Per Stein:

Kevin Love will not be medically cleared to play in Game 3 of the 2016 NBA Finals due to a concussion.

Love had grown optimistic of his chances of being cleared.

Love has been told Game 4 on Friday is the soonest he'll be cleared.
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I wouldn't be stunned if this actually helps the Cavs as Lue could get more creative with his lineups. Or he could just start Frye and keep the status quo.

for Lue to bring Love off the bench in game 4.

I can't see Lebron letting them go down 0-3 especially without Love. He's forced to be more aggressive on offense. He just has to limit the turnovers.

They'll probably get contributions from JR and/or Frye tonight as well.

this was the game i had cleveland winning. so i'll stick with that.

not so confident tho. dubs kind of own these niggas' souls.

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i think Cavs take this, but i can see GS ending it here.

If that's the case, what on earth is Kyrie going to do on the court?

Given the Cavs roster, I think Bron will look to do more facilitating to start things off and kick it up a notch in the fourth quarter, assuming the game is close. Perhaps use the threat of the outside shooters to make it easier for the Bath Salts to flow so to speak.

It would be hilarious to see Bron so at full throtle for 48 minutes just to see how lost Kyrie would look on offense, much less on the defensive end since he'd be so dejected with the lack of touches.

>Given the Cavs roster, I think Bron will look to do more facilitating to start things off and kick it up a notch in the fourth quarter,


He needs to do the opposite. Get his first, keep the game close and.or get the lead and allow that to open up opportunities for others.

Tryna facilitate to get tristan and jr off is gonna have them down by 20 at halftime imo

>He needs to do the opposite. Get his first, keep the game
>close and.or get the lead and allow that to open up
>opportunities for others.

Unless the Cavs play lights out defense, it's going to be hard to keep the game close initially if LeBron tries to outgun the Warriors by himself if I'm just thinking about the numbers that would have to be involved. Also, it's going to be hard to get others hot and making consistent shots in the fourth quarter if they aren't getting consistent touches in the prior quarters.


>Tryna facilitate to get tristan and jr off is gonna have them
>down by 20 at halftime imo

You have one of the names I was thinking about; I was thinking about Jr, Frye, and Dellovadova (at least looking at his regular season three point shooting average) doing well from outside via LeBron facilitating the offense. That mixed with Kyrie doing his Rucker in Gloomy Cleveland routine matched with good/great defense (which is the most important aspect and has been missing for the series in the second halves of both games) will result in a close game IMO.

they had 15 turnovers and shot 38% in game 1 33% from 3
they had 18 turnovers and shot 35% in game 2 21% from 3

They wouldn't beat the hawks playing like that on offense.

It's tough either way but I think you'd want to try to get JR or someone going early. The Warriors defense is focused on stopping LeBron so try to take what they are giving you and hope someone steps up in the first half to at least keep you close and maybe make them have to change up a little on LeBron.

You'd think JR's good for one light out night in this series. You hope it's tonight.

to set the tone.

You try to get JR going and he misses his 1st couple of shots, then what? you probably already losing and now you try to get someone else going or try to have lebron take over???

I feel like if Lebron dictates the offense early everyone/anyone can eat later. They probably not gonna double early and if they do, well thats how you get other people involved.

Cavs go down double digits early and its rip.

I mean, it's not like LeBron can cede shots or not look for his at any point.

For me, I'd rather get people involved early because I just feel like it's more likely that they get into a groove early and help out and LeBron can take over (as he did in Game 3 last year) than have him carry the weight in the first half and then hope someone gets into it in the 2nd.

Either way, LeBron has to go for 40 for them to have chance.

but he has to be ready to apply them when needed. He can't play that ultra-unselfish facilitator shit tonight.

He can't
>play that ultra-unselfish facilitator shit tonight.

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at home. They'll be fired up


and from what I'm reading of local news reports here, the Dubs been partying out in Cleveland. STaying out late



not a great feeling about this one

>and from what I'm reading of local news reports here, the Dubs
>been partying out in Cleveland. STaying out late

So the Warriors failed where JR succeeded in terms of avoiding the party scene in Cleveland?

Say it ain't so.

Will be interesting to see who looks the most hungover tonight.

Would also be funny if Curry or Klay busts out for a 40 point performance and creates a Hangover Game meme similar to Jordan's Flu Game meme.

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So far I've always been right. I expect I'll be right again tonight. I hope I'm not.

Cavs win to get some confidence back.

EDIT: I'm not sure if I know HOW they're going to win, but I figure they'll find a way.

they have a +/- of -32 with Love not playing. interesting to see who all steps up big on the Cavs tonight.

Although, in general, I hate plus minus as a stat.

..same disastrous results, though.


*skatin' the rings of saturn*


..and miles to go before i sleep...

..we all know about steph's recent injuries, yet he's never used them as an excuse to cop pleas.

there's a difference btwn being hurt and being injured.

hurt is something every professional athlete deals with throughout every season.

injured means you can't suit up and you're a liability to your team at that point.

the cavs finally woke up from sleepwalking through the playoffs, only to find themselves down 2-0. happy to see them play with intensity, hustling from start to finish on both ends of the court. they played scrappy and used that aggression to frustrate gsw. we know they're capable of this at times, but never consistently.

gsw defied the odds and showed the world they could overcome a huge deficit to win the wcf. now its on the cavs to do the same.

ticktockticktockTICK.


*skatin' the rings of saturn*


..and miles to go before i sleep...

bout it every series lol

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i feel like i should make fingerguns at you but that might be too serious.

Golf Wang.

Some people are saying Bron needs one of his bath salt games, but I'm honestly wondering if he can even do that anymore if he wanted to. Dude has looked like those six straight finals appearances have caught up with him. In NBA years for a 31 year old, he's damn near ancient

For the record, I have no beef with LeBron. I actually like him as a player. But this is funny.

http://www.frank151.com/mac-bari-rapping-fuck-bron-bron/

refs with the helping hand to stretch the series out.
whole dubs starting 5 get in foul trouble early.
1/2 they bench too.

thats how these series seem to go.

Being a willing passer is doing the Warriors a favor (c) mark jackson

Kidding. Although, their offense was stagnant the last two games. Gotta get the ball moving or get some motion.

these niggas missing everyhing including free throws nshit.

We all know this won't last

if the dubs weather this early blitz and cut the lead to like 5 by halftime?

because, i mean, you know... that's kind of what they do.

I always hated when the Celtics were bad and people would get excited, "But we were beating them for three quarters!" Yeah, and then the other team started trying.

they're going to need stellar defense to get sustained stops.

And Curry has two fouls.

>if the dubs weather this early blitz and cut the lead to like
>5 by halftime?
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>because, i mean, you know... that's kind of what they do.

Cavs are attacking Curry on everything.

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Looks as if the Cleveland Raptors showed up tonight. Nice to see Kyrie Lowry balling out tonight.

On a serious note, this is the second game Curry has at least 2 fouls in the first half. No bueno.

I got 52-47 Cavs

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Quit going out so damn much


Put the blunt down, Klay

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fingerin a chick tawmbout "what yall doing?? Wanna play Street Fighter??" Ole, ruin the moment ass dude.

The flying elbow from Barnes to the back of Love head for the concussion

The Tiger Knee from Mozgov to Klay thigh meat to give him a contusion according to Mike Breen.


Hmm.

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they're perfectly content keeping this around 12 or so until they eventually turn up.

lulz

yeah... sure, mark.

and he light skint, so i forget who is who on the dubs sumtimes

more than anyone on GS, even Steph. Feels like every time he shoots, he's gonna hit. EVERY time.

Dude gets in a zone and is beyond unafraid to launch.

There's a reason a few people on this board wanted Cavs to take him 4th...

i mean he already turned down the olympics so his knee can get better.

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there's no need to cop pleas for his performance unless there is someone with an anti-Curry agenda or something, and even then...

him playing not so great is actually inconsequential

i've consistently given credit to OKC AND CLE for playing good defense on him.

he * IS * hurt. he don't look right. when you're injured and you're playing injured you're not going to get better.

right today? he don't look right.

as Brooklynwhat said, he's lacking explosive movement. he can barely shake Tristan Thompson and if he can shake Durant on a good day he can shake Tristan on a less than good day.

soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo, i'm curious how hurt he is. i'm not absolving him of playing well. if you're gonna take the initiative to put yourself on the court regardless of condition you should make sure you can be effective.

you guys need to fucking chill.

Promo is the homer of all homers tho

game 1 he played bad and i said so.

JESUS FUCKING CHRIST.

just tired of the narrative. He hurt when he don't look like yall think he should, then when he hittin threes and dancing and screaming, he cool? It's old. Funny, too, that I'm hurt while you rooting against a whole city because the team left your city. FOH.

It was a fairly serious injury, and overall he hasn't played anywhere near his usual level on the whole since it happened. These guys aren't robots.

troll on playa. i ain't mad atcha.

just man uo and take an L.

if you say i'm lying then whatever.

this ain't about taking no L. this about muhfuckas jumping to conclusions.

he says he's hurt, coach says he's hurt. i just wonder how hurt he is. period. end of story.

have you watched this dude played all season?


then have you watched him play after the injury?


plain and simple

as full strength and playing in mid season shape


my bad

if they say it, he MUST be fine.

you're not allowed to say he's hurt even if you say he's playing bad and has to wear that critique because if you say he's hurt that's pleas copped.

so says OKS.

Yal gotta stop this

I'm honestly surprised yal haven't been collectively fried on here for this ho ass shyt

2 weeks ago he doing this
https://vine.co/v/iEPt2xPrYHL

Injured/hurt nyggas ain't doing that

Hell he tried to yam on Bron during a deadball

His legs might be heavier due to him having to work extra hard to get open on screens

But that's it

Yea he's going to want to rest this summer and skip the Olympics

That's not cause hes injured

Shyts disgusting





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He's also has too many turnovers and he's committing too many fouls.

There's room for him to improve outside of the fact his shot may or may not be falling because of an injuries.

When you are nursing an injury, particularly one in the LE, other aspects of your anatomy (most likely muscles in this case) have to kick in and work extra hard...overall, it's going to result in a less efficient system which means less output. That's just the reality of the human body but the reality of the playoffs is that it's not an excuse (and I don't think you were trying to make one, but just wondering out loud)

Holy shyt these muhfuggahs here...

Every.

Damb.

Time.


Smh


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remarkably, jr smith is the least culpable.

also... bullshit, that PIPE should have counted

he's been missing a gang of layups. Well defended but still

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not going to the hoop, taking some bad jumpers, missing a whole lot of layups.

then he really got going in the 3rd quarter.

and only down 8.

cleveland needs to end this early in Q3. put these dudes on the canvas.

Bron has got to work on his fuckin jumper in the off-season. Don't make no damn sense. Joint is broke and he don't trust it for shit. Not saying he gotta become Chuck Person or some shit, but you too cotdamn gifted to not be able to master a repeatable jump shot. Shit be all over the place in terms of form, too.

>Bron has got to work on his fuckin jumper in the off-season.
>Don't make no damn sense. Joint is broke and he don't trust
>it for shit. Not saying he gotta become Chuck Person or some
>shit, but you too cotdamn gifted to not be able to master a
>repeatable jump shot. Shit be all over the place in terms of
>form, too.

it is a strange thing though for sure

LeBron is wired for sound for Disney/ABC and was still crying to the refs in the first half?

This time last year, I seem to remember Klay getting put in the wok getting they stir fry treatment.

but he's playing like actual curry.

Pathetic
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i'm just calling it like it is

Complete shit today.

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Every game is a blow out. All playoffs long.

for good reason

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as you should... party on, Garth


you winning this series though?

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LMAO


Thunder obliterated us.


this is nothing compared to that

to gettting popped by an eastern conf team trying to stay alive

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Cavs suck when you can throw athletic bigs that can score on them (which is why I am not looking forward to future matchups with teams like Detroit or Milwaukee)

their only hope would be Westbrook going Westbrick

either the bench mob makes a run, or it's just Cleveland's night.

this is a wake up call to the best team in the league


cut the partying and going out late bullshit



get back to focusing on inferior teams.

but Schumpert is still getting millions.

anybody think the cavs just got back in the series?

because seriously, if they let Cleveland get this loose again WE MIGHT NEVER GET OUR GODDAMNED FREE TACO!!

Cavs made their shots, dubs didn't match their intensity. Both of those things will regress toward the mean. Meanwhile, while the Cavs showed far better defensive effort, they still fell asleep and did dumb shit on D.

And by they I mean Kyrie, of course.

apparently the coach of the UO men's program had to speak to the fans after Kevin's UCLA came to town because it got pretty nasty. It's never been a particularly good relationship since.

I'm sure Neil Olshey would be interested if he could get something for nothing, but Portland isn't pressed in the slightest to slap Kevin Love on billboards around town.

warming up at Oracle.

how much do you think he'll buy Lillard's #0 jersey for?

in the 4th.

it's over now.

at least Klay's made some 3s. Welven ain't done SHIT.

every.single.one.

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how terrible must our defense be to allow Kyrie Irving, of all ppl, 8 assists in a game??

Lord knows Kyrie is a bad defender, but it's not because he lacks the ability to play defense-- and he has shown on a few occasions that he can lock in and play passable D.

Kryie actually made a shot and Dray didn't show up.

first 2 games were unfathomably poor performances - they were due.

This still means nothing without a game 4 victory - but this was great to see.

As soon as I heard Kevin Small Love was out of the lineup - I felt good about tonight.

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looking forward to seeing you in game 4 no matter what happens, right?

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yup


you'll see me early in the game posts too. Not showing up after the game is in the hand

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I actually didn't take you for a Lebron dickrider


good to know

Lebron used to be the most feared..now he's a lovable underdog with a full hairline (via transplant).

You MAD the Warriors gonna win and Lebron STILL gonna
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and YOU guys stop with the 'lebron's teammates suck' narrative.

deal?

MORE, I says.

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trying to get them inspired.

i guess he forgot to yell at himself.

Seems unlikely that they'll win the series, but at least they showed some life.

Welven/Livingston/Iggy/Barbosa can only carry the "unanimous" MVP & best "2-way" player for a game or two. Barnes already blew his load in a meaningless game.

Unless the Splash Bros show up, this series is beyond done since Kyrie/Bron/Tristan can sustain their GM 3 performance & JR has been known to go on a hot streak for a week or two.

>Unless the Splash Bros show up, this series is beyond done
>since Kyrie/Bron/Tristan can sustain their GM 3 performance &
>JR has been known to go on a hot streak for a week or two.

>Welven/Livingston/Iggy/Barbosa can only carry the "unanimous"
>MVP & best "2-way" player for a game or two. Barnes already
>blew his load in a meaningless game.

I'm still waiting for the NyQuil Bros. to switch to DayQuil

as far as I'm concerned this team is the Spurs on HGH

He starts?

I say they "ease" him back off the bench.

1) Draymond going DrayQuil
2) Mozgov coming in limited action, opening things up for Ky in PnR
3) The refs actually calling a moving screen
4) Tristan and JR finally having a good game
5) LeBron playing like ass for a half, cleaning it up in the 2nd half
6) Kyrie Irving: 30pts, *8 AST*, 4 reb, only 2 turnovers
7) 8 point lead at the half, 30 point win (coming off a 33 point loss)

please begin all hot takes and memes and "Kyrie gonna get traded" talk

meanwhile I'm just glad they didn't go out like some asswipes and gave the home crowd at least one show.

Clearly one team upped their intensity while the other didn't match it...game 4 should be quite interesting.

I watched that replay on slow motion multiple times, clearly a foul on Mozgov, but just a simple moving screen to my eye, which I would assume klay has much experience witnessing.... I didn't see him stick his knee out or anything like he claims. Take the loss and come back focused for game 4 man.

I still think the Dubs win this in 5.

>I still think the Dubs win this in 5.

They would be well advised to come out hard on Friday and try and get that one. If the Cavs get momentum and this series goes long, fatigue could be a factor. GS has been duking it since round 2, while Cleveland should be relatively fresh.

Weird.

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That guy is a hell of a pro basketball player man

killed the Cavs every game he's been on the court

>That guy is a hell of a pro basketball player man


someone here called him the ultimate glue guy. And for us, he's exactly that



I'd go as far as saying we wouldn't have won the title or been here without him.

will the Draymond Green based puns cease?

Y'all gonna have some explaining to do when GS wins, and
Lebron is still god status

Y'all gonna be pretty, mad

LMAO @ the pleas already "Steph doesn't care about MVPs"

Bwahahahahaha


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series.

See how easy that is?

Cool

No plea

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If this was Bron and he was winning titles but playing like dogshit and not in the Finals MVP mix (like Curry) - y'all would be frothing at the mouth and spending all your free time denigrating him with weak group-think lolz'ing.

Oh wait - you already do that.

it's gonna be ok though. Summer's here and the humidity levels are remarkably low.

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'Wade's team' started when bron left to join wade's team.

Lebron had MVP trophies before he left to Miami.


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>If this was Bron and he was winning titles but playing like dogshit and not in the Finals MVP mix (like Curry)

are you talking about last season or already conceding this finals? i'm confused.

>>If this was Bron and he was winning titles but playing like
>dogshit and not in the Finals MVP mix (like Curry)
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>are you talking about last season or already conceding this
>finals? i'm confused.

It's a double standard.

If Lebron was playing like ass and Cleveland was ahead,
he'd be getting SKEWERED 1000000000000X worse



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okay maybe not kill it


but teams gotta be looking at this a little sideways

he really need to just shoot corner 3s all summer to get that niche offensive role ala shane battier..that and his defense and he could beast next to lebron/kyrie.

not in that he's a bad dude or a cancer. but he just doesn't seem like any better of a player since HS. i also think that knee injury took a bit off him.

his 3 saved the Cavs last year (particularly against ATL); he does way too much driving to the hoop when he never can draw the foul or pass well enough. Want to see him shoot it when he's passed more often. he hit one of those tonight.

of shots in the paints...dude would miss so many layups or dunks it wasn't even funny.

he usually plays well in atl lol

Why are you surprised he's struggling with his outside shots?

I do wonder if the numerous knee injuries took away some of his lateral quickness and as result is hurting him on the defensive end.

he was at 29% this season

that should never happen


ever

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help me out in picking a second team to root for though...

I'm "rooting" for CLE? FOH, man...I'm mad as fuck we ain't in the Finals. Period.

https://streamable.com/3ag1


lmao Windhorst gotta chill out man