If the Cavs lose, will they look back at Game 4?

[sportjames23]

If CLE won Game 4, they'd possibly be celebrating their first title right now. After dominating GS in Game 3, they seemed to get comfortable instead of playing with urgency, as they still trailed GS 2-1. That Game 4 loss put them deep in the red, making every game from then on a must-win.

Yes, the series is tied 3-3, but they have the daunting task of playing Game 7 on the road. They won game 5 in GS, but can they do it again? Will Bron give a performance for the ages and lead the Cavs to the title?

[Ben Simmons]

Why would they look back on Game 4 and not games 1 and 2?

[KiiiiNG]

If Cle won game 4, who knows how much urgency they play with in games 5 or 6. These hypotheticals are meaningless, and only stupid people engage them seriously.

Rookie head-coach, misfit roster, against a 73-win Goliath. If they lose, it should've happened. If they win, LeBron is GOAT.

[HeyMarkus]

If CLE won Game 4, they'd possibly be celebrating their first title right now. After dominating GS in Game 3, they seemed to get comfortable instead of playing with urgency, as they still trailed GS 2-1. That Game 4 loss put them deep in the red, making every game from then on a must-win.

Yes, the series is tied 3-3, but they have the daunting task of playing Game 7 on the road. They won game 5 in GS, but can they do it again? Will Bron give a performance for the ages and lead the Cavs to the title?
Not only is the momentum in the Cavs' favor, so are the lineups. This is our game to lose and if we don't win the finals, we will look back on G7. That's all.

[ScalsFan21]

If CLE won Game 4, they'd possibly be celebrating their first title right now. After dominating GS in Game 3, they seemed to get comfortable instead of playing with urgency, as they still trailed GS 2-1. That Game 4 loss put them deep in the red, making every game from then on a must-win.

Yes, the series is tied 3-3, but they have the daunting task of playing Game 7 on the road. They won game 5 in GS, but can they do it again? Will Bron give a performance for the ages and lead the Cavs to the title?

You could look at it like that.

But we can't forget, in all likelihood Dray plays in Game 5 if it's tied at 2 games apiece, so you could honestly argue that loss didn't hurt Cleveland at all. Especially since who's to say the Bogut (and Iggy) injuries even happen if Game 4 goes down differently? It was a one-possession game before Bogut went down in the 2nd half of Game 5. I know that's kind of butterfly effect-ish, but it's still possible.

Personally even as a Bransvestite I admit it was a horrific finals performance by LeBron James in Game 4, but ultimately I do believe the net result is exactly what it would have been had CLE won that game: a 7-game series.

[ShawkFactory]

It's 3-3.

So no