the expiration of the shot clock simply to turn possession of the ball over to the other team makes no sense at all.
If the facts were the game clock would expire prior to a shot clock violation then by all means hold/dribble the ball until the game clock expires without shooting.
This issue should be made a poll and asked of current and former NBA players. What percentage would vote to shoot the ball before the shot clock expires and what percentage would vote to let the shot clock expire and turn the ball over to the opposing team?
I also expect that any player with competitive fire in him (i.e., James) who stole a pass and had a clear path down court for a slam dunk when it's team is leading by 15 points with 26 seconds to play would not choose to not slam dunk the ball and instead hold on to it until the shot clock expires. Same thing if he was being defended on the play and could posterize an opposing player (i.e. any of the GS All Stars).
You let the shot clock expire and then Cleveland inbounds the ball and hands the ball to the ref IMO and everyone walks off the court and shakes hands
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Not realistic in the NBA playoffs except maybe in a game where the winner secures its 4th win to move on to the next round or to win the title (since there will be no next game).
watch the last 10 seconds of the game. for some unknown reason, J.R. Smith & Jeff Green actually trapped Kevin Durant. if everyone is going to give Livingston the business, what exactly were those two doing? if you decide to trap my homie as he's trying to dribble out the clock, you can be damn well certain i'm going to shoot the ball before the shot clock expires if he dishes to me
Not realistic in the NBA playoffs except maybe in a game where the winner secures its 4th win to move on to the next round or to win the title (since there will be no next game).
Why not? The game was over. The only thing that mattered at that point was the spread
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Not realistic in the NBA playoffs except maybe in a game where the winner secures its 4th win to move on to the next round or to win the title (since there will be no next game).
Why not? The game was over. The only thing that mattered at that point was the spread
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Exactly Mark....who cares. Do you really think the players give a sh*t what the spread is.
To players it is about competition and doing what you are trained to do.
If a team has a 40 point lead with 5 minutes left in the game should the team in the lead not shoot when it has possession of the ball and simply run out the shot clock?
If, so why even wait for the shot clock to expire?
Instead have a rule that if a 40 point lead is present with 5 minutes to go in the game the team in the lead gets no offensive possessions at all. The team that is losing gets the ball over and over again until the lead is cut to 5. If the lead is cut to 5 then the team in the lead gets to play offense again.
I suspect that third string players who get on the court only in garbage time would not like this rule.
There was 4 seconds left in the game. Unless the NBA installed a 10 point basket recently that Cleveland could have shot at its all meaningless. The competition was over. FYI Kevin it’s not a big deal to me but that’s how I would have rolled by handing the ball to the ref.
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There is no right or wrong opinion on the shot by Livingston. The competition on the floor was basically over because Cleveland could not win. However ingrained traits arising from playing games and practicing for decades are not easy to ignore. For me the idea of intentionally turning the ba
Not realistic in the NBA playoffs except maybe in a game where the winner secures its 4th win to move on to the next round or to win the title (since there will be no next game).
Why not? The game was over. The only thing that mattered at that point was the spread
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Exactly Mark....who cares. Do you really think the players give a sh*t what the spread is.
Maybe the referees do.
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Not realistic in the NBA playoffs except maybe in a game where the winner secures its 4th win to move on to the next round or to win the title (since there will be no next game).
Why not? The game was over. The only thing that mattered at that point was the spread
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Exactly Mark....who cares. Do you really think the players give a sh*t what the spread is.
@Justacommeman said:
There was 4 seconds left in the game. Unless the NBA installed a 10 point basket recently that Cleveland could have shot at its all meaningless. The competition was over. FYI Kevin it’s not a big deal to me but that’s how I would have rolled by handing the ball to the ref.
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Stomach hurts from the debates over late scoring in an already decided game. Who gives a elmo. Best way to stop a late score is to defend against it. $40,000,000 contract and a juice box will take away much on the sting.
Kevin and everyone else, you guys are stuck on unreasonable thinking for professional players, your scenario isn't what they do. I have seen many, many times where the 24 second clock goes off, the ball is given to the Ref, the other Team in bounds and the players stand there as time expires, exactly as Mark has stated. the whole reason for the ending as it was is BECAUSE Livingston took the shot.
it may not figure into the rest of the series, but that is just the sort of thing that motivates a Team, they remember stuff like that. it's called being "shown up" and is what all the BS with Curry, Thompson and Green was all about. what really fascinated me about the ending and the tuff guy stuff at the end is that Draymond Green backed away from Triston Thompson. Green puts out that he's a badass but when push comes to shove he backed off cause he knew he was gonna get his lunch handed to him, ala knuckle sandwich. watch the replay, it's absurd.
the take away is that these two Teams have history and already don't like each other. agree with me or not, Golden State was beaten at home in regulation time except for the mental lapse of one player, the JR Smith play. the way they acted at the end of overtime looked like they forgot that they need to play some games in Cleveland. the Warriors may sweep in four games, who knows, but pro-Teams try to avoid giving their competition any extra incentive. I would imagine Coach Kerr is reminding Livingston of that, despite what he said in the postgame interview. that's all fluff for the fans and media.
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I don't think Draymond is afraid of Thompson....he better be afraid of getting to many T's and being suspended for a game. And without Draymond GS is in trouble.
Lebron should have been upset about a few things as the entire Cavs Team should be along with anyone who feels that rules should be adhered to. the Refs clearly made some bad calls and used a bogus review to alter the game. in effect, they cheated. even Dimeman admitted that Lebron wasn't in the restricted zone. that being the case and since the Ref responsible for the paint area made a clear, immediate and decisive ruling, the play was not reviewable under the NBA rules.
my hope for tonight is twofold --- I hope the Refs call a clean game where there aren't calls which favor either Team, and I hope there is no carry-over from the way Game 1 ended. leave the bad blood where it is and play basketball should be the Mantra of both Teams.
keets - Yes, I said Lebron was not in the restricted area. But they still got the call right and that is what counts. Sounds like you want the call to stand on a technicality. That would be wrong in my books. They got the call right and that is all we should ever want.
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Lebron should have been upset about a few things as the entire Cavs Team should be along with anyone who feels that rules should be adhered to. the Refs clearly made some bad calls and used a bogus review to alter the game. in effect, they cheated. even Dimeman admitted that Lebron wasn't in the restricted zone. that being the case and since the Ref responsible for the paint area made a clear, immediate and decisive ruling, the play was not reviewable under the NBA rules.
my hope for tonight is twofold --- I hope the Refs call a clean game where there aren't calls which favor either Team, and I hope there is no carry-over from the way Game 1 ended. leave the bad blood where it is and play basketball should be the Mantra of both Teams.
Cheer up it won't be a sweep at least the fix is in for game 3
well, the Refs are already helping the Warriors with phantom touches on out-of-bounds plays. the cameras are showing what the players see but the Refs evidently are blind or.........................
Jon, you don't get it. the Refs aren't allowed to review a charge/blocking foul. they cheated by saying that Lebron was in the restricted zone which he clearly was not.
that's all I'm saying. the call on the charge/blocking was "iffy" but the point is that the Refs had no right to look at it.
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Jon, you don't get it. the Refs aren't allowed to review a charge/blocking foul. they cheated by saying that Lebron was in the restricted zone which he clearly was not.
that's all I'm saying. the call on the charge/blocking was "iffy" but the point is that the Refs had no right to look at it.
and it wasn't enough so they got JR to point shave at the very end but he was so smooth about it I doubt anyone noticed
amazing.......................Lebron tackled on the outlet pass from Love, gets tackled by Curry and Thompson but the Refs don't see the foul and give Lue a Tehcnical.
the Cavs hung around for awhile when the Warriors are making shots like that rainbow from Curry there's not much anyone can do. now the work starts to avoid the sweep, but they've been down 2-0 before.
I like the way James walked off the court after the game. Didn't speak to anyone and hissed off. That's what ya wanna see if you're a Cavs fan going home to game 3.
I think the Cavs might have a little shot there to win game 3...depends on how the ball bounces. In any event, should be a real good, entertaining game.
When Livingston and McGee combine to go 11-11 you are probably going to lose.
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amazing.......................Lebron tackled on the outlet pass from Love, gets tackled by Curry and Thompson but the Refs don't see the foul and give Lue a Tehcnical.
amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The refs tried to keep the Cavs it it all night. The foul you mentioned here could have been on James. He ran up the back of the GS player. James was getting away with murder all night long shoving players out of the way to the rim. He actually threw #2 down....and not only did they call the foul wrong, but T'ed up #2 and he was thrown to the floor by James.
Don't give me anymore sad stories on the ref's...they tried to help you all they could. Geeze!
And it's pretty sad when the Cav's main game plan is to force switches to get Curry on James so he can man handle him all the way to the rim. Big tuff 6'8" James on 6'3" Curry. WOW.
I LOVED it every time Curry stuck a dagger in your heart with those killer 3's!
James did get fouled by Curry on the no call play that resulted in a turnover and a technical on the Cleveland coach. Play Thompson collided with Curry and pushed Curry in front of James who fell out of bounds. Nothing intentional, but a foul that was not called.
When Curry drives to the basket he many times is hit or pushed by defenders. Many times he gets no call.
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I like the way James walked off the court after the game. Didn't speak to anyone and hissed off. That's what ya wanna see if you're a Cavs fan going home to game 3.
I think the Cavs might have a little shot there to win game 3...depends on how the ball bounces. In any event, should be a real good, entertaining game.
What you want to see if you are a Cavs fan, is a win.
And GS is still playing without Igy. The only way they (GS) can lose a game....is if they start missing their 3's and don't adjust and just keep firing them up.
the Cavs played poorly but stayed with the Warriors through the 3rd quarter where Golden State typically puts games away. they actually outscored them. the problem wasn't the Cavs playing poorly as much as the Warriors shooting 57% from the field, 57 freakin' percent. that is insane and unsustainable. I will submit that Curry is an outstanding shooter from beyond the arc but if you believe he will continue to make those shots you are deluding yourself. they are very low percentage shots even for him.
Cleveland did a lot of bad things yesterday. one that really had me shouting at the TV was their insistence on trying for "put-backs" off of offensive rebounds. Love, Thompson and Nance all tried to get to the hoop from a bad position surrounded by 2-3 Warriors. they did it over and over again instead of getting the ball outside with a fresh clock and open players. for his own part, Lebron tried again and again to get someone, anyone into a rhythm by passing instead of shooting. he had 13 assists as it was and easily could have had 20; there comes a time when the others need to make their shots. I kept waiting for him to say "the hell with it" and just play isolation but by that time it was the 4th quarter and the game got out of hand.
there were guys who just took bad shots. Jordan Clarkson is useless, JR Smith can't seem to make any mid-range shot to save his life, Kevin Love looks like he's not really interested in playing, Jose Calderon is one of the best defenders but can't seem to get any time in any rotation despite playing regularly and very well in the first half of the season.
it's sort of comical to say that Cleveland smoked the Warriors from the free throw line by shooting 77%!!!!! are you kidding me, Golden State shot 62% from the free throw line and 57% from the field.
how often do you see something like that happen?? playing in Cleveland should be good.
If you're holding out hope that Curry starts missing more threes I wouldn't bank on it. He's arguably one of the best shooters of all time,if not the best, and all of these amazing shots he hits aren't hail mary heaves, he actually practices these types of shots just like Lebron practices shots like his game winning one handed bank shot versus Toronto. Curry took 26 shots last night with 17 from three and the more he takes the greater likelihood that they fall for him. How many of these amazing threes has he hit in just the two games so far? At least 5 or 6 already. Sure he could hit a cold streak at some point but i wouldn't count on it. His whole legacy has been built on being able to repeatedly hit spirit crushing threes from pretty much anywhere inside half court. He's 14 of 28 from three in two games which is pretty incredible.
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If you're holding out hope that Curry starts missing more threes I wouldn't bank on it. He's arguably one of the best shooters of all time,if not the best, and all of these amazing shots he hits aren't hail mary heaves, he actually practices these types of shots just like Lebron practices shots like his game winning one handed bank shot versus Toronto. Curry took 26 shots last night with 17 from three and the more he takes the greater likelihood that they fall for him. How many of these amazing threes has he hit in just the two games so far? At least 5 or 6 already. Sure he could hit a cold streak at some point but i wouldn't count on it. His whole legacy has been built on being able to repeatedly hit spirit crushing threes from pretty much anywhere inside half court. He's 14 of 28 from three in two games which is pretty incredible.
I guess they're still around, not at all sure, but the Harlem Globetrotters used to amaze the crowd with "trick shots" of sorts that were easier to make with no pressure at all, than what Curry does under competitive pressure. It truly is remarkable.
Sure he practices, but I'm also sure that Curry has some sort of innate instinct for the basket that perhaps not even he fully understands.
@erikthredd said:
If you're holding out hope that Curry starts missing more threes I wouldn't bank on it. He's arguably one of the best shooters of all time,if not the best, and all of these amazing shots he hits aren't hail mary heaves, he actually practices these types of shots just like Lebron practices shots like his game winning one handed bank shot versus Toronto. Curry took 26 shots last night with 17 from three and the more he takes the greater likelihood that they fall for him. How many of these amazing threes has he hit in just the two games so far? At least 5 or 6 already. Sure he could hit a cold streak at some point but i wouldn't count on it. His whole legacy has been built on being able to repeatedly hit spirit crushing threes from pretty much anywhere inside half court. He's 14 of 28 from three in two games which is pretty incredible.
I guess they're still around, not at all sure, but the Harlem Globetrotters used to amaze the crowd with "trick shots" of sorts that were easier to make with no pressure at all, than what Curry does under competitive pressure. It truly is remarkable.
Sure he practices, but I'm also sure that Curry has some sort of innate instinct for the basket that perhaps not even he fully understands.
He had one of the best NBA three point shooters of all time teaching him how to shoot from a young age and by this point its all just second nature with him. I can just imagine what hitting a few of his crazy threes does for his confidence,he can get on a hot streak real quick.
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I don't see a problem with Livingston shot at all. If that makes someone mad they are just looking for something to fight about. Come on .....get real!
He should have taken the 24 second violation. If that shot would have went in they still would still be separating the players. Further more if that shot went in and I would have pushed my Cav’s plus 12 bet I would be on suicide watch. It was hard enough wrapping my head around it when GS went up by 12 in OT
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I suspect that if Cleveland was winning and one of its players had the ball as Livingston did he would have done the same thing. Letting the shot clock run out prior to the expiration of the shot clock simply to turn possession of the ball over to the other team makes no sense at all.
If the facts were the game clock would expire prior to a shot clock violation then by all means hold/dribble the ball until the game clock expires without shooting.
This issue should be made a poll and asked of current and former NBA players. What percentage would vote to shoot the ball before the shot clock expires and what percentage would vote to let the shot clock expire and turn the ball over to the opposing team?
I also expect that any player with competitive fire in him (i.e., James) who stole a pass and had a clear path down court for a slam dunk when it's team is leading by 15 points with 26 seconds to play would not choose to not slam dunk the ball and instead hold on to it until the shot clock expires. Same thing if he was being defended on the play and could posterize an opposing player (i.e. any of the GS All Stars).
You let the shot clock expire and then Cleveland inbounds the ball and hands the ball to the ref IMO and everyone walks off the court and shakes hands
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I don't see the big deal if you lose by 10, 12 or 14! If I had my way the guy that attacked Livingston would be suspended for game 2!
Mark.
Not realistic in the NBA playoffs except maybe in a game where the winner secures its 4th win to move on to the next round or to win the title (since there will be no next game).
watch the last 10 seconds of the game. for some unknown reason, J.R. Smith & Jeff Green actually trapped Kevin Durant. if everyone is going to give Livingston the business, what exactly were those two doing? if you decide to trap my homie as he's trying to dribble out the clock, you can be damn well certain i'm going to shoot the ball before the shot clock expires if he dishes to me
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I woulda gone in for the dunk!
Why not? The game was over. The only thing that mattered at that point was the spread
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Exactly Mark....who cares. Do you really think the players give a sh*t what the spread is.
To players it is about competition and doing what you are trained to do.
If a team has a 40 point lead with 5 minutes left in the game should the team in the lead not shoot when it has possession of the ball and simply run out the shot clock?
If, so why even wait for the shot clock to expire?
Instead have a rule that if a 40 point lead is present with 5 minutes to go in the game the team in the lead gets no offensive possessions at all. The team that is losing gets the ball over and over again until the lead is cut to 5. If the lead is cut to 5 then the team in the lead gets to play offense again.
I suspect that third string players who get on the court only in garbage time would not like this rule.
There was 4 seconds left in the game. Unless the NBA installed a 10 point basket recently that Cleveland could have shot at its all meaningless. The competition was over. FYI Kevin it’s not a big deal to me but that’s how I would have rolled by handing the ball to the ref.
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Mark.
There is no right or wrong opinion on the shot by Livingston. The competition on the floor was basically over because Cleveland could not win. However ingrained traits arising from playing games and practicing for decades are not easy to ignore. For me the idea of intentionally turning the ba
Maybe the referees do.
Ditto
Stomach hurts from the debates over late scoring in an already decided game. Who gives a elmo. Best way to stop a late score is to defend against it. $40,000,000 contract and a juice box will take away much on the sting.
Kevin and everyone else, you guys are stuck on unreasonable thinking for professional players, your scenario isn't what they do. I have seen many, many times where the 24 second clock goes off, the ball is given to the Ref, the other Team in bounds and the players stand there as time expires, exactly as Mark has stated. the whole reason for the ending as it was is BECAUSE Livingston took the shot.
it may not figure into the rest of the series, but that is just the sort of thing that motivates a Team, they remember stuff like that. it's called being "shown up" and is what all the BS with Curry, Thompson and Green was all about. what really fascinated me about the ending and the tuff guy stuff at the end is that Draymond Green backed away from Triston Thompson. Green puts out that he's a badass but when push comes to shove he backed off cause he knew he was gonna get his lunch handed to him, ala knuckle sandwich. watch the replay, it's absurd.
the take away is that these two Teams have history and already don't like each other. agree with me or not, Golden State was beaten at home in regulation time except for the mental lapse of one player, the JR Smith play. the way they acted at the end of overtime looked like they forgot that they need to play some games in Cleveland. the Warriors may sweep in four games, who knows, but pro-Teams try to avoid giving their competition any extra incentive. I would imagine Coach Kerr is reminding Livingston of that, despite what he said in the postgame interview. that's all fluff for the fans and media.
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Well, we all know that tonight around 11:00 pm EST the series will be 2-0
The only blanks to be filled in, is the final score...and how many times LeBron complains about something after the game.
I don't think Draymond is afraid of Thompson....he better be afraid of getting to many T's and being suspended for a game. And without Draymond GS is in trouble.
Lebron should have been upset about a few things as the entire Cavs Team should be along with anyone who feels that rules should be adhered to. the Refs clearly made some bad calls and used a bogus review to alter the game. in effect, they cheated. even Dimeman admitted that Lebron wasn't in the restricted zone. that being the case and since the Ref responsible for the paint area made a clear, immediate and decisive ruling, the play was not reviewable under the NBA rules.
my hope for tonight is twofold --- I hope the Refs call a clean game where there aren't calls which favor either Team, and I hope there is no carry-over from the way Game 1 ended. leave the bad blood where it is and play basketball should be the Mantra of both Teams.
keets - Yes, I said Lebron was not in the restricted area. But they still got the call right and that is what counts. Sounds like you want the call to stand on a technicality. That would be wrong in my books. They got the call right and that is all we should ever want.
Tough call to take if your a Cavs fan. I get it
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Cheer up it won't be a sweep at least the fix is in for game 3
well, the Refs are already helping the Warriors with phantom touches on out-of-bounds plays. the cameras are showing what the players see but the Refs evidently are blind or.........................
Guys calling the game for ABC are grating. I watched for a half an hour. I'll update the score online.
Jon, you don't get it. the Refs aren't allowed to review a charge/blocking foul. they cheated by saying that Lebron was in the restricted zone which he clearly was not.
that's all I'm saying. the call on the charge/blocking was "iffy" but the point is that the Refs had no right to look at it.
and it wasn't enough so they got JR to point shave at the very end but he was so smooth about it I doubt anyone noticed
Fast start out of the gate by GS.
James is a phenomenal passer.
terrible call
amazing.......................Lebron tackled on the outlet pass from Love, gets tackled by Curry and Thompson but the Refs don't see the foul and give Lue a Tehcnical.
amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Is it garbage time yet?
Cavs playing horrendous and the Warriors shooting almost 60% and only up by 10 at the end of three.
Frankly, the Cavs are better off getting blown out in this game. and then they will get better pumped up for game 3 at home.
If this game turns out close with a Warriors win, the Cavs will have no chance of winning game 3.
the Cavs hung around for awhile when the Warriors are making shots like that rainbow from Curry there's not much anyone can do. now the work starts to avoid the sweep, but they've been down 2-0 before.
I like the way James walked off the court after the game. Didn't speak to anyone and hissed off. That's what ya wanna see if you're a Cavs fan going home to game 3.
I think the Cavs might have a little shot there to win game 3...depends on how the ball bounces. In any event, should be a real good, entertaining game.
When Livingston and McGee combine to go 11-11 you are probably going to lose.
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GS - Wow.
Multiple players, both starters and reserves played great. Magee and Livinston made all of their shots.
The refs tried to keep the Cavs it it all night. The foul you mentioned here could have been on James. He ran up the back of the GS player. James was getting away with murder all night long shoving players out of the way to the rim. He actually threw #2 down....and not only did they call the foul wrong, but T'ed up #2 and he was thrown to the floor by James.
Don't give me anymore sad stories on the ref's...they tried to help you all they could. Geeze!
And it's pretty sad when the Cav's main game plan is to force switches to get Curry on James so he can man handle him all the way to the rim. Big tuff 6'8" James on 6'3" Curry. WOW.
I LOVED it every time Curry stuck a dagger in your heart with those killer 3's!
James did get fouled by Curry on the no call play that resulted in a turnover and a technical on the Cleveland coach. Play Thompson collided with Curry and pushed Curry in front of James who fell out of bounds. Nothing intentional, but a foul that was not called.
When Curry drives to the basket he many times is hit or pushed by defenders. Many times he gets no call.
What you want to see if you are a Cavs fan, is a win.
And GS is still playing without Igy. The only way they (GS) can lose a game....is if they start missing their 3's and don't adjust and just keep firing them up.
the Cavs played poorly but stayed with the Warriors through the 3rd quarter where Golden State typically puts games away. they actually outscored them. the problem wasn't the Cavs playing poorly as much as the Warriors shooting 57% from the field, 57 freakin' percent. that is insane and unsustainable. I will submit that Curry is an outstanding shooter from beyond the arc but if you believe he will continue to make those shots you are deluding yourself. they are very low percentage shots even for him.
Cleveland did a lot of bad things yesterday. one that really had me shouting at the TV was their insistence on trying for "put-backs" off of offensive rebounds. Love, Thompson and Nance all tried to get to the hoop from a bad position surrounded by 2-3 Warriors. they did it over and over again instead of getting the ball outside with a fresh clock and open players. for his own part, Lebron tried again and again to get someone, anyone into a rhythm by passing instead of shooting. he had 13 assists as it was and easily could have had 20; there comes a time when the others need to make their shots. I kept waiting for him to say "the hell with it" and just play isolation but by that time it was the 4th quarter and the game got out of hand.
there were guys who just took bad shots. Jordan Clarkson is useless, JR Smith can't seem to make any mid-range shot to save his life, Kevin Love looks like he's not really interested in playing, Jose Calderon is one of the best defenders but can't seem to get any time in any rotation despite playing regularly and very well in the first half of the season.
it's sort of comical to say that Cleveland smoked the Warriors from the free throw line by shooting 77%!!!!! are you kidding me, Golden State shot 62% from the free throw line and 57% from the field.
how often do you see something like that happen?? playing in Cleveland should be good.
I just assumed that Kevin Love was still affected by that blow to the head.
If you're holding out hope that Curry starts missing more threes I wouldn't bank on it. He's arguably one of the best shooters of all time,if not the best, and all of these amazing shots he hits aren't hail mary heaves, he actually practices these types of shots just like Lebron practices shots like his game winning one handed bank shot versus Toronto. Curry took 26 shots last night with 17 from three and the more he takes the greater likelihood that they fall for him. How many of these amazing threes has he hit in just the two games so far? At least 5 or 6 already. Sure he could hit a cold streak at some point but i wouldn't count on it. His whole legacy has been built on being able to repeatedly hit spirit crushing threes from pretty much anywhere inside half court. He's 14 of 28 from three in two games which is pretty incredible.
Eric
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I guess they're still around, not at all sure, but the Harlem Globetrotters used to amaze the crowd with "trick shots" of sorts that were easier to make with no pressure at all, than what Curry does under competitive pressure. It truly is remarkable.
Sure he practices, but I'm also sure that Curry has some sort of innate instinct for the basket that perhaps not even he fully understands.
He had one of the best NBA three point shooters of all time teaching him how to shoot from a young age and by this point its all just second nature with him. I can just imagine what hitting a few of his crazy threes does for his confidence,he can get on a hot streak real quick.
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