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Watching the Cavs presser with Lebron, Kyrie, and Thompson, and it is amazing how much bigger Lebron looks than both guys, especially since Thompson plays Center. The dude is a tank lol. Just ask Iggy how his back feels after trying to defend him an entire 7 game series. I knew this would eventually happen. You need to finish Lebron off quick or he's going to physically assault you.
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Well, here we go.
Given the point spread, the Cavs have ~ a 30% chance of giving Cleveland it's first World Championship in 50+ years.
If the Cavs win, here's my advice:
Stay home.
Lock the doors.
Turn off the lights.
Stay away from windows.
Move the kids to an interior room.
Be safe.
Pretend it never happened.
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Link to the watch party tickets. They go live at 10am.
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Dawgs sitting at home in an epic ball of nerves:
- ExclDawg Sitting in the same place I watched the last 2 games.
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Got my ticket to the watch party. This is gonna get insane.
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Got my ticket to the watch party. This is gonna get insane. You have to post pics as the evening progresses!
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I'm taking my DSLR in, too. I'll update the picture thread with that after it.
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Got my ticket to the watch party. This is gonna get insane. My GF tried to get tickets. I am thinking about going up and watching out on the Gateway Plaza
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I think we should have TT guard Klay. Tristan's length seems to give him more trouble than the fly-bys by smaller guys. Have LeBron Patrol the paint. They don't really have a big we have to worry about down there. Klay seems to be the only player consistently doing anything for the Warriors.
Play Curry tight all the way from half court. Don't worry about driving or back door cuts. Let him get to the hoop and give hard, clean fouls. He wants no part of the paint and gets frustrated pretty easily.
Wow, just noticed Joe Haden in the background on the blocking call on Curry. Joe seems All-In.
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I'm going to be going down to a Cleveland bar here in Chicago to watch.
I've watched every other game by myself after my family goes to bed but I'm not going to suffer this alone this time.
When I told my wife of my plans "if we win on Thursday" she said but Sunday's Father's Day...and I said "yes...and father is going to go watch the game". LOL
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ONce again, I didn't watch the game.. But was the incident that caused Curry to lose it a foul or did we get a break?
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Looks like Steph got off the hook. I'm with Swish, though. If this was not a "superstar" they would be sitting out game 7. I want the Cavs to beat them at their best, but its still some BS.... Steph Fined, No Suspension The Golden State Warriors' frustrations at having let 2-0 and 3-1 leads in the 2016 NBA Finals slip away boiled over in the late stages of Thursday's Game 6, and both Stephen Curry and Steve Kerr will have to pay for it. Luckily for the league's MVP and his head coach, though, all it'll cost them is money. The NBA announced Friday morning that both Curry and Kerr had been fined $25,000, with Curry being penalized for throwing his mouthpiece in the course of arguing a foul call with just under 4 1/2 minutes left in the fourth quarter ...
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Nice to know that throwing things at fans is ok.
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ONce again, I didn't watch the game.. But was the incident that caused Curry to lose it a foul or did we get a break?
Can't reach in when you have 5 fouls. On a side note, what are you doing that you are not watching these games?!??! Holy smokes.
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Watch party tickets sold out in 2 minutes online.
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We need Kyrie and Lebron to play aggressively and like the superstars they are
We need Smith/Love to give us 20 total points
We need TT to give us another 15 boards and 10 points
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ONce again, I didn't watch the game.. But was the incident that caused Curry to lose it a foul or did we get a break?
Can't reach in when you have 5 fouls. Well, you can. It will just lead you to your 6th foul.  I said way back when that I thought they were mentally soft and that we would beat them because of it. I still believe that to be the case. Funny, after almost every one of their players something about LeBron being a whiner, they needed a box of tissues, a blankie and a nap. They all lost their composure and it was fun to watch the wheels coming off.
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ONce again, I didn't watch the game.. But was the incident that caused Curry to lose it a foul or did we get a break?
It was a foul. MAYBE a little ticky-tacky, but Love and JR were getting hit with fouls that were far weaker than that. He ran up to Lebron, swatted the ball and got a lot of hand, which could of been a call by itself, but they let that go. Then he ran back under Lebron and tagged his arm again on the way by. Lebron sort of fell over to sell it, but it was enough to get the call. GSW really lost their composure last night. Must be hard when the refs let you get away with murder all season long and you suddenly don't get calls to go your way.
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There were a ton of bad calls that went against the Cavs last night, but once the Warriors didn't get their way, the fans out there go to the "rigged" card. Ok cool.
Steph acted like a complete baby last night. I get that the league won't suspend him for chucking his mouthpiece at a fan, but they should. The people out on social media last night trying to justify it were hilarious.
Udonis Haslem threw his mouthpiece toward a ref and got a game. I understand that it's the biggest game in years, but trying to somehow excuse Curry for his actions is pretty laughable. Just call it preferential treatment and move on.
I've also heard people say if it were Lebron he wouldn't get suspend. But he didn't, and never has. There is no excuse for that behavior.
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The NBA is trying to penatrate the tantruming toddler market. They figured Curry was the perfect face for positioning their product in that area.
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The NBA is trying to penatrate the tantruming toddler market. They figured Curry was the perfect face for positioning their product in that area. Sunday's game could smash records beyond that of basketball. I get that you don't want Curry to be out of the game, but just to hear the excuses people are making is awesome. You won't hear many Cavs fans claiming any rigging by allowing Curry to play. Like I said, they should just call it what it is, and move on.
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We've proven that we can beat them at their best, there's no reason to want them even more injured than they are already. I'm guessing that Iguodala is still going to be hobbled and with Bogut out, they've got enough excuses...
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I get that the league won't suspend him for chucking his mouthpiece at a fan, but they should. Come on, he didn't throw this at a fan, he threw it and it accidentally hit a fan. Big difference. THEN he almost immediately went over and shook the person/coaches hand. I don't think they should suspend him. And we can't complain about GSW whining when the Cavs whine just as much when things don't go their way.
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I dont recall any Cavs throwing things in a temper tantrum hissy fit.
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Come on, he didn't throw this at a fan, he threw it and it accidentally hit a fan. Big difference. THEN he almost immediately went over and shook the person/coaches hand.
I don't think they should suspend him.
Completely agree with this part. And we can't complain about GSW whining when the Cavs whine just as much when things don't go their way. Do not agree with this part. Curry committed like 11 fouls in that game. It was clear he felt like since it was the finals they shouldn't call #6 on him short of a flagrant style foul, so he just continued to foul all game. Ref just got fed up with swallowing his whistle.
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Curry committed like 11 fouls in that game. It was clear he felt like since it was the finals they shouldn't call #6 on him short of a flagrant style foul, so he just continued to foul all game. Ref just got fed up with swallowing his whistle. Heck, he even committed two fouls on the play that finally got him his 6th.
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He shouldn't get suspended. The fine is in line with historical precedent.
No one is complaining about them whining. We are critical of them complaining about our whining when they do it as much if not more than we do.
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ONce again, I didn't watch the game.. But was the incident that caused Curry to lose it a foul or did we get a break?
Technically it was probably a foul but it was pretty mild... a lot of people complaining about it but most of his other fouls were very obvious fouls and most were just plain stupid. He put himself in the position of having 5 fouls where that call mattered. Lost in all of the whining about fouls and fixed games that I've seen from GSW fans and basketball talk all day is that the Cavs had several people with 3 fouls in the first half.. In fact, I think we had 3 and they had 2 at halftime with 3 fouls. It's not like they weren't calling fouls on the Cavs. I think it was Shumpert, Love, and JR Smith who all had 3 fouls at halftime.. for them it was Curry and Green.... And that's why this is a big story, it was our role players and their superstar.. and that's not fair.
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The refs yesterday were calling everything (for both teams). It was a major difference than previous games when they were letting a lot go. I wish the refs were more consistent game to game.
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The refs yesterday were calling everything (for both teams). It was a major difference than previous games when they were letting a lot go. I wish the refs were more consistent game to game. That was my thought about midway through the first quarter... is this the same crew that did games 1-5? Didn't look like it. It looked like they wanted to set an entirely different tone. If the refs get "touchy" in Oracle on Sunday, we could be in trouble... our biggest success has been grabbing, bumping, and jostling Steph and Klay out on the perimeter.. that is where we have made them really uncomfortable. If they start calling those... it won't be good.
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ONce again, I didn't watch the game.. But was the incident that caused Curry to lose it a foul or did we get a break?
Technically it was probably a foul but it was pretty mild... a lot of people complaining about it but most of his other fouls were very obvious fouls and most were just plain stupid. He put himself in the position of having 5 fouls where that call mattered. Lost in all of the whining about fouls and fixed games that I've seen from GSW fans and basketball talk all day is that the Cavs had several people with 3 fouls in the first half.. In fact, I think we had 3 and they had 2 at halftime with 3 fouls. It's not like they weren't calling fouls on the Cavs. I think it was Shumpert, Love, and JR Smith who all had 3 fouls at halftime.. for them it was Curry and Green.... And that's why this is a big story, it was our role players and their superstar.. and that's not fair. That was actually something that I just couldn't figure out last night...it seemed to me that JR got a bunch of fouls early then just kept getting called in the second half...unless the announcers were just misidentifying the call, it seemed to me like he had 8-9 fouls yesterday...
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Wait and see how much different the refs will call it in Golden State...I hope they let them just play. But I have a feeling it will be 25000 well spent by Kerr and Curry. Not that I want injury but it would be kind of poetic if they have Iggy and Bogut out and they lose and cry about it. Man they seemed like...no they was a bunch of cry babies after the game. Cause I sure remember their fans saying last years injuries wasnt an excuse for the Cavs losing. I really hate Curry and his squad of whiners 
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Wait and see how much different the refs will call it in Golden State...I hope they let them just play. But I have a feeling it will be 25000 well spent by Kerr and Curry. Not that I want injury but it would be kind of poetic if they have Iggy and Bogut out and they lose and cry about it. Man they seemed like...no they was a bunch of cry babies after the game. Cause I sure remember their fans saying last years injuries wasnt an excuse for the Cavs losing. I really hate Curry and his squad of whiners It's funny, the only dislike I can feel towards those guys (really Curry and Thompson) is when they're taking and making impossible shots one after another, after another. And the thing is, that they're not like JR's shots where he gets into a shooting position and fires, even if he doesn't appear to be looking at the basket until the ball's almost out of his hands. With Curry especially, it's like he just heaves it at the basket and it goes in. All the other guys, even Green don't really get under my skin, they're just guys...
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Curry isnt a whiner. In his presser last night, he was fair. Kerr on the other hand is the biggest whiner ever and it makes me have no respect for him. Someone posted earlier what he said. He did 25k worth of whining.
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Curry isnt a whiner. In his presser last night, he was fair. Kerr on the other hand is the biggest whiner ever and it makes me have no respect for him. Someone posted earlier what he said. He did 25k worth of whining. Not to be rude but do you listen to things Curry says?? He sure looked like a whiner on the court...and sounds like one to me...MAYBE minus the presser I only saw a small sample of it. That whole team does from the coach to the rest of his team. Think I'd said this same thing couple months ago..so its nothing new. I'll just agree to disagree Eve. Stetson I hate them all except Andy V. Cant stand their fans either...It will be a treat to be there Sunday with my whiny GS fan friend.
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He is an actor on the court, but so is every basketball player, even the cavs. How many times has Lebron flopped?
I am talking about his presser last night. He was not a whiner in the presser. He accepted responsibility for the loss. Kerr was a total whiner in his presser.
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To beat the Warriors the Cavs are going to have to keep their composure. Klay and Curry are going to make incredible shots. However, just like last night you have to keep your composure when they start doing things like that. They're an all time great team trying to cement their legacy as a legendary team. They're going to make runs. OKC was a prime example of a team mentally folding when the Warriors went on a run.
Keep your composure and keep doing what you've done in the 3 games you've won.
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