Nobody is gonna be surprised to see Golden State and Cleveland in the finals right?

Bad call to end that 3rd quarter.

I've never seen someone Ariza's size or smaller that is so bad at going to the rim

Harden looks gassed right now.

This went about as expected. I would have liked to have seen this series end with CP3 actually playing, though.

Harden 9 turnovers. The only way he can redeem himself is to win game 7. Every playoffs.

Sit him for the rest of the game.

On to game 7. Sucks this wasnt the official finals.

I would liked to have seen it with both teams at full strength.

nah **** that. Durant ACL tear, please.

If GS plays D like this in Game 7 they may have a chance

Jesus

Houston is done man.

Great to see Mccaw back after that cheap undercut by Vince Carter

Please LeBron win so that the finals can be interesting.

What a crybaby ROFL

Depends if CP3 is out.

likely a liability if he plays. It's over.

You have a great team don’t start doubting now

I've seen so many Harden disaster games in the playoffs by now. I have every reason to doubt. Love the dude, but let's be real.

Kinda feels like the Chiefs luck. Go up 3-2, but lose your best player at the very end of the game. Like when the Chiefs lost Montana, Charles, and Kelce.

May have a chance? LMAO

They're favored by 5.5 points on the road right now.

No, but Id prefer Rockets Celtics.

You are ****ing stupid. I would rather watch the Best Team vs the Best Player than Harden vs a Bunch of Overachievers.

Id rather not watch the same boring matchup weve had for the last three years. Oooh maybe the Warriors will suffer a couple injuries then things could get interesting.

And they were favored by even more in game 5 - right? :shrug:

I'm sticking with Rockets in 7. They'll find a way.

Exactly my man! Just gotta find a way to win ONE game now, with or without Paul. This is why you play for home court.

You better hope the Warriors choke because that's the only way it's going to happen.

BTW, Kevin Durant has been hilariously bad in this series for someone supposedly "basically as good as LeBron." Fortunately for him he went to a team where he can post lines like last night in an elimination game and still have his 73 win team win by 20+ points.

You've moved your line in the sand back from Warriors in 5, to Warriors in 6, to "Do you think Durant will leave the Warriors to join the Rockets if he chokes the series away?", to I guess now Warriors in 7. I think you know your basketball, but its pretty clear that you don't have a clue here. :shrug:

Meanwhile, some here, including myself, have held the "Rockets in 7" take the whole time. We don't waffle - we stand firm. We will either be right or wrong. No hope involved.

Thats the difference between a basketball fan and a team fan

He has been bad but Warriors stress passing and giving to the hot hand. Yes that is part of the reason Durant went there but who is surprised by that? He's a soft Momma's boy but LeBron wouldn't be putting up huge numbers with the Warriors either. They pass too much for that.

If they meet in the finals again this year you'll see that LeBron isn't that much better. He is better but he's not better in the sense that he can dominate him like MJ did Drexler. Last year's finals proved my point.

FYP

No idea what that would have to do with predicting the rockets warriors series...

KCC likes to paint the Warriors as some unbeatable force to justify Lebrons failure. The fact that Lebron and 2 HOFers had less success than CP3, Harden, and some scrubs destroys his excuses. He had to believe the Warriors would win in 4 or 5 to justify his bullshit

I don't often agree with you, but you throwing the "HOFers" label back in KCC's face is pretty funny.

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This is good stuff.

Well you're rooting on the Rockets, so it is hardly an objective take to pat yourself on the back about. I was obviously wrong about the amount of games this series is going to go (the Warriors and especially Durant have inexplicably been awful for a large portion of it), but I don't think the outcome will be any different than it was always expected to be.

He talked about Lebron “taking two” like he did the impossible

LMAO

Uhh, the Rockets basically found the exploit for the current NBA. They loaded the team with 8 guys that are above average 3-point shooters and bomb away. Meanwhile, they have multiple good to excellent perimeter defenders (Paul, Ariza, et. al). And here's the rub: when the Warriors play well, they still win by 30.

The series is 3-3 and GS is +54. They're a lot better than Houston. You might have a hard time finding another series in NBA history with such a lopsided plus-minus that went seven.

Well they did win one game by 40.

And another by 39 and another by 13.

And yet Houston, after winning 3 of the first 5, still probably wins this series if Paul doesn’t get hurt.

When the Warriors are on they can blow anybody out. That doesn’t take away from what the Rockets have done in the other 3 games.

That line of shit just blew up like a ghostbuster containment unit.

If the Cavs play Houston he will be calling Ariza and Gordon HOFers.

If Walter Peck didn't have to meddle with what he lacked an understanding of that containment unit never would've been shut off in the first place

Who cares how much they win by? Whether you win by 1 or win by 20 it still counts a 1 loss. Series is 3-3 and Warriors are very lucky CP3 got hurt just like they were very lucky King Kawhi got hurt last season.

They are not the God like team KCC likes to make them out to be. They are very good but I don't see them as top team all-time. Too many jump shooters.

Well, the man has no dick.

Do people think about Byung-Hyun Kim blowing 2 games during the 2001 World Series in New York or do people think about Mariano Rivera giving up a walk off hit to Luis Gonzalez with Craig Counsell scoring to win the series?

Answer:Rivera giving up a walk off hit for the D'Backs to win the World Series.

No one gives a shit about what happens aside from the ultimate result of the series. No one will remember Indiana took LeBron to a Game 7, only that he won. No one will remember that Houston/Golden State went to a Game 7, like OKC/Golden State did, except for whoever wins.

Forget the Bulls the Kobe/Shaq Lakers teams would have been way more than GS could handle. Shaq probably puts up a few 50/20s.

Someone just needs to whack him up with about 300 cc's of Thorazaine

When discussing all time great teams how many losses a team has on the way to a championship is often used to make an arguement.

I don’t disagree with any of this. We were talking about the Rockets playing much better than the 2017 Cavs against this Warriors team.

You really don't understand how much better the basketball is these days than 20-30 years ago, do you? Even just ignoring the differences in the athletes themselves, offenses are far more efficient than they were in those days. Teams are getting smarter and smarter. Now Shaq would still obviously get his numbers in any era, but 3s>2s. The Warriors win against any of those teams running away.

I think you mean 2017 Cavs.

Yes I did.

That's an unfair comparison. If Warriors played back then they wouldn't be shooting as much threes due to handchecking and the different style of play and if the Lakers played in today's era they'd be playing a different style as well. You can't compare different era teams in that sense you can only compare how much they dominated in their era. The Lakers were built to win in their era and the Warriors are built to win in theirs.

Using your logic 20-years from now Warriors will be considered a trash basketball team as will all of your hero LeBron's teams.

But you're calling love and Irving hall of famers already?

Just mocking KCC calling Thompson and Green HOFers. Of the 4 Irving has the best shot IMO. If he could stay healthy it would be a given since he came into the league at 19 and racks up good PG numbers.

He's the only one I could image

NBA HOF is pretty loose with their hall of famers. Love and Irving (Irving needs to keep his production up a few more years) are assuredly hall of famers based off their numbers and the fact they have a ring. If Irving knees hold up for about 4-5 more seasons, he's a lock.
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That just doesn't seem right

I am fully expecting a 50pt triple double from Lebron tonight to win this series

I don't think it is any better just different. I doubt many people think the NFL is better today than during the 80-90's just different.

Alot of that has to do with rule changes to make more offense and less defense.

It's completely possible that such a line won't be enough with these scrubs around him.

It's both different and a lot better. Much higher efficiency offenses than ever before and better athletes at all positions.

LMAO
If they played by the rules of the time GS would be destroyed not only by the great teams but by most of the average teams as well. They couldn’t guard anyone and would get knocked on their ass.

Today’s NBA is like a flag football version of the NFL. All guards jacking up 3s with 90% of the offensive play taking place on the perimeter. It’s a completely different game with no centers and greatly reduced post play and defense. It’s just a 3 point contest.

Congrats, might be the 2nd worst take in the thread so far after Kevin Durant is "basically as good as" LeBron.

The Cavs might be better off if they had Korver's dead brother in the lineup.

If Cleveland somehow wins this game and LeBron re-signs with the Cavs, the team should officially be renamed the Cleveland LeBrons.

Not only do all of these guys suck but it seems they are choking too. Somebody else on the team might want to hit a shot if this game is going to stay competitive.

10 assists looks almost impossible with the way every other Cav looks right now.

Here's someone who doesn't understand the game. There's a reason why Pythagorean records are considered a better estimate of the team's actual skill.

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You gotta give Brad Stevens a lot of credit for turning ****ing scrubs like Terry Rozier into productive NBA players just through scheme.

Korver is a pile of shit right now

Never played in a game this big before and not handling it well.

Clarkson really shouldn't be playing minutes in this game though.

Morris too. Best coach in the NBA.

Kief rocking in the Kansas jersey. I dig it.

You might as well try Rodney Hood and Jose Calderon at this point. Find somebody who can hit a shot even if they suck at everything else. It's not like Jeff Green is any better overall.

The Other Cavaliers are 3 for 15 and 0 for 10 on threes (mostly uncontested).

Without saying the words “LeBron James”, name one thing that the Cavs do well. Just one. Anything at all.