Game 7 thread

[warriorOregon]

Great win by the Cavaliers.  Anything that makes the city of Cleveland shine and Wadesworld look like a tool is a win.  Great great win.  Lebron James, a player unlike any other. 

[GGGG]

Great win by the Cavaliers.  Anything that makes the city of Cleveland shine and Wadesworld look like a tool is a win.  Great great win.  Lebron James, a player unlike any other. 

"HI EVERYONE!!!  PLEASE LOOK AT ME!!!  HELLO???!!!???"

[Galway Eagle]

Happy for Shumpert but the rest of the cavs can go buzz off.

[wadesworld]

Great win by the Cavaliers.  Anything that makes the city of Cleveland shine and Wadesworld look like a tool is a win.  Great great win.  Lebron James, a player unlike any other.

The Cavs winning makes me look like a tool?  Lol okay chicos.  I'm sure there are plenty things that make me look like a tool, but I never considered having the Cavs win a title would be one of those.  You're right, no doubt.  Enjoy the PNW bud.  Got a dog sitter while you're up north?

[Lennys Tap]

Great win by the Cavaliers.  Anything that makes the city of Cleveland shine and Wadesworld look like a tool is a win.  Great great win.  Lebron James, a player unlike any other.

You have relatives in Cleveland, no?

[Lennys Tap]

LeBron goes for a triple double, Cleveland ends the drought.

This ranks with the Bambino's called shot against the Cubbies. Well done, Tower!

[GGGG]

Lebron's block and Kyrie's three...  Fun stuff.

[reinko]

Wow.  Block was outstanding.

Overrated block.

[wadesworld]

Great win by the Cavaliers.  Anything that makes the city of Cleveland shine and Wadesworld look like a tool is a win.  Great great win.  Lebron James, a player unlike any other.

By the way, how was Vegas?  Lots of back and forth for you.  I'd think it'd be easier to do something like SoCal to Vegas to Oregon and back home or SoCal to Oregon to Vegas and back home.  Interesting choice going So Cal to Oregon to Vegas to Oregon and then maybe back home?  What part of Oregon?  That was my favorite place I've visited.  Do you have a back yard we could share some beers over there like you did for hoopaloop?

[GGGG]

‏@DanWetzel
LeBron James last three games 36.3 points, 11.6 rebounds, 9.7 assists to win three Finals games while facing elimination.

‏@DanWetzel
Cleveland held Golden State scoreless the final 4:39 of the game

[tower912]

This ranks with the Bambino's called shot against the Cubbies. Well done, Tower!

Well, LeBron only gets the easy game 7 triple doubles.

[real chili 83]

Great win by the Cavaliers.  Anything that makes the city of Cleveland shine and Wadesworld look like a tool is a win.  Great great win.  Lebron James, a player unlike any other.

Back from Vegas, eh?

[real chili 83]

Cleveland only wins the easy championships. 

[Mutaman]

After the Browns won their 1964 NFL championship they made it back to the title game a year later. beaten by an injury riddled Packer team. Held brown to 50 yards rushing. Taylor gained 96 and Hornung had 105. Brown's last game. Last year before the Super bowl.

[wadesworld]

Everyone's talking about the triple double and LeBron's block.  I'm just here in shock that I was able to witness LeBron knock down a free throw mere seconds after his right arm was amputated.

[MU82]

Very happy for Cleveland and also amazed by both LeBron and Kyrie.

Lost in the LeBron love post-game -- and he deserves plenty -- was the fact that Irving made the winning 3 right in Curry's grille. Which was fitting in that Irving outplayed Curry all series.

As I've said elsewhere, I'm a huge Curry fan. But as long as LeBron is in his prime, given all the ways he can impact a game, there's only one best basketball player in the world. And his name ain't Steph.

I would love to hear one more time how LeBron doesn't make those around him better. Too funny. And also how these Warriors are better than the 1990s Bulls.

[brandx]

You have relatives in Cleveland, no?

No. Just friends. He's got lots and lots and lots of friends.

[Mutaman]

And also how these Warriors are better than the 1990s Bulls.

In a twinkling they went from being allegedly the greatest team of all time to just a fart in the wind.

[GooooMarquette]

Kudos to the Cavs.  LeBron and Irving stepped it up big-time.

[MU82]

 

In a twinkling they went from being allegedly the greatest team of all time to just a fart in the wind.

That's rough ... and not really true.

They were a great team. They just weren't the greatest ever.

Even if they had won tonight, I wouldn't have thought they were the greatest ever. Now it's simply easier to support that opinion.

These Warriors are basketball's version of the 2007 New England Patriots ... except Steph Curry, as wonderful as he is, has not accomplished anything close to what Tom Brady has.

[Mutaman]

That's rough ... and not really true.

They were a great team. They just weren't the greatest ever.

I guess you could call the 85 Bears a "great" team too. But, in the big picture, like GSW, they were just a one year wonder.

[muwarrior69]

So is next season the last?

[GGGG]

Everyone's talking about the triple double and LeBron's block.  I'm just here in shock that I was able to witness LeBron knock down a free throw mere seconds after his right arm was amputated.

Smart play.  Buys himself a few seconds. 

[MU82]

Everyone's talking about the triple double and LeBron's block.  I'm just here in shock that I was able to witness LeBron knock down a free throw mere seconds after his right arm was amputated.

Anybody who has ever been hurt playing sports knows that there often is an "initial shock" when sharp pain is felt.

A couple years ago, I went up for a rebound and came down on another player's foot. For about 3 minutes, I was certain I had a broken ankle. The pain was intense. I stayed on the ground, caught my breath, tried to relax, slowly got up, walked around for a couple minutes and realized I would survive.

My foot was never in danger of being "amputated," but it did take me a few minutes to realize that I hadn't suffered a serious injury and I could keep playing.

Of course, that is a logical response to what happened in this situation with LeBron. It's much easier for his haters to attack him because he didn't leap right up from that incredibly hard foul. (I believe the foul was hard but clean. I also believe that had LeBron committed it, many would be ripping him for it.)

I guess when you can't rip LeBron for choking or losing or being part of a dopey televised decision or whatever, it's easy to question his pain tolerance and manhood.

Six straight NBA Finals, three titles with two different franchises including one that had never won a title, three Finals MVPs, back-to-back 41-point games followed by a triple-double on the road in Game 7 to erase a 3-1 series deficit to "the greatest team ever," etc, etc, etc.

What a bum! Clearly, he doesn't make those around him better and isn't a top-10 all-time player.

[MerrittsMustache]

I guess you could call the 85 Bears a "great" team too. But, in the big picture, like GSW, they were just a one year wonder.

1) The mid-80s Bears should have won more rings but the 1985 team was still the greatest single-season team in NFL history.

2) Golden State's run isn't over. They're still a young team that isn't going anywhere for a while.

Congrats to the Cavs. They're a flawed team who happens to have the best player since Jordan on their roster. That takes nothing away from their title, but does speak to how great LeBron was in the playoffs.