NBA 2015/2016

[Midwest Spy]

Take GS tonight minus 6 (-6) and make yourselves a little cash.

Heck, if the line was (-12) I'd lay it.

Hope y'all cashed in.

[Donovan]

Cavs will take it tonight I think.

Ummmmm....oops?

you're really not very good at this whole sports predicting thing dono.

Yeah not so much. Now we know why I don't bet.

[Blindgreed1]

Cavs will take it tonight I think.

Ummmmm....oops?

you're really not very good at this whole sports predicting thing dono.

Yeah not so much. Now we know why I don't bet.

You know what they say, unlucky at... never mind

[Duchess]

I saw this and immediately thought of all of you participating in this thread. Y'all are the only b-ball lovers I know.

[Blindgreed1]

I saw this and immediately thought of all of you participating in this thread. Y'all are the only b-ball lovers I know.

Dikembe

[HairOfTheDog]

That was great. Deandre Jordan's tweet was brutal.

[Midwest Spy]

Take the Cavs (+6) tonight.

If they don't win, it'll come down to the final possession.

[HairOfTheDog]

Take the Cavs (+6) tonight.

If they don't win, it'll come down to the final possession.

I forecast that that ^ forecast will mark the end of your two-in-a-row winning streak, MS.

I'm sticking with the Warriors tonight; I think we've got this one.

[Midwest Spy]

Take the Cavs (+6) tonight.

If they don't win, it'll come down to the final possession.

I forecast that that ^ forecast will mark the end of your two-in-a-row winning streak, MS.

I'm sticking with the Warriors tonight; I think we've got this one.

I expected more from LeBron quite frankly.

His teams get to the Finals but he just isn't Michael, Kobe or Magic.

[HairOfTheDog]

Take the Cavs (+6) tonight.

If they don't win, it'll come down to the final possession.

I forecast that that ^ forecast will mark the end of your two-in-a-row winning streak, MS.

I'm sticking with the Warriors tonight; I think we've got this one.

I expected more from LeBron quite frankly.

His teams get to the Finals but he just isn't Michael, Kobe or Magic.

Well, Kyrie isn't playing at the top of his game either, nor is Kevin Love (who I hope isn't too seriously injured and will be back for game 3).

To be fair, the Warriors' starters and bench are playing some smart amazing ball on the offensive and defensive ends -- individually and as a team. Tough to beat.

I'm less confident about my prediction that the Cavs will win the next two games in Cleveland. But, I'm standing by it.

[Midwest Spy]

My pick of GS in 5 may be wrong.

It may go only 4.

[HairOfTheDog]

My pick of GS in 5 may be wrong.

It may go only 4.

I think tonight's game in Cleveland is gonna be a closer one than the first two in Oakland.

If the Cavs don't win tonight, I think they'll win on Friday. No way LeBron and company are going down in 4, in my opinion.

It sucks for the Cavs that Love is injured, he's important to the team, even when he's not playing his best. Last I heard, he's still a "maybe" for play tonight.

[HairOfTheDog]

Cleveland came out firing on all cylinders, leading by 20 at one point in the 1^st quarter. Kevin Love was not cleared to play tonight. I guess he's still exhibiting concussion symptoms.

LeBron and Kyrie have like twice as many points as Steph and Klay at half time, but the Warriors have cut the Cavs' lead to 8.

J.R. Smith is redeeming himself for the Cavs, after a couple of very stagnant performances. He threw full court at the half time buzzer and made the basket! I thought he got the shot off before the buzzer, but the replay says otherwise.

[HairOfTheDog]

Well......tonight's game was closer than the last one, but by only 3 points and it was another blowout.

Warriors beat the Cavs last Sunday by 33. Tonight, Cleveland returned the favor and whooped us by 30 points. Their defense shut us all the way down and LeBron and Kyrie were awesome offensively too. Jefferson played great in place of Love, maybe better than Love. None of the Warriors got a groove on.

Series is 2 to 1 in favor of the Warriors. Game 4 does down in Cleveland again, on Friday.

[HairOfTheDog]

Last night's game 4 in Cleveland was the first close one in the Finals' series.

I expected Cleveland to win it by a hair on their home court, but they came up short, despite having Kevin Love back in the line-up, Kyrie Irving playing really well, and LeBron James making some great plays.

The Warriors were down by a few points at half time, but took over in the second half. Curry broke out of his funk and got around the Cavs' defense to score 38 game points. Klay Thompson also got his groove back and scored 25. Draymond and Iggy were also back on top of their games. Andy Varejao played great defense and scored some points off the bench. Final score: 108-97, Warriors win.

The series is now 3 to 1, Warriors' favor. Game 5 goes down on Monday night. If Cleveland doesn't manage to beat the Warriors on the Warriors' home court, the Cavs will be eliminated in 5 and the Warriors will become the NBA Champions for the second year in a row (as MS predicted).

[Midwest Spy]

It was hard watching LeBron in that 2^nd half.

For a guy that many pundits claim should be mentioned in the same breath as Michael, Kobe and Magic, he sure struggled at crunch time.

He can't hit a pull up jumper and he won't go all the way to the rim. Instead, he stops in the paint and passes to someone else.

If the Cavs lose this series, his teams will drop to 2-5 all time in NBA Finals.

People will come around and realize that he's gotten to the Finals 6 years in a row because he's playing in the East.

If his clubs were playing in the West he'd have been lucky to get to 1 or 2.

[HairOfTheDog]

The western conference has better teams overall right now than the eastern conference, I agree, MS.

But, LeBron led the eastern conference Miami Heat to back-to-back championships just a few years back, defeating two great western conference teams (Spurs and Thunder). LeBron won both the regular season and Finals' MVP awards both those years, 2012 and 2013.

LeBron James is one of the best players in the game, in my opinion. But, he didn't give the Cavs what they needed from him last night and sometimes Kyrie looks more like the standout of the team to me these days.

[Donovan]

It has been said many times about LeBron, deservedly or not, that the one thing that keeps him from being in Jordan or Kobe's echelon is he lacks the killer instinct. When the Cavs lose this series I think that will be cemented in his legacy. Close only counts in hand grenades and horseshoes, LeBron. People only remember the winner, and like Alec Baldwin said, "Coffee is for closers."

[HairOfTheDog]

Shit! Draymond is suspended from Game 5 tomorrow night.

The league ruled that he committed a flagrant foul against LeBron in Cleveland during Friday night's game.



Effin' Draymond. He did indeed swipe LeBron's groin ^, and he didn't have a flagrant foul to spare. Stupid ass move.

MS: Would that normally be ruled a flagrant, or do you think it's pay back for that kick to Biyombo (or a way for the NBA to increase its chances to extend the series and its $$$ revenue)?

[Midwest Spy]

Draymond is a douche, first and foremost, for taking shots at guys' nuts.

I never knew he was like this. I'd love to go and ask guys from Big 10 schools if they feel he tried to kick/punch them in the sack while he was at Michigan State.

I do, however, think the league was happy to suspend him at this point with the Cavs down 3-1. If it were 3-1 in favor of CLE, I doubt he'd be suspended.