The 2017 NBA Finals Thread

[Ronin]

Starts tonight!

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[Ronin]

Tonight's game 6/1/2017
Cavaliers @ Warriors Game 1 (ABC) 6:00 p.m.
http://www.espn.com/nba/preview?gameId=400954510

 

[Ronin]

CBS Sports NBA‏Verified account@CBSSportsNBA 5m5 minutes ago
Cavs-Warriors: Steve Kerr reportedly could return to Golden State bench for NBA Finals. http://cbsprt.co/2roS52B

 

[Ronin]

NBA on TNT‏Verified account@NBAonTNT
#InsidetheNBA makes their #NBAFinals predictions... Who ya got?

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[Ronin]

The Warriors are 7 point favorite according to Vegas
http://www.oddsshark.com/nba/odds

 

[Ronin]

ESPN Stats & Info‏Verified account@ESPNStatsInfo 7m7 minutes ago
Game 1 of the #NBAFinals: Tonight, 9 ET on ABC. On paper, it's the most star-studded Finals in a long time.

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[Ronin]

ESPN Stats & Info‏Verified account@ESPNStatsInfo 20m20 minutes ago
The @cavs and @warriors have the two best effective field goal percentages in a single postseason under the current format.

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[Ronin]

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[Chaplin]

Sheesh, a Finals series lasting possibly 3 weeks? What a joke.

 

[Dback Jon]

Go Cavs!

 

[SirStefan32]

Sweep the Cavs!

 

[Cheesebeef]

I want the Cavs to win but I think GS takes it in 5, 6 max.

 

[Ronin]

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[Finito]

Cavs in 6

What does GS do if they lose? You win 73 games and can't beat Lebron next year you add KD and lose again? Wow.

I honestly can't wait for these finals it's like the immovable object vs the instopable force.

 

[Ronin]

Anthony Slater‏Verified account@anthonyVslater 1m1 minute ago
Mike Brown said both Zaza Pachulia and Andre Iguodala are "ready to go." Only two Warriors who had minor health issues in West Finals

 

[Hoop Head]

Warriors in 5.

Green doesn't have the technical foul suspension hanging over his head and he blames himself for the loss last year so he'll be playing at his top level.

Durant is playing with a chip on his shoulder because if they don't win he looks even worse.

Curry doesn't need to carry the load with Durant there.

Thompson is playing for a big new contract.

Cleveland can't double anyone without giving up an open 3, to an all star.

 

[Ronin]

Warriors PR @WarriorsPR
NBA Finals Game 1 starters: GSW - Curry, Thompson, Durant, Green, Pachulia; CLE - Irving, Smith, James, Love, Thompson

 

[Ronin]

ESPN Stats & Info @ESPNStatsInfo
Most 3-pointers, NBA Finals History LeBron James 68 Stephen Curry 57

 

[Finito]

I just don't understand how people think the Warriors and gonna run over the Cavs

KD has proven to be tissue soft in his career

 

[pokerface]

Sheesh, a Finals series lasting possibly 3 weeks? What a joke.

Yeah...It's every THIRD day now??? Why is that necessary?

 

[pokerface]

I'm glad you guys are mostly supporting the Cavs. It's hard to root for Golden State IMO.

 

[Finito]

I'm glad you guys are mostly supporting the Cavs. It's hard too root for Golden State IMO.

I've never done a 180 on a player like Lebron. I was rooting for Dallas so hard that year and now I'm pulling for him. GS just rubs me the wrong way.

 

[AZCrazy]

Everyone is talking about the winning team being a 'dynasty'. Like two wins is a dynasty now.

Here's a dynasty: The Celtics won the Eastern Conference and went to the Finals in

1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, and 1969.

(and won them all, except 1958)

 

[AzStevenCal]

Go Warriors!!! Okay, I don't really mean that but I do mean go warriors.

It's difficult for me to sympathize or view them as the scrappy underdog when the team is the reigning champion, playing in its 3rd straight finals and headed by quite probably the greatest player to have ever played the game. And that greatest player is surrounded by some other very good players too.

I just can't find it in myself to cheer on the underdog with a playoff roster dominated by such high picks. 1, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 13, 17, 18 and 20! That's where the Cavs key players were drafted. Clearly, they don't need my bandwagon support. The Warriors on the other hand have the oft-abused Curry and Durant combo.

 

[Russ Smith]

Low turnovers but the Warriors missed a ton of easy shots, open 3's and layups in that first half. Should be up much more than 8, kinda scary.