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Offline KG Living Legend

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Believe it or not, the Cavaliers have actually faced tougher opposition en route to the Finals.

Ah yes, a very interesting argument ... hmm.. really some compelling points here .....





 Thats what I'm saying PhoSita. Do you expect me to take you seriously after the dumbest point ever??
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I don't think anyone can convince me that CLE has endured a more difficult path in these playoffs.

NOLA > BOS
MEM > CHI
ATL > HOU (I guess)


 No way ATL beats Houston this year. They were excellent. West is better. We are about to see that again in 4 days.

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Fair point, but there's a common trend with all three teams: poor three-point shooting. Cleveland's got a postseason-low opponent 3PT% of 28.1. Couple that with the fact that Cleveland's opponents are even shooting worse on wide-open 3s and it seems that these underwhelming offensive performances are largely due to Cleveland preventing them from getting the kinds of three-point looks they want.


There's another explanation here, too, though:

Cleveland hasn't faced a single opponent that is particularly good from the perimeter.


The Celtics jacked threes all season long but were near the bottom of the league in perimeter shooting effectiveness, so that's easily explained.

The Bulls have never been known as a great perimeter team. 

The Hawks were a 60 win team in the regular season because of their excellent three point shooting.  However, injuries to Demarre Carroll and Kyle Korver undercut their perimeter prowess pretty substantially.  Without Korver and Carroll providing the shooting balance on the wing, Teague, Millsap, and Horford cease to be particularly effective floor spacers.
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I don't think anyone can convince me that CLE has endured a more difficult path in these playoffs.

NOLA > BOS
MEM > CHI
ATL > HOU (I guess)


 No way ATL beats Houston this year. They were excellent. West is better. We are about to see that again in 4 days.

Hawks won both matchups this year and did post 60 wins so I'll give them the benefit of the doubt here although, hypothetically, they would be playing in a Finals without Korver,


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I'll say it for you...
The cavs have miraculously turned into a legit favorite or close to it the last 5 days.
With careful manipulated stats and articles, the nba want us to think the cavs will put up a tight fight in the finales, just so we won't blame too much the referees when they will even up the series for it to last as long as possible.
Must take care of nba's and lebron's fans and put on the show.

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I'll say it for you...
The cavs have miraculously turned into a legit favorite or close to it the last 5 days.
With careful manipulated stats and articles, the nba want us to think the cavs will put up a tight fight in the finales, just so we won't blame too much the referees when they will even up the series for it to last as long as possible.
Must take care of nba's and lebron's fans and put on the show.
i really wish this wasn't the case



But you're spot on


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If analysts, interviewers and commentators are going to frame this series as being about the Cavs' dramatic defensive improvement in the playoffs, Kevin Love is going to have a long week or two.


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If analysts, interviewers and commentators are going to frame this series as being about the Cavs' dramatic defensive improvement in the playoffs, Kevin Love is going to have a long week or two.

When the Cavs are struggling mightily to score against an elite defensive team with size, versatility, and depth, I imagine Love will be vindicated a little bit.
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If analysts, interviewers and commentators are going to frame this series as being about the Cavs' dramatic defensive improvement in the playoffs, Kevin Love is going to have a long week or two.

To be fair, the Cavs' best defensive performance was against the Celtics.

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If analysts, interviewers and commentators are going to frame this series as being about the Cavs' dramatic defensive improvement in the playoffs, Kevin Love is going to have a long week or two.

To be fair, the Cavs' best defensive performance was against the Celtics.

Let's not let facts get in the way of the narrative.