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Okc keeping it competitive with Gs in Gs house. Okc is no wilting violet.
I see Okc winning the next game because Gs wont have the home crowd/energy.

Only down by 4 at the end of 3

GS will most likely win this, but OKC has hung tough

Game 6 decides it all

Westbrook and durant are great individual players, they suck playing teamball. If they can't trust others to help they will struggle

Yeah, normally I would say you're crazy to suggest that game 6 would decide the series, but I can't see OKC winning a game 7 at Golden State either. It's hard enough to win one there.

Man I was really hoping to get okc, just because I think we'd match up well and have home court, but Westbrook and durant are going to implode with their selfishness. I've counted 11 straight possessions where no one passed the ball

Most expected GS to win tonight. But OKC didn't make it easy whatsoever.

I think had okc played more than 2 players this game is probably won. Westbrook had more turnovers than assists, and his assists were basically bailouts. Looks like home court is where it's at in the conference finals

I hate Draymond, I hope he gets punched in his vag.

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When there's no fear of consequences, I'd probably try an UFC kick too.

I have never read a person w/more insane takes than yours. You go on these crusades and most of them have no substance. It's annoying.

Anyway.......I wonder how OKC will handle game 6. It's almost like they have to win that game. They will have a lot of pressure on them. It will be interesting to see how they handle it.

LOL that is rich coming from you...god i need to stop reading your posts..crusades...thats hilarious. I won't get into a battle of wits with you, as you are unarmed

Can we stop saying Lebron has declined? Maybe he went from super-unguardable-mega-monster to just unguardable-mega-monster. The guy is playing at an insanely high level again and he's 1 win away from his 6th straight NBA Finals appearance.

Keys to the game

IMO, when we start really slow, it's hard for us to battle back. We always seem to battle back in just a bit too late. When we start strong, we play better defense and offense. Either or, we'll battle (shout out to Pat Shurmur, I said battle three times in under a few sentences.)

Physical action needed from TT on Byimbo. Byimbo seems to really get fueled by the crowd there across the border, so we have to try to keep him in check.

Lou changing the way we handle picks needs to continue. I love the blitz it mentality now, and it's working. Continue it please.

Irving needs to stay in an offensive rhythm. We need the threat of him and LBJ to give our perimeter snipers a chance at good clean looks.

Lastly, I hope we get the "good" Kevin Love, and not the opposite deciding to show up if he starts bad, you almost gotta get Channing in there. Refer back to the slow start comment.

All JMO.

just come out and hit them in the mouth right away, just like last game...never let them have hope..hope is a dangerous thing for a team fighting for their playoff lives

He's def. declined, but more in a "I don't need to do it all" kind of way. He can pick and choose his spots provided his supporting cast carries on. Kind of a "not as good as i once was, but as good once as I ever was"

That's not declining, that's growing... there's a difference between taking advantage of not having to do it all yourself and actually always doing it all yourself.

He's declined physically as well. Alot of miles, my point is he doesn't have to go out and prove he's still got it every night. But he's still usually the best player on the floor because he can do so many other things..i think the biggest place i notice the decline with him is defensively, he can't guard 1-5 like he used to be able to, he's still a very good help defender and his anticipation of passing lanes is some of the best ever. But its great that he hasn't had to shoulder the load in the playoffs. Because I think he'll have another gear come finals that we haven't seen yet in this year's playoffs.

All 4 teams in the playoffs can pretty much say that. Interestingly enough, they all mostly happened when the team was home... eventually you have to go on the road... Every one of them has looked unbeatable for a 2 game stretch but it's not sustainable for an entire series, the opponents at this time of year are too good.

Cavs will win this series obviously, but getting game 6 is big in terms of rest. We're at our best after a few days off.

Thunder/Warriors is a tossup right now IMO. Game 6 decides it all obviously.

Not obviously. If the Warriors win there will be another game. That game will be the one that decides it all (obviously).

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"...obviously."

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"...obviously."

quote by me right now:

...obviously.

Him and Jordan are the two best I've ever seen at this.

I totally agree with this. He's not the same player he was a couple of years into his career some of which is good, and some of which is not good. I would just say, that there are too many times in these playoffs where I've seen him stopped at the rim. Not just missing shots but not getting them off at all.

Again, not saying he isn't still a top flight NBA player, just not as unstoppable as he once was and that's ironically made him into an even better all around player...at least that's my thoughts.

The thing with playing a Lebron James led team is that you literally can’t relax for even a minute. He just comes at you with everything he has and it’s mentally and physically exhausting. It takes everything you have on both sides to stop him.

Dude has been to the finals 5 times in a row for a reason. He’s really, really, really hard to beat.

I hate NBA refs so much

Good god Thompson is bad. He's got to learn to play in post

Looks like we have a good flow so far

Yea they are locked in tonight so far

TT is an offensive liability.... Had a guy on his hip and couldn't even make a post move.

Cavs swarming like sharks right now.

Excellent start.

he has zero idea what to do in post

Unfortunately you've gotta learn to just accept it.

Nice to see everyone see a shot go in early

I mean, he's a post player. He should already know how to play with his back to the basket.

Oh I know. It just kills me that in the real world and you were that bad at your job some of these would be RGE's (resume generating event)

Especially when he has a mismatch on him like Lowry

Exactly!!

No resistance at the rim