Why on earth were Ezeli and Varejao in the game for so long? So, so weird.
Refs called a surprising amount of contact the entire game, especially scrambling for position for rebounds.
What the absolute fuck was Steph thinking with those two God awful turnovers- flipping the ball out of bounds in last 5 minutes of Game 7 of the Finals?!?!
Also thought it was dumb how when the Cavs went slow down, iso ball, they didn't give Kyrie 1 possession (before the one he made) while Bron got like 6 straight. Dude has to be one of the best 3 or 4 perimeter iso guys in the league. I do agree with the strategy of slowing it down though, limiting possessions, both to get every one like a modicum of rest on offense and to give the other team less chances to score.
It will be but a footnote to history...but Irving made like 3 different boneheaded decision this game w.r.t the clock- the stupid pull up elbow jumper with like 12 seconds left on the clock at the end of the third quarter, and the drive at the end of the game (and 1 other I think I'm forgetting). The drive at the end created a dunk for Bron, but it seemed dangerous considering they could've run out even more of the clock.
Man I'm happy for JR Smith. That's a guy that finally got it and really bought it in to what his team was trying accomplish.
Edit: Seriously JR just gave one of the most poignant extended comments I've ever seen from any athlete, ever.