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Round 2 Game 1 Toronto Raptors @ Cleveland Cavaliers Mon May 1st 2017 7pm

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Kyrie is 5-11 with 16 points, 5 assists and 2 steals. You guys really seem to be over-stating his demise.

His shot isn't quite there right this second, and we KNOW he will fix that at some point. If his shot was on he'd prob. be 8-11 for 24 points and 5 assists in the first half.


And oh look, we're up 14 at half. The Raptors made a run. Theyre a talented 50ish win team, and we also missed about 6-8 wide open threes during their run. With good shooters taking them too.

The Cavs look GREAT tonight. LeBron hasn't even turned on beast mode yet.
 
It's going well for us, but we need to worry about their open jumpers in Toronto. They play incredible at the ACC, role players. Patterson goes from a bumpkin to a sharp shooter.
 
bob2the2nd said:
Based on what do you think this?

His stat line is very good.
Much more likely he his playing defense for once and its tiring
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Seems like he's not able to get to the basket as well as usual, can't get by guys as easily as he normally does.

The knee has tightened up on him several times this year. If he has to take this series off, he should (have). Deron seems to be playing well enough to provide us what we need to beat the Raptors, IMO.

If Kyrie isn't healthy in the Finals we have no chance against the Warriors, so we might as well prioritize that and take our chances against the East without him.
 
Northstar said:
I'll take 12 points on 11 shots though, especially considering some of those he was making to start the second were well contested.
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It's not just about Ibaka making shots. Just his presence means the Lowry will have more room to operate since the Cavs can't blitz on screens without leaving a really good shooter open.
 
InBoobieWeTrust said:
Kyrie is 5-11 with 16 points, 5 assists and 2 steals. You guys really seem to be over-stating his demise.

His shot isn't quite there right this second, and we KNOW he will fix that at some point. If his shot was on he'd prob. be 8-11 for 24 points and 5 assists in the first half.


And oh look, we're up 14 at half. The Raptors made a run. Theyre a talented 50ish win team, and we also missed about 6-8 wide open threes during their run. With good shooters taking them too.

The Cavs look GREAT tonight. LeBron hasn't even turned on beast mode yet.
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This.

LeBron is chilling, Cavs are up, and there is so much fucking belly aching and whining going on in this thread as the Cavs are up by, by again, 14 fucking points on the Raptors.

Like .. seriously?
 
Czvosec said:
Why do people keep saying Kyrie is hurt? He looked fine to me.
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Irving, Lue, and I think RJ said he was hurt; and there was a report in April that he was hurt. He was also held out at the end of the season for his knee.
 
Kyrie is playing great, don't get me wrong... but that doesn't mean he's as healthy as he could be, or as healthy as we need him to be for the Finals.
 
Northstar said:
Seems like he's not able to get to the basket as well as usual, can't get by guys as easily as he normally does.

The knee has tightened up on him several times this year. If he has to take this series off, he should (have). Deron seems to be playing well enough to provide us what we need to beat the Raptors, IMO.

If Kyrie isn't healthy in the Finals we have no chance against the Warriors, so we might as well prioritize that and take our chances against the East without him.
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I totally agree... Irving should be benched until healthy.. There's no reason to play him this series.
 
Kyrie's playing great. My whining is more out of concern for him. Kyrie playing hurt is better than Lowry healthy, but we need Kyrie healthy enough to go into God mode for the Finals. And I don't see that in him right now.

It's not any missed shot, or bad play. But more so the way in which he is playing.
 
Crazy thought maybe Kyrie is hurt and playing well at the same time
 
Northstar said:
Seems like he's not able to get to the basket as well as usual, can't get by guys as easily as he normally does.

The knee has tightened up on him several times this year. If he has to take this series off, he should (have). Deron seems to be playing well enough to provide us what we need to beat the Raptors, IMO.

If Kyrie isn't healthy in the Finals we have no chance against the Warriors, so we might as well prioritize that and take our chances against the East without him.
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Kyrie's knee is a problem.. like I said screws and a plate is no joke to have there for a person that uses his legs and bends, twists his knees as much as Kyrie does.
I really hope it's not going to be chronic for the rest of his career, that's all i'm going to say. No doom and gloom from me yet.

No more olympics and stuff though, please.
 
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Czvosec said:
It's not just about Ibaka making shots. Just his presence means the Lowry will have more room to operate since the Cavs can't blitz on screens without leaving a really good shooter open.
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Well, as long as we continue with the rotations we've had and Casey continues to play JV, I think we'll be ok.
 
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