The Cavaliers were injured last season

[warriorfan]

The Warriors were injured this season

Next season we will see who is the real champion

Remember, during the last meeting where both teams were completely healthy, Golden State won by 30+ at Cleveland

[SouBeachTalents]

And Curry wasn't voted for FMVP once in either series

[Stringer Bell]

Teams are always injured or banged up in the postseason. It's just part of sports.

Next year, one or both of those teams will have some injury as well in the postseason.

[moongaze]

The Warriors were injured this season

Next season we will see who is the real champion

Remember, during the last meeting where both teams were completely healthy, Golden State won by 30+ at Cleveland

The cavs weren't fully healthy in January. Kyrie had been back from surgery and no basketball not that long and wasn't up to speed yet. The only real injury warriors had in the 2016 finals was to a 12 minute a game guy that they were outscored when he played.

Golden state, on the other hand ,played a team missing the second best player on both teams and a starter that plays significant minutes for 5 out of 6 games.

One is not equal to the other.

[Young X]

Teams are always injured or banged up in the postseason. It's just part of sports.

Next year, one or both of those teams will have some injury as well in the postseason.People are too stupid to understand this.

Go through all the champions in NBA history and most of them benefited from key injuries in some way. Last year was a little extreme but that's apart of the game. Luck.

It's why it's so hard to win a title in this league, there are external factors outside of your control that either go with you or against you.

[KingPush]

Warriors were slightly banged up. They only lost Bogut for 3 games who was a net negative throughout the series. Iggy had a bad back the last game and a half but that didnt stop him from playing high minutes


Cavs were devastated by injuries having two of their star players go out.

[AirBonner]

Op is STILL fuming :oldlol:

[Smoke117]

And Curry wasn't voted for FMVP once in either series

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[RedBlackAttack]

The Warriors were injured this season

Next season we will see who is the real champion

Remember, during the last meeting where both teams were completely healthy, Golden State won by 30+ at Cleveland
Kyrie was still on a minutes restriction. :oldlol:

Whatever makes you feel better, though.

[Smoke117]

Warriors were slightly banged up. They only lost Bogut for 3 games who was a net negative throughout the series. Iggy had a bad back the last game and a half but that didnt stop him from playing high minutes


Cavs were devastated by injuries having two of their star players go out.

The funniest thing is how he tries to act like this was Scottie Pippen out there in game 6 of the 98 finals where he couldn't even bend over and had a grimace on his face the entire time. THAT WAS INJURED.

[Lebron23]

Cavs would beat the Warriors again.

[Orlando Magic]

Kyrie was still on a minutes restriction. :oldlol:

Whatever makes you feel better, though.

don't forget that Cleveland's best rim protector was hurt all year and still is, also.

[warriorfan]

The funniest thing is how he tries to act like this was Scottie Pippen out there in game 6 of the 98 finals where he couldn't even bend over and had a grimace on his face the entire time. THAT WAS INJURED.

Did you watch game 6 of the 2016 Finals? If not watch it again. Iguodala was seriously injured. He could barely walk out there and finished at -25 (+/-)

[DMAVS41]

Comparing the two is absurd.

The Cavs were without two all nba level players...the Warriors lost Bogut.

[FireDavidKahn]

How many games did the Warriors core miss due to injury?

[FKAri]

There was one constant both series:
Zero Votes Curry

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[J Shuttlesworth]

Comparing the two is absurd.

The Cavs were without two all nba level players...the Warriors lost Bogut.
This. And let's not forget they had Bogut for most games on the series. Also, the Warriors won the championship last year by limiting Bogut's minutes to near nothing in the last 3 games. The equivalent of what happened to the Cavs in 2015 would be if this year, the Warriors lost Dray and Klay for the entire series.

[warriorfan]

Comparing the two is absurd.

The Cavs were without two all nba level players...the Warriors lost Bogut.

Warriors lost



#1 Curry to MCL Injury

#2 Green, the team's best defender, to suspension under dubious circumstances

#3 Iguodala, the team's best perimeter defender, to back injury

#4 Bogut, the team's best rim protector, to knee injury

[J Shuttlesworth]

Warriors lost

#1 Curry due to MCL Injury

#2 Green, the team's best defender, to suspension under dubious circumstances

#3 Iguodala, the team's best perimeter defender, to back injury

#4 Bogut, the team's best rim protector, to knee injury
#1: Curry was still able to play, still healthy enough to drop 38 against OKC, also no reports of surgery, Kerr said he's ok, Curry said he's ok, stop with this excuse.

#2 Green got suspended for too many flagrants. That simply isn't dubious. He's a child, and deserved suspension

#3 Iggy's minutes weren't limited in game 7. He was really only injured for the last couple games but was still able to play

#4 Bogut... yes got injured and wasn't able to play 2 games

Not a single one of these injuries comes close to losing your second and third best player for an entire series.

[RedBlackAttack]

Warriors lost



#1 Curry to MCL Injury

#2 Green, the team's best defender, to suspension under dubious circumstances

#3 Iguodala, the team's best perimeter defender, to back injury

#4 Bogut, the team's best rim protector, to knee injury


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[DMAVS41]

Warriors lost



#1 Curry to MCL Injury

#2 Green, the team's best defender, to suspension under dubious circumstances

#3 Iguodala, the team's best perimeter defender, to back injury

#4 Bogut, the team's best rim protector, to knee injury


1. Curry played and looked like a monster against the Thunder the last 3 games. Again...what changed? Other than the Cavs being physical and Kyrie owning him.

2. Green's suspension was his own fault. Stupid gets you beat. Self caused mistake.

3. Iggy played and looked good for pretty much the entire series outside of game 6.

4. Yes, Bogut got hurt.

[scuzzy]

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[J Shuttlesworth]

1. Curry played and looked like a monster against the Thunder the last 3 games. Again...what changed? Other than the Cavs being physical and Kyrie owning him.

2. Green's suspension was his own fault. Stupid gets you beat. Self caused mistake.

3. Iggy played and looked good for pretty much the entire series outside of game 6.

4. Yes, Bogut got hurt.
Yup, and let's not forget Love had the concussion too. It's time for excusefan to stop

[warriorfan]

Kevin Love struggled to find minutes in the rotation during the 2016 Finals

The Cavaliers turned the series around when Kevin Love wasn't playing

Kevin Love is not a good match up against a healthy Golden State team

Going big with athletic and long defenders and slowing down the pace was the right strategy against Golden State in 2015

So Kevin Love being out in was addition by subtraction, this was proven by his lack of impact in the 2016 series

[NattyPButter]

The blue print is out on how to stop Curry so they probably won't even make it to the finals. The Cavs will also have a much harder time making it to the finals. All East teams will be much better next year.

[Smoke117]

Kevin Love struggled to find minutes in the rotation during the 2016 Finals

The Cavaliers turned the series around when Kevin Love wasn't playing

Kevin Love is not a good match up against a healthy Golden State team

Going big with athletic and long defenders and slowing down the pace was the right strategy against Golden State in 2015

So Kevin Love being out in was addition by subtraction, this was proven by his lack of impact in the 2016 series

Kevin Love is the Curry stopper.

[DMAVS41]

Kevin Love struggled to find minutes in the rotation during the 2016 Finals

The Cavaliers turned the series around when Kevin Love wasn't playing

Kevin Love is not a good match up against a healthy Golden State team

Going big with athletic and long defenders and slowing down the pace was the right strategy against Golden State in 2015

So Kevin Love being out in was addition by subtraction, this was proven by his lack of impact in the 2016 series

1. So lets get this straight. Andrew Bogut averaged 12 minutes per game. Kevin Love averaged 26 minutes per game. And it was Love that struggled to find minutes?

2. What lack of impact? Yes, he wasn't as good as he normally is, but the Cavs actually performed pretty well with him on the court in the finals. He hardly killed them like everyone said. Lebron not playing great through the first 4 games was not Love's fault. Kyrie struggling the first 2 games was not Love's fault. It wasn't addition by distraction...it was Kyrie and Lebron starting to play great.

3. So you think the Cavs win game 7 without Love?

[scuzzy]

meltdown

[Hey Yo]

And Curry wasn't voted for FMVP once in either series
Notice how it's never "FMVP Iggy was hurt this year?"

:oldlol:

[ShawkFactory]

1. Curry played and looked like a monster against the Thunder the last 3 games. Again...what changed? Other than the Cavs being physical and Kyrie owning him.

2. Green's suspension was his own fault. Stupid gets you beat. Self caused mistake.

3. Iggy played and looked good for pretty much the entire series outside of game 6.

4. Yes, Bogut got hurt.
5. I thought all these guys mentioned were scrubs anyway!! :rolleyes:

[moongaze]

This thread should serve as a point of reference for any golden state fan that wants to make excuses for the finals. Every possible excuse that someone can make for golden state losing has been presented here and shot down by facts and sound logic.

I know this isn't what warriors meant to do in his hourly troll postings, but this is quite impressive.

[tpols]

few things on this ...


First, Kevin Love's impact against the Warriors..

in game 3 when Love didnt start, the Cavaliers locked down the golden State to the tune of 33-16 after the first quarter. In interviews after the game, Lebron credited the huge turn around on the defensive tone his team was able to set. Richard Jefferson had the second best defensive rating on the whole squad for the series and his athleticism, length, and energy were a major curveball thrown from cleveland.. Golden State had no answer for their defensive intensity w/ RJ in the line up.

Then .. again in game 6 .. Kevin Love gets two quick fouls and is subbed out for RJ with 11 minutes to go in the 1st quarter. Cleveland would go on to hold golden state to 11 points for the quarter, a record low, and the score at the end of the period was 31-11.


^^^
you guys like star names, but fact of the matter is THAT was reality in this matchup. Kevin Love was a weak point in this series that warriors looked to pick on ... when Cavs threw 5 guys on the court who can all defend at elite levels, the warriors had nobody to go after and were promptly run off the court in first quarters.




the only true loss last year to the Cavs was Kyrie Irving and he was a big loss.. Idk if he alone makes up for all the missed time from dray, bogut, and shell of iggy.. especially considering the Cavs offense didnt *click* until those guys conveniently began to drop off like flies.. but it's close.

[J Shuttlesworth]

few things on this ...


First, Kevin Love's impact against the Warriors..

in game 3 when Love didnt start, the Cavaliers locked down the golden State to the tune of 33-16 after the first quarter. In interviews after the game, Lebron credited the huge turn around on the defensive tone his team was able to set. Richard Jefferson had the second best defensive rating on the whole squad for the series and his athleticism, length, and energy were a major curveball thrown from cleveland.. Golden State had no answer for their defensive intensity w/ RJ in the line up.

Then .. again in game 6 .. Kevin Love gets two quick fouls and is subbed out for RJ with 11 minutes to go in the 1st quarter. Cleveland would go on to hold golden state to 11 points for the quarter, a record low, and the score at the end of the period was 31-11.


^^^
you guys like star names, but fact of the matter is THAT was reality in this matchup. Kevin Love was a weak point in this series that warriors looked to pick on ... when Cavs threw 5 guys on the court who can all defend at elite levels, the warriors had nobody to go after and were promptly run off the court in first quarters.




the only true loss last year to the Cavs was Kyrie Irving and he was a big loss.. Idk if he alone makes up for all the missed time from dray, bogut, and shell of iggy.. especially considering the Cavs offense didnt *click* until those guys conveniently began to drop off like flies.. but it's close.
Again, Love was huge in game 7 when he was healthy. Cavs needed his rebounding and hustle. Cavs aren't champions without Kevin Love in game 7.

And again... none of those guys missed a full series this year. Bogut was out 2 games, Dray was out a game and a half, Green was out one game and that was his own fault, not injury. You can't use Green's suspension as any kind of justification here. It was his own doing. Still, doesn't compare to missing two all stars like Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love for an entire series.

[DMAVS41]

few things on this ...


First, Kevin Love's impact against the Warriors..

in game 3 when Love didnt start, the Cavaliers locked down the golden State to the tune of 33-16 after the first quarter. In interviews after the game, Lebron credited the huge turn around on the defensive tone his team was able to set. Richard Jefferson had the second best defensive rating on the whole squad for the series and his athleticism, length, and energy were a major curveball thrown from cleveland.. Golden State had no answer for their defensive intensity w/ RJ in the line up.

Then .. again in game 6 .. Kevin Love gets two quick fouls and is subbed out for RJ with 11 minutes to go in the 1st quarter. Cleveland would go on to hold golden state to 11 points for the quarter, a record low, and the score at the end of the period was 31-11.


^^^
you guys like star names, but fact of the matter is THAT was reality in this matchup. Kevin Love was a weak point in this series that warriors looked to pick on ... when Cavs threw 5 guys on the court who can all defend at elite levels, the warriors had nobody to go after and were promptly run off the court in first quarters.




the only true loss last year to the Cavs was Kyrie Irving and he was a big loss.. Idk if he alone makes up for all the missed time from dray, bogut, and shell of iggy.. especially considering the Cavs offense didnt *click* until those guys conveniently began to drop off like flies.. but it's close.

You aren't factoring in depth nearly enough. Just having an extra body that isn't Frye is huge. Frye was unplayable in a way that series that Love doesn't touch.

Kyrie going off to start game 3 was not because Love wasn't out there. Lebron not trusting his jumper through the first 4 games overall was not because Love was out there.

We all agree that it's a terrible match up for Love, but that doesn't mean a team is better without him.

Just the minutes he gives can really help a team with such a short rotation.

And why are we ignoring game 7? The biggest game of the year. The biggest game of Love's career. The biggest game in Cavs history.

Does anyone here actually think the Cavs had enough to win that game if Love played 0 minutes?

Even if he was worth nothing the first 6 games...that game alone makes it worth it. Because there is no ****ing way they win that game without him.

Does anyone have Love's plus/minus for the finals? I'm interested. Not saying it's the end all, be all, but I'd like to know exactly how the team performed with him on the court. I'd imagine it was positive overall...and while of course there is noise in that...it's hard to argue that he was somehow killing them if they were even or beating the Warriors over the course of his time on the court.

[TommyGriffin]

You aren't factoring in depth nearly enough. Just having an extra body that isn't Frye is huge. Frye was unplayable in a way that series that Love doesn't touch.

Kyrie going off to start game 3 was not because Love wasn't out there. Lebron not trusting his jumper through the first 4 games overall was not because Love was out there.

We all agree that it's a terrible match up for Love, but that doesn't mean a team is better without him.

Just the minutes he gives can really help a team with such a short rotation.

And why are we ignoring game 7? The biggest game of the year. The biggest game of Love's career. The biggest game in Cavs history.

Does anyone here actually think the Cavs had enough to win that game if Love played 0 minutes?

Even if he was worth nothing the first 6 games...that game alone makes it worth it. Because there is no ****ing way they win that game without him.
I'm a big Kevin Love fan but I have to admit the reason he went off in game 7 was that Andrew Bogut was not playing. Andrew Bogut usually kicks Kevin's ass but instead Love got to face against Ezeli and Love punked him badly.

[scuzzy]

Warriorfan melting down on his TommyGriffin account also





:roll: :roll: :roll:

[Ben Simmons]

Why do people use Iggy's injury as an excuse but ignored Kyries in the same Game? Didnt Kyrie score 3 points in the 2nd half?

If Lebron hadnt turned into some literally one the best player of all time in scoring passing and defense in that stretch would yall use Kyries single game injury as a valid excuse or spam 2/7?

[DMAVS41]

I'm a big Kevin Love fan but I have to admit the reason he went off in game 7 was that Andrew Bogut was not playing. Andrew Bogut usually kicks Kevin's ass but instead Love got to face against Ezeli and Love punked him badly.

Andrew Bogut wasn't playing enough for that to be as big of a factor as you are claiming.

[J Shuttlesworth]

You aren't factoring in depth nearly enough. Just having an extra body that isn't Frye is huge. Frye was unplayable in a way that series that Love doesn't touch.

Kyrie going off to start game 3 was not because Love wasn't out there. Lebron not trusting his jumper through the first 4 games overall was not because Love was out there.

We all agree that it's a terrible match up for Love, but that doesn't mean a team is better without him.

Just the minutes he gives can really help a team with such a short rotation.

And why are we ignoring game 7? The biggest game of the year. The biggest game of Love's career. The biggest game in Cavs history.

Does anyone here actually think the Cavs had enough to win that game if Love played 0 minutes?

Even if he was worth nothing the first 6 games...that game alone makes it worth it. Because there is no ****ing way they win that game without him.

Does anyone have Love's plus/minus for the finals? I'm interested. Not saying it's the end all, be all, but I'd like to know exactly how the team performed with him on the court.
As far as plus minus:

Game 7: +19 (led)
Game 6: -6
Game 5: +18 (2nd after JR)
Game 4: -4
Game 2: -8 (best of any Cavs starter)
Game 1: -8

So his presence was pretty damn huge in 5 and 7. I think 6 is where he got into foul trouble.

[DMAVS41]

As far as plus minus:

Game 7: +19 (led)
Game 6: -6
Game 5: +18 (2nd after JR)
Game 4: -4
Game 2: -8 (best of any Cavs starter)
Game 1: -8

So his presence was pretty damn huge in 5 and 7. I think 6 is where he got into foul trouble.

So plus 11 unless I'm bad at math.

I get it all...I'm just saying it's hard to argue that he killed the Cavs and was not relevant when they were outscoring the Warriors with him on the court...and in 2 of the last 3 games the number was huge.

[Ben Simmons]

The benefit of Love is quite simply options. The Cavs were playing James Jones last year. As long as Blatt was smart enough to sit Love when he was hurting the team (he was) Love had value. Even if just to give Lebron a minute of rest.

Also Mozgov was good last year so the Cavs had a rim protector last year.

[J Shuttlesworth]

So plus 11 unless I'm bad at math.

I get it all...I'm just saying it's hard to argue that he killed the Cavs and was not relevant when they were outscoring the Warriors with him on the court...and in 2 of the last 3 games the number was huge.
Outside of his rebounding, the most important thing he does is space the floor and opening up driving lines for Kyrie/LeBron. That's one luxury that LeBron didn't have in 2015. Green was able to stay in the paint since TT/Mozgov weren't outside threats. Love in the 2015 finals would have made LeBron's offense much more efficient.

[Bankaii]

If you're going to use 12 MPG Bogut and Iggy's light weight injury you have to include:
1) Kyrie's ankle injury
2) Love's injury (the Curry stopper)
3) Mozgov hasn't been healthy this entire season and he's the Cavs best rim protector.

Every team is injured every season, but it doesn't compare to the 2nd/3rd best players of a team missing every single game except 1.

[tpols]

We all agree that it's a terrible match up for Love, but that doesn't mean a team is better without him.
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if the cavs used love in a way to minimize his defensive short comings, like throw him in as a 6th man near the end of the first after defensive tone has been established for some nice scoring, I would totally agree .. he'd really be worth something. But with him starting, which would undoubtedly happen if he was healthy, Love basically gives the warriors a "steph curry" to attack relentlessly .. and once they get rolling... its a rap. and unlike curry, Love doesnt do enough on offense to risk having him in the game over somebody whose going to play much better defense and run the break w/ bron better. In fact, I'm pretty confident that his quota'ed post touches were taking away from the teams offense anyways.. Bogut was having a block party w/ Love down low early in the series and Kyrie said it best .. "Me and bron have to attack every play.. one of us". And I believe him. Love only takes away from that when he's starting.


so if they used Kevin in that capacity, i would agree. But starting, healthy 40 minutes per game Love .. ? I just see the warriors blowing things open again over the course of the series. Their momentum was halted when golden state finally had no weak links to run at in game 3 .. the monster defensive starts w/ RJ playing bulk of first quarters speak for themselves.

[DMAVS41]

if the cavs used love in a way to minimize his defensive short comings, like throw him in as a 6th man near the end of the first after defensive tone has been established for some nice scoring, I would totally agree .. he'd really be worth something. But with him starting, which would undoubtedly happen if he was healthy, Love basically gives the warriors a "steph curry" to attack relentlessly .. and once they get rolling... its a rap. and unlike curry, Love doesnt do enough on offense to risk having him in the game over somebody whose going to play much better defense and run the break w/ bron better. In fact, I'm pretty confident that his quota'ed post touches were taking away from the teams offense anyways.. Bogut was having a block party w/ Love down low early in the series and Kyrie said it best .. "Me and bron have to attack every play.. one of us". And I believe him. Love only takes away from that when he's starting.


so if they used Kevin in that capacity, i would agree. But starting, healthy 40 minutes per game Love .. ? I just see the warriors blowing things open again over the course of the series. Their momentum was halted when golden state finally had no weak links to run at in game 3 .. the monster defensive starts w/ RJ playing bulk of first quarters speak for themselves.

This seems like a bad argument. Coaches aren't always stupid. Why wouldn't Blatt be smart enough to play Love more when he's going well...and sit him when it makes sense?

Love's minutes in this series are a good indication of that.

You really think Love would have played as much as he did in game 7 if he was hurting them?

He only played 30 minutes in that game...I think like 32 in game 5...why would you think he has to play 40 minutes?

[RedBlackAttack]

I'm not normally one to rub it in. After Game 7 ended, I came on here and talked about how much I admired that Golden State went for the 73 wins and how great a season they had. But, OP is pushing me past my limit. I have video after video and gif after gif that are just crushing for the narrative he built all season that, not only is Curry the best player on the planet, but he was re-inventing the game.

So, it's one thing to talk about how badly Curry got destroyed in this series. It's another to study the plays.

I have plenty that are just Kyrie taking him to school. You don't want me to post the ones where JR Smith and even Shump go right at him with success, do you WarriorsFan? Just stop the madness and it ends.

Accept the loss and move on. The Warriors have a great team returning and, according to Vegas, the best odds to win one in '17. Either move along or I'm emptying the database.



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It stops when you've had enough.

[warriorfan]

I'm not normally one to rub it in. After Game 7 ended, I came on here and talked about how much I admired that Golden State went for the 73 wins and how great a season they had. But, OP is pushing me past my limit. I have video after video and gif after gif that are just crushing for the narrative he build all season. It's one thing to talk about how badly Curry got destroyed in this series. It's another to study the plays.

I have plenty that are just Kyrie taking him to school. You don't want me to post the ones where JR Smith and even Shump go right at him with success, do you WarriorsFan? Just stop the madness and it ends.

Accept the loss and move on. The Warriors have a great team returning and, according to Vegas, the best odds to win one in '17. Either move along or I'm emptying the database.



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It stops when you've had enough.

posting 5 gifs and trying to say that represents an entire series?

failing to acknowledge that the player is coming back from an mcl injury?

yeah safe to say you are having a meltdown

when you want to be calm cool and collective and have a reasonable argument and not be a blind homer then we can talk

[RedBlackAttack]

posting 5 gifs and trying to say that represents an entire series?

failing to acknowledge that the player is coming back from an mcl injury?

yeah safe to say you are having a meltdown

when you want to be calm cool and collective and have a reasonable argument and not be a blind homer then we can talk
You can only post 5 gifs per post.

Trust me, this is not what you want. And, why would I be having a meltdown? My native and lifelong franchise just won a title and, even better, my favorite player completely burned down the 2x unanimous MVP for good measure.

I couldn't be happier. And, you couldn't be more unsteady. Just stop with the rationalizing and accept what happened. Or else.

[Wally450]

warriorfan, can you honestly show or tell us about any point in any game where Curry showed signs that he was hurt. Like limping or grimacing or something? Saying he played below his standards because he was hurt is not evidence. Please show us actual on court evidence that showed.

[warriorfan]

You can only post 5 gifs per post.

Trust me, this is not what you want. And, why would I be having a meltdown? My native and lifelong franchise just won a title and, even better, my favorite player completely burned down the 2x unanimous MVP for good measure.

I couldn't be happier. And, you couldn't be more unsteady. Just stop with the rationalizing and accept what happened. Or else.

post 100 gifs of a guy who twisted his knee around the wrong way a few weeks ago like a chicken shit

go for it

[DMAVS41]

posting 5 gifs and trying to say that represents an entire series?

failing to acknowledge that the player is coming back from an mcl injury?

yeah safe to say you are having a meltdown

when you want to be calm cool and collective and have a reasonable argument and not be a blind homer then we can talk

Yea...RBA is just out of control.

He's upset that his favorite team finally won a title because he thinks it was cheapened because the other team wasn't perfectly 100 percent and because they had to play one real series to make the finals.

Great points.

[warriorfan]

warriorfan, can you honestly show or tell us about any point in any game where Curry showed signs that he was hurt. Like limping or grimacing or something? Saying he played below his standards because he was hurt is not evidence. Please show us actual on court evidence that showed.

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[JT123]

post 100 gifs of a guy who twisted his knee around the wrong way a few weeks ago like a chicken shit

go for it
:oldlol: Why are you STILL melting down? Try going outside every once in a while. Maybe even find a job :confusedshrug:

[Wally450]

...

Now show me something afterwards that made it look like he was injured. All I saw was him screaming "I'm here, I'm back!"

[Poetry]

LeBron had his feelings hurt, but he played through his injury :applause:

https://media.giphy.com/media/3o7qE8XB0J4nr53oRO/giphy.gif

[Wally450]

Doesn't look like a guy that's injured to me.

https://media.giphy.com/media/3oEjHZKRgiZXYmVVbq/giphy.gif

[DMAVS41]

Please stop posting that huge picture.

And that isn't even a response to his question...we are asking for something after the Portland series that would make an objective person think Curry was "majorly injured"

We all agree he wasn't 100%.

Nobody is saying he wasn't a bit worn down and struggling at times. But guess what...he looked like that last year in the finals a lot as well.

Maybe his frame can't take a playoff pounding and still perform at an elite level against elite competition as well as you'd like.

Hence why people without an agenda have failed to give him one fmvp vote in 2 years....

[Cavalier]

Here's an injured Curry dunking before Game 5.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FoxxMN8gNA

[ArbitraryWater]

Comparing the two is absurd.

The Cavs were without two all nba level players...the Warriors lost Bogut.

not just that...

Warriors lost Bogut for 2 games, Cavaliers lost Love for one game (and a half)... lol

there are no injury discreperancies this year...

[aj1987]

:yaohappy: :yaohappy: :yaohappy:
Scuzz, put warriorfan's profile pic on Cersie.

[Flower_]

Yes, Curry was injured. And injured player can play like that.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evqpY7HNERg

F*** Off idiots. He was healthy when he played game 7 vs OKC, and he was healthy too when he played series against Cavs. Stop defending him morons, because this guy can't defend sh*t, and he was shut down by Kyrie. Case closed.

[RedBlackAttack]

Yes, Curry was injured. And injured player can play like that.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evqpY7HNERg

F*** Off idiots. He was healthy when he played game 7 vs OKC, and he was healthy too when he played series against Cavs. Stop defending him morons, because this guy can't defend sh*t, and he was shut down by Kyrie. Case closed.
Wow... after having watched those highlights, I have even more appreciation for how the Cavs played him defensively in The Finals. I saw more "open" looks and driving lanes in the first 2 minutes of that video than I saw all series versus the Cavs. It's amazing to me how people are not giving the Cavs' defense the credit. They straight-up took Curry out of his game and swarmed him.

[FKAri]

Why didn't you make a thread with this title when it was more relevant? Say June 2015? :confusedshrug:

[Da_Realist]

Doesn't look like a guy that's injured to me.

https://media.giphy.com/media/3oEjHZKRgiZXYmVVbq/giphy.gif

LOL. Gotta win the title after mocking the league all year. That crow must be dry as hell.

[DMAVS41]

Wow... after having watched those highlights, I have even more appreciation for how the Cavs played him defensively in The Finals. I saw more "open" looks and driving lanes in the first 2 minutes of that video than I saw all series versus the Cavs. It's amazing to me how people are not giving the Cavs' defense the credit. The straight-up took Curry out of his game and swarmed him.

Yep.

[aj1987]

Wow... after having watched those highlights, I have even more appreciation for how the Cavs played him defensively in The Finals. I saw more "open" looks and driving lanes in the first 2 minutes of that video than I saw all series versus the Cavs. It's amazing to me how people are not giving the Cavs' defense the credit. They straight-up took Curry out of his game and swarmed him.
The Cavs, especially LeBron, have been getting a ton of credit for their defense. TBH, I haven't seen LeBron play defense like this since '12.