2017 NBA Finals: (1) Golden State Warriors vs (2) Cleveland Cavaliers

[jfsolo]

What will be interesting is that neither team is going to be able to hide or rest any of their players while on defense. What are the shots that and from which players, is each team going to live with when the other team gets into the paint.

[Hockeynut99]

Quote: Originally Posted by 3304Life

I like it when hockeynut is confident because he has a history of being wrong. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

A history? Lol ok. You will see. The Warriors will be out for blood.

[Hockeynut99]

Quote: Originally Posted by The 24th Letter

Hockey forgot his log in for like 6 months after the Cavs won last year....dont dissapear on us again breh Sent from my SM-G955U using Operation Sports mobile app

I spoke my peace and you know where i stand on that finals. I just feel like the Warriors feel disrespected.

[Smallville102001]

Quote: Originally Posted by King_B_Mack

Klay has been noticeably quiet this postseason. I'm thinking if Golden State is going to win this thing, that needs to change. Gonna have to look a lot better than the 14 points, 3 boards and 2 assists he's averaging in these playoffs. 2Klay needs to make an appearance Sent from my iPhone using Operation Sports

That means he may be due for a big finals.

[lilteapot]

Quote: Originally Posted by The 24th Letter

Curry has been meh for two Finals straight....Im guessing he makes an appearance in this one...might finally snag Finals MVP.. Sent from my SM-G955U using Operation Sports mobile app

Or maybe even a vote this time?

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[BruceWayne216]

Quote: Originally Posted by 23

The Spurs are the only team to give them that kind of trouble this year. They juat had their number from the first game of the season.

Thats not true. Portland didn't have trouble scoring on GS in 3 out of the 4 games either. Portland shot 37% from 3 in game 4 and 44% from the field, in game 3 Portland shot 39% from 3 and 44% from the field again, and in game 1 had almost close to identical numbers as game 3, and Portland scored 109, 103 and 113 in those 3 games and they scored 25, 21 and 21 in the 4th so again, no garbage time state padding. even Utah shot 45% from the field in the 1st 2 games vs GS.

none of those teams can shoot or score like the Cavs, and lets not forget the Cavs were 1-1 vs GS in the RS.

[BruceWayne216]

Quote: Originally Posted by Scott812313

Uhh, their defensive rating is 99.1 in the playoffs, by far the best of any team. This team is a juggernaut BECAUSE of their defense.

LOL Good one.

[BruceWayne216]

as for Drtg, thats nice and all, but the Cavs have a higher defensive rebound percentage, less opposing points off turnovers, less second chance points, less points off fastbreak, and even with Kevin Love and Tristan Thompson in the paint, have allowed less points in the paint.

in the playoffs the Cavs have 6 of the top 10 offensive rating players, all 6 posting a score of 120 or higher and in 8 in the top 15, GS has 3 in the top 10 and 4 in the top 15 for comparison, also the cavs defensive net rating is just 1 point higher than last years, and who won that series again?

GS is letting teams like Portland and Utah and a depleted SA team score 100+ on them, and with their higher scoring Qs before the 4th, while Cleveland is coming in with a 121 offensive rating, the highest since the NBA starting counting turnovers 40 years ago, and they have the highest field goal percentage in NBA history right now.