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I agree completely. Cavs need to start strong in game 6. None of this falling behind by 8-10 points in the first quarter. This series has been mostly about the second quarter. I don't have the numbers but one team has dominated the second quarter is pretty much every game. The Cavs need to win the second quarter, or at the very least, not let Toronto pull away in the second quarter.

Thank you!

Thanks for showing up Kevin Love, and nice team defense there. Finish this up at their house and let's get this over with.

Re-defines "man to man" defense. Amazed he didn't fall down.

Took my broom back for a refund. Crush them like this in Canadia and let's have some real fun.

Go, Cavs! Make this one count!

Lol, but the same can almost be said about us too though. Tomorrow, we need to prove that piece different and then we can talk finals hehe.

So are saying we play like Blackbeard at home, but Orlando bloom on the road?

LOL, just saw that on Twitter and was about to post it.

Isn't it available on espn.com?

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It's amazing what happens when the shots are falling. I honestly don't think that it was lack of team effort in 3&4, if we made half of the open 3's we shot (not counting the contested one's) we're close in game 3 and win game 4...

Thanks to you as well for the link! Can I use it even though I don't have ESPN?

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Any thoughts on tonight's game? I would be a little shocked if the Thunder closed it out tonight (or maybe I shouldn't be given how this series has gone?). I would expect game 6 to be a battle though.

If the Warriors get a nice run going in the 1st half and build a lead, I could see the Thunder laying down and saving some energy for Game 6. I'm not saying Durant and Westbrook would quit, but they might mail it in knowing they get them on their home turf in 2 days.

I could also see the Thunder blowing them out again too. I guess what I'm saying, it's going to be a blowout for either team.

If I had to predict one team only, I'll go with the Warriors because they're at home. I do hope the Thunder win so the Cavs can get home court advantage if they advance to the Finals.

Considering there have been 9 conference finals games.. the average margin of victory in both finals is about 21 points. Only 2 games have finished within 10 but 5 of the 9 have finished with a 24 point win or bigger...

That's not a very bold prediction.

I think OKC closes it out tonight, Curry is obviously hurt, and Green is distracted, and thompson is pretty much an average guy when curry isn't going.

So you didn't watch the last game when Thompson scored 19 straight points when Curry "wasn't going"?

Warriors tonight, and I think OKC finds a way on Saturday night.

If the Thunder play like they did in games three and four, then I don't think they will lose again this playoffs.

I believe so. I have not signed into it in any way when I have used it, at least not that I can recall.

wow 19 whole points...in a blow out with a -14 +/- and shooting less than 50% from the field..yeah that awesome... Or maybe you were talking about the game before that, where he was -41 +/-...yeah -41, while going 8-19 and 2-8 from three. Or maybe the game they actually won. where he still went 5-17 for a whopping 15 points. Point is, Klay cannot carry this team without a healthy Curry against OKC

19 straight points is different than 19 whole points. It also brought the team back to the point where they had a chance at a comeback.

Again, did you even watch the game?

Sure did and i edited my post to further clarify my statement...sorry but at no point did GS have a chance at a comeback.. they lost by 24, and OKC was in control just about the whole game. Even after his flurry, they were still up like 8, and 12 by the end of the quarter...I never got the sense that OKC would fall behind.

Thunder can not buy a call so far

westbrook and the refs are going to do their best to make sure GS makes it in the finals

Okay, you got me there.

Refs have already had too much impact

Green getting away with murder, one of these days he's going to clown the wrong dude

Mo speights is pretty damn cocky for as crappy as he's playing.

Their whole team is like that. Every basket they just won the ring. Can't wait till they lose

Adams scares me if we play OKC

He's like, "get the eff off me" and makes one with warriors hanging all over him. He's done that 3 or 4 times already in this game.

Okc plays hero ball 95% of the time. That's why they won't win . Westbrook and durant trying to close it out themselves and they are failing miserably

Hero ball has them up 3-1 though.

No most of their wins yeah they played great but so did waiters, Adams and kanter etc. today they are just taking turns trying iso, only problem is Westbrook is hurting his team more than helping. Durant is atleast hitting shots but a lot of ugly turnovers

Throughout these playoffs, OKC has had periods of time where they just stink up the joint, but the other team just can't seem to pull away.

That's because they don't slack off with their defensive effort just because shots aren't falling.

Wish love and Irving would learn from that.

This is a good game. So far it looks like the Warriors got this. I guess playin' at home makes all the difference?

Maybe OKC can catch up n' win, but I don't know. (I'm rootin' for them!)