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2017-18 NBA (Playoffs): A gasping, wheezing thread begs message board poster arguing how Jordan never lost a Finals to just let it die in peace (1 Viewer)

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That meaningless basket by Boston just put an end to the double digit streak of every conf game in both conferences being double digit wins.

 
no further embarrassment but no run, no scare and, most importantly, no stops. first game in a long time i can find fault w St Stevens. he called nothing which disrupted the Cavs physical eminence at all. i am not sanguine about the future of this series & might skip game 5 entirely

 
Stuart Ullman said:
Boston Playoff Record

8-0 at home and 1-4 on road

I thought the Cavaliers would pierce the veil of the Celtics' home success tonight. Maybe I'm a few games early.

Anywho, can't feel strong about a team that's won 1 road game during the playoffs. Still think Cleveland wins the series.
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Still holding onto this general philosophy. Cleveland just needs to steal ONE GAME on the road. They proved to me they could do that in Game 2, where they held a huge halftime lead.

I can see the Cavaliers going full throttle Game 5 to bring the series home for the win. You want the burden of a road win accomplished sooner than later.

A lot of motivation if you coach the team is, "this is the last time we're going to Boston".

 
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I think the key to the Cavaliers stealing a game in Boston will come in the form of hellfire from the 3 point line.

Korver and Smith gotta hit their shots. The young bucks in Boston will be making theirs, you better believe that.

 
as we all know the series is now tied two to two i feel confident that if cle can outscore bos in game five then they will win the game and be up three to two in the series take that to the bank brohans 

 
Who would have thought LeBron's best alternative weapon at this point in the season would be Kyle Korver?   The guy can shoot lights out, but for all those moves CLE made they've got nothing better than Korver running his ### off to get space to put up 10-15 points a game?   Love gets going every third game but he's so worn down for a guy who is only 29 years old.

Hard to believe that with all those moves CLE is so limited offensively.

 
wikkidpissah said:
no further embarrassment but no run, no scare and, most importantly, no stops. first game in a long time i can find fault w St Stevens. he called nothing which disrupted the Cavs physical eminence at all. i am not sanguine about the future of this series & might skip game 5 entirely
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Stevens really on the hot seat after being unable to respond to Lue's adjustments after Game 2 IMO.  You never want to waste talent like they have on the Celts roster with mediocre coaching.

 
Brunell4MVP said:
Who would have thought LeBron's best alternative weapon at this point in the season would be Kyle Korver?   The guy can shoot lights out, but for all those moves CLE made they've got nothing better than Korver running his ### off to get space to put up 10-15 points a game?   Love gets going every third game but he's so worn down for a guy who is only 29 years old.

Hard to believe that with all those moves CLE is so limited offensively.
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When you mine the Lakers for talent.

 
TobiasFunke said:
Stevens really on the hot seat after being unable to respond to Lue's adjustments after Game 2 IMO.  You never want to waste talent like they have on the Celts roster with mediocre coaching.
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One cannot stop Lue, one can only hope to........................I know Stevens doesnt like to double but, with no fear of traps and no helping if Cavs got their switch, they were free to Lue with impunity

 
This kind of reminds me of the Wizards series last year. Home and away the disparity was ridiculous. I'll never understand how home/away can have such a HUGE affect on how the same players play. I mean we aren't talking about high school kids(for the most part), these are professionals with a lot of basketball under their collective belts. Sure it should have some impact but not as much as we have seen in some of these series.  :confused:

 
wilked said:
Here's why I'm frustrated...and optimistic about going back to Boston

https://twitter.com/ESPNForsberg/status/998784084276121601

Celts could have won last nite.  Blown opportunity

Throw out that first quarter and they win.  Now you can't do that of course, but they won the last 3 quarters, not just on paper but overall play
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Yup, the Cavs put up a lot of points, but there were way too many missed opportunities on offense by Boston.  I was getting livid at times watching them miss easy buckets.  If they didn't shoot well from 3, that would have been another blowout.  3 point shooting is the only thing that kept it respectable.

 
wilked said:
Here's why I'm frustrated...and optimistic about going back to Boston

https://twitter.com/ESPNForsberg/status/998784084276121601

Celts could have won last nite.  Blown opportunity

Throw out that first quarter and they win.  Now you can't do that of course, but they won the last 3 quarters, not just on paper but overall play
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Cavs also had 19 turnovers to Boston's 10 despite the teams being basically equal in both turnovers and opponent's turnovers in the regular season.

We gonna normalize that too, or is this a "one statistical anomaly only" type analysis?

 
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JuniorGong said:
URI job is already filled, that is RIC (Rhode Island College) which is DII. A big fall for him but probably the right move.
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phew, i jokingly googled something like "open college basketball coaching jobs" and the Indeed site appeared with this job as like #4 or #5 on the list

didn't think D1 programs had to resort to online job sites for assistance but :shrug:

 
Frostillicus said:
No.

Zach Lowe said today on Simmons podcast that he offhandedly mentioned that there are some issues in Minnesota with Thibs and others, and that somehow it's been turned into a big story.  He also said no way the Wolves trade him. 
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I assume if there was friction Thibs would be the first to go no doubt. 

 
Bull Dozier said:
It was also on locate talk radio over the weekend.  Whatever psuedo insider rube it was was adamant that the Wolves were not trading KAT, but moving Wiggins if they could find a taker was far more possible.
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For most other teams, the coach is the first thing jettisoned when things aren't going as expected, sometimes undeservedly so. "Easier to get rid of the coach than the players" is what people say when that goes down. Somehow the Wolves didn't get that memo. They really need to.

 
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