It wasn't a forgone conclusion though. Even though literally everyone predicted this match-up.

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Without Injuries to Paul and Irving/Hayward you very likely get a different matchup.

I'm interested in seeing how many people are actually turned off by this as ratings for last years finals were up double digits from the previous years.

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I'm going to enjoy GS kicking the crap out of Labron. Warriors in 5

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Agreed, the NBA has turned into a 3-point contest. Team that hits the most 3's wins. You can keep that shit.

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I would enjoy if a team actually kicked the crap out of Lebron. Would love to see the bad boys of Detroit face Lebron. He wouldn't make it past the first game.

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Or lose game one and win the next 4 and then win the next 5 nba finals you participate in you can be called Jordan.

The fact that both Chris Paul and Kevin Love sat out game sevens should also tell you how fucking pathetic/sad the league is right now. It literally would have took death to keep out a prime time player in game 7 back in the 90s. Or even Kobe a few years ago for that matter.

Tough to blame injuries when Kevin Love was also out for the Cavs, and Iggy for the Warriors. Also, those were historically terrible shooting performances.

I have no idea what this means:



It sounds like something Jimmy Two Times would say though.

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Kevin Love being out for one game is nowhere near comparable to Irving and Hayward. Both are better players and the stats showed that they were better when he was off the floor. His replacement in that game was instrumental in their win.


Iggy is also nowhere near the difference maker that Paul happens to be. Paul was the best player in that series up until that point.

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Still amazed that fake tough guy Paul couldn't get out there for at least 1 game. You put a fucking needle of Torodal in that hammy and get out there. Guy has been a chump from day 1 in this league.

All this. At least limp out there, make a move and get wheel chaired off the court. Or come out to start the second half to get some energy in the arena. You knew GS was going to come out on fire in the third. That's when good teams kill it. His corpse starting the third quarter couldn't have been worse than what happened.

He's a grade A bitch. Love when Shaq and Chuck ripped on him on TNT a few months ago.

grade 2 hamstring pull. what good is a player who cant run? i guess you meatball dopes can't comprehend facts, you need to see him physically unable to run.

It's called drugs, dumb ass. Kobe/MJ play game 7, that is just reality.

Don't think I ever called for him to play well. The impact was for him to take the floor.

Reed Inspires Knicks to Victory

It was Game 7 of the 1970 NBA Finals, and nobody knew if Willis Reed would play. The center and captain of the New York Knicks had suffered a torn muscle in his right thigh during Game 5 against the Los Angeles Lakers, and had not played in Game 6 when Wilt Chamberlain's 45 points and 27 rebounds enabled the Lakers to tie the series at 3-3.
When the teams took the floor for pre-game warmups, Reed was not with his New York teammates. He remained in the lockerroom, deep in the bowels of the building.
"I wanted to play," Reed recalls. "That was for the championship, the one great moment you play for all your life. I didn't want to have to look at myself in the mirror 20 years later and say I wished I had tried to play."
Reed took an injection to dull the pain in his leg, and just moments before tipoff he limped through the tunnel and onto the court. Waves of cheers cascaded down from the Garden stands as fans caught sight of the Knicks' captain, a sight that was not lost on New York's opponents.
"I saw the whole Laker team standing around staring at this man," said Knicks guard Walt Frazier. "When I saw that, when they stopped warming up, something told me we might have these guys!"
Reed lined up against Chamberlain for the opening tap and scored the Knicks' first two baskets of the game. Those would prove to be his only points, but his presence was more than enough to inspire the Knicks to a 113-99 victory and the franchise's first NBA Championship. Overshadowed by Reed's emotion-charged effort was one of the great playoff performances in NBA history by Frazier, who led the Knicks with 36 points and 19 assists.

Cavs in 6

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agreed.

i don't blame him i guess but Durant has really ruined this in a way. his attitude isn't helping but that whole team has become dislikable and it shouldn't be.

there is still a lot of interest in the nba for me but its like rereading a book you already know the ending too.

Love cleared to play in game 1.

Warriors 12.5 pt favorites

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
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No one's gonna watch this shit.

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Please stop saying that the Warriors have 4 HoF players. They have 4 all stars and 2 of them will be in the HoF.

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GO BEARS!!!

I dont know. It seems every one gets in the basketball HoF. So they may have 4 when it is all done.

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No way Draymond gets in. No fucking way. I can definitely see Klay going in.

I am not arguing he deserves it. I agree with Nas. They have 2

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Draymond has a chance if he returns to trying as hard on defense in the regular season. He should be first team All-Defense and top 3 in the DPOY race every year but wasn't this year due in part to his own laziness. He seemed not to care as much after getting his first DPOY last year.

I read your post as you thinking there’s a possibility Draymond gets in. If you think that, I disagree.

I do think there is a possibility...not based on his performance, but based on the fact that so many get into the basketball HoF

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
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Got $20 on Cleveland. Let’s go Cavs!

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Listen to the river sing sweet songs
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If Draymond plays 4-5 more years at a similar level he’s a lock for the HOF.

Steph and Durant are already locks and Klay will also make it if he has another 5 years at a similar level.

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul