2017 NBA Playoffs Thread - CLE @ BOS Game 5 on TNT

[Kaleo15]

if y'all think Lebron and KD gonna guard each other and that KD's presence is gonna make Lebron work extra hard, you dead wrong.

Draymond gonna guard Lebron. Love gonna guard KD. 

Lebron gonna guard Dray. And CLE gonna throw the kitchen sink at KD and make KD prove if he greater than Lebron at the BIGGEST STAGE. 

KD ain't ever seen anything like what he bout to see come June.

Honestly, imo I think he's ready.... he seems different ever since going to GS.

Like he embraces the critics and being called the "bad guy/coward/cupcake"

I think he ready, and looking forward to it.

Gonna be great series!

 

[651akathepaul]

if y'all think Lebron and KD gonna guard each other and that KD's presence is gonna make Lebron work extra hard, you dead wrong.

Draymond gonna guard Lebron. KD gonna face time Love. 

Lebron gonna guard Dray. And CLE gonna throw the kitchen sink at KD and make KD prove that he greater than Lebron at the BIGGEST STAGE. 

KD ain't ever seen anything like what he bout to see come June.

This is the luxury GSW has. They don't need Dray on the offenseive end. Every single bead of sweat dedicated to guarding LeBron and yet you still have killers on the offensive end, despite Dray.

 

[Kaleo15]

I wanna see JR truck Draymond again in the final minutes, and then throw hands.

 

[dogpolice]

 
if y'all think Lebron and KD gonna guard each other and that KD's presence is gonna make Lebron work extra hard, you dead wrong.

Draymond gonna guard Lebron. KD gonna face time Love. 

Lebron gonna guard Dray. And CLE gonna throw the kitchen sink at KD and make KD prove if he greater than Lebron at the BIGGEST STAGE. 

KD ain't ever seen anything like what he bout to see come June.

KD has already faced Lebron in the Finals in 2012 and averaged 30.6 PPG .548 FG% 

http://www.basketball-reference.com/playoffs/2012-nba-finals-heat-vs-thunder.html

 

[P C H]

you must be standing behind a really tall fat man then

Fat shaming smh

 

[651akathepaul]

 
if y'all think Lebron and KD gonna guard each other and that KD's presence is gonna make Lebron work extra hard, you dead wrong.

Draymond gonna guard Lebron. KD gonna face time Love. 

Lebron gonna guard Dray. And CLE gonna throw the kitchen sink at KD and make KD prove if he greater than Lebron at the BIGGEST STAGE. 

KD ain't ever seen anything like what he bout to see come June.

KD has already faced Lebron in the Finals in 2012 and averaged 30.6 PPG .548 FG% 
http://www.basketball-reference.com/playoffs/2012-nba-finals-heat-vs-thunder.html

Irrelevant other than illustrating KD's greatness, which, at that point, I can see the argument, but different circumstances yields its own results.

 

[Peep Game]

What does Bron have to do to prove he's the goat? 6 chips? 7? three peat?

That 2011 Finals will always haunt him...

That finals will always haunt to people with an extreme dislike for LeBron. For everyone else, it's just a finals that he lost, followed by two that he won, followed but 2 more that he lost, followed by another he won. It really doesn't matter to people that are sensible.

Also, what shoes were those IT has on last game?

 

[Bert.]

hurry up and sweep this team already

just tryna see the elite teams go at it

 

[whiplashtw03]

 

if y'all think Lebron and KD gonna guard each other and that KD's presence is gonna make Lebron work extra hard, you dead wrong.

Draymond gonna guard Lebron. KD gonna face time Love. 

Lebron gonna guard Dray. And CLE gonna throw the kitchen sink at KD and make KD prove that he greater than Lebron at the BIGGEST STAGE. 

KD ain't ever seen anything like what he bout to see come June.

This is the luxury GSW has. They don't need Dray on the offenseive end. Every single bead of sweat dedicated to guarding LeBron and yet you still have killers on the offensive end, despite Dray.

You're absolutely right. Which is why the key for GSW is always going to be Klay and the role players.

But on the same token, Lebron has the ultimate edge - his presence allows everyone else on the team to play at a level they otherwise wouldn't reach without him. He is the ultimate LEADER and ALPHA.

Which means, unheralded guys like Smith, Shump, Thompson, Korver, Frye will turn into extremely productive players at moments of the game when GSW is taking them for granted. I've seen it happen time and time again during the Finals.

James Posey, Nate Robinson, PJ Brown, Rick Fox, Derek Fisher, Ron Harper, Randy Brown, Jud Buechler, Cedric Maxwell, Otis Thorpe, Robert Horry, Antoine Walker, Danny Green, Sam Cassell, Deshawn Stevenson, JJ Barea, Mike Miller, Kurt Rambis, Mychal Thompson, Bobby Jones, Luc Longley, Luke Walton, Trevor Ariza, Shannon Brown, Mario Chalmers. The list goes on and on.

Can McCaw, McGee, West, Livingston, Pachulia do it? As great as Curry, KD, Klay, and Dray are, in the Finals all of the matchups and details begin to matter. Those 4 players ain't gonna do it all by themselves.

 

[Kaleo15]

The problem also persists that if players feed off of LeBron's confidence... all you have to do is shut him down or throw his game off. The rest will fall like domino.

 

[651akathepaul]

 

if y'all think Lebron and KD gonna guard each other and that KD's presence is gonna make Lebron work extra hard, you dead wrong.


Draymond gonna guard Lebron. KD gonna face time Love. 


Lebron gonna guard Dray. And CLE gonna throw the kitchen sink at KD and make KD prove that he greater than Lebron at the BIGGEST STAGE. 


KD ain't ever seen anything like what he bout to see come June.

This is the luxury GSW has. They don't need Dray on the offenseive end. Every single bead of sweat dedicated to guarding LeBron and yet you still have killers on the offensive end, despite Dray.

You're absolutely right. Which is why the key for GSW is always going to be Klay and the role players.

But on the same token, Lebron has the ultimate edge - his presence allows everyone else on the team to play at a level they otherwise wouldn't reach without him. It's that "God-like" level only a few have ever reached.

Which means, unheralded guys like Smith, Shump, Thompson, Korver, Frye will turn into extremely productive players at moments of the game when GSW is taking them for granted. I've seen it happen time and time again during the Finals.

James Posey, Nate Robinson, PJ Brown, Rick Fox, Derek Fisher, Ron Harper, Randy Brown, Jud Buechler, Cedric Maxwell, Otis Thorpe, Robert Horry, Antoine Walker, Danny Green, Sam Cassell, Deshawn Stevenson, JJ Barea, Mike Miller, Kurt Rambis, Mychal Thompson, Bobby Jones, Luc Longley, Luke Walton, Trevor Ariza, Shannon Brown, Mario Chalmers. The list goes on and on.

Can McCaw, McGee, West, Livingston, Pachulia do it? As great as Curry, KD, Klay, and Dray are, in the Finals all of the matchups and details begin to matter. Those 4 players ain't gonna do it all by themselves.

One thing is for sure; Kevin Love needs to man the **** up and play every game like he did in game 3 against Indiana.

 

[wavycrocket]

Right?

Like that's why Y'all (not you or any one person in particular ) are to blame for this superteam miami cleveland Golden state ****. This goddamn Ringzzz Culture.

In my opinion, the constant **** storm players have to parlay through now in regards to whether or not they win has played a huge part in this ring culture. We legit would have devalued LBJ and KD's careers if they stayed in OKC and in Cleveland and didn't win and because of the hyperactive nature of Today's media, that devaluing would have been 10 times worse. This First Take culture has been like gasoline to Free Agency and what not.

And I get it. The league has always been top heavy, but the way in which it's best players have moved and ultimately shaped the landscape of the league in such a short timespan hasn't been done before and Ringzzz and first take culture is a huge blame for this.

It really is damned if you do, damned if you don't.

Hell of a post

 

[whiplashtw03]

 

 
if y'all think Lebron and KD gonna guard each other and that KD's presence is gonna make Lebron work extra hard, you dead wrong.

Draymond gonna guard Lebron. KD gonna face time Love. 

Lebron gonna guard Dray. And CLE gonna throw the kitchen sink at KD and make KD prove if he greater than Lebron at the BIGGEST STAGE. 

KD ain't ever seen anything like what he bout to see come June.

KD has already faced Lebron in the Finals in 2012 and averaged 30.6 PPG .548 FG% 

http://www.basketball-reference.com/playoffs/2012-nba-finals-heat-vs-thunder.html

But Lebron came out on top with the chip.

Nice try though

 

[P C H]

 
GS doesn't fear Bron, they've seen him bleed before, plus with KD now they'll make him work on both ends more than he ever has, can't hide him on Barnes. Issa wrap. 

Lebron going brazy on the east really has ppl gassed.

The cavs still are bad defensively, still don't have kyrie irving rolling, K Love may not even be able to play against the warriors, as a whole the cavs aren't even as good as they were last year, LBJ is just a whole lot better but like I said, if your plan to beat GSW is LBJ going wild and playing 48 min a night...

issa sweep

 

[hardens beard]

Lebron going brazy on the east really has ppl gassed.

The cavs still are bad defensively, still don't have kyrie irving rolling, K Love may not even be able to play against the warriors, as a whole the cavs aren't even as good as they were last year, LBJ is just a whole lot better but like I said, if your plan to beat GSW is LBJ going wild and playing 48 min a night...

issa sweep

Been saying the same thing

 

[whiplashtw03]

 

 
GS doesn't fear Bron, they've seen him bleed before, plus with KD now they'll make him work on both ends more than he ever has, can't hide him on Barnes. Issa wrap. 

Lebron going brazy on the east really has ppl gassed.

The cavs still are bad defensively, still don't have kyrie irving rolling, K Love may not even be able to play against the warriors, as a whole the cavs aren't even as good as they were last year, LBJ is just a whole lot better but like I said, if your plan to beat GSW is LBJ going wild and playing 48 min a night...

issa sweep

Issa sweep? Put money on it.

 

[whiplashtw03]

I'll put money down with ANYONE HERE who thinks GSW gonna sweep the Cavs, barring any major injury to any superstar player.

 

[hardens beard]

Off topic, but why is Bron's finals failures held against him and not magic?

 

[P C H]

Off topic, but why is Bron's finals failures held against him and not magic?

Ruh Roh

 

[MVP]

Off topic, but why is Bron's finals failures held against him and not magic?

They are. It's why he's not on MJ's level either. But at the very least he's won more than he's lost there. Never heard of Tragic Magic?

 

[LebronHasMoreFinalsMVPs]

I'll put money down with ANYONE HERE who thinks GSW gonna sweep the Cavs, barring any major injury to any superstar player.

impossible cavs have a deep bench. This will be closer than ppl think.

 

[P C H]

 
Issa sweep? Put money on it.

I'll pass

 

[dogpolice]

Golden State also has the revenge factor from ruining their 73 Win Season last year.

 

[firstclass]

Warriors in 5 They got to much firepower

 

[JD617]

Off topic, but why is Bron's finals failures held against him and not magic?

They are. It's why he's not on MJ's level either. But at the very least he's won more than he's lost there. Never heard of Tragic Magic?

At least you apply your terrible logic to Magic too.