The Basketball Thread

[iseah100 5,612]

MVP doesn't equate leadership but it's definitely part of the criteria. If Durant and Lebron had the same stats and everything, I bet Lebron gets the MVP because he is known as a better leader. I have never heard of Lebron's leadership being questioned, maybe very early in his career but not anymore. Dude was noted as the leader on Olympic teams as well which was full of all-stars. It's always been recognized as one of his strengths.

Oh absolutely, I'm not saying LeBron isn't a leader. Don't think any player has ever elevated such mediocre/injury riddled teams as often and as well as him. Durant crashed out of the playoffs without Westbrook. He elevates teams and those players love playing for/with him.

[nyikolajevics 2,573]

Shumpert is out too? Unbelievable.

[Sheva. 5,373]

Cavs are cursed. If Lebron gets this ring, it will be one of the most amazing things I've ever seen.

[nyikolajevics 2,573]

Curry has only had one basket(3pt) in the first half. Embarrassing from a MVP.

[mikeholiday 209]

Shaping up to be the biggest upset in Basketball in recent history...

[Sheva. 5,373]

Goddamn. So many blocked shots lol.

[mikeholiday 209]

GS must start with Curry Thompson Iguodala Lee Bogut/Ezeli next game.

[Sheva. 5,373]

Who needs Kyrie? Delly and Lebron FTW.

[nyikolajevics 2,573]

This series is amazing, we saw 3 very good matches. Curry's second half(especially his final quarter) was great but he can't sleep for 1.5 hours next time.

James is over 40 points in average after three games.

[communicate 2,703]

Game 4 arguably is going to be the most important game. Imo whoever win that game win the series

[xPetrCechx 13,563]

Yay!

[mikeholiday 209]

Opening line Cle+2.5 for game 4. WTF are the oddmakers smoking...

[empire of emotions 247]

I'd think so. When LeBron joined Miami lots of people were saying that he couldn't lead a team to a title hence he joined Wade. And even during their stint together in Cleveland some people were claiming that Shaq was the alpha dog.

after watching these finals one can't say he's not a leader. i dont particularly like him, but he's a fucking boss. i root for the dubs but this will be the biggest achievement in lebron's career if he wins this championship. he's just so fucking good. yes, sometimes refs doesnt call obvious travels and gets away with some questionable fouls but when he finishes he's career, he will be in all-time top5 players.

Curry has only had one basket(3pt) in the first half. Embarrassing from a MVP.

agree. it's okay if you shoot and you just can't hit the shots, but it's kinda odd that you as a best player not in your team but in the league take just 6 fg-s. we all know that gsw tries to play more team oriented basketball, but come on, when will you force it if not in the finals.

2-1 for cavs. a bit suprising for me. i thought it will be a 4-1 victory for the dubs, but this cavs defense and a little mix of choke, fascination and fearsome performance by golden state. lebron alone has more playoff expirience than all the players combined in both teams. it really shows how good he is. he knows he can't play with his teammates like a team, because honestly with all these injuries there's no one to play with. thats why he take 35+ fg per game. and we know he's not a selfish guy, he just cant rely on a tard named jr smith or offensively impotent shumpert, mozgov and tristan. dellavedova is a big surprise for everyone, he gives like 150%.

i still think cavs will run out of steam by the end of the series. but for that happening, dubs must win game 4.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Curry is seriously chocking, despite that 4th quarter performance, it was too little too late. And I still think that GSW need to play A LOT better D, especially on James.

[Amblève. 4,995]

The Cavs are basically executing every single point from this article perfectly. FUCK.

http://patternofbasketball.blogspot.co.at/2015/04/beating-warriors.html

[empire of emotions 247]

Curry is seriously chocking, despite that 4th quarter performance, it was too little too late. And I still think that GSW need to play A LOT better D, especially on James.

james is shooting like 24% outside of paint, or mid-range to 3pt shots. thats awful. gsw can live with that. on the other hand they can't defend him when he goes to the rim. it's either two points or a foul. if they double-team him he will send a perfect pass to his shooters and thats a three pointer. gsw knows that and they just let him do his thing and hope that other players don't made a lot of threes. scoring 40 pts from 30 field goals and ~12 free throws is not something special.

[iseah100 5,612]

Unbelievable.

[kellzfresh 7,229]

james is shooting like 24% outside of paint, or mid-range to 3pt shots. thats awful. gsw can live with that. on the other hand they can't defend him when he goes to the rim. it's either two points or a foul. if they double-team him he will send a perfect pass to his shooters and thats a three pointer. gsw knows that and they just let him do his thing and hope that other players don't made a lot of threes. scoring 40 pts from 30 field goals and ~12 free throws is not something special.

Curry is the one who is killing gsw.

In the most important playoffs, he's become an ordinary shooter all of a sudden, missing contested shots he used to score easily and missing lots of open shots too. I don't know if their coach will change their tactics because of this curry form or they stick with it and hope he gets better. Someone showed me a statistic that says his numbers have dropped from 50% field goal to 38% field goal percentage and also dropped from 40% 3pts made to 38% 3pts percentage since he collided with Trevor Ariza in the rockets game. It's only in the fourth quarter of game 3 that he finally woke up.