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I still think it's a toss up over 7 games, if we are speaking to healthy rosters.
Cavs missed a bunch of open shots. Those tend to average out.
Warriors shot OK against a bunch of contested shots.
The larger room for improvement lies with the Cavs IMO.
Doesn't guarantee anything but the Cavs gameplan obviously worked. You hold a team like the Warriors to under 90 points, you only need an average offensive night to win. Unfortunately the Cavs didn't get one but that is the blueprint. Grind it out, slow the game down and try to draw fouls. Maybe next time the refs cooperate a little more.
I agree. Right now the Cavs are more or less an even match-up with GSW over that Seven-Game Series. However, GSW has been healthy all season and have played together as a complete unit for a season and a half now. By June, provided the Cavs stay healthy, and having played together as a unit for five months, I say they can take them in six games. The Cavs simply match up too well against the Warriors and given time to get fully-synced I think they are too much for Golden State to handle.
Moreover, the Warriors have yet to face any real adversity (not really their fault for not catching the injury bug) over the past two seasons. Sure, they went down 2-1 in the Finals, but, frankly, their three-straight subsequent wins had more to do with the depleted Cavaliers running out of steam than them outplaying them. I say they lack grit and iron. When they are given the full measure of a healthy Cavs team, running on all cylinders, they will break.