NBA Finals 2015-2016 thread

[GratefulCs]

Suspension = Not as one sided as series.

He should have been suspended in OKC series, not this one.

When did Vince MacMahon take over the NBA?  JK

i mean.....


Not really jk though

[slamtheking]

@JamesWorthy42

I don't believe in suspensions during the @NBA finals unless someone throws a devastating blow to the head. The fans are being cheated #gm6
11:24 AM - 13 Jun 2016

good to know he didn't want Mchale suspended in the finals years ago since he only clotheslined Rambis around the neck

[Clench123]

@JamesWorthy42

I don't believe in suspensions during the @NBA finals unless someone throws a devastating blow to the head. The fans are being cheated #gm6
11:24 AM - 13 Jun 2016

Lebron is being a cHeat by complaining about Green. Because they need Green to be out to even have the slightest chance of winning. NBA just obliged to the Queen's request.

Exactly and disgusting.

Are people really defending players taking nutshots?  Seriously?  What Green did absolutely 100% deserve suspension.  That's the bottom line.

[BitterJim]

@JamesWorthy42

I don't believe in suspensions during the @NBA finals unless someone throws a devastating blow to the head. The fans are being cheated #gm6
11:24 AM - 13 Jun 2016

Lebron is being a cHeat by complaining about Green. Because they need Green to be out to even have the slightest chance of winning. NBA just obliged to the Queen's request.

Exactly and disgusting.

Are people really defending players taking nutshots?  Seriously?  What Green did absolutely 100% deserve suspension.  That's the bottom line.

He deserved a suspension for the hit on Adams, but getting a flagrant for the "hit" on Lebron is a joke.  You don't make make-up calls when they're playing a different team in the NBA Finals

[RockinRyA]

@JamesWorthy42

I don't believe in suspensions during the @NBA finals unless someone throws a devastating blow to the head. The fans are being cheated #gm6
11:24 AM - 13 Jun 2016

Lebron is being a cHeat by complaining about Green. Because they need Green to be out to even have the slightest chance of winning. NBA just obliged to the Queen's request.

Exactly and disgusting.

Are people really defending players taking nutshots?  Seriously?  What Green did absolutely 100% deserve suspension.  That's the bottom line.

He deserved a suspension for the hit on Adams, but getting a flagrant for the "hit" on Lebron is a joke.  You don't make make-up calls when they're playing a different team in the NBA Finals

I agree, the Adams one was more suspension worthy than this one, esp since it was Lebron who started it.

[RockinRyA]

Better figure out how to stop LBJ and Kyrie more now. Love should take advantage of the Bogut injury too.

Looks like that OKC-GSW West Finals ain't the nba finals anymorez eh NBA fans!

Its what happens when an All NBA defensive Team player is out for your team.

[alley oop]

Four flagrant foul “points” in the postseason results in a suspension.

“The cumulative points system is designed to deter flagrant fouls in our game,” Kiki Vandeweghe, the N.B.A.’s executive vice president for basketball operations, said in a statement.

2 flagrant fouls per series resulting in a suspension can deter flagrant fouls. The current system encourages and rewards a player for hard fouling and goading an opposing good player who's one flagrant away from suspension at the start of the series. Sport is about having the same rules for all/both competitors involved within a game (match) or series. The current system isn't that. 

[alldaboston]

It took a magical performance by Lebron and Kyrie, as well as 2 starters out, for Cleveland to win.

I would bet that Lebron doesn't go 4/8 from three in game 6, and that with draymond back, Warriors exploit love again.

Also. My friend told me that almost every time Lebron has been eliminated at some point in the playoffs, it's been in Cleveland/Miami? Is that really true?

2006: Eliminated by the Pistons in Detroit
2007: Eliminated by the Spurs in Cleveland
2008: Eliminated by the Celtics in Boston
2009: Eliminated by the Magic in Orlando
2010: Eliminated by the Celtics in Boston
2011: Eliminated by the Mavericks in Miami
2014: Eliminated by the Spurs in San Antonio
2015: Eliminated by the Warriors in Cleveland

I don't know exactly where your friend got that from because he's been eliminated more times away than he has at home.

Thanks for looking that up for me. TP

[LilRip]

What's the status on Bogut? Game got away from GSW after there was zero rim protection.

[wiley]

What's the status on Bogut? Game got away from GSW after there was zero rim protection.

Yup. Another reason the NBA shouldn't play around with bogus suspensions (I'm fine with a suspension for a worthy flagrant).  What if Curry got hurt last night, or Klay?  The series is now in some doubt for the Warriors, and I GUARANTEE that if the Cavs win this series the suspension will be looked at for years to come as the wrong call...even more so due to Bogut being out. 

It won't be quite as bad historically as killing the Suns by suspending Amare was, but it will be up there among robberies committed by the NBA.

[alley oop]

What's the status on Bogut? Game got away from GSW after there was zero rim protection.

Injured center Andrew Bogut traveled with the Golden State Warriors to Cleveland on Tuesday afternoon in advance of Thursday night's Game 6 in the NBA Finals, according to league sources, but a firm status update on Bogut's health wasn't expected until later Tuesday night.

Sources told ESPN.com that Bogut underwent an MRI exam on his sprained left knee Tuesday morning as scheduled. Yet sources said the results of that exam were being evaluated‎ further by the Warriors' medical team during their Ohio-bound flight.
...

http://espn.go.com/nba/playoffs/2016/story/_/id/16209675/andrew-bogut-knee-travels-warriors-awaiting-mri-results

[Moranis]

My game 6 prediction is that I expect the Warriors to start off well, but the Cavs to stay close and eventually pull out a close game and force a game 7. I expect James to have another great night with something like 35/15/11, Irving to be not as good somewhere in the 26 point range, and Love and Smith to combine for 30. I expect Green to have a triple double going with 18/12/10, Curry to have 30 on 45% shooting, though think Thompson will have a poorer game, something like 20 points but only in the 40% range shooting. Warriors will miss Bogut down the stretch when they need his defense (even if he plays I can't see him being a plus player defensively).

[Donoghus]

So Bogut's out the rest of the Finals now.   Things have certainly turned.

[PhoSita]

So Bogut's out the rest of the Finals now.   Things have certainly turned.

As long as the Warriors have Draymond available, I think this works in their favor.

There should be no question now that the Warriors will start the death lineup.  The Cavs just don't match up well with the Warriors when Draymond is at center.

Varejao, Ezeli, and Speights can more than adequately cover minutes at center when Draymond isn't on the floor.  It will be important for the Warriors not to get beaten too badly during those minutes.

The Warriors will need better minutes from Barnes playing at the four, though, and they will ask a great deal of Curry, Klay, and Iggy.


I think this thing ends on Thursday.

[celticsclay]

My game 6 prediction is that I expect the Warriors to start off well, but the Cavs to stay close and eventually pull out a close game and force a game 7. I expect James to have another great night with something like 35/15/11, Irving to be not as good somewhere in the 26 point range, and Love and Smith to combine for 30. I expect Green to have a triple double going with 18/12/10, Curry to have 30 on 45% shooting, though think Thompson will have a poorer game, something like 20 points but only in the 40% range shooting. Warriors will miss Bogut down the stretch when they need his defense (even if he plays I can't see him being a plus player defensively).

I expect Kevin loves goes for 8 points 4 rebounds and 4 turnovers. I think the game will be a lot lower scoring than the previous game because Green allows everyone to have a better matchup on defense. I don't really know who will win, it probably could just come down to who is hotter from the outside. Curry has not looked right since his injury and that is certainly concerning.