Warriors win first game of championship series.

With Draymond Green suspended,
who wins Cavs-Warriors Game 5?

By KEVIN PELTON via ESPN  Jun 12, 2016, 4:07 PM ET
Now that the NBA has suspended Draymond Green after his actions against LeBron James in Game 4, the outcome of the NBA Finals is no longer a foregone conclusion.
How will Game 5 go now that Green is suspended? And how will the series play out?
The removal of Golden State's soul and defensive anchor -- its second-most-valuable player this season -- adds a huge element of uncertainty about the Warriors' game plan and ability to close out the Cleveland Cavaliers for their second straight NBA title.
http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/draymond-green-suspended-wins-cavs-warriors-game/story?id=39799040

OAKLAND -- The Cleveland Cavaliers' stars came to play. Draymond Green wasn't allowed in the building for the potential championship-clinching game.

That was the difference in the Cavaliers' 112-97 win in Game 5 of the NBA Finals on Monday at Oracle Arena. The Warriors lead 3-2 as the series heads back to Cleveland, but missed on their first opportunity to win it all.
"You want to win here more than anything for your fans," Warriors guard Klay Thompson said. "They deserve to see us win.
"And obviously it stings real bad, but we'll come back stronger."
LeBron James and Kyrie Irving refused to let them have it, scoring 41 points apiece with their backs against the wall. It was James who was booed vociferously by Warriors fans every time he touched the ball, as he had drawn the flagrant foul from Green in Game 4 that triggered the suspension.
http://www.mercurynews.com/warriors/ci_30011779/nba-finals-kyrie-irving-lebron-james-lead-cavaliers

Original Quill wrote:The NBA is doing everything to throw this series toward Cleveland.  They suspended Draymond Green for a fight that LeBron James actually started in game 4.  In fact, James was out of control in the waning moments of Game 4, and went off to maul Steph Curry a minute later.  The guy is a class A meathead and I wouldn't have him on a team.  I'd much rather have Green.

Sad but true, the league doesn't like the west.  The Western Conference is clearly superior, but the NBA is based on Fifth Avenue, NYC, and they are eastern partisans.  The officials are trying to throw this game.  It's clear the officials have 'orders'; you can see some grim looks on their faces as they make many of their bogus calls.

4EVER2 wrote:

Original Quill wrote:The NBA is doing everything to throw this series toward Cleveland.  They suspended Draymond Green for a fight that LeBron James actually started in game 4.  In fact, James was out of control in the waning moments of Game 4, and went off to maul Steph Curry a minute later.  The guy is a class A meathead and I wouldn't have him on a team.  I'd much rather have Green.

Sad but true, the league doesn't like the west.  The Western Conference is clearly superior, but the NBA is based on Fifth Avenue, NYC, and they are eastern partisans.  The officials are trying to throw this game.  It's clear the officials have 'orders'; you can see some grim looks on their faces as they make many of their bogus calls.

Well, what you've said just reinforced why I gave up pro-basket ball and became a college fanatic.
To much money - to many bureaucrats - to much mega ego's with players; I frankly do not know how the coaches get those 'mega millionaires' to listen/play/work as a TEAM.

CLEVELAND, Ohio - It was going to take a special performance for the Cleveland Cavaliers to keep their title hopes alive, even with the Golden State Warriors playing without Draymond Green, one of their most important players.
At least that was the case according to the city's Wikipedia page. It's because of Kyrie Irving and LeBron James.
OUT OF MY WAY!LeBron James No.23 of the Cleveland Cavaliers and Marreese Speights No.5 of the Golden State Warriors fight for position during the second half in Game 5 of the 2016 NBA Finals at ORACLE Arena on Tuesday in Oakland, California.
The Cavaliers were led by an outstanding shooting performance by Kyrie Irving, who had 41 points on just 24 shots, while Lebron James had the kind of Finals game only he's delivered in recent years. Powerless to stop him, Golden State resorted to hacking Tristan Thompson intentionally at the end of the third quarter to try to throw the Cavaliers off.
"Tonight it was obviously different rotations and we tried to adjust on the fly with the different matchups, but we just didn't execute as well". If Bogut can not play, the Warriors will have a different starting lineup for the second consecutive game, perhaps the the starting lineup that won the title last season. They were up 3-1 on the Cavs, and seeing as no team has ever come back from being down 3-1 in the Finals, things didn't look good for Cleveland. Andrew Bogut missed much of Monday's game with a sprained knee, and his status for Game 6 is unknown.
And Kyrie Irving also completely had his way with the Warriors. If they can find a way to take Game 6, suddenly we're looking at it all coming town to a Game 7 in Oakland.
"We're just happy we got another day".
http://yamazaj.com/2016/06/15/irving-james-help-cavaliers-stay-alive-in-nba-finals/

Original Quill wrote:Tonight is game 5 and the League still has not suspended J.R. Smith.  Unlike the phony, trumped up stage play they put on to put Green on the bench, J.R. Smith was maliciously going for the knees of Bogut.  Nothing can put a man out of the game more that ruining his knees.

The NBA and Adam Silver are frauds.  I recommend all people boycott the entire NBA next year.  Simply put, they cheat.

4EVER2 wrote:Just woke up to watch the last 4 minutes --- there will be a game #7

The Latest: Frustrated Curry ejected with Cavs in control

CLEVELAND (AP) - The Latest on Game 6 of the NBA Finals between the Golden State Warriors and the Cleveland Cavaliers (all times local):
11:20 p.m.
Stephen Curry's night has come to an end.
Curry picked up his sixth foul with 4:22 to go in Game 6 and the Golden State Warriors down 12 points. And he wasn't happy about it.
Curry was whistled for the foul and then picked up an immediate technical foul for throwing his mouth piece. He was ejected for the technical foul and threw his mouth piece, hitting a fan courtside.
Curry apologized to the fan he hit before leaving the court and shared some words with chuckling Cavs coach Tyronn Lue as well.
Curry finished with 30 points and fouled out for the first time since 2013.
http://www.kztv10.com/story/32242239/the-latest-frustrated-curry-ejected-with-cavs-in-control

Yahoo Sports wrote:Ayesha Curry rips refs, NBA again after Steph's Game 6 ejection
Eric Freeman

Ayesha Curry, wife of back-to-back MVP Stephen Curry, made headlines after the Golden State Warriors' NBA Finals Game 5 when she asked if referees could be fined. The message was clear — the Warriors would have clinched the NBA title in Monday's game if not for calls that went the way of the Cleveland Cavaliers. Never mind that LeBron James and Kyrie Irving became the first teammates to score 41 points apiece in a finals game, or that the Warriors looked limited without Draymond Green (who, to be fair, was suspended due to a league review).

Given that precedent, it perhaps should not come as a surprise that Ayesha was not happy with the way her husband left the Warriors' Game 6 loss in Cleveland. Shortly after Stephen Curry fouled out and was subsequently ejected for arguing the call and throwing his mouthpiece (and hitting a fan), she sent out this since-deleted tweet:

4EVER2 wrote:Oh, come on Quill ...she got blasted on her FB page for being such a 'WHINER' and poor sport

Her husband isn't the only one out there playing fast and hard - neither is LaBon James --- they are part of the entire team.

Yes, there was a lot of contact last night ...but it was a DAMMMM FINE GAME, and I don't think her pouty/loud mouthed tweeting adds to his sour grapes behavior in anyway ...game #7 is on their home court - home court advantage 

4EVER2 wrote:Aaaaand, I can well remember when Shaquille O'neal was treated to that same contempt and ill regard ...some written sports reporters and broadcast announcers were vilifying him like he was mentally impaired.

Well, I'd hopes that now I'm 'HOOKED' into watching this last game #7 on Sunday night {flipping between American Ninja Warrior} and this game...that you'd be up for some game play stats and ribbing - good humor bets for number of points per quarter