As we near Christmas, the ghost of the Golden State Warriors continues to haunt the Cleveland Cavaliers. While the Cavs met the New York Knicks Wednesday night at Quicken Loans Arena, it was difficult to not look ahead to Cleveland’s showdown with the Golden State Warriors on Christmas Day. “The memories will come back as soon as we walk into the building (Oracle Arena in Oakland, CA), but also understanding it’s one of 82 and I’m not going to put everything into this game,” Cavs small forward LeBron James said. The Cavs defeated the Knicks 91-84 Wednesday, but before and after the game, the focus was on the Warriors. “We really haven’t spent a whole lot of time talking about Friday’s game,” Blatt said prior to the contest with New York. “We’ve …show more content…
Porzingis finished with 23 points, 13 rebounds and four assists against Cleveland. While the contest with the Knicks was a chaotic mess that saw six whistles for technical fouls, all eyes now turn to Cleveland’s matchup with Golden State on Friday. “That’s an exciting game,” Blatt said. “I know everybody’s looking forward to it. The significance of the game is probably more, in terms of the excitement that it’s generating, than the actual meaning of it. “It’s another game in an 82-game season — But I don’t think there’s anybody on our team that doesn’t remember the Finals — And I don’t think there’s anybody on their team that doesn’t remember either.” The Cavs have the best home record in the Eastern Conference (13-1), but they’ll be in Oakland on Christmas for the meeting with Golden State. Shumpert still feels the sting of the Finals loss from a season ago. “We’re going to come out and approach the game like we approach all games, but I’m salty,” Shumpert said. “I am.” The Cavs shooting guard succinctly said, “I’m happy that’s we’re playing the Golden State
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“In a situation like this you realize hockey is just a game, life is more important.”
But there was Holy Cross, the product of a happy accident rather than a well-conceived plan, preparing to meet Oklahoma for the national title in New York. In March 1947, the team without a home court had appropriated Madison Square Garden. The mecca of basketball rocked to the Crusaders' locomotive cheer: "Choo-choo-rah-rah!" Although basketball traced its origins to New England, the region had been left behind in the development of the game. 0l' Doc Naismith would have been thoroughly familiar with the facilities, provided the institutions.
...to encourage his key player and to talk about his loss. He asked questions, and he was able to discern what topics needed to be broached, regarding his loss. Coach K said that Bobby Knight told him to take as much time as he needed. As an effective leader, he communicated his vision for the future because he showed he was more concern about his emotional needs. If he were concerned he would have never talked about the two remaining games that could have given West Point a win (Daft, 2011).
The Cleveland Cavaliers struggle to get at least three of their players to perform at the levels of Golden State. The Cleveland Cavaliers only have one player who can put up more than twenty points in the 2015-2016 season and that is Lebron James. ‘James scored 25.3 points per game last season as stated on ESPN.com.” (HalfRest) With only one player scoring over twenty points compared to Golden States’ three players with over twenty makes it obvious to people that Cleveland Cavaliers struggle against the Warriors. “Lebron gets 7.8 rebounds per game compared to Durant’s 8.2 rebounds per game.” (HalfRest) This shows an even better statistic for the Golden State Warriors and makes them look even more unbeatable. Lebron is the only well performing player Cleveland could rely on and without him they wouldn’t have gotten as far as they did in the Finals. All Golden State players on the starting lineup can perform well behind the three-point line unlike the Cleveland Cavaliers who only depend on their guards to shoot from that distance. “Before the fourth quarter even started, Curry told Thompson that he would continue to look for him. Curry, the league 's two-time reigning most valuable player, tends to produce his finest basketball in late-game situations. But he could sense that Thompson was rolling.” (Cacciola) “The Warriors produced quality shots with screens, cuts and passes. They looked for the open man. They trusted one another to make the right decisions. In basketball, a pass is the greatest form of trust.” (Cacciola) That quote makes a good point for any situation but especially basketball. In basketball, you must give your other teammates a chance and that’s exactly what the Warriors do. In a game if one person gets on fire the whole team gets on fire. Meanwhile, with Cleveland only one player carries the weight of the team and
“Game, my ass. Some game. If you get on the side where all the hotshots are, then it’s a game, all right-I’ll admit that. But if you get on the other side, where there aren’t any hot-shots, then what’s a game about it? Nothing. No game.”
TV host Steve Harvey was criticized by many after he referred to the players of NBA’s Golden State Warriors as gorillas during a conversation with a commentator from ESPN. The host’s remarks happened after Game 3 of the finals. ESPN commentator Stephen Smith spoke to the host about his opinion on the performance of his hometown NBA team, Cleveland Cavaliers.
The bulls were the best team in the NBA back in the day. Today the bulls have made many playoff appearances but haven’t won the finals, or even made it to the finals.
Two weeks ago, I was home watching a Chicago Bulls game. I started to analyze
Fan 1: "Dude. I'm still upset about that game in March when we couldn't see Steph, Draymond, and Klay beat the
...e Western Conference. While a casual NBA fan probably will never root for their team to lose, it is not only an unorthodox way to root for a team; it can also prove to be extremely effective in the long run.
This interview was broadcasted from the Dan Patrick Show, and was done on April 28th, 2016. The interviewer, of course, was Dan Patrick. His special guest that he wanted to interview was Carmelo Anthony, current basketball star. So, in this instance, there are only two parties taking place in this process. As the interview begins Dan Patrick tries to ease the mood and asked if he walked to his studio, because he does not live far from the studio.
The National Basketball Associations, Golden State Warriors are approaching history. They are the number 1 ranked team in the league and the quest for winning a record 73 games is well within reach. The keys they play by have helped them be the success they are. The consistent 3 point shooting threat has left many shaking their heads in disbelief. Always making the extra pass has allowed them to strive on and off the ball. Most importantly teamwork both on offense and defense has led them to be ranked among the league’s best in both. As long as the Golden State Warriors keep shooting the three point shot the way they have been, along with great passing and teamwork they will pass the record held by the 1995-1996 Michael Jordan led Chicago bulls team.
I said in return, “What do you mean, the Lakers haven’t lost a game yet. They have swept through the entire playoffs, and were 5-0 in the games before the playoffs even started.” I had used a great supporting defense in hopes to ease the situation; yet, it made it turn even sourer. Matt said, “Well, have you seen any of the 76ers playoff games? They have won each game in the final game of each series. They pull through at the very end each time. How could they work so hard, and then let it all go at the finals?” Matt was using some good specifics, and it was normally unlike him to have such a profound argument. Usually he will just try to be so aggressive that I will just give up because I don’t want the outcome to result in a fight.
...ft," Coach said as we hurried out of the health room. She was right. There was only half the time left. Warm ups seemed to fly by, and before I knew it there were only 35 seconds left on the clock. Murray's team had already headed for the bench for their coach’s last second instructions. "Let's bring it in girls," yelled Coach Moore from our bench. We all ran over not wanting to miss any important last minute words of wisdom from Coach. "OK, starters check in, you know who you are. As I have said, they are about equal in ability with us. We need to go out there and play our hearts out tonight, girls. Enjoy this, it is your last home game this season," Coach said. With that the Ref. blew his whistle to signal the start of the game. I, with the rest of the starters, walked out onto the court and got ready for the tip off, knowing I was completely prepared for the game.