The Finals | Game 1 | Cavs @ Warriors | June 2nd, 2016 | 9:00pm EST

[K1rieIrving>AllOtherPG's]

Guard them like OKC did. Stop trapping!! They're role players are legit. I mean OKC just switched everything and went up 3-1. Curry and Thompson will get theirs anyways. Switching things will eliminate their bench players. This is all on Lue. He used last year's defense against them which doesn't work anymore. Rookie coaching showed tonight.

this, the key is stopping one of the splash brothers & the role players.

Don't trap or double team anyone that was just a terrible game plan by Lue, we have low IQ slow defenders you can't gameplan to trap & recover with our personal.

 

[Huber.]

Some of you had too many Red Stripes

 

[TyGuy]

Truth hurts... Some guys here were delusional that because we ran through a very weak east, then Lue is the second coming of POP or so, now, when we face a team in our size (and I actually think that talentwise player vs player we are the more talented team, bit man we have a way to go as a team to reach their level) they see him for what he is...
I could already see that "fake" idealia between LBJ and Love torn apart during the game, when LBJ screamed on him, LBJ is so fake, and mentaly weak, Curry has leaps and bound better psichy...

The only time you have been showing up is to rub losses in our face because of blatt being let go. You weren't anywhere to be seen during the playoffs up till now outside of maybe when Toronto beat us. So yeah, if this is what you bring to this message board then you aren't a valued member.

 

[Rich]

Game 2 is a must win. Lose that game, and the series is toast. Have to completely change almost everything they did tonight. Rotations, defensive communication and effort, and the movement (or lack thereof) on offense. Literally every player must play better than they did tonight.

 

[TitleTown]

Truth hurts... Some guys here were delusional that because we ran through a very weak east, then Lue is the second coming of POP or so, now, when we face a team in our size (and I actually think that talentwise player vs player we are the more talented team, bit man we have a way to go as a team to reach their level) they see him for what he is...
I could already see that "fake" idealia between LBJ and Love torn apart during the game, when LBJ screamed on him, LBJ is so fake, and mentaly weak, Curry has leaps and bound better psichy...

You're so cute. Is Blatt you're Dad? Did you see the job he just took? C'mon. Job don't lie. He's not cut out for the NBA.

You should just follow Blatt back to wherever the fuck he ended up.

 

[2 For The Brew]

Awful, terrible, unacceptable, defeatist, heartless, cowardly, juvenile, pathetic and worthless.

But enough about this thread. Cavaliers stunk tonight. It's on the players and coaches to get their shit together for Sunday.

 

[Nphan]

Truth hurts... Some guys here were delusional that because we ran through a very weak east, then Lue is the second coming of POP or so, now, when we face a team in our size (and I actually think that talentwise player vs player we are the more talented team, bit man we have a way to go as a team to reach their level) they see him for what he is...
I could already see that "fake" idealia between LBJ and Love torn apart during the game, when LBJ screamed on him, LBJ is so fake, and mentaly weak, Curry has leaps and bound better psichy...

okay but if they come back and take the series..i bet you have nothing to say, aye?

 

[Thelorn]

Way to shit the bed reverting back to Lebron/Kyrie trade off Iso ball for the most part.

Why leave behind the last 3 series progress? Player movement, ball movement, cuts, screens, back doors, instead back to standing around the 3 point line and watching.

 

[brownindian]

AS much as I want to blame our players - I feel like half the damage was done by the refs. Bogus offensive calls for flopping and just about no foul on LeBron or K Love even though he gets hacked ? They killed our momentum and fucking hurt our psyche and that had a huge impact on our collapse.

I for one honestly hope that the rating for game 2 tanks so badly that NBA shits its collective underwear and asks its referees to call an even game.

 

[gourimoko]

As it looks right now, we are nowhere CLOSE to beating the warriors.

Lue is clueless for most of the game. Defensive awareness is absolute garbage. You can say KI or JR closed down their men, but they missed a bunch of crucial switches, and for the most part looked clueless on team D, giving up a bunch of dunks and layups.
On offense we resort to shit shots and extensive dribbling, instead of taking advantage of OBVIOUS mismatches.

All of this was already exposed during the TOR series. Kerr just watched the tape and bitchslapped Lue.

Truth hurts... Some guys here were delusional that because we ran through a very weak east, then Lue is the second coming of POP or so, now, when we face a team in our size (and I actually think that talentwise player vs player we are the more talented team, bit man we have a way to go as a team to reach their level) they see him for what he is...
I could already see that "fake" idealia between LBJ and Love torn apart during the game, when LBJ screamed on him, LBJ is so fake, and mentaly weak, Curry has leaps and bound better psichy...

Blatt brigade strikes from the grave.

Seriously, it's tired...

 

[Shumpmatic]

Kenny Smith calling out our shit defensive gameplan. This is onLue guys

 

[The Wizard of Moz]

Some of you had too many Red Stripes

one red stipe is too many

next game Im just splitting wood

 

[The Red Viper]

Some of the comments in here are embarrassing.

We knew it would be tough, its a SEVEN game SERIES for a reason. They had role players that contributed more than their starting unit, and most of our role players crawled up into a shell.

It was GAME ONE. Its not over until its over. Golden State won game 1 last year and we won the next 2, why can't we do it again.

Go over to the Warriors forum and talk about how great they are if that's all you care about. Don't bother coming on Sunday night to talk in the game thread, since the Warriors are already Champs to some of you.

Shouldn't you be posting in Darüşşafaka S.K. forums? GTFO.

 

[Jscc]

Not good enough. He wants to be called the best player and to win a title for Cleveland, then he has to be GREAT. Not good on just one end. Tonight was not good enough out of him, or anyone else.

LeBron has had one 30 point game all post-season. Asking him to both defend Curry AND score like he did last season is imo too much at this point and probably not sustainable. We have the largest payroll in the NBA and second largest in NBA history. The lack of production is inexcusable.

 

[Zog]

Well folks, win game 2 or it's time for next year.