With just Irving I doubt it. Love it is tough to say.
The 5 small lineup wouldn't have worked vs a Love/Thompson frontcourt over an extend stretch I don't think, that was pretty much what changed the series and got GS going again. This would've been a really good series for Love matchup wise. He would've been a nice chess piece vs this team.
Both of them healthy? Yeah they probably get it. If you cut LeBron's usage by like a 3rd his efficiency would've been much better.
The 5 small lineup wouldn't have worked vs a Love/Thompson frontcourt over an extend stretch I don't think, that was pretty much what changed the series and got GS going again. This would've been a really good series for Love matchup wise. He would've been a nice chess piece vs this team.
Both of them healthy? Yeah they probably get it. If you cut LeBron's usage by like a 3rd his efficiency would've been much better.
Probably was fitting that injuries were the most important factor in the playoffs considering there were more injuries this year than ever.
In GS defense when your players aren't logging big minutes, sitting 4th quarters and you've got a deep bench then you are less susceptible to injury than the average team so in a sense you do make your own luck. Similar to the Spurs last year.
Did you guyS hear Gentry give a shout out to AD in the post game ? Telling AD that he and him will be standing in this spot very soon.
I think I'm beginning to like this guy.
Also hearing talk of NO being one of the 3 serious contenders for KD in 2 years.
Its a travesty how the OKC ownership fucked up that situation.
I don't think any team in NBA history ever had 3 of the top 7 players in the NBA besides OKC and they don't have a damn thing to show for it
I think I'm beginning to like this guy.
Also hearing talk of NO being one of the 3 serious contenders for KD in 2 years.
Its a travesty how the OKC ownership fucked up that situation.
I don't think any team in NBA history ever had 3 of the top 7 players in the NBA besides OKC and they don't have a damn thing to show for it
With both it goes 7 and who knows who wins. The series price would have been much more even. With just Irving their offensive ability goes up, but they also probably wouldn't have had such a great defensive team effort....the game plan changes so to speak, so you can't just plug in two players and say that would have been the difference. Everything changes. But yeah, I would have liked Cleveland's chances.
With Love and Irving the Cavs were the favorites to win it all.....All season they were the chalk.
Nah. SA/GS would've been slight favs over them at most, pretty much just accounting for HCA. Everyone else a clear cut dog (maybe LAC a slight fav if they romped to the finals)
They closed +190 to GS with Love out and Kyrie was known to be dealing with tendinitis and a foot sprain, Houston and Memphis were +800 vs GS for comparisons sake.
