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Russ Smith

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Man other than the one game where LeBron was sick, teh Cavs were insanely good in that series. average margin of victory in the 4 wins is about 26 points, 2 of them more than 30, the lowest margin of victory was 13.

LeBron was outstanding again last night and the way Love is shooting and the way Kyrie is going nuts.

There is still this "weird" dynamic I can't figure out. Start of the 3rd quarter Kyrie is just smoking hot nailing shots and he comes off a screen, gets the defender Bradley off balance and chucks up an off balance 3 that banked but missed and the ref didn't call the foul. they get down the other end, LeBron fouls someone and then starts yelling at Kyrie about the shot he took at the other end. Maybe he just didn't see it but the reason he took such a bad shot was he drew the foul on Bradley, its' the classic Harden fake and draw the foul play but this time the ref didn't call it. Immediately after that Kyrie continued his 3rd quarter onslaught so it didn't seem to bother him but it was just a really odd reaction to me from LeBron.

I couldn't tell if he was just mad because he wants perfection, or if he was mad because the Cavs were pulling away, Kyrie was on fire, and LeBron didn't like that someone other than him was the catalyst for the run?

I continue to be amazed the Celtics had the #1 seed in the East, combination of very good coaching and a very weak East where the Cavs basically played just to be healthy and rest guys instead of trying to get the 1 seed I guess.

Should be an amazing finals.
 

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Forgot to add the Cavs won THREE games in a row in Boston 2 of them by 30 plus. The Celtics never led any of the 3 home games they had, that's unreal.
 
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Okay, I'll bite. Why are the amounts different? Do you get a bonus for a sweep?

The NBA put in bonus awards that includes extra money (all or most of it goes to the players I believe) for winning records and playoff success. The total pool was around 15 million last season, I'm not sure if that number is still the same this season. I don't know if sweeps factor into it.
 
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