FYI Cavs had it easy in the playoffs. They played a losing record team (Celtics 40-42) in the 1st round. Their only good player was Isaiah Thomas who comes off the bench. They played a the Bulls in the 2nd round with an injured Pau Gasol and Derrick Rose. Then in injured Hawks. Kyle Korver, DaMarre Carroll, Al Horford
Kyrie Irving ...Damn that sucks. I wanted to see the battle of Stephen Curry vs Kyrie Irving( 2 most skilled point guards in the NBA). Shame... Get Well Kyrie. Defend your home court, 3 more wins to go. WE BELIEVE.
Way too many sore losers and Lebron nuthuggers on here. You guys think the teams the Warriors have defeated cry about the Warriors being lucky? Y'all think the Rockets players whine about not having everyone in the line-up as a reason for the series loss? Man up, you babies. They're a great team.
And the ref's stuck it to the Cav's just like they did the Rockets. Got to love the NBA and it's officials. lol
Warriors are a great team but it would've be nice to see them vs the Grizzlies (with Conley & Allen healthy all series), vs the Rockets (with D-Mo & Beverley healthy) or vs the Cavaliers (with Love & Irving healthy). Maybe they still win these series but their path has undoubtedly been made easier by these injuries.
RedRedemption - serious question - what's behind all the Warriors hate? This clearly goes waaaaaaaaay beyond Rockets-Warriors stuff. What deep-seeded emotional baggage are you carrying this series? From reading your posts, there's obviously something going on...
I'm surprised that the majority of ClutchFans voted for Cleveland to win this series in the poll. I know that most voted before Irving got injured in the game, but Irving wasn't 100% to begin with. The Warriors were clearly the best team in the regular season, and then rolled to easy series wins against the Pels, the Grizz, and the Rockets. The Warriors have been the best and luckiest team all year. I don't think the Cavs are better than the Rockets or the Grizz. I selected the Warriors to win in five game. But now that Irving has gone down, I think the Cavs may win in four.
I can't believe how many people actually thought the cavs are gonna win this series, even before the Irving injury. A fully healthy Cavs team wouldn't have beaten GS, the Cavs are what is know as Eastern Conference good, that's different from being actually good.
A fully healthy Cavs team was the best Team in the NBA over the second half of the season including the west.
cavs weren't near healthy coming into this series and people still thought they could actually beat GS after everyone here should have seen how good they were by playing houston if they didnt follow them before then.
if they came in with a healthy team I would have given them a better chance, but look who lebron has to rely on now to help him. not happening
And when they do suffer an injury, it is in meaningless weeks, like Bogut during the season when they faced weak eastern conference teams and Klay Thompson in the free rest week before the Finals. It's incredible the amount of luck Golden State has had. It is like a glitch in the system.
Has there ever been a more injury riddled playoffs than the one we are witnessing? Western Conference: Warriors, mostly healthy, Speights misses WCF Rockets, D-Mo and Bev out entire playoffs Clippers, CP3 misses multiple games Blazers, Affalo and Matthews miss games, hobbled Aldrige Griz, Conley and Allen miss multiple games Spurs, dinged up Splitter and Parker but relatively healthy Mavs, Parsons misses playoffs, Harris misses time and Rondo situation Pelicans, Holiday misses games and I believe Evans was banged up Eastern Conference: Hawks, Sefolosha misses playoffs, Korver misses games, Carroll injury Cavs, Love out for playoffs, Kyrie misses major time Bulls, Gasol misses games, hobbled Noah Raptors, dinged up Ross and Lowry but relatively healthy Wizards, Walls fractures hand Who cares about the rest of the East, can't even think of who plays for Celtics, Nets and Bucks.
