Not sure about the sweep, LeBron will probably pull one game out of his but. Bet when Curry and Durant go for 30+ and double figure assists, as they look like doing today, then they don't lose

Warriors with 31 assists and only 4 turn-overs compared to the Cavs with 15 assists and 20 turnovers! There's the game right there. You can't give these Dubs that many extra shots and expect to be close.

AKA - incredible. Had to go check to make sure!

Warriors: 4 turnovers tied single-game NBA Finals low (2005 Pistons, 2013 Spurs).

GSW are on another level frankly and I when people ask me why I think they'll win, I can summarise it quite neatly with "they simply have too much firepower". Granted the Cavs can win, but the point being that it will take a number of Durant, Curry, Klay and Green (probably 3 of them) to be really off their game.

The finals don't really excite me too much - quite predictable and we're made to fall in love with the idea of a team of Curry, Durant, Klay, Green etc. winning the title.

Barring any serious injuries, I'm predicting Warriors in 5. Covfefe will try to adjust and probably get 1 in Cleveland but quite obvious Durant and the Warriors core from last season would be extra determined to try and sweep.

Durant was so aggressive in game 1 its looking ominous and if the series degenerate into a tough slug-fest, Zaza gave them that nastiness that went missing when Bogut got injured last year.

Buying a title with a former opponent superstar and MVP.

How about some posters telling us Steve Kerr can't coach, just living on the legacy left by Mark Jackson aka Bevo.
And don't forget Golden State won a title before Durant arrived.

Let's not forget that GSW won the first 2 games easily last year and still lost. Obviously this is a far better team with KD. And hopefully no series ending injuries or suspensions to anyone takes place like it did last year. But let's jump ahead and assume GSW take out the title as easily as their performance in game one suggests - and play a hypothetical game.

Who would the Cavs have to recruit to be able to compete with the Warriors next season? Let's say they swapped Love for Khawi Leonard. Now would that tip the balance in favour of the Cavs? Probably, but that's never going to happen. So are there any realistic possibilities out there for the Cavs to recruit to get close to the Warriors - Melo maybe?

Cavs could have the all star east team and still find it hard to compete with the Warriors. Can't see anyone coming near them for a long time.

Triple doubles by players from opposing teams. Only second time ever in the NBA playoffs:

According to Elias Sports Bureau, this was just the second time in NBA playoff history that two players recorded triple-doubles in the same game. The only other occurrence was in 1970 when Milwaukee's Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and New York’s Walt Frazier both did so in a 1970 Eastern Division finals game.

"unprecedented and warrants comments of ring chasing."

How is it unprecedented? Kevin Garnett, Karl Malone, Charles Barkley, Clyde Drexler, Dennis Rodman etc It started happening many years ago.

It's not as if Lebron went to South Beach just for the weather. Sheesh!

lol

Let's not write the Cavs off just yet.
Maybe after game 3 we can do that....but I hope not.

KD to GSW is a whole new level compared to those names above. MVP and All-Star goes to a team with three other All-Stars already and an MVP. Ridiculous.

Ugh this blows. The whole season has been inevitable for almost a whole year now which made it really hard to get into. I don't have any problem with KD having the right to do what he does, but the decision has killed the leagues showcase as a spectacle. If the best team can destroy the team who are clearly head and shoulders above the other 28, what is the point? Its like being one of the teams that isnt Barca or Real Madrid in la liga.

And how much leeway does Draymond Green get with the refs. He could be teched up after every call, while others where he blatantly yells and continues to carry on and nothing. I love the guy but a tech is a tech.

I figured the Cavs would probably be able to "steal" one at home to avoid a sweep.
They sure messed that up! Get the brooms out :/

Was a great game until the last 3 mins, when the Cavs failed to score.

K Love and Kyrie (who otherwise played a good game) went 1-14 from three (7%).

Klay, KD and Curry went 15-27 (56%).

Possibly the three best volume shooters on the same team. So much fire power, so hard to contain.

Yeah thought if the Cavs could steal a game it would be this one. Did Green punch anyone in the nuts? Otherwise it's brooms

Cavs should have won. They blew it, we all know GSW are good enough to take a half chance like that. What a disaster that last minute and a half was.

Viewership is up, but they might not get more than 4 games. Wonder if the league might look to adjust their salary cap rules as a result?

Cavs blew it. Was their last shot.

So who wins if the teams do a straight up trade of Love for KD? I think that would make for a much more interesting Finals but I think the Cavs take it out.