Finals Live Thread: Game 5, Cavs @ Warriors
2015-06-14Summoning good vibes and karma for the Cavs tonight, as we’re all trying to get up for this game. Cleveland heads to Oracle arena tonight with a welcome extra day’s rest. Cavs are 15-0 this season on two days rest, and LeBron has won his last five series that were tied at 2-2. So with that notion, I’ve got a “Good Feeling.” I’m queuing the first song on my energy jam mix. Go Cavs… GO CAVS!
GOING TO HAVE A TOTALLY FRESH MOZ IF NEEDED / OR WANT TO GO BIG IN THE 2ND HALF
Maybe but having both Moz and TT playing at the same time kills the spacing for LeBron driving lanes and I’m almost sure he prefers the small ball as far as they keep the game close.
Currys shooting ability is impressive and we can’t argue about that but at the same time I think the Cavs can make him take a couple more dribbles and shoot a contested two.
Green gets away with a lot of dirty activity. Delly hooked him but green elbowed his head into the floor.
Wow. Another ridiculous call. No foul there at all on Delly.
Curry hitting some tough 3s to match Lebron’s tough 2s. We gotta keep the defense up.
Did Delly foul Green with his head while it was being sat on?
Delly had an arm lock.
Green is such a dirty piece of crap!
Green assaults Delly. No way that’s a straight double foul.
James hits a tough fade as the shot clock expires. Then comes back with another fade against Iggy.
Thanks God! We got the good JR today.
Lebron may have a triple double by the half.
WELCOME BACK J.R. !!
Cavs running 90s offense. I love it.
JR coming through so far
Yes, but we still need to generate some other offense. We need someone else like Delly or Shump to make shots if they start Contesting JR more.
JR en fuego. Crowd starting to groan when he gets the ball.
Game at Cavs pace right now.
JR Dialed in. Had to make up for his turnover.
After a couple misses, JR hits again from 3.
I think the Cavs will give themselves a chance if they just keep it close for 3 quarters and try to pull it out at the end.
Lebron just absolutely obliterated Klay.
If Shump or JR could finish at the basket, they would both be all stars. They both are quick, have good moves, good handles, and no finishing touch.
Doris: “What does JR making shots mean for your team?”
Blatt: “It makes everybody happy.”
Shumpert needs to learn about something called the backboard, use it my man. Make it your friend.
how the hell did we let Shaun Livingston go? we should of kept him, instead of getting kendrick perkins and brendan haywood, and shawn marion…etc.
Tied after one. They’re in a good place after that ugly start.
As believeLAND said, the small lineup may help slow GS down. And it lets LeBron control the game on offense.
Shumpert does a good job of beating his man off the dribble but he needs to find a way to end his drive successfully.
Good recovery so far for the Cavs, glad to see we are tied and actually got a stop to end the quarter. Feels like the usually never happens against GSW
I’ll take tied after 1, Holding GS to 22 is good …
Exactly, keep them to that amount will have them under 90 for the game. Let’s make it happen
Shumpert frustrating the heck out of me…..
How many gimme has Shump missed this series?
Jones had time for a cup of coffee waiting for Green to run into him.
JFJ takes the charge on Green, comes up court holding his left wrist.
Man I would love if Iman had finish that layup. Nice defense by Jones
Not a flagrant because Barbosa is a soft spoken gentleman. It’s in the rule book.
Barbosa travels. Intimidated by Mike Miller!
Hahaha too funny
Gotta call that a flagrant refs!
Goota use some Marion on Iggy in this game.
Playing small and matching their lineup may actually how the Cavs can slow them down and control the pace. This allows them to stay in front of Golden State’s players.
Slow and steady, let’s go!!!!
Need Delly to hit some threes.
Weathered the bad storm and right back. Managing the bench will be key now. I run offense through Moz when LeBron off floor.
Shump for the lead …
Nice to see us hitting our 3’s early. We already have 3 and we only had 4 for the whole game on Friday.
Nice lineup adjustments by Blatt so far.
Well it seems is going to be small ball from both teams all night.
Nice small line up.
Well we withstood the early surge buh damn man Tristan pay attention be locked in
These refs blow!
Refs taking JR’s reputatation into account. BS.
But to be honest Green has been hitting hard on all of those picks his setting.
Refs need to call flagrants against Green when he sets hard screens then.
Wow. Are you serious? Are you serious? What a crap call.
Green actually started flopping before jr made contact. Ball don’t lie you cheater
2 good three pointers from JR but then comits a silly foul…….
That’s the Rollercoaster ride of a Jr Smith game lol
How many times can the crowed react with shocked indignation?
I was thinking the same Damm thing, like they want influence the referees haha
Good to see Jr getting two quick 3’s but damn man why do that bad foul
That’s not a flagrant!
Lebron is trying to figure out how to get others involved but the Warriors are doing a great job of sending help as soon as he tries to drive.
JR makes under pressure: 2 for 2.
JR off the bench makes his first 3.
Cavs just need to calm down and play ball. Not that worried.
5 turnovers and 2 points in 5 minutes is going to have us down really quick. Good timeout
Cavs still look as tired as they did late in game 4. Missing everything outside, turning it over when they try to go inside, and getting beat in transition.
James and Delly airballs, Moz turnovers, 24 second violation … ouch
Mozgov with some costly turnovers.
It actually legit looks like the Warriors have figured something out. We will have to adjust our defense
These turnovers are killing us and warriors getting easy layups and dunks on the other end. We go clean that up very quick
Good grief, what an ugly 5 minutes
Delly breaks the schneid for the Cavs.
Key thing is if GSW can make the home court mean something. If so, that will be tough the Cavs, with 2 or 3 in Oakland. If not, then I think we’re OK.
With Kyrie hurt I really thought we had about a 10% chance of winning. Now it seems much more even. Would be great to win, but not the end of the world if we don’t. Expect to see 8 guys play tonight.
Long odds would make pulling off the title win even more mega-great.
Hello C:tB, here are your Vegas numbers for tonight:
GSW favored by 9.5, and the o/u @ 194. Smart money is on GSW covering and the under, both by a comfortable margin.
I’ll take CLE over GSW, 96-93. Go Cavs!
Nat’l media, and especially the ABC announcers, predictably enough are giving Cavs no chance, as they Curry’s golden boy status. Depth vs. and undermanned squad, yadda, yadda. Also true for some Cleveland writers (Joe Vardon in the PD and @Cadavlier on here). Hell, I don’t feel particularly confident, but heart may win out. Play the damn game already!