The 2017 NBA Finals Thread: Golden State vs Cleveland

ClassLessCoyote

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SJSharksfan39

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Warriors in 6.

All last offseason I saw that annoying thing about "Don't let this distract you from the fact that the Warriors blew a 3-0 lead" or some stuff like that and it's like everyone forgot that the Warriors actually won the year before. That whole 3-0 lead thing now is more of a redemption story than anything else.

Hopefully it's a good series and Draymond keeps his cool.
 

Voight

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Feb 8, 2012
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I hope nobody is suspended or injured, should be a great series

As many have said, if Draymond doesn't get suspended for G5 the Warriors more than likely win. But at least this time if they were to lose someone to injury or suspension they still have 3 stars playing.
 

Cassano

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Head says GSW in 6, but it was very hard to vote against LeGOAT after his performance last year.
 

Trap Jesus

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Feb 13, 2012
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Time to awake from my year-long slumber to watch something that can actually be considered exciting and a little bit unpredictable. Golden State does seem too strong to beat, but James is the ultimate x-factor and I don't feel comfortable betting against him, especially considering he more or less prepared this year like a monk living in the Tibetan mountains for this one moment.
 

GKJ

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Warriors in 6.

All last offseason I saw that annoying thing about "Don't let this distract you from the fact that the Warriors blew a 3-0 lead" or some stuff like that and it's like everyone forgot that the Warriors actually won the year before. That whole 3-0 lead thing now is more of a redemption story than anything else.

Hopefully it's a good series and Draymond keeps his cool.

Might've forgotten that it was a 3-1 lead
 

Make It Biznasty*

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Warriors in 6.

All last offseason I saw that annoying thing about "Don't let this distract you from the fact that the Warriors blew a 3-0 lead" or some stuff like that and it's like everyone forgot that the Warriors actually won the year before. That whole 3-0 lead thing now is more of a redemption story than anything else.

Hopefully it's a good series and Draymond keeps his cool.

Don't let this post distract you from the fact that the Warriors blew a 3-1 lead :biglaugh::biglaugh::biglaugh::biglaugh::handclap::handclap::handclap:
 

c9777666

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This might be the most anticipated NBA Finals since..... 1985 or 1987 Lakers/Celtics?
 

weastern bias

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Feb 3, 2012
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A 3-1 choke is nothing, especially when it's in the finals against an all-time great player

We're Shark fans, we understand true disappointment
 

Morozov

The Devil Killer
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LeBron is going to LeBron all over this series. I can't pick against the man.
 

La Masse

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The difference this year is KD. He's not going to be missing those wide open 3's that Barnes missed. His presence alone makes everyone around him better. Lebron is basically going to have to play like last year and maybe even better for them to have a shot IMO. They might be pretty equal on offense but I think its no secret that the Warriors have the better defensive team. If the Cavs make this ISO playe after ISO plays they might have a chance. Oh and that guy named Curry is healthy this year
 

ClassLessCoyote

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Hardly anyone is picking the Cavs to win despite the team last season coming back from 3-1 down in the series to win it all.
 

Jack Straw

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Hardly anyone is picking the Cavs to win despite the team last season coming back from 3-1 down in the series to win it all.

There's a good chance that doesn't happen if Green doesn't get suspended. And GSW didn't have Durant last year. That's why.
 

Morozov

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Sep 18, 2007
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Tired of the "if Green wasn't suspended" stuff still going on, he was, he's the type of player where that might happen, and he came back and they still lost.

Further to that, if we want to play the "what if" card, what if LeBron had Love and a healthy Irving the year prior? maybe it's 2-0 Cavs instead.

We've all heard this circle go round and round hundreds of times at this point.

KD meanwhile, that's obviously an entirely new factor to this series.

The Warriors should be the favorites. On paper they are the superior team and they've performed the better of the two throughout the year. LeBron will need to go superhuman again, fortunately for the Cavs he is superhuman so let's see.
 

Avs_19

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Jun 28, 2007
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Warriors in 6.

I'm hoping LeBron pulls it off and I should've learned my lesson about picking against him but this just feels like too much to overcome.
 

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