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Originally Posted By: Psydeffect
I shut it off at halftime, but turned it back on at the end of the 3rd quarter. And well, I guess this is why you should keep watching no matter how miserable it gets with this team.


You can never do that with these guys. grin


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Whoa! I just got an alert, flipped back to the channel and could not believe it! I am shocked!


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Originally Posted By: leadtheway
Man I turned this off at half and heard my boy yelling, crazy comeback. No coincidence it was with Kyrie on the bench. When the ball moves and guys get touches it helped both ends. Damn they def shut me up. But I hope this was a wake up to the effort they need every night


Yeah, hero ball ain't gonna get it these days.


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We are so freakin' close!

What a game!

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man oh man, Lebron is MVP every damn season!!


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Great comeback CAVS!!!!


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Great comeback CAVS!!!!


Hell yes! WHAT A GAME!

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Just WOW! Unbelievable!

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Boy that is somethin'!


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Tied for greatest comeback in NBA playoff history. Even Frye was playing decent D tonight.


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Great second half


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Well, I'm glad I wasn't freaking out the first half of the game!

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So can we pretty much agree that The Cavs are toying with these ECF teams and can pretty much roll at will?

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Tied for greatest comeback in NBA playoff history. Even Frye was playing decent D tonight.


We were just giving them a head start. It was the kind thing to do. naughtydevil

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So can we pretty much agree that The Cavs are toying with these ECF teams and can pretty much roll at will?


Yep... And gave kryie and love a rest in the second half


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Thankfully Lue had the guts to bench Kyrie. He refuses to create for anyone but himself. It's alarming the number of simple basketball plays he misses when the other guys are wide open.

Jordan is 1a. LeBron is 1b.

I don't think Cleveland fans realize how much they are spoiled with LeBron.

What a basketball player.


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Originally Posted By: Rishuz
Thankfully Lue had the guts to bench Kyrie. He refuses to create for anyone but himself. It's alarming the number of simple basketball plays he misses when the other guys are wide open.

Jordan is 1a. LeBron is 1b.

I don't think Cleveland fans realize how much they are spoiled with LeBron.

What a basketball player.


Oh yes we do! We had four years of dismal basket ball and then he comes back and we're in the finals.

We know exactly how 'spoiled' we are.


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Jordan is 1a. LeBron is 1b.

I don't think Cleveland fans realize how much they are spoiled with LeBron.

What a basketball player.
Lebron is 2, Jordan is still the greatest ever. Sorry 6 rings and 6 and 0 in NBA Finals series


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Lebron is 2, Jordan is still the greatest ever. Sorry 6 rings and 6 and 0 in NBA Finals series


He was still only 6 for 15 in getting to the Finals. tongue

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Jordan is 1a. LeBron is 1b.

I don't think Cleveland fans realize how much they are spoiled with LeBron.

What a basketball player.
Lebron is 2, Jordan is still the greatest ever. Sorry 6 rings and 6 and 0 in NBA Finals series


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So this will be the narrative going into Sunday, guys.

Love and kyrie not playing in the 4th, team looks championship caliber.

Glad that Lue sent a message.


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Why sit Love though? He's not the 'hero' type is he?


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I think Lue was just sticking with the lineup that was working. The "Lebron + shooters and the get the hell out of the way" lineup. That was pretty incredible to watch.

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well. that escalated quickly


"First down inside the 10. A score here will put us in the Super Bowl. Cooper is far to the left as Njoku settles into the slot. Moore is flanked out wide to the right. Chubb and Ford are split in the backfield as Watson takes the snap ... Here we go."
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Jordan is 1a. LeBron is 1b.

I don't think Cleveland fans realize how much they are spoiled with LeBron.

What a basketball player.
Lebron is 2, Jordan is still the greatest ever. Sorry 6 rings and 6 and 0 in NBA Finals series


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and 1 year as a player/coach lol


"First down inside the 10. A score here will put us in the Super Bowl. Cooper is far to the left as Njoku settles into the slot. Moore is flanked out wide to the right. Chubb and Ford are split in the backfield as Watson takes the snap ... Here we go."
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j/c

Following the timeline of responses this morning was hilarious- thanks for the laughs. leadtheway-- why no posts in the second half? (kidding...kinda)


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Wow after halftime I was like, am I going to continue to watch this or not? So glad I did. LBJ started hitting those threes and then the defense started to contest their shots and it all started from there.

LBJ must've been totally gassed after yesterday's game. He's probably still gassed. But man, we needed him and he delivered. Nice to see Frye and Korver with some clutch three pointers there too.

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j/c

Following the timeline of responses this morning was hilarious- thanks for the laughs. leadtheway-- why no posts in the second half? (kidding...kinda)


I can only speak for myself...I was watching it on tape delay...behind about an hour and a half.

If I had been watching in the first half live I would have been pretty harsh.

Kyrie is absolutely killing this team. His me first attitude is completely out of control. But I offer praise as well. LeBron is just utterly amazing.


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Lebron's 2nd half was like a varsity dude playing against jv dudes. he was incredible


"First down inside the 10. A score here will put us in the Super Bowl. Cooper is far to the left as Njoku settles into the slot. Moore is flanked out wide to the right. Chubb and Ford are split in the backfield as Watson takes the snap ... Here we go."
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Kyrie is absolutely killing this team. His me first attitude is completely out of control. But I offer praise as well. LeBron is just utterly amazing.

LeBron is just sick. How people hate on him is utterly amazing. I think I watched that tomahawk jam he had last night like 20 times - fake the pass to the outside, defender follows the fake and BOOM. And those 3's. How do you stop him? If Kyrie would be just a little more of a team player.


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j/c

Following the timeline of responses this morning was hilarious- thanks for the laughs. leadtheway-- why no posts in the second half? (kidding...kinda)


I can only speak for myself...I was watching it on tape delay...behind about an hour and a half.

If I had been watching in the first half live I would have been pretty harsh.

Kyrie is absolutely killing this team. His me first attitude is completely out of control. But I offer praise as well. LeBron is just utterly amazing.


I don't think Kyrie had a single minute of play in the fourth. Can anyone confirm this?

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I don't think Kyrie had a single minute of play in the fourth. Can anyone confirm this?


He didn't. I think Love started the 4th but was on the bench for most of it too. Kyrie sat out a good portion of the third as well.

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Kyrie is absolutely killing this team. His me first attitude is completely out of control. But I offer praise as well. LeBron is just utterly amazing.


A Cavs forum I visit on occasion calls him "Kobe Irving". grin

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My favorite play of the game.... Ellis running out of Lebron's way. He genuinely looked terrified.



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Mine too - that's the one I was talking about that I watched like 20 times.


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I don't think Kyrie had a single minute of play in the fourth. Can anyone confirm this?


He didn't. I think Love started the 4th but was on the bench for most of it too. Kyrie sat out a good portion of the third as well.


I was surprised Lue did this but it worked out really well! thumbsup

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it's almost unfair to Kevin Love to mention that. He did have some great plays in the 3rd that helped spark the comeback. One of the turning plays was him diving out of bounds to save a rebound (and the entire bench rushing to help him up). He also had some good shots. He finished the game positive in the plus/minus, unlike Kyrie who was -15 for the game. I thought Love at least lent a decent hand in getting the score close in the third.

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Yea you can give love some credit, but kyrie is a real problem right now.

He's still plays like this is pre-Lebron Cavs team. He's playing more ISO ball than Lebron.

I was just thinking about it today. We go from looking like a struggling 2nd seed with love and Irving on the floor to looking like the best team in BOTH conferences with 3 bench players all in the 4th, and two all stars on the bench?

And I know I can't be the only one NOT surprised that with kyrie off the floor, we go from struggling defense to championship caliber defense in the blink of an eye.

Cause I don't care what team we're playing. Coming back down 26 to win the game, especially in the playoffs, is hard to do.

And that says way more about kyrie than it does the rest of the team. The dude needs to pull his head out of his ass. He's a point guard, and needs to play like a floor general. And he needs to play some damn defense.


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I'm glad we won without kyrie and love. it makes the bench guys feel confident and it might be a wake up to the two stars


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