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johnhuskies95 said:
Couple of great plays by LeBron but Curry has to value the ball better in the last few minutes. Come on.
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One great play by Lebron, the other one he tackled Curry. I'm with you though, Curry is way too lax with the ball.
 
Either the Monstars stole his game, or Steph Curry is a huge choker.

Three careless lazy outrageous turnovers in the last minute of the game. Then he gets a WIDEEEEEE open 3 and bricks it.

I've never seen anything like this. His numbers are going to end up ok tonight but he has been bad.
 
Even if the Warriors lose, they have to be encouraged that Chef Curry seems to be back.
 
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game should have been over already but Shump and Mosgov had to act like they still play for the knicks.
 
ah well, was really hoping the Cavs would get screwed in this one.
 
Only good takeaways for Warriors is that David Lee has to play more going forward and Curry maybe found his stroke and will stop sucking.
 
i can't believe i disrespected king james and picked gsw in 5. i was drinkin the kool aid man...
 
If James pulls this off.....with this team....against the warriors....wow....legendary performance.
 
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Warriors are lucky they're not down 3-0 at this point. Curry hit 7 or 8 threes and they never even had a chance to tie the game in the last minute. If you didn't watch an nba game all year you'd think Cleveland was the heavy favorite. They've lead almost the entire series.
 
Harrison Barnes and Draymond Green are killing the Warriors offense. Barnes can't hit anything, and now Green won't take most of the open 3s that he hit all year, and he's way off on the few he is attempting, so now he's getting stood up by Mosgov on all of these rim runs. I thought the "let Bron get his" D would work as long ad their O ran to at least 90% normal but if the Cavs are gonna wreck them on D like this then the series is likely a wrap. Obviously Curry's struggles are major reason as well but the role players got take and make open shots when Curry is getting blitzed like this.
 
Two favorite plays of the game:
1. Green grabs a fistfull of shirt of Cavs player. Holds on for about 4 or 5 seconds, attempting to control the man. Whistle blown. Guy goes nuts. What? Dude, you had a commando grip on his shirt, why are you screaming at the refs.
2. Curry, going through 3 screens and around 3 or 4 Cavs to hit an impossible, crazy 3 to bring it to, three I think, with under a minute. If his mental game ever catches up to his shooting, he'll be the best scorer ever. He was clearly rattled early, and Deli was eating his lunch, but he clearly settled in late and looked unstoppable. If he can start game 4 the way he ended game 3, GS will be tough to beat.

Cavs need game 4. If the GSWs tie it back up to regain home court, the Cavs will have a hell of a time winning another one in GS.

People are putting too much emphasis on "if LeBron pulls this off, then he will be . . . ." People, he already is. The guy is single handedly keeping his team in these games. At the end, his teammates were screwing up left and right and he just stepped in and made it happen. Big shot after big shot. Couple of huge blocks tonight. Guy is in the conversation for best ever, if he never played another game, and I have no idea how he's not a consensus top 2 right now. Power dunk on baseline drive? Check. Blowby on first play of game for easy lay in? Check. Pressure 3 from deep late in game? Check. Cross court pass to Shumpert that no other player could have made? Check. Clutch free throws down the stretch? Check. Guy is the Mozart of basketball.
 
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I never bet against Lebron, but there is no way the Cavs can win this series. Tonight is just a nice story if they don't win game 4...but if they do...no way GS beats Lebron 3 straight.
 
aceboon said:
Harrison Barnes and Draymond Green are killing the Warriors offense. Barnes can't hit anything, and now Green won't take most of the open 3s that he hit all year, and he's way off on the few he is attempting, so now he's getting stood up by Mosgov on all of these rim runs. I thought the "let Bron get his" D would work as long ad their O ran to at least 90% normal but if the Cavs are gonna wreck them on D like this then the series is likely a wrap. Obviously Curry's struggles are major reason as well but the role players got take and make open shots when Curry is getting blitzed like this.
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They have been unbelievably bad, you expect nothing from Bogut on offense but when you also get nothing from the other two starters you basically have no chance, players sag off them and don't give Curry and Klay space. Kerr is also getting exposed, they are getting killed on the boards no matter what and it's clear as day the small lineup is working and he still rarely ever uses it. The offense flows so much better with Lee in there but Kerr will probably have him right back on the end of the bench going forward.
 
MilliniumPrince said:
I never bet against Lebron, but there is no way the Cavs can win this series. Tonight is just a nice story if they don't win game 4...but if they do...no way GS beats Lebron 3 straight.
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You're out of your mind, Cavs are outplaying Warriors in every facet of the game.
 
TasteofUConn said:
I think the next game decides the series.
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I would agree and not just who wins also how the game is played, does GS come on like gang busters, or does the game start out like it did tonight.
 
superjohn said:
They have been unbelievably bad, you expect nothing from Bogut on offense but when you also get nothing from the other two starters you basically have no chance, players sag off them and don't give Curry and Klay space. Kerr is also getting exposed, they are getting killed on the boards no matter what and it's clear as day the small lineup is working and he still rarely ever uses it. The offense flows so much better with Lee in there but Kerr will probably have him right back on the end of the bench going forward.
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Nah I think he has no choice but to play Lee after tonights performance, maybe the only good thing to come out of tonights loss for them is to give Lee more of the backup big minutes, they need another scorer/ playmaker out there and Lee gives em that.
 
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Im rooting for Lebron its a lot easier to root for him when he's not on the Heat, I like GS and wouldn't mind if they won either, glad its a good series thus far, hope it continues.
 
superjohn said:
You're out of your mind, Cavs are outplaying Warriors in every facet of the game.
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But the fatigue is starting to show. All conventional wisdom says GS should win, but convention didn't account for the best player in the world.
 
aceboon said:
Nah I think he has no choice but to play Lee after tonights performance, maybe the only good thing to come out of tonights loss for them is to give Lee more of the backup big minutes, they need another scorer/ playmaker out there and Lee gives em that.
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Why has Lee been benched all season? Mo Speights isn't even in the same league as him as a player and outside of Draymond the rest of the frontline is offensively anemic.
 
aceboon said:
maybe the only good thing to come out of tonights loss for them is to give Lee more of the backup big minutes,
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Um. I'd have to throw in, as a second good thing, that Curry appears to have finally realized that the finals have started.
 
Maybe I'm the sort that doesn't call 911 until the house has already burned down, but I still think Golden State is going to win this series, probably in six.

To me, Steve Kerr has been outcoached in this series...but I think he figured something out towards the end of game three. So many of Golden States' possessions early in the game seemed to devolve into Curry and Thompson running around in circles trying to free themselves, but as I watched, I couldn't help but feel all they really needed to do was simplify their offense. Even though Curry ball screens haven't yielded as many points as they would have desired so far in this series, I'm still pretty comfortable with the process, and I think the corresponding results are inevitable.

Cleveland's switch-happy defense has forced Golden State into more isolation than they're comfortable with, and their rotations, for the most part, have been on point. But David Lee might be the guy who changes the series - with Cleveland's offense as stale as it is, this is one of the times where you can play him and survive his defensive shortcomings. Cleveland can't switch the 1-5 pick-and-roll with Lee in the game like they could with Bogut or even Ezeli, and he seems a lot more comfortable making reads in the middle of the court than even Green.

Ball movement is imperative to the success of Golden State in the way it is not for Cleveland, and the fact that this series feels like it has been played in a phone booth clearly benefits the Cavs. In a sense, Golden State's commitment to all of their endless pin-downs and curl screens are counter-productive because it creates an environment in which the ball is stationary while the other chess pieces move frenetically.

An other thing...we haven't seen Cleveland play from behind yet. Much like Memphis, I suspect one early-game avalanche from Golden State might be enough to hold them down for the rest of the game.
 
MilliniumPrince said:
But the fatigue is starting to show. All conventional wisdom says GS should win, but convention didn't account for the best player in the world.
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All convention would tell you the Cavs should be better with Kyrie Irving over Matthew Dellavedova in the playoffs and that clearly hasn't been the case. Conventional wisdom should have been thrown out a while ago with the Cavs, nobody expected Dellavedova and Tristan Thompson to play this way.
 
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