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Yeah, I'm not sure if you can win a title with Westbrook. Too prone to mistakes and bad decisions. I was a little disappointed that Durant didn't start taking more shots earlier in the game. You could see he was shooting the ball really well and made some really difficult shots. I'd want him with more than 17 shots in a game 7
Was thinking maybe he's just young and will learn to make better decisions, but he's 27 already. Westbrook may not have it in him.
Then again, they could take it next year.
Credit to the Cavs...it was looking like it was going to be a blowout there for a minute in the 2nd qtr...strong finish to the half.
Oh boy. What a team.
OKC would have destroyed these Cavs.
Rook
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Cavs should have never got rid of Wiggins. Everybody knew coming out of college that at worst he would be an excellent defender and they already had LeBron and Irving to supply the offense. Plus its turned out that Wiggins is pretty good at the offensive end too.
Kevin love is such a bad defender. Like a player from the 80s or something.
Kevin love is such a bad defender. Like a player from the 80s or something.
What I don't get is how you can be so good at rebounding but terrible at defense.
Defense requires more than just watching the ball and calculating where it might go according to physical properties.
It's about passing lanes, closing down, and movement. While rebounding numbers tend to go up for traditionally 'good' defenders, I suggest that's largely due to role rather than any huge correlation.
That said, transcendent rebounders tend to be transcendent defenders largely due to the amount of work and effort in the paint and up close required for both.
I just suggest that 'good' rebounders (ala Kevin Love) don't need to be 'good' defenders.
That said, Kyrie is a real problem for the Cavs. In the end, Lebron will not win in Cleveland without a total overhaul or an Apocalypse coming to the states west of the Mississippi. The East remains terrible.
Rook
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http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/15700317/toronto-exposed-cavaliers-weakest-link
Kyrie is one of the worst defenders in the league and looks like Kwawi Leonard compared to how bad Kevin Love is.
I think what a lot of folks didn't realize in last year's finals, the injuries sustained by Cleveland actually made them a better defensive team, and the Warriors really struggled to figure it out for a couple of games.
Didn't see that coming. One of the worst performances by Curry
Can't wait for the tonight's game. Interested to see what the Cavs do with Love since LeBron was dominant playing at the 4 position
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