2018 NBA Finals

[southshoresoxfan]

Lot of people selling LeBron short.

Cavs won’t get blown out. Somethings going on with this Warriors team. Injuries, whiff of dissension. Cavs won’t win, but 6 games with a couple close ones wouldn’t shock me.

 

[jon abbey]

Somethings going on with this Warriors team. Injuries, whiff of dissension.

Don't forget boredom, they seem to be able to repeatedly not show up until the 3rd quarter and still beat anyone, home or road.

 

[SemperFidelisSox]

-3 in the 1st quarter.

+501 in the 3rd quarter.

Ridiculous. Falling behind double digits to Lebron and banking on 3rd quarter comebacks is a dangerous game though.

 

[RedOctober3829]

JUST IN: Game 1 of the NBA Finals is NOT a sellout. Warriors still have hundreds of seats left to sell. Almost 300 upper level seats, 100 lower level seats still available on primary market 15 minutes before tip.

 

[Light-Tower-Power]

I told myself I wasn't going to watch I this yet here we are.

 

[Jed Zeppelin]

ECF was the real finals obviously.

 

[Jed Zeppelin]

Klay suuuuuper lucky his leg didn’t get caught under JR, though he’s limping pretty slowly.

 

[shawnrbu]

Klay injured.

 

[johnmd20]

Klay to the locker room after JR Smith slips and knocks out his legs. Didn't look dirty.

 

[Devizier]

What was the O/U on number of dirty JR Smith plays?

Didn't look dirty.

Probably true but I fucking hate JR Smith.

 

[Light-Tower-Power]

Fuck JR but it was clearly an accident.

 

[johnmd20]

What was the O/U on number of dirty JR Smith plays?

Probably true but I fucking hate JR Smith.

It's probably at 1. Maybe 1.5. That said, JR is still at 0 so far this game. That play wasn't dirty, he fell.

 

[Apisith]

If the Cavs win the first game then the ratings will shoot up. Everyone just wants a competitive series.

 

[Light-Tower-Power]

Any chance the Silicon Valley crowd throws up a fuck you JR chant?

 

[Strike4]

I'm really having a hard time watching this with the bitter Celtics memories etc.

 

[The Social Chair]

This new age Warriors crowd is so bad. They were the best in the league during the Baron Davis era.

 

[johnmd20]

Incredibly entertaining first quarter.

 

[the moops]

Jordan Clarkson vs Nick Young is pretty hilarious

 

[The Social Chair]

Lebron is playing the best offensive basketball of his career. It's amazing.

 

[johnmd20]

Clarkson scares nobody.

 

[johnmd20]

Clarkson scares nobody.

Well, maybe he scares Durant.

 

[Deathofthebambino]

Jordan Clarkson is a bad basketball player.

 

[johnmd20]

Cavs blow the 2 for 1 and then Clarkson turns into a whirling dervish. That was terrible.

 

[the moops]

Jordan Bell knows how to play basketball

 

[Light-Tower-Power]

I'm really having a hard time watching this with the bitter Celtics memories etc.

I don't know who to root for. I want to see the Warriors get knocked off but I don't want LeBron to win another ring. Tough call.

 

[OnWisc]

Durant looks like he's playing with a level of intensity usually reserved for celebrity all-star games.

 

[Kliq]

Fast pace really favors GS; no way Cleveland can keep up with them for a whole series.

 

[mikeot]

I don't know who to root for. I want to see the Warriors get knocked off but I don't want LeBron to win another ring. Tough call.

I feel ya.

 

[JCizzle]

This should be us. UGHHHH

 

[riboflav]

An extra day off is HUGE for the Cavs which they will have several times.

 

[riboflav]

That said, I still say they wear down... eventually.

 

[Deathofthebambino]

Just can't get real invested in this start by the Cavs, because you just know the inevitable supernova from Golden State is coming. Just a matter of time.

 

[johnmd20]

Durant looks like he's playing with a level of intensity usually reserved for celebrity all-star games.

This is tremendous.

 

[Devizier]

So I'm watching this game in the isometric view

And there's definitely a benefit even when Lebron takes plays off, cause his man doesn't switch off or help at all

 

[johnmd20]

Just can't get real invested in this start by the Cavs, because you just know the inevitable supernova from Golden State is coming. Just a matter of time.

I surmise it will begin with the 25th minute of gametime.

 

[ifmanis5]

Dubs have caught the 3-point brick virus that's been going around.

 

[shawnrbu]

The best defense is to hope the other team takes and misses a million three pointers.

 

[Kliq]

Cavs playing very well early; the Warriors look like their playing the first game of pickup in the morning run at the YMCA.

 

[SemperFidelisSox]

The ‘Lebron and the Cavs will eventually wear down’ narrative has been proven false all playoffs.

 

[Hagios]

Because I'm a dad with kids, I'll go to bed at halftime. But even if the Cavs are leading by 12 I think I'll wake up to find out they lost by 20.

 

[johnmd20]

ClarksonLOL

 

[ifmanis5]

Keep letting Clarkson shoot is always a good defensive idea.

 

[Light-Tower-Power]

Lol at Nance giving the ball to Clarkson at the three point line instead of an open LeBron.

 

[The Social Chair]

Clarkson is a Cleveland fans Marcus Morris.

 

[JCizzle]

The ‘Lebron and the Cavs will eventually wear down’ narrative has been proven false all playoffs.

Even back in the day did guys play 48 a night? It strikes me as... strange in a hitting 70 HR a year kinda way.

 

[riboflav]

The ‘Lebron and the Cavs will eventually wear down’ narrative has been proven false all playoffs.

Huh? They're playing at a much faster pace tonight than they did the last three games against the Celtics.

Wear down does not equal lose... though, in this series, they will.

 

[johnmd20]

Love and Korven on the court and the Warriors can't find a bucket.

 

[Devizier]

A lot of embedded cavs fans in the arena tonight

 

[Devizier]

Even back in the day did guys play 48 a night? It strikes me as... strange in a hitting 70 HR a year kinda way.

Iverson averaged 45 playoff MPG for his career

 

[Kliq]

“The referees are letting them play.”

Two seconds later a touch third foul on George Hill is called.