I watched this game......and I see why Portland beat their ass. The Cavs got away with two goal tends early in the game. Terry Stotts was losing his mind. There was also a play where Tim Frazier got hit directly in the ing jaw on a drive to the paint where he was there on time for an an overt offensive foul by James.
The Blazers shut down the LeBron post ups. James also is allowed to get away with the most blatant offensive fouls in the NBA. Granted, their entire team defense stats are skewed because of the fouls they're allowed to commit as a team which leads to the obvious; they aren't a great defensive team. This game was very sad because despite the Blazers overwhelming the out of the opponent, they still received bull calls. shake my head.
Portland literally let LeBron shoot all night and of course he miss..and that's their offense. There is no way they were winning that game.
CJ Mc got to the rim at will. The Blazers were able to keep the pace high all game attacking relentlessly. They played with energy. Allen Crabbe managed to shoot well through the course. He was making shots off of backdoor cuts and off the Cavalier's various turnovers and horrible shot selection.
The Portland's second unit destroyed the Cavaliers bench third stringers. A lineup of Tristan Thompson, Varejao, jefferson, williams. Just cancer all over in that lineup. The Portland trailblazers played hard enough to keep to officials out of the game and committed no turnovers by ending the first half up 29 points.
In conclusion, everyone needs to needs recovery from their delusion these past two years of believing that the Cavs were actually a contending team. The NBA is ting themselves because of the fact that LeBron is actually on a major decline and they have to rig his games for the Cavs to look good. The narrative is to downplay all their losses as an excuse for the downright awful quality of basketball.
Warriors and Spurs for the NBA finals. That's it.