Love was explaining to Lebron how he contested/defended a shot. And Lebron is responded to him on what he should of done or what he thought he was supposed to do. Basically, a defensive communication conversation. It's just a classic example of social media spinning something in a completely different direction. And for laughs, some people actually buying into it without really knowing what happened at that moment
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Kyrie had an effective FG% of 80.4%. Per <a href="https://twitter.com/BenAlamarESPN">@BenAlamarESPN</a>, his shot quality was so tough that an avg player would shoot 45.5% on same shots.</p>— Tom Haberstroh (@tomhaberstroh) <a href="https://twitter.com/tomhaberstroh/status/742750200524111872">June 14, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Good to know. And I suppose 1) if Irving and LeBron were on fire, no need to give Love or anyone else shots and 2) the Cavs won and that's all that really matters for them. Still... not a good look for Love, especially to box score watchers* like myself. *I only watch Warriors games if I know they lose. I hate them too much to watch them win.
Yes, it happens. Not much a tragedy when it's about a basketball game. More important when the same phenomenon is applied to things that affect people's lives. Luckily we can just goof around, panties flapping unwadded, and have fun in the dish. Haymitch, I am with you on watching the Warriors usually but last night was delicious. When they cut it to six in the 4th and then Irving scored mercilessly and pushed it to a 13 point lead, was great to see the crowd there. Agree with those who say Kerr should have given Festus more time in the middle. Warriors were just totally porous with nobody of substance at the rim.
fwiw: GSW cannot exceed the Bulls record winning % for a title run GSW is now 88-16 Bulls won with a 87-13 record
I honestly don't see how anyone can interpret that gif as Love trying to high five Bron, getting left hanging; who raises their arm all the way up when trying to high five someone who's about the same height you are? :grin:
Funny how this player and that player are dirty or ass, once they are on your team they should be the DPOY.
Kyrie was unstoppable and Lebron was hitting from the perimeter too. GS had a lot of open looks from deep that didn't go down. How likely does that happen for two more games? Don't get me wrong, I'm hoping the Cavs pull the impossible upset. It's just that the Cavs take way harder shots than the Warriors do. Yesterday, they hit nearly all of them. With Bogut hurt, Lebron really needs to keep forcing his way to the rim. They were playing Barnes at center for stretches, for crying out loud. I understand he might be tired, but he was settling for pull up jumpers over Curry.
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that's the thing, if GSW and Cavs take equally horrible shots, GSW will just win because they have better shooters. Lebron needs to attack and attack and hope Warriors doesn't catch fire
Two major things on offense: he couldn't make a three, and he was pretty bad in the post. He often took too long and they would eventually double and strip him. Despite being a good passer he could not find the open man (not necessarily his fault every time because people didn't make themselves available). He's going to have to be quicker and more assertive the instant he receives the ball. On defense he was ok, sometimes contesting the shot and other times fouling, whether it was in the paint or long range. He put in a good amount of effort, which may be why he wasn't in position to get as many boards as usual. His biggest liability is chasing down wide open shooters off a switch, confusion, whatever the reason whereas Jefferson would be more effective.
JVG likes to say that the NBA is a "make or miss" league. A big part of last night was simply a mater of Cavs making everything they throw up (all these Kyrie bank shots and also LeBron having one of his good jump-shooting games) and GS missing a of shots, particularly open 3s, that they normally make at a higher rate. In the 2nd half, especially, GS got quality looks and still shot only 3-21 from the arc. Of course, there are other games where GS is unusually hot for even for their standard and other weird things happening in a series. So, we'll see about Game 6, and maybe Game 7. Draymond's absence hurt, particularly with Bogut also getting injured so the defense suffered. Maybe Kyrie would still have made all these running bank shots, but I'd imagine Draymond would at least have made him a little less comfortable.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Klay breath must stink <a href="https://t.co/b7tS8ZSp2i">https://t.co/b7tS8ZSp2i</a></p>— M. Salinas (@okMute) <a href="https://twitter.com/okMute/status/742776900334936064">June 14, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Bulls would have swept the current Golden State team, especially with the way Curry playing like he did in those finals.
I'm loving Curry getting destroyed on defense in these playoffs. Not to mention his offense has dropped a lot because he's actually having to play D in the playoffs this year.
