NBA Finals | Game 1 | Cavs @ Warriors | May 31, 2018 | 9:00pm EST

[Zeus69]

Ambien kicking in, boys. We can hang with this team - bring it on Sunday. Best of seven #notmarchmadness

 

[benchplayer]

Nah - they’ve been doing this shit for years with impunity. Fans of big-market teams don’t care if Cleveland gets fucked over. They LIKE it when Cleveland gets fucked over.

Agreed, golden state has bandwagon fans all over the country. They are basically the NBA's cash cow right now, because of casual fans. The media can't wait until the day Cleveland falls to irrelevancy, which why I hope LeBron resigns long term and make their jaws hit the floor.

 

[CLEistheCITY]

Agreed, golden state has bandwagon fans all over the country. They are basically the NBA's cash cow right now, because of casual fans. The media can't wait until the day Cleveland falls to irrelevancy, which why I hope LeBron resigns long term and make their jaws hit the floor.

Lebron has only brought the NBA the highest rated finals of all time the last 4 years, but for some reason people still want him on a big market team. When will people realize that a contending cleveland team always sells?

 

[The Wizard of Moz]

Pretty much every waking moment until Sunday I’m going to be angry

Please Cavs come out and fucking beat these frauds on Sunday

 

[randymoss1881]

Another fairly officiated GSW game

 

[fan0283]

Want to say this will spur us on but the likes of JR and JC aren't going to get their IQ raised by disappointment, Love doesn't gain increased athleticism and the league won't do enough to bring their refs in order

 

[BigZ94]

Draymond is simply a terrible human being

 

[JS33]

Cant even imagine sleeping tonight.

 

[Norm]

Angry.

Dude, I'm livid right now....still.

Normal speed? 100% charge.

Super slow mo? 99.99999999% charge.

If you were to super slow mo an entire game? You could possibly foul your entire roster out each game.

There was no freaking doubt whether James was clearly outside the restricted area. Therefore, there was no freaking reason to even review the call... outside of the refs clearly wanting to affect the outcome of the game even more than their biased asses did keeping the warriors in the game that entire 4th quarter.

What makes this crap even more aggravating? The questionable call where Green raked Bron's eye. They called him for no more than a technical, therefore keeping him in the game. Seriously? These refs cost us the game..... and allowed a great chance of this series becoming a war with what they allowed or called bs on. If any of our players have a pulse? They will come out extremely physical and this series could get ugly.

Even the damn commentators were reeling with the BS calls and no calls for us. The players are supposed to decide the game, not the freaking refs. It's the damn finals.

 

[InBoobieWeTrust]

Ambien kicking in, boys. We can hang with this team - bring it on Sunday. Best of seven #notmarchmadness

Yeah I realize we got 50 from Bron and 20 from KEvin and now we're gonna get blown out and that was our chance...

but there was nothing I saw in Golden State without Iguodala that told me they're completely unbeatable and about to sweep us easily...like...I wouldn't be surprised if we did take them 6 or 7.

I think we can compete in game 2. Even if we dont get 50 from Bron..if we get like 30-35 and get Korver some more minutes and shots I think we'll be fine scoring wise. We played some real good D and they hit a lot of tough shots. Draymond finally hit two shots of course against us in critical junctures...smh but he could easily miss his next 20 threes at any point.

Just gotta mainly hope Iguodala stays out and try to extend the series as much as you can, steal whatever game you possibly can. Maybe another Warrior goes down with injury or maybe they go cold and we get hot for a few days and all of a sudden get like 2 wins under our belt...

PLus the extra rest between games this series will help Bron big time

 

[AussieCavFan]

The NBA better be careful. These types of games ruin your product for average fans.

It's not hard to call a fair game.

Man if i didn't follow this team religiously for the past 15 years from the other side of the world i'd switch this league off entirely, absolute farce, but i just could never do it.

 

[The Wizard of Moz]

Cant even imagine sleeping tonight.

I’ve tried a few times. I just can’t right now.

Why does the league protect the team with 4 all stars? How?

 

[CavsFanJapan]

So the NBA put an explanation about the rule and states the trigger for the call is the restricted area. They can change the charge/block while reviewing.

LBJ was NOWHERE near the restricted area so the “trigger” should have never been triggered.

 

[Just1More]

TT should not have been ejected, Green is a fucking ASS HOLE, instigated the whole thing.
Was right in his face clapping and saying bye bye, and who knows what else he said.
But it will just be: "Thats just Draymond being Draymond" FUCK HIM!

 

[Jscc]

but there was nothing I saw in Golden State without Iguodala that told me they're completely unbeatable and about to sweep us easily...like...I wouldn't be surprised if we did take them 6 or 7.

We needed this game precisely because Iggy didn't play. He may be back next game for all we know.