Reminder: Kyrie Irving was the closer for the 2016 Finals, Not LeBron

[warriorfan]

LeBron played well, but Kyrie Irving was the closer

[SouBeachTalents]

And they both badly outplayed Curry

[Nilocon165]

Reminder: Curry is 0/22 and also wasn't the closer

[Dray n Klay]

LeBron was injured with a a broken wrist in Game 7.



Its a miracle he even played, let alone record a triple double






Am I doing this right?

[scandisk_]

Yep and embarrassed Steph while hitting that shot on his face.

[scuzzy]

LeBron was injured with a a broken wrist in Game 7.



Its a miracle he even played, let alone record a triple double






Am I doing this right?
:applause: :applause:

[Dray n Klay]

:applause: :applause:

scuzzy, I think its time to post some of your world class Game 7 gifs in this thread :rockon:

[LikeABosh]

Both took a shit on Curry.

[Byobob]

I think this narrative wouldn't be far off if Kyrie was the one who scored 11 points in the 4th and James hit a 3 with the game being tied.

"Bran hit the no pressure 3 because the game was tied"

"Kyrie carried the team in the 4th while Lebum bricked almost all his shots
and hit a no pressure 3"

"If it wasn't for Kyrie, the game would be over by then"

:facepalm :facepalm

[nathanjizzle]

as long as bran has a teammate to take the big shots, he will do well. remember, kyrie irving was out last season in the finals, and they lost 4-1.

[BenchMob]

LeBron is/will never be a Jordan/Kobe closer type due to his style of play. But still played great on both ends and was deserving of FMVP. Although I would've preferred Kyrie for FMVP. And Curry was shit for the whole series. Hope he comes back strong in near future. I don't wanna see LeBeta winning again EVER.

[KirbyPls]

as long as bran has a teammate to take the big shots, he will do well. remember, kyrie irving was out last season in the finals, and they lost 4-1.

4-2 jizz. Like their favorite player, Rose fans can't count to potato.

[jlip]

I think this narrative wouldn't be far off if Kyrie was the one who scored 11 points in the 4th and James hit a 3 with the game being tied.

"Bran hit the no pressure 3 because the game was tied"

"Kyrie carried the team in the 4th while Lebum bricked almost all his shots
and hit a no pressure 3"

"If it wasn't for Kyrie, the game would be over by then"

:facepalm :facepalm


This

[bdreason]

I still can't believe we lost that game. LeBron came down the court 5 possessions in a row, dribbled the ball until the shot clock was out, and threw up bricks... and not once could we capitalize on the other end. Honestly, that game felt like everyone on the court was trying to out-choke one another. Except for Kyrie, although he did have that terrible shot attempt at the end when he lucked out and got the rebound.

[TommyGriffin]

Game 7 wasn't the only game Kyrie closed out, he was the closer in the majority of the games in this year's Finals

[scuzzy]

scuzzy, I think its time to post some of your world class Game 7 gifs in this thread :rockon:

haha!

agreed

cookin some up tomorrow

brain in roasted from the 2 day bender

incoming parade pics tomorrow :rockon:

[Indian guy]

4th qtr points in the Finals:

LeBron 58
Irving 35

[jlip]

Game 7 wasn't the only game Kyrie closed out, he was the closer in the majority of the games in this year's Finals

:facepalm
Cavs won games 3, 5, 6, & 7

Game 3 was a 30 point blowout with a lot of garbage time. There was no closer there.

Kyrie closed out game 5 with 12 in the the 4th.

Game 6 was all Lebron in the 4th. The Cavs had only a 9 point lead to start the 4th. Lebron put this game out of reach leading all 4th quarter scorers with 17 points. Kyrie had only one point off a technical free throw in the 4th and went 0-2 from the floor.

Lebron again led all 4th quarter scorers in game 7 with 11. The Cavs as a team only scored 18. That means he scored 61% of his team's 4th quarter points. He puts them ahead 89-87 with a 3 pointer. He misses his next four shots. Kyrie missed his two previous shots before hitting that go ahead 3 pointer. Lebron scores the last point of the game with a free throw.

If the 4th quarter had played out like this with any other player not named Lebron, there is no way people would be saying Kyrie "closed out" the series.

[Lebronxrings]

Lebron fam winning? Check!

[Koresh]

4-2 jizz. Like their favorite player, Rose fans can't count to potato.

4-1 is from 2011 when the overrated MVP (Rose) who is eerily similar to the UMVP this year got beaten by a LeBron led team. It's hard to differentiate from the two :lol :roll:

[Bankaii]

Last 6 minutes of Game 7- Steph Curry: 0-5, 0 points, turnover on a dumb behind the back pass:roll:

Quick, log into your alts and support yourself.

Edit: Never mind you already did:roll:

Game 7 wasn't the only game Kyrie closed out, he was the closer in the majority of the games in this year's Finals

[ImKobe]

I think this narrative wouldn't be far off if Kyrie was the one who scored 11 points in the 4th and James hit a 3 with the game being tied.

"Bran hit the no pressure 3 because the game was tied"

"Kyrie carried the team in the 4th while Lebum bricked almost all his shots
and hit a no pressure 3"

"If it wasn't for Kyrie, the game would be over by then"

:facepalm :facepalm


lol if Lebron hit the 3 to win the game the clip would be played 24/7 and we'd hear how it's the greatest shot in NBA history

Kyrie barely got any credit for that shot, every ESPN show I saw them discussing Lebron's greatness and legacy for a hour and maybe 30 seconds was spent on mentioning the Kyrie shot.

And both teams went scoreless for 5 minutes in which span Lebron was 0-4, he had his chance to take over and put the game away but he didn't. He got the chasedown block on Iggy, who could have went for the dunk to at least get fouled but took his time and tried to be cute with the layup that ended up getting blocked on the glass, it was a great defensive play but there's no guarantee he would have made that trick shot.

Lebron missed more than he made, only reason he had double-digit points in the 4th was because Kerr just decided to throw in Festus Ezeli in a close game in the Game 7 of the Finals :facepalm and that dude ****ing fouled Lebron on a 3pt shot

[Johnni Gade]

And they both badly outplayed Curry
:applause: rekt

[AintNoSunshine]

Nah it was Cuckry.

1-6 in the 4th, turnover after turnover. Visibly shook even when Kevin fking Love was on him:oldlol: :oldlol: :oldlol:

One of the most embarrassing scene in NBA history.

[Hey Yo]

as long as bran has a teammate to take the big shots, he will do well. remember, kyrie irving was out last season in the finals, and they lost 4-1.
??

Kyrie played game 1 and the Cavs lost. They won 2gms without Irving

[jstern]

But Lebron wasn't being guarded by the likes of Steph Curry, while Kyrie was. Big difference.

[KingPush]

Because he was guarded by Steph :roll: :roll: :roll:

[jstern]

Because he was guarded by Steph :roll: :roll: :roll:

I was actually being serious when I wrote that it was because he was being guarded by Curry, but yeah :roll: :roll: :roll:

[FatComputerNerd]

They don't call him Mr. 4th quarter for no reason...


Loves defense (wtf?) on Curry was the clincher though!

[ScalsFan21]

I think this narrative wouldn't be far off if Kyrie was the one who scored 11 points in the 4th and James hit a 3 with the game being tied.

"Bran hit the no pressure 3 because the game was tied"

"Kyrie carried the team in the 4th while Lebum bricked almost all his shots
and hit a no pressure 3"

"If it wasn't for Kyrie, the game would be over by then"

:facepalm :facepalm

:applause:

[Quickening]

Haters still melting down, I love it!! :roll: :lol

[ScalsFan21]

Haters still melting down, I love it!! :roll: :lol

We can expect this one to last a LONG time. :lol Us Bron fans couldn't have scripted this one any better.

[warriorfan]

We can expect this one to last a LONG time. :lol Us Bron fans couldn't have scripted this one any better.

Wonder why?

Because it is scripted

Draymond doesn't get suspended next year

Curry is going to be healthy as well

Enjoy it while it lasts

:cheers:

[Nilocon165]

Haters still melting down, I love it!! :roll: :lol
And you know what the best thing is? We just keep WINNING :banana:

[kuniva_dAMiGhTy]

Regarding Game 7...

Bron also hit a clutch three under the 5 min mark that gave Cleveland a 2PT lead, knocked down clutch freethrows to help HOLD that lead, and then had ARGUABLY the greatest block in Finals history with a minute remaining.

Enough of the shit posting dude. We all watched the game. :lol

[3ball]

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The data shows that Lebron was the closer in the 4th, even though he needed Kyrie to hit the deciding shot:




................PERCENTAGE OF TEAM POINTS SCORED WHILE PLAYER ON FLOOR


.........................RS......RS 4th... PO.....PO 4th...Finals.. Finals 4th


LEBRON 2016... 31.5 (http://stats.nba.com/player/#!/2544/stats/usage/?Season=2015-16&SeasonType=Regular%20Season)..... 36.7 (http://stats.nba.com/player/#!/2544/stats/usage/?Season=2015-16&SeasonType=Regular%20Season&Period=4)..... 30.2 (http://stats.nba.com/player/#!/2544/stats/usage/?Season=2015-16&SeasonType=Playoffs)..... 35.2 (http://stats.nba.com/player/#!/2544/stats/usage/?Season=2015-16&SeasonType=Playoffs&Period=4)...... 33.9 (http://stats.nba.com/player/#!/2544/stats/usage/?Season=2015-16&SeasonType=Playoffs&PORound=4)...... 47.1 (http://stats.nba.com/player/#!/2544/stats/usage/?Season=2015-16&SeasonType=Playoffs&PORound=4&Period=4) <--- links to nba.com data
KYRIEM 2016... 28.3 (http://stats.nba.com/player/#!/202681/stats/usage/?Season=2015-16&SeasonType=Regular%20Season)..... 34.2 (http://stats.nba.com/player/#!/202681/stats/usage/?Season=2015-16&SeasonType=Regular%20Season&Period=4)..... 30.2 (http://stats.nba.com/player/#!/202681/stats/usage/?Season=2015-16&SeasonType=Playoffs)..... 33.7 (http://stats.nba.com/player/#!/202681/stats/usage/?Season=2015-16&SeasonType=Playoffs&Period=4)...... 31.3 (http://stats.nba.com/player/#!/202681/stats/usage/?Season=2015-16&SeasonType=Playoffs&PORound=4)...... 32.1 (http://stats.nba.com/player/#!/202681/stats/usage/?Season=2015-16&SeasonType=Playoffs&PORound=4&Period=4)

JORDAN 1997.. 36.0..... 40.1..... 37.7..... 46.3 (http://stats.nba.com/player/#!/893/stats/usage/?Season=1996-97&SeasonType=Playoffs&Period=4)...... 40.9...... 50.4 (http://stats.nba.com/player/#!/893/stats/usage/?Season=1996-97&SeasonType=Playoffs&Period=4&PORound=4)
JORDAN 1998.. 36.3..... 42.1..... 39.7..... 48.8 (http://stats.nba.com/player/#!/893/stats/usage/?Season=1997-98&SeasonType=Playoffs&Period=4)...... 43.6...... 49.1 (http://stats.nba.com/player/#!/893/stats/usage/?Season=1997-98&SeasonType=Playoffs&Period=4&PORound=4)



FYI - I couldn't link up all the Jordan stats because the mods limited by posts to 4k characters or less.

[Nilocon165]

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The data shows that Lebron was the closer in the 4th, even though he needed Kyrie to hit the deciding shot:




................PERCENTAGE OF TEAM POINTS SCORED WHILE PLAYER ON FLOOR


.........................RS......RS 4th... PO.....PO 4th...Finals.. Finals 4th


LEBRON 2016... 31.5 (http://stats.nba.com/player/#!/2544/stats/usage/?Season=2015-16&SeasonType=Regular%20Season)..... 36.7 (http://stats.nba.com/player/#!/2544/stats/usage/?Season=2015-16&SeasonType=Regular%20Season&Period=4)..... 30.2 (http://stats.nba.com/player/#!/2544/stats/usage/?Season=2015-16&SeasonType=Playoffs)..... 35.2 (http://stats.nba.com/player/#!/2544/stats/usage/?Season=2015-16&SeasonType=Playoffs&Period=4)...... 33.9 (http://stats.nba.com/player/#!/2544/stats/usage/?Season=2015-16&SeasonType=Playoffs&PORound=4)...... 47.1 (http://stats.nba.com/player/#!/2544/stats/usage/?Season=2015-16&SeasonType=Playoffs&PORound=4&Period=4)
KYRIEM 2016... 28.3 (http://stats.nba.com/player/#!/202681/stats/usage/?Season=2015-16&SeasonType=Regular%20Season)..... 34.2 (http://stats.nba.com/player/#!/202681/stats/usage/?Season=2015-16&SeasonType=Regular%20Season&Period=4)..... 30.2 (http://stats.nba.com/player/#!/202681/stats/usage/?Season=2015-16&SeasonType=Playoffs)..... 33.7 (http://stats.nba.com/player/#!/202681/stats/usage/?Season=2015-16&SeasonType=Playoffs&Period=4)...... 31.3 (http://stats.nba.com/player/#!/202681/stats/usage/?Season=2015-16&SeasonType=Playoffs&PORound=4)...... 32.1 (http://stats.nba.com/player/#!/202681/stats/usage/?Season=2015-16&SeasonType=Playoffs&PORound=4&Period=4)

JORDAN 1997.. 36.0..... 40.1..... 37.7..... 46.3 (http://stats.nba.com/player/#!/893/stats/usage/?Season=1996-97&SeasonType=Playoffs&Period=4)...... 40.9...... 50.4 (http://stats.nba.com/player/#!/893/stats/usage/?Season=1996-97&SeasonType=Playoffs&Period=4&PORound=4) <---- these are links to nba.com data
JORDAN 1998.. 36.3..... 42.1..... 39.7..... 48.8 (http://stats.nba.com/player/#!/893/stats/usage/?Season=1997-98&SeasonType=Playoffs&Period=4)...... 43.6...... 49.1 (http://stats.nba.com/player/#!/893/stats/usage/?Season=1997-98&SeasonType=Playoffs&Period=4&PORound=4)




FYI - I couldn't link up all the Jordan stats because the mods limited by posts to 4k characters or less.
3ball melting = Lebron fam winning :banana:

[feyki]

Mamba mentality , like Kyrie said .

[warriorfan]

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The data shows that Lebron was the closer in the 4th, even though he needed Kyrie to hit the deciding shot:




................PERCENTAGE OF TEAM POINTS SCORED WHILE PLAYER ON FLOOR


.........................RS......RS 4th... PO.....PO 4th...Finals.. Finals 4th


LEBRON 2016... 31.5 (http://stats.nba.com/player/#!/2544/stats/usage/?Season=2015-16&SeasonType=Regular%20Season)..... 36.7 (http://stats.nba.com/player/#!/2544/stats/usage/?Season=2015-16&SeasonType=Regular%20Season&Period=4)..... 30.2 (http://stats.nba.com/player/#!/2544/stats/usage/?Season=2015-16&SeasonType=Playoffs)..... 35.2 (http://stats.nba.com/player/#!/2544/stats/usage/?Season=2015-16&SeasonType=Playoffs&Period=4)...... 33.9 (http://stats.nba.com/player/#!/2544/stats/usage/?Season=2015-16&SeasonType=Playoffs&PORound=4)...... 47.1 (http://stats.nba.com/player/#!/2544/stats/usage/?Season=2015-16&SeasonType=Playoffs&PORound=4&Period=4) <--- links to nba.com data
KYRIEM 2016... 28.3 (http://stats.nba.com/player/#!/202681/stats/usage/?Season=2015-16&SeasonType=Regular%20Season)..... 34.2 (http://stats.nba.com/player/#!/202681/stats/usage/?Season=2015-16&SeasonType=Regular%20Season&Period=4)..... 30.2 (http://stats.nba.com/player/#!/202681/stats/usage/?Season=2015-16&SeasonType=Playoffs)..... 33.7 (http://stats.nba.com/player/#!/202681/stats/usage/?Season=2015-16&SeasonType=Playoffs&Period=4)...... 31.3 (http://stats.nba.com/player/#!/202681/stats/usage/?Season=2015-16&SeasonType=Playoffs&PORound=4)...... 32.1 (http://stats.nba.com/player/#!/202681/stats/usage/?Season=2015-16&SeasonType=Playoffs&PORound=4&Period=4)

JORDAN 1997.. 36.0..... 40.1..... 37.7..... 46.3 (http://stats.nba.com/player/#!/893/stats/usage/?Season=1996-97&SeasonType=Playoffs&Period=4)...... 40.9...... 50.4 (http://stats.nba.com/player/#!/893/stats/usage/?Season=1996-97&SeasonType=Playoffs&Period=4&PORound=4)
JORDAN 1998.. 36.3..... 42.1..... 39.7..... 48.8 (http://stats.nba.com/player/#!/893/stats/usage/?Season=1997-98&SeasonType=Playoffs&Period=4)...... 43.6...... 49.1 (http://stats.nba.com/player/#!/893/stats/usage/?Season=1997-98&SeasonType=Playoffs&Period=4&PORound=4)



FYI - I couldn't link up all the Jordan stats because the mods limited by posts to 4k characters or less.

LeBron scored a lot of points in the blow outs and during garbage time which heavily skews this data making it inaccurate. (Remember LeBron's layup drill during the final minute of game 4 when Cleveland needed 3 pointers for a chance to win?)

If you watched the series you will be able to see that it was Kyrie Irving who was scoring the majority of the buckets in tight situations down the stretch, not LeBron.

[3ball]

3ball melting = Lebron fam winning :banana:



Old man Jordan carried a bigger load while winning rings than prime Lebron:



..........PERCENTAGE OF TEAM PTS SCORED WHILE PLAYER ON FLOOR


JORDAN 1997... 36.0 (http://stats.nba.com/player/#!/893/stats/usage/?Season=1996-97&SeasonType=Regular%20Season)..... 40.1 (http://stats.nba.com/player/#!/893/stats/usage/?Season=1996-97&SeasonType=Regular%20Season&Period=4)..... 37.7 (http://stats.nba.com/player/#!/893/stats/usage/?Season=1996-97&SeasonType=Playoffs)..... 46.3 (http://stats.nba.com/player/#!/893/stats/usage/?Season=1996-97&SeasonType=Playoffs&Period=4)...... 40.9 (http://stats.nba.com/player/#!/893/stats/usage/?Season=1996-97&SeasonType=Playoffs&PORound=4)...... 50.4 (http://stats.nba.com/player/#!/893/stats/usage/?Season=1996-97&SeasonType=Playoffs&Period=4&PORound=4) <--- links to nba.com data
JORDAN 1998... 36.3 (http://stats.nba.com/player/#!/893/stats/usage/?Season=1997-98&SeasonType=Regular%20Season)..... 42.1 (http://stats.nba.com/player/#!/893/stats/usage/?Season=1997-98&SeasonType=Regular%20Season&Period=4)..... 39.7 (http://stats.nba.com/player/#!/893/stats/usage/?Season=1997-98&SeasonType=Playoffs)..... 48.8 (http://stats.nba.com/player/#!/893/stats/usage/?Season=1997-98&SeasonType=Playoffs&Period=4)...... 43.6 (http://stats.nba.com/player/#!/893/stats/usage/?Season=1997-98&SeasonType=Playoffs&PORound=4)...... 49.1 (http://stats.nba.com/player/#!/893/stats/usage/?Season=1997-98&SeasonType=Playoffs&Period=4&PORound=4)

LEBRON 2012... 34.2 (http://stats.nba.com/player/#!/2544/stats/usage/?Season=2011-12&SeasonType=Regular%20Season)..... 33.8 (http://stats.nba.com/player/#!/2544/stats/usage/?Season=2011-12&SeasonType=Regular%20Season&Period=4)..... 34.5 (http://stats.nba.com/player/#!/2544/stats/usage/?Season=2011-12&SeasonType=Playoffs)..... 34.9 (http://stats.nba.com/player/#!/2544/stats/usage/?Season=2011-12&SeasonType=Playoffs&Period=4)...... 30.0 (http://stats.nba.com/player/#!/2544/stats/usage/?Season=2011-12&SeasonType=Playoffs&PORound=4)...... 33.3 (http://stats.nba.com/player/#!/2544/stats/usage/?Season=2011-12&SeasonType=Playoffs&PORound=4&Period=4)
LEBRON 2013... 32.1 (http://stats.nba.com/player/#!/2544/stats/usage/?Season=2011-12&SeasonType=Regular%20Season)..... 32.1 (http://stats.nba.com/player/#!/2544/stats/usage/?Season=2011-12&SeasonType=Regular%20Season&Period=4)..... 30.6 (http://stats.nba.com/player/#!/2544/stats/usage/?Season=2011-12&SeasonType=Playoffs)..... 36.0 (http://stats.nba.com/player/#!/2544/stats/usage/?Season=2011-12&SeasonType=Playoffs&Period=4)...... 29.3 (http://stats.nba.com/player/#!/2544/stats/usage/?Season=2011-12&SeasonType=Playoffs&PORound=4)...... 39.1 (http://stats.nba.com/player/#!/2544/stats/usage/?Season=2011-12&SeasonType=Playoffs&PORound=4&Period=4)
LEBRON 2016... 31.5 (http://stats.nba.com/player/#!/2544/stats/usage/?Season=2015-16&SeasonType=Regular%20Season)..... 36.7 (http://stats.nba.com/player/#!/2544/stats/usage/?Season=2015-16&SeasonType=Regular%20Season&Period=4)..... 30.2 (http://stats.nba.com/player/#!/2544/stats/usage/?Season=2015-16&SeasonType=Playoffs)..... 35.2 (http://stats.nba.com/player/#!/2544/stats/usage/?Season=2015-16&SeasonType=Playoffs&Period=4)...... 33.9 (http://stats.nba.com/player/#!/2544/stats/usage/?Season=2015-16&SeasonType=Playoffs&PORound=4)...... 47.1 (http://stats.nba.com/player/#!/2544/stats/usage/?Season=2015-16&SeasonType=Playoffs&PORound=4&Period=4)



:banana:

[hold this L]

Man, shut up and let them have their W. :facepalm Cavs won, stop downplaying Lebron who was beasting unlike Curry. I don't even like Lebron, but he deserves it. :facepalm

[3ball]

LeBron scored a lot of points in the blow outs and during garbage time which heavily skews this data making it inaccurate. (Remember LeBron's layup drill during the final minute of game 4 when Cleveland needed 3 pointers for a chance to win?)

If you watched the series you will be able to see that it was Kyrie Irving who was scoring the majority of the buckets in tight situations down the stretch, not LeBron.


I agree with all this - I've just been informed in another thread that Lebron didn't score a FG in the last 4 minutes of Game 7.

Lebron has always been a big opportunist in garbage time.

[jstern]

What ever garbage time there was, Curry, Green, and Thompson were still playing, and withing striking distance. It was the NBA Finals against a very dangerous team. Do you guys honestly want Lebron to sit down against this GS team?