2016 ECF: (1) Cleveland vs. (2) Toronto

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Cavs in 4
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Cavs in 5
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Cavs in 6
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Cavs in 7
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Raps in 4
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Raps in 5
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Raps in 6
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Raps in 7
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Drake memes ensue
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This becomes first conference final round to be NBA TV exclusive
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Re: 2016 ECF: (1) Cleveland vs. (2) Toronto

Postby atlwarrior on Tue May 24, 2016 6:24 pm

I think someone is starting to regret losing all that weight. LeBron is not bullying people in the paint like he was in Miami.
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Re: 2016 ECF: (1) Cleveland vs. (2) Toronto

Postby air gordon on Tue May 24, 2016 10:15 pm

NovU wrote:Oh cmon. The Raptors simply outplayed them and took care of business at home. Give them credits already. Silver is rather probably reassuring crybabe LBJ he wont let Raptors be in Finals bcuz ticket sales.

LBJ's awful sidekicks' bad games were due. Also Lowry's breakout game was due. Simple as dat.

interesting choice of defensive assignments by Lue on the Raptors game deciding possession! why was LJames guarding...Patterson?! He should have been on Lowry. Did Lue think the Raptors were going to run the high screen for Lowry with Patterson?
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Re: 2016 ECF: (1) Cleveland vs. (2) Toronto

Postby atlwarrior on Wed May 25, 2016 12:22 am

air gordon wrote:interesting choice of defensive assignments by Lue on the Raptors game deciding possession! why was LJames guarding...Patterson?! He should have been on Lowry. Did Lue think the Raptors were going to run the high screen for Lowry with Patterson?


Lue has nothing to do with why they loss. LeBron completely gave up on his jump shot. Toronto left him wide open and he was not taking the shots and choosing to pass instead. He lost all that weight and now his shots fall short and cannot power through defenses like he did so effectively in Miami. Even Sports science in a way said his weight loss would help him long term but it would hurt him in his strongest areas which is powering through defenders. You notice he's not bullying people like he was in Miami because he does not have the body mass anymore. He's still strong because he's LeBron but definitely not as explosive.

Edit: Give Toronto credit as well. They really outsmarted an older and more talented Cleveland team. Every time anyone has doubted them they answered. Nobody thought they'll make it to the ECF and look now their tied 2-2 with Cleveland.
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Re: 2016 ECF: (1) Cleveland vs. (2) Toronto

Postby NovU on Wed May 25, 2016 12:37 am

Losing weight was a smart choice because with Love you shouldnt play too much time in post muscling with bigs.

Problem is(idk if it is) he is trusting his teammates more so each can play to their strength more. That is probably smart too becuz we saw how warriors ran him over last finals when it was all him. He will need his star sidekicks to have big games to stand chance in finals.

I said this all along. Irving and Love are inferior to Wade and Bosh. Lbj's decision to return was stupid.
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Re: 2016 ECF: (1) Cleveland vs. (2) Toronto

Postby air gordon on Wed May 25, 2016 12:39 am

I was merely pointing out a key late possession lol

The cavs did have another unlikely run of not missing any shots. Really thought Toronto was going to cave again. Good game

I'll leave it to the zingers for the weight loss debate
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Re: 2016 ECF: (1) Cleveland vs. (2) Toronto

Postby atlwarrior on Wed May 25, 2016 12:44 am

NovU wrote:Losing weight was a smart choice because with Love you shouldnt play too much time in post muscling with bigs.

Problem is(idk if it is) he is trusting his teammates more so each can play to their strength more. That is probably smart too becuz we saw how warriors ran him over last finals when it was all him. He will need his star sidekicks to have big games to stand chance in finals.

I said this all along. Irving and Love are inferior to Wade and Bosh. Lbj's decision to return was stupid.


lol No you're just bitter. It was not stupid he left. Why wouldn't LeBron muscle with the bigs? It made his scoring easier. It isn't like Love is doing any better than LeBron in the paint anyway. He was still able to play on the perimeter in Miami at 270. He can still feed Love the ball and muscle with the bigs. It worked fine with Bosh. Why wouldn't it be the same result with Love?
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Re: 2016 ECF: (1) Cleveland vs. (2) Toronto

Postby ThePointForward on Wed May 25, 2016 1:19 am

NovU wrote:I said this all along. Irving and Love are inferior to Wade and Bosh. Lbj's decision to return was stupid.



When Bosh is healthy of course. He played "just" 97 games in last two seasons.
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Re: 2016 ECF: (1) Cleveland vs. (2) Toronto

Postby skoadam on Wed May 25, 2016 8:39 am

Shocker...4:2 Cavs.
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Re: 2016 ECF: (1) Cleveland vs. (2) Toronto

Postby NovU on Wed May 25, 2016 11:19 am

Let's go Raptors!

If not, Warriors or Thunder will put a stop to Queen James' ring chase with Cavs. Sorry to disappoint u worked up 'return' fanbois but I just don't see him winnin another ring not this year, not next, not year after. #neverAgain :cry:
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Re: 2016 ECF: (1) Cleveland vs. (2) Toronto

Postby Jackal on Wed May 25, 2016 11:26 pm

Dude, you pretend you didn't ride Lebron's dick all the way to a championship the way you go on and on about him now. :?

Stop acting like a roadside fucked bitch, damn.
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Re: 2016 ECF: (1) Cleveland vs. (2) Toronto

Postby atlwarrior on Wed May 25, 2016 11:41 pm

Jackal wrote:Dude, you pretend you didn't ride Lebron's dick all the way to a championship the way you go on and on about him now. :?

Stop acting like a roadside fucked bitch, damn.


Lol He can't help himself man he's like a crazy obsessed ex that cant get over the dick. If he ever sees LeBron's Kia he'll slash the tires and cry while he listens to Views from the 6.
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Re: 2016 ECF: (1) Cleveland vs. (2) Toronto

Postby air gordon on Thu May 26, 2016 2:05 am

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so does Frye get more playing time? Does Love sit out another 4th quarter or does he become a positive contributor inside the 3pt line? and will Lue play LJames 46minutes!?!

i'dl ike to see JV out there even if Lue tries Frye at center
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Re: 2016 ECF: (1) Cleveland vs. (2) Toronto

Postby atlwarrior on Thu May 26, 2016 2:59 am

Not only that. Cleveland has Mo Williams and Timofey Mozgov. I'm not sure if Mozgov is still having issues with his injury but I'm sure the combination of him and Tristan Thompson would solve the Rebounding problem. && didn't Mo Williams just have two games last year where he scored 50 pts. Why the hell is he just on the bench?
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Re: 2016 ECF: (1) Cleveland vs. (2) Toronto

Postby Lamrock on Thu May 26, 2016 5:44 am

Major props to Toronto for tying this series up. They played great at home, overcoming Cleveland's offensive onslaught in the fourth. Having said that, I'd be stunned if they won tonight, let alone taking the series. Would need to be a situation like the Portland/LAC series methinks.

Toronto's my second favorite team, but I doubt they can beat OKC, so I'm kind of torn on who to root for...
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Re: 2016 ECF: (1) Cleveland vs. (2) Toronto

Postby Andrew on Thu May 26, 2016 11:26 am

Raptors left their game in Toronto, to dust off a cliched expression. Cavs are looking pretty good right now, but if they win Game 5, can they finish the Raptors off on the road in Game 6?
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Re: 2016 ECF: (1) Cleveland vs. (2) Toronto

Postby zzcoolj21 on Thu May 26, 2016 12:38 pm

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Re: 2016 ECF: (1) Cleveland vs. (2) Toronto

Postby Andrew on Thu May 26, 2016 12:38 pm

Pretty much.
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Re: 2016 ECF: (1) Cleveland vs. (2) Toronto

Postby NovU on Thu May 26, 2016 12:57 pm

Cavs like to pound on opponent who already given up and admit to a defeat. That's just the way queen James and cos like, they want to look bigger than actuality because of inferiority complex against West.
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Re: 2016 ECF: (1) Cleveland vs. (2) Toronto

Postby PeacemanNOT on Sat May 28, 2016 1:40 am

Okay... that's a pretty harsh vine.
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Re: 2016 ECF: (1) Cleveland vs. (2) Toronto

Postby zzcoolj21 on Sat May 28, 2016 10:56 am

LeBron can still jump when he wants to.
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Re: 2016 ECF: (1) Cleveland vs. (2) Toronto

Postby Andrew on Sat May 28, 2016 11:57 am

Seems they're not messing around this time.
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Re: 2016 ECF: (1) Cleveland vs. (2) Toronto

Postby ThePointForward on Sat May 28, 2016 1:00 pm

Well, that closes the eastern conference...

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Re: 2016 ECF: (1) Cleveland vs. (2) Toronto

Postby zzcoolj21 on Sat May 28, 2016 1:05 pm

zzcoolj21 wrote:Cavs in 6

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Re: 2016 ECF: (1) Cleveland vs. (2) Toronto

Postby [Q] on Sat May 28, 2016 1:11 pm

Whoa, Lebron's 6th straight Finals. Was overlooked this season because of Curry's greatness, but easily the best player of the era.
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Re: 2016 ECF: (1) Cleveland vs. (2) Toronto

Postby Sauru on Sat May 28, 2016 2:36 pm

[Q] wrote:Whoa, Lebron's 6th straight Finals. Was overlooked this season because of Curry's greatness, but easily the best player of the era.


i cant see how anyone could even try to argue otherwise. i would assume the big point they would make is that he plays in the east but still 6 in a row is amazing
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