Cavs playoffs
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Atlanta is not very good. The Bulls were better
The Hawks are finding out it's a different game in the Playoffs as opposed to the regular season. The Nets won two games against them, and they needed Wall sitting out a game, and a couple real fortunate breaks to beat the Wizards- far inferior teams to either the Bulls or Cavs.
If I"m Blatt- I rest Kyrie until the Finals. Maybe I'm being a little presumptuous, but I don't think we're going to need him to beat Atlanta. Gives him almost two weeks to heal up. We are going to need a healthy Irving against the Warriors to have any shot.
The Hawks are finding out it's a different game in the Playoffs as opposed to the regular season. The Nets won two games against them, and they needed Wall sitting out a game, and a couple real fortunate breaks to beat the Wizards- far inferior teams to either the Bulls or Cavs.
If I"m Blatt- I rest Kyrie until the Finals. Maybe I'm being a little presumptuous, but I don't think we're going to need him to beat Atlanta. Gives him almost two weeks to heal up. We are going to need a healthy Irving against the Warriors to have any shot.
Resting Kyrie is a good plan if ATL folds like they look like they will.
The only problem for Cavs fans is the train stops here, Golden State is deep and talented. If the Cavs were 100% and ready to go it would've been a series but as it stands they'll be in trouble.
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Man shut your damn mouth. You picked the bulls and probably the hawks and now the warriors. We've got this.
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Man shut your damn mouth. You picked the bulls and probably the hawks and now the warriors. We've got this.
Man shut your damn mouth. You picked the bulls and probably the hawks and now the warriors. We've got this.
Wouldn't have taken the Hawks they struggled in both of their series against teams that are inferior to Cleveland.
Cavs have made a good run but to beat Golden State they'd need a "for the ages" performance from Lebron and a healthy Irving.
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i got what i expected from game 3 at home..........they were trying to give it away.
lucky win IMO.
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The Hawks are finding out it's a different game in the Playoffs as opposed to the regular season. The Nets won two games against them, and they needed Wall sitting out a game, and a couple real fortunate breaks to beat the Wizards- far inferior teams to either the Bulls or Cavs.
If I"m Blatt- I rest Kyrie until the Finals. Maybe I'm being a little presumptuous, but I don't think we're going to need him to beat Atlanta. Gives him almost two weeks to heal up. We are going to need a healthy Irving against the Warriors to have any shot.
Resting Kyrie is a good plan if ATL folds like they look like they will.
The only problem for Cavs fans is the train stops here, Golden State is deep and talented. If the Cavs were 100% and ready to go it would've been a series but as it stands they'll be in trouble.
Resting Kyrie is a good plan if ATL folds like they look like they will.
The only problem for Cavs fans is the train stops here, Golden State is deep and talented. If the Cavs were 100% and ready to go it would've been a series but as it stands they'll be in trouble.
Yeah- ya want to be a negative Nancy? OK- Bogut & Iguadola aren't stiffs. It's going to come down to perimeter defense. Hate to tell you- Smith on a good night can match Curry 3 for 3.
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The warriors and ,indeed, the entire west are way overrated
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steve kerr and his small ball will be exposed against a team that can play D........and the cavs can play D.
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Resting Kyrie is a good plan if ATL folds like they look like they will.
The only problem for Cavs fans is the train stops here, Golden State is deep and talented. If the Cavs were 100% and ready to go it would've been a series but as it stands they'll be in trouble.
Yeah- ya want to be a negative Nancy? OK- Bogut & Iguadola aren't stiffs. It's going to come down to perimeter defense. Hate to tell you- Smith on a good night can match Curry 3 for 3.
Yeah- ya want to be a negative Nancy? OK- Bogut & Iguadola aren't stiffs. It's going to come down to perimeter defense. Hate to tell you- Smith on a good night can match Curry 3 for 3.
That may be the funniest thing I've ever read. JR Smith 32 made 3's Curry 64
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That may be the funniest thing I've ever read. JR Smith 32 made 3's Curry 64
I hope you realize Smith doesn't play anywhere near the minutes Curry does. For the record Smith (regular season) averaged a 3 pointer for every 11 minutes played. Curry averaged 9 Har, har.
Seriously, you think I haven't been watching the Western Conference Playoffs? Curry is an improved version of Teague. Almost identical height & weight.
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At least Houston pulled one out of their sorry asses.
Let`s hope the cavs keep the pedal to the metal and sweep the hawks while curry has his shoulder fall off his body.
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So, it's going well then?
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Matchups (playoff stats):
PG - Steph Curry 29.4 pts, 6.4 ast, PER 26.9 vs.
Kyrie Irving 18.9 pts, 3.5 ast, PER 19.4
SG - Klay Thompson 19.7 pts, 3.9 reb, 2.9 ast, PER 15.2 vs.
Iman Shumpert 10.7 pts, 5.2 reb, 1.2 ast, PER 13.7
SF - Harrison Barnes 10.4 pts, 4.9 reb, 1.9 ast, PER 12.3 vs.
Lebron James 27.9 pts, 10.5 reb, 8.4 ast, PER 24.2
PF - Draymond Green 14.4 pts, 10.6 reb, PER 17.6 vs.
Tristian Thompson 8.9 pts, 9.8 reb, PER 15.2
C - Andrew Bogut 5.6 pts, 8.2 reb, 1.9 blk, PER 14.7 vs.
Timofey Mozgov 8.8 pts, 7.2 reb, 1.8 blk, PER 15.9
Starter PER
Golden State - 86.7
Cleveland - 88.4
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Bench
Golden State
Andre Iguodala - 8.1 pts, PER 14.3
Shaun Livingston - 5.4 pts, PER 13.5
Leandro Barbosa - 4.7 pts, PER 11.7
Cleveland
J.R. Smith - 13.1 pts, PER 16.6
Matthew Dellavedova - 6.8 pts, PER 7.8
James Jones - 4.8 pts, PER 11.2
Bench PER
Golden State - 39.5
Cleveland - 35.6
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First 8 - OVERALL PER
Golden State - 126.2
Cleveland - 124
First 8 - PPG
Golden State - 97.7
Cleveland - 99.9
OVERALL Points Allowed
Golden State - 96.7
Cleveland - 92.9
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Even with an unhealthy and beat-up Kyrie Irving, this team still matches up pretty well. The question will be, "How do the Cavs slow down Curry AND Thompson?" If they put Shumpert and Lebron on the two, who does Kyrie guard? If Kyrie has to match up against Curry, it will be a very interesting series...
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Matchups (playoff stats):
PG - Steph Curry 29.4 pts, 6.4 ast, PER 26.9 vs.
Kyrie Irving 18.9 pts, 3.5 ast, PER 19.4
SG - Klay Thompson 19.7 pts, 3.9 reb, 2.9 ast, PER 15.2 vs.
Iman Shumpert 10.7 pts, 5.2 reb, 1.2 ast, PER 13.7
SF - Harrison Barnes 10.4 pts, 4.9 reb, 1.9 ast, PER 12.3 vs.
Lebron James 27.9 pts, 10.5 reb, 8.4 ast, PER 24.2
PF - Draymond Green 14.4 pts, 10.6 reb, PER 17.6 vs.
Tristian Thompson 8.9 pts, 9.8 reb, PER 15.2
C - Andrew Bogut 5.6 pts, 8.2 reb, 1.9 blk, PER 14.7 vs.
Timofey Mozgov 8.8 pts, 7.2 reb, 1.8 blk, PER 15.9
Starter PER
Golden State - 86.7
Cleveland - 88.4
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Bench
Golden State
Andre Iguodala - 8.1 pts, PER 14.3
Shaun Livingston - 5.4 pts, PER 13.5
Leandro Barbosa - 4.7 pts, PER 11.7
Cleveland
J.R. Smith - 13.1 pts, PER 16.6
Matthew Dellavedova - 6.8 pts, PER 7.8
James Jones - 4.8 pts, PER 11.2
Bench PER
Golden State - 39.5
Cleveland - 35.6
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First 8 - OVERALL PER
Golden State - 126.2
Cleveland - 124
First 8 - PPG
Golden State - 97.7
Cleveland - 99.9
OVERALL Points Allowed
Golden State - 96.7
Cleveland - 92.9
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Even with an unhealthy and beat-up Kyrie Irving, this team still matches up pretty well. The question will be, "How do the Cavs slow down Curry AND Thompson?" If they put Shumpert and Lebron on the two, who does Kyrie guard? If Kyrie has to match up against Curry, it will be a very interesting series...
Even with an unhealthy and beat-up Kyrie Irving, this team still matches up pretty well. The question will be, "How do the Cavs slow down Curry AND Thompson?" If they put Shumpert and Lebron on the two, who does Kyrie guard? If Kyrie has to match up against Curry, it will be a very interesting series...
good stats- I seriously doubt they'll put Irving on Curry- my bet it will be Shumpert. Problem would be Kyrie is giving up too much height if he has to guard Thompson.
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At least Houston pulled one out of their sorry asses.
Let`s hope the cavs keep the pedal to the metal and sweep the hawks while curry has his shoulder fall off his body.
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I believe now that we will defeat the warriors in 6 games
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Late for work again today because of this series, I'm glad of the rest let alone the Cavs!
BELIEVE
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SUPERBASKET! Or whatever it's called in the NBA.
Not sure I have ever heard that term.
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Not sure I have ever heard that term.
I'm on to a winner.
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