OT: Game 1 of the NBA Finals Cleveland @ Warriors Open Thread
Draymond's shot is so ugly. I throw up in my mouth a little bit every time he launches one.
Is JR Smith doing?
What was that? Why didn't he just put up a shot?
and his own guys sabotaging a chance for the winning shot, he might have to score 100.
And the refs decide more games in the NBA. Webber's title was stolen by the refs.
JR ruining LeBron's legacy lmao
LeBron is going to murder this entire team on the way back to the hotel tonight, but he's going to save J.R. Smith for last.
There are not a lot of bad shots being taken in this game, and I would argue college refs are significantly worse than NBA refs.
for the NBA refs, that is their job. They aren't working another job the rest of the year like college refs. No one's going to be perfect but man, if these are the best the NBA can trot out to ref the Finals, it doesn't say much about the NBA refs that were sitting at home tonight.
I find this SO much more entertaining than those grinding post-up and free throw contests of the 90s and 00s. This game has gotten so much easier on the eyes than that uglyball style.
These refs are insane. It's just incompetence more than anything else, but if there is some grand conspiracy and they want GSW to win this game, just give it to them. Don't waste all of our nights with more basketball.
Also, and maybe this is just my football replay experience kicking in, but there was nothing in that replay that definitively showed it was a block vs a charge. So at this point, keep the call as it is.
I'm a little late here BUT.... JR Smith is brain dead!
in that case, LBJ was like, "No, SERIOUSLY JR, LOOK AT THE SCOREBOARD YA DUMB BASTARD."
The missed FT/JR Smith blunder feels like a monster momentum swing. Cleveland had a golden opportunity to steal away home court there, and might not get another shot like this.
I remember Nick Anderson bricking a bunch of FTs in game 1 of the Orlando-Houston series back in the '90s. Orlando had that game all but wrapped and then he kept missing FTs to keep Houston alive. Houston won, and went on to sweep.
Nick Anderson missed 4 straight FTs at the end. Game went to OT I think and Houston pulled it out. Houston swept and Nick Anderson was never the same.
losing game 1 turned into a sweep in the blink of an eye.
JR Smith - that play will be the lead in his obituary 60 years from now. Unbelievable.
that was probably the series right there. Cavs had a chance to win it and blew - missed the 2nd free throw aand then JR pulling the ultimate bone headed play.
Bill Laimbeer was called for one once.