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Will the Warriors come out and play? This poll is closed.
WARRIORS!!!!!!!!	27	23.28%
No they're dead	17	14.66%
Because Matthew Dellavedova killed them	20	17.24%
Steph Curry looks alive so they should be alright	17	14.66%
This game is gonna own	35	30.17%
Total:	64 votes

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Crazy Ted: Jul 29, 2003

That's LeBron's average points/rebounds/assists through the first three games.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4va0yanY_z4

In Game Three, it looked like the Warriors were dead. They were down 20 in the third, and then Steph Curry woke up and remembered that he could shoot the basketball. Also, Steve Kerr woke up and remember that David Lee actually plays basketball. It was a one-point game in the fourth quarter, but then Curry made some dumb turnovers. LeBron? 40/12/8. Matthew Dellavedova had 20 points and played 38 minutes. And now we all love him. Klay Thompson didn't shoot well again. Tristan Thompson was tough inside again. JR Smiff was alright.

This brings us to...

Cleveland is up 2-1. I don't think anyone saw that coming before the series started. Long story short: Golden State has to win this game as 3-1 comebacks in the NBA are extremely rare, and get more rare the further you go up the playoff ladder. If the Warriors do lose the finals, they'll be the first team to win 65+ games and be the NBA runner-up.

Does LeBron go for 50? Does Steph show up for more than a half? Does Klay remember how to shoot? Does Matthew Dellavedova become the NBA's next big superstar?

Pregame reading materials:

Cavaliers use old-school plan to frustrate Warriors: http://www.nba.com/2015/news/featur...ls=iref:nbahpts
Dellavedova, Shumpert get green light for Game 4: http://hangtime.blogs.nba.com/2015/06/10/cavaliers-dellavedova-shumpert-get-green-light-for-game-4/?ls=iref:nbahpts
Green (back spasms) expected to play in Game 4: http://www.nba.com/2015/news/06/10/warriors-green-back-spasms.ap/index.html?ls=iref:nbahpts
First three games of finals draws highest ratings ever on ABC: http://www.nba.com/2015/news/06/10/nba-finals-highest-rated-ever-on-abc-through-3-games/index.html?ls=iref:nbahpts
LeBron won't let Cavs doze off now: http://www.nba.com/2015/news/featur...=iref:nbahpt13a
Should the Warriors double LeBron: http://hangtime.blogs.nba.com/2015/06/11/back-and-forth-with-bones-time-to-double-lebron/?ls=iref:nbahpt13a
Statistical preview: http://stats.nba.com/finals/2015-game-4-preview.html?ls=iref:nbahpt13a
Is LeBron shooting too much? http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/13058200/nba-lebron-james-taking-too-many-shots
Dellavedova to forego coffee: http://espn.go.com/nba/playoffs/2015/story/_/id/13059053/cleveland-cavaliers-guard-matthew-dellavedova-break-coffee-tradition-game-4
Are the Cavaliers nearing their breaking point? http://espn.go.com/nba/playoffs/2015/story/_/id/13057523/lebron-james-cavaliers-operating-critical-mass
Kerr takes swipe at LeBron no-call: http://espn.go.com/nba/playoffs/2015/story/_/id/13059116/steve-kerr-golden-state-warriors-mocks-lebron-james-tackle-non-call-ruling
Cavaliers have the lead, but work to do: http://sports.yahoo.com/news/cavaliers-lead-nba-finals-071604961--nba.html
Cavs fighting injuries, fatigue: http://sports.yahoo.com/news/lebron-cavs-fighting-fatigue-injuries-nba-finals-223622255--nba.html
Warriors confident of another comeback: http://sports.yahoo.com/news/warriors-confident-another-comeback-nba-finals-204632630--nba.html
Green wants to see more fight from the Warriors: http://sports.yahoo.com/news/draymond-green-wants-to-see-more-fight-from-the-warriors-in-game-4-010651998.html
LeBron cooking up something special: http://sports.yahoo.com/news/lebron-james-cooking-up-something-special-in-these-nba-finals-220644704.html
Looking ahead to Game 4: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nba-ball-dont-lie/looking-ahead-to-game-4--golden-state-vs--cleveland-212041836.html
Dellavedova's hometown to rename arena after him: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nba-b...-180139240.html

Tipoff in two hours. until then, discuss, read, and have fun.

# ¿ Jun 11, 2015 23:58

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# ¿ Apr 28, 2024 12:16

Crazy Ted: Jul 29, 2003

Malloreon posted:

so in 31 of the last 32 finals the first four games have been either 4-0 or 2-2?

No. 32 NBA Finals have started with a team down 3-1 after four games. None of those 32 have come back to win in seven games - they are 0-for-32.

# ¿ Jun 12, 2015 00:53

Crazy Ted: Jul 29, 2003

Malloreon posted:

Got it, I totally read that wrong, my bad.

Yeah. I've got to think that the Warriors know this, so I'd be shocked if the Warriors either:

A) Start like poo poo tonight and end up down a bunch like they did in Game Three
B) Lose

# ¿ Jun 12, 2015 01:28

Crazy Ted: Jul 29, 2003

Artic Puma posted:

Ohh poo poo, the Warriors are starting Iggy instead of Bogut?

# ¿ Jun 12, 2015 01:55

Crazy Ted: Jul 29, 2003

There's a large risk in starting David Lee: you improve the flow of the offense, but greatly damage paint defense and possibly open the lane for LeBron.

Starting Iguodala is even weirder.

# ¿ Jun 12, 2015 01:57

Crazy Ted: Jul 29, 2003

The Glumslinger posted:

This seems like a bad thing for defensive rebounding

Tristan Thompson is gonna grab 25 rebounds tonight.

# ¿ Jun 12, 2015 02:11

Crazy Ted: Jul 29, 2003

Josh Lyman posted:

If Lebron is MJ and Thompson is Rodman, who is Pippen?

Of course Matthew Dellavedova.

# ¿ Jun 12, 2015 02:13

Crazy Ted: Jul 29, 2003

oh deer

# ¿ Jun 12, 2015 02:13

Crazy Ted: Jul 29, 2003

James Jones :stare:

# ¿ Jun 12, 2015 02:32

Crazy Ted: Jul 29, 2003

inx posted:

there goes the new plugs

FYI that's actually why he was mad.

# ¿ Jun 12, 2015 03:02

Crazy Ted: Jul 29, 2003

We are literally at the point where the selling point of a phone is that it takes wider selfies.

# ¿ Jun 12, 2015 03:09

Crazy Ted: Jul 29, 2003

The Duggler posted:

hes gotta poo poo

Matthew Dellavedova: Pooint guard

# ¿ Jun 12, 2015 03:45

Crazy Ted: Jul 29, 2003

Optimus Subprime posted:

a proper black coffee gets your heart racing and your gi tract pumping.

When I was driving home from Vermont last year I went through Canada and wanted a 32 oz. hot chocolate from Tim Horton's. The teenage girl serving me forgot what I said and just gave me a 32 oz. of what they were pushing at the time: their new black roast coffee. I didn't add anything to it because I assumed it was hot chocolate.

Anyhoo, first I took a drank and just about shot stuff all over my car because what the gently caress. Then second I figured what the gently caress and drank because I had a long drive ahead of me. Third, fast forward about three hours after drinking a huge amount of straight black coffee and I thought my heart was going to jump out of my chest and start taunting me.

# ¿ Jun 12, 2015 03:48

Crazy Ted: Jul 29, 2003

haha they're trying to mute the bullshit chant

# ¿ Jun 12, 2015 03:51

Crazy Ted: Jul 29, 2003

Vire posted:

He jumped right into him what are they complaining about loving cavs fans

BULLxxxx
BULLxxxx
BULLxxxx

# ¿ Jun 12, 2015 03:51

Crazy Ted: Jul 29, 2003

Vire posted:

Barnes is loving a garbage man

Remember how he thought so highly of himself that even though he grew up in Ames, Iowa he spurned Iowa State for North Carolina because he thought it would grow his "brand"?

# ¿ Jun 12, 2015 03:53

Crazy Ted: Jul 29, 2003

MORE OF THAT

# ¿ Jun 12, 2015 03:53

Crazy Ted: Jul 29, 2003

That stat about undrafted players in the finals is kind of bunk because there literally used to be 15+ rounds in the draft, so if you went undrafted it meant you had no place being anywhere near the NBA.

# ¿ Jun 12, 2015 04:24

Crazy Ted: Jul 29, 2003

LeTimofey Mozgov

# ¿ Jun 12, 2015 04:25

Crazy Ted: Jul 29, 2003

Paul Giamatti as Jerry Heller is loving hilarious

# ¿ Jun 12, 2015 04:28

Crazy Ted: Jul 29, 2003

BrandNew posted:

running a 7 man rotation in the NBA doesn't work, because this happens.

Yet for some reason loads of teams seem to go to something close to this in the postseason and it's stupid. Hey your 10th man did some valuable poo poo in limited minutes in the regular season, he just might do the same thing in the playoffs.

# ¿ Jun 12, 2015 04:32

Crazy Ted: Jul 29, 2003

strikereternal posted:

No because some dumb motherfucker on the internet will call him AI and I'll get mad.

That person should be shot.

# ¿ Jun 12, 2015 04:32

Crazy Ted: Jul 29, 2003

Philthy posted:

God dammit, huge rear end storm tracker all over my tv blocking everything.

Warning you of the incoming Category 5 LeBron

# ¿ Jun 12, 2015 04:33

Crazy Ted: Jul 29, 2003

LeBron with 20/11/8

fuckin scrub

# ¿ Jun 12, 2015 04:34

Crazy Ted: Jul 29, 2003

Probably Magic posted:

That's neither here nor there, the bigger problem is that he tried to steal John Stockton's job, and for that, he must harshly atone.

He also wasted so much time during games backing down other point guards that David Stern had to create a rule to stop him.

# ¿ Jun 12, 2015 04:36

Crazy Ted: Jul 29, 2003

INSPECTAH DECK posted:

the great ones...
A) tell their body "not today"
B) know how to quiet the crowd
C) theres no excuses
D) all of the above

E) become MVP after Mark Jackson is fired and someone else with no coaching experience takes over

# ¿ Jun 12, 2015 04:38

Crazy Ted: Jul 29, 2003

PantsFreeZone posted:

Why are Cavs fans leaving the arena?

So they can see the rest of beautiful Cleveland of course

# ¿ Jun 12, 2015 04:40

Crazy Ted: Jul 29, 2003

Uh oh Perkins is in here comes a Flagrant 2

# ¿ Jun 12, 2015 04:41

Crazy Ted: Jul 29, 2003

R.D. Mangles posted:

actually karl malone is not a champion
he did not win a championship
this is because he is a choker and he does not deliver on sundays
this is canon

Oh yeah well HE WON A GOLD MEDAL SO THERE

# ¿ Jun 12, 2015 04:42

Crazy Ted: Jul 29, 2003

It was always going to be 2-2

We need this to go seven

This is because in Game Seven LeBron will unleash the Chaos Dunk

# ¿ Jun 12, 2015 04:44

Crazy Ted: Jul 29, 2003

R.D. Mangles posted:

LeBron has never won a game when he accidentally showed america his penis

His penis is like a weather vane - if it's flaccid he's only going to have an average game. If it's erect he pities the other team for what's about to happen.

# ¿ Jun 12, 2015 04:48

Crazy Ted: Jul 29, 2003

Veryslightlymad posted:

Seeing Westbrook, Iggy, and Josh Smith have to put up with trying to be trapped by loving Varney and not letting him do it is the best thing.

Also, to the surprise of no one, Stuart Varney is also really loving disingenuous/outright lying about how Capital Gains taxes work.

Stuart Varney is the same guy who once said that poor people are only poor because they "lack a richness of spirit".

I hate to say this, but as someone who once went broke "richness of spirit" doesn't pay thousands of dollars of brain-related medical bills :eng101:

# ¿ Jun 12, 2015 05:43

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# ¿ Apr 28, 2024 12:16

Crazy Ted: Jul 29, 2003

Yeesh

Nobody gives a poo poo how well Andre Iguodala speaks or does not speak

# ¿ Jun 13, 2015 02:06

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