re: Official NBA Finals call, who you got?

GS in 7
Or
Possibly Cavs in 7 (if dray-dray gets another flagrant and is suspended)

Either way, I am actually excited for this series. Two best teams, two best players. Could not ask for much more. I really believe Lue and Kerr are going to have to show their mettle for their teams to win this series.

Cavs in 6...nothings changed in GS and the Cavs almost won last year with 1 player...now they tooled their team to play that style and they are healthy with getting Kyrie and Love back. Advantage CAVS, in a big way!

GM 1 - Cavs
GM 2 - Warriors (blowout)
Gm 3 - Cavs
Gm 4 - Cavs
Gm 5 - Warriors (blowout)
Gm 6 - Cavs

quote:

---

Cavs in 7

---

They won't win game 7 at Oracle.

Cavs will sweep.

But really, Cavs in 7.

is it not true?

Numbers don't lie....

quote:

---

is it not true?

---

It's certainly not true.

They were never the betting favorites.

GS won twice as many games, a 6 game series is not a series that the losing team "almost won"

I think this one is tough to call.

There is no denying the greatness of the Warriors. They're legit.

There is also no denying the greatness of LeBron James.

But something tells me these Cavs are best-suited to beat Golden State... and that fatigue may become a factor. The Cavs are the better-rested team.

Cavs in 6?

CAVS SWEEP

quote:

---

The author questions whether Love and Irving will be a net positive for the Cavs given their issues with defense and scoring against the Warriors.

---

Which is pretty illogical. Sure, their defensive issues are a concern, BUT to pretend that they don't make up for it--and then some--in other aspects of the game, and add some much needed depth, is a bit overboard.

Of course, the article that questioned this net positive had a whole slew of incorrect statistics (like the Cavs shooting 21.6% from 3 for the last 7 games when their WORST performance was > 30%).

quote:

---

hich is pretty illogical. Sure, their defensive issues are a concern, BUT to pretend that they don't make up for it--and then some--in other aspects of the game, and add some much needed depth, is a bit overboard.

Of course, the article that questioned this net positive had a whole slew of incorrect statistics (like the Cavs shooting 21.6% from 3 for the last 7 games when their WORST performance was > 30%).

---

They will have worse defensive output. They have had worse defensive output. It's just the causality of having two core pieces in the starting lineup that can't defend well along with your main piece off the bench

The question has always been can the Cavs make up for that by producing enough offensive output to overcome what will likely be an even more efficient and point heavy Warriors output this time around due to a more lax defense? The numbers don't really favor CLE in almost any categories except maybe rebounding. It's just what it is.

Cleveland has a chance but they are definitely under dogs. They need to get ridiculous output from Lebron, Kyrie and Love and from shooters to hang. Or they need to try and concede Love a lot and slow things down and use Lebron's gravity to hopefully free up Irving and shooters. Then use a possible rebounding advantage to win the offensive glass and get more possessions.