Comments from the Other Side - Cavs ECF Game 6 5/25/18

Sometimes I feel like I lose IQ points just reading the stuff some of these fans post on the boards.  The Cavs had more free throws and the Cavs were every bit as physical as the Celtics in this game and the refs let them play both ways.  So much whining about the refs.  If the Celtics got every call and the Cavs still had more free throws than the Celtics,  how many calls did they expect the Cavs to get?  One minute LeBron is finished and they hope he leaves and the next he's the GOAT.  One minute the Cavs are trash and the worst team ever and the next they are going to beat the Warriors or Houston for the Championship.  My favorites are in bold.  What are yours? 



Cavs win 167-74. See you guys at Game 7.

Just.... Don't feel good about it.

We gotta run Boston off the floor tonight. Need this game put away early so that our starters can get plenty of rest. And Lue needs to figure this out with keeping LBJ under 35 minutes.

Key to the game. Minimize the impact of Tye Lue's decision making.

I bet LeBron gives a amazing performance in what might be his last game home in Cleveland. He will Lueproof it and make the coaches irrelevant.....

Wonder what adjustments we make to expose Baynes.

Does Kobe Bryant breakdown any other player team besides Lebron and Cavs? Major hate coming from Kobe. I wish he would just fade away with his retirement. Dude is pissed because Lebron is better than him.

It’s not that I think they lose. I just don’t want that to happen and to watch what, even if I think it’s miniscule, could be our last chance for who knows how long to be relevant.

Cavs win comfortably.

Am I the only one who thinks LeBron will actually stay in Cleveland? It just makes sense at this point in his career.

Another BS call on Love.

It’s like the refs can’t help It

VERY nervous. STILL think we win. Then all hell breaks out in game 7. I think the "Lebron is tired" media narrative alone sets him off in this one. But… will anyone follow?

I have a really bad feeling about this game.

Kevin Kove hurt? Shocking

Love down that's concussion protocol hit tatum head to head something fierce, least he didn't get called for another BS foul

Jayson Tatum concussing our player again he?

Love hurt as usual

We are just not very good.

Seriously why are we so awful

Where is this Hill in Boston?

JR Smith seriously should not see any minutes at all.

And that's not a foul on tatum? Ref right there. Rigged.

That was close to knocking Love out. Guys in MMA get knocked out by much less contact.

How do three refs all miss that play. It’s unreal. If that’s jr in Horford it’s a flagrant.

All of my forced calmness coming into this game is fading away quicker than JR's shot

This whole team just looks exhausted.

The way they're playing, they're about to get plenty of rest.

Either Tatum is an uncoordinated POS or a dirty POS.

If I were Boston I’d try to funnel the ball to JR. That’s an automatic end of a possession

I'd put Perk in to take out one of their main guys, I'll pay the fine myself. And buy Perk a steak dinner at place of his choice.

Lol, Horford got called for something Tatum has been doing all series.

It really feels like they aren't trying to win.

Cavs can't get a call. It's insane.

Can someone please lock Lue in the locker room with a padlock at halftime? The whole board will chip in and pay him a fairly handsome sum.

Doubt that Stevens goes to Semi Ojeleye so we won't be seeing Korver tonight unfortunately.

Let's hope Stevens puts in Jabari Bird so we could play Cedi too!

Baynes is owning LeBron. Check the stats around the rim.

Owning meaning hacking every time he goes to the rim??

Glad to see the best player in the game can't get a call driving to the basket at home.

The classic Love injury was bound to happen...

Jeff Green is sewage. Put in Nance

That Marcus Smart bucket was so ugly it shouldn't count

I wish it were possible to deconstruct a roster in the middle of a playoff series. The Cavs could ship off almost their entire roster and probably still be better.

Lebron needs to get a T. He is getting hammered again with no call.

Its on Lue to actually use our enforcer Perkins to send a message, But its not going to happen because lue is fine with his guys getting hammered.

That might be the last time we see Love as a Cavalier

How the **** do you give brown that many open corner looks. Now he’s in a rhythm

Body language tells the story. We done.

LeBron looks like he is full of this shit. He is definitely gone in my opinion.

Before you complain about LeBron. Remember that we didn't even get Jaylen Brown back for Kyrie.

Glad to see JR play all 12 min yet again while Jaylen Brown makes a joke of him.

Korver cannot guard Brown. I'd rather he guard Smart.

About 3 of LeBron's misses should have been fouls.

LeBron will be exhausted soon enough and Love is Love which is either playing bad, or hurt. (In a big game)

Gotta ****ing win this. I'd rather lose to Toronto than Boston without Kyrie and Hayward. Get your shit together Cavs

This is the worst team to make a conference finals.

Smart is gonna shoot like Curry now.

Marcus Smart is hitting bullshit again. Stick a fork in us. Not our year if shit like that is going to happen.

Smart is everything we wanted Shump to be though.

Smart is a baker because he gets so many rolls.

Kyrie is cringing every time rozier makes a nice shot. Screw em both.

The HCA has been absolutely horrible. Everytime the Celtics are on defense the crowd should be going nuts trying to rattle them. It’s a elimination game. Just compare this to Houston’s HCA in yesterdays game, light and day difference.

Smart is bouncing in contested threes? Stupid.

My ROKU just jumped backwards so I had to watch that Marcus Smart 3 twice.

LeBron already looks gassed

I’m assuming things aren’t looking good for Love.

His tissue paper exterior crumbled against a solid object again. Probably out

Lol, come on now. Tatum ****ing smashed his head against Love’s. Are we really going to blame Love for getting a concussion?

If it didn’t happen 3 times every game I wouldn’t trip but the totality of his fragile nature an inconsistency is ****ing draining, I know I aint the only that feels that way

I can’t believe Brad Stevens didn’t call any timeouts during that Cavs run.

When did fucking Marcus Smart develop an offensive game?!? This guy has been Tony Allen lite his whole career and now he’s draining banks and 3’s.

It’ll work in our favor when he gets over confident an they stop dropping

Baynes cannot jump bro

Hire Perkins to coach this team.

CELTICS GETTING AWAY WITH MURDER ON LEBRON. WHERE ARE THE FOULS!?!?!?

Boston's shot selection is trash.

Jeff green getting it done...

Jeff Green with solid defense there, and yes, he's playing pretty damn good compared to 9 others on the court.

Horford’s legs looking shaky baby !

We might be just a little faster without Love so there is that

That's two players Tatum has hurt in this series. First Lebron. Now Love.

How is that not a ****ing travel you fascist refs?

Are the refs even looking when Boston has the ball?

Refs give Boston all the 50/50 calls. Taking things into our own hands.

This is a why homecourt is important. Keep fighting boys.

Boston is panicking big time.

Marcus Morris gets more respect from refs than LeBron James. NBA Refereeing.

Celtics get the weakest calls lol

I want someone to scream in Morris' face. We know it's not a tech.

How does Morris not get T'd up for yelling in the ref's face and clapping?

Is it too soon?
Game 1: Thu, May 31: Cavaliers at Warriors/Rockets, 9 p.m. ET, ABC/R
Game 2: Sun, June 3: Cavaliers at Warriors/Rockets, 8 p.m. ET, ABC/R
Game 3: Wed, June 6: Warriors/Rockets at Cavaliers, 9 p.m. ET, ABC/R
Game 4: Fri, June 8: Warriors/Rockets at Cavaliers, 9 p.m. ET, ABC/R
Game 5*: Mon, June 11: Cavaliers at Warriors/Rockets, 9 p.m. ET, ABC/R
Game 6*: Thu, June 14: Warriors/Rockets at Cavaliers, 9 p.m. ET, ABC/R
Game 7*: Sun, June 17: Cavaliers at Warriors/Rockets, 8 p.m. ET, ABC/R

Yes it's too damn soon. I have no idea how we're gonna win in Boston if we squeak this one out.

Tatum didn't think that was a foul... What a damn idiot.

Did love die?? What's the update

Death by shoulder. He's not coming back, Love is soft like Carvel.

When did Rozier get this good at offense?

**** Marcus smart He’s dirty Tryin to injure the kings legs

Man, the Celtics are road awful. No way this should be a double figure lead.

If we force a game 7. LeBron is gunna be ****Ed for it lol. Unbelievable effort from him

Perk calling for the help-side defense! pic.twitter.com/8xOwL4XM1H

— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) May 26, 2018

Can we just make perk the coach

He’s doing more coaching than our own coach with his hands in his pockets.

If there is a game 7, LeBron is going to be soooo passive. Just better hope he isn't drained for the 2nd half of this game.

Giving up that rozier three is no good

There’s nothing that could of been done This rozier guy just launches at will

Time to hear Paul Pierce talk nonsense for 10 minutes!

Celtics should lose just because of Baynes’ hair.

Taytum should’ve gotten like four techs in this series lol Dude is so expressive

We need to shut down Brown & Rozier

The Celtics are ****ing goons. I would hate to lose to this team. And it is so Love to get smashed in the head and still get no call, then get people on here calling him soft because he got a concussion.

Ending their season in their own building is going to bring me pure joy.

Celtics getting smoked and talking trash now.

Boston’s inexperience is showing so far. Lots of bad shots, Tatum no-show, turnovers. Hope it continues.

Whoa, we’re in the bonus already?

I expect Boston fans to be whining about the refs right now. They literally owe their existence to the refs. The Patriots wouldn’t be where they are now without the Tuck Rule game.

They probably are, but I doubt they’re talking about how they knocked out one of our starters with a concussion and didn’t even get a foul call.

Oh no, that’s just old-school playoff basketball. Like the 80s. Boston fans love the 80s. Few fanbases want to have it both ways as much as they do. Only Cowboys fans rival Boston fans in how much they scream "Better than you!" and "Nobody has suffered us much as us!" at the same time.

RIP Kevin Love Stick to modeling

Ive watched that replay 10x and Tatum took a more direct hit to the head than Love... Not even going to say what everyone is thinking though.

Really hope tonight is the last ever home eastern conference playoff game Kevin Love plays for the Cavs.... This dude absolutely leads the league in fouls committed while trying to get out of someone's way....

I'm so sick of hearing about how "fiesty" and "hard nosed" these Celtics are. Mike Breen, please shut up.

That's code for "fouling and getting away with it".

Have you heard? These Boston Celtics don’t back down from anyone!

Rosier just doesn’t shoot those 3s at home If they lose this series they have to look at his dumb 3s as a huge reason why

So when Rozier dives for the ball it's clean but when JR does it it's a foul?

If we make the Celtics young guys lose composure, that would be to our advantage.

If the Refs don’t suddenly swallow their whistles, we’re going to shoot a TON of FTs this quarter

Celts just do not have it on the road. As expected.

Bonus with 9+ mins left?

What a bunch of BS. Refs taking points away.

JR and TT cost us at least 6 points. Put in Korver and Nance already.

Can't, Baynes and Ojeleye aren't on the floor.

Bet the Celtics are going to get actual foul calls when in the bonus, unlike us. Who get there and get NOTHING.

Van Gundy making excuses for Tatum

Let me be the first to say that we’re better without Love.

Damn this Celtics team never quits. I would not relax until we have a 20 point lead or we are double digit with 2 min left.

We’ve actually been outscored in 2 out of 3 quarters.

Celtics are shooting really well from three (11-25/ 44%) and we are still up by 10

Kinda nice to not see Kevin Love tippy toe tippy toe up and down the court like damn baby giraffe.

Rozier is a better all-around player for Boston than Kyrie.

"Isaiah Thomas is a better true PG" I don't trust anything that comes from Boston's system

I meant that in terms of Boston's system though. Stevens gets the most out of his guys. Rozier would probably not be worth a damn here, but he's pretty damn good in Boston's system. Long-term, he might be better for them than Kyrie. I don't think you want to take shots away from Brown & Tatum down the line.

They've got a tough decision to make this summer, for sure. Rozier has been one of their most important players. Irving was brought in to much fanfare, but his knee is Jello and the team is one win away from reaching the Finals without him. I don't see how they keep both of them long term. Same deal with the three headed monster of Hayward/Brown/Tatum. I honestly wouldn't be surprised if both Hayward and Irving eventually found themselves on a plane out of Boston before their respective contracts are up.

Rozier has been annoying. We lost that quarter.

I just don't know how we win in Boston if we get this game.

What a block by Marcus Smart.

Celtics get away with so much shit

I wish we got half the calls these massholes get.

Officials wearing Boston undies so far in the fourth.

We have 14 more FGAs and 8 more FTAs – We should be killing these clowns

Wtf no foul, & tatum crying like a girl all the calls they getting?

ARE YOU KIDDING ME WHAT IS THIS MAN WHAT IS THIS MAN MADE OF HE’S INHUMAN HE’S FROM KRYPTON LEBRON JAMES CLUTCH STEP-BACK DAGGER THREE WITH A HAND IN HIS FACE MAMA THERE GOES THAT MAN

Aren’t you glad you’re not a Celtics fan, and you can marvel at the amazing things this player does against that team?

Kyrie can one day say he played with that dude

****ing ref crew absolutely blows cant be mord obvious for a NBA Boston big market

Refs letting Boston get away with murder.

Unreal the calls Jaylen Brown gets. You'd think the dude was Michael Jordan.

Hopefully JR has a non-serious ankle injury where he'll be 100% for next year but can't play for the rest of the season.

These refs choose to not watch the game. That is GARBAGE.

Investigate these officials.

Smith wearing Kyries. Sigh

Refs doing everything they can to get Boston in the game during this quarter and they still get mollywhopped. All without our second best player because the ****ing goon Celtics hack and injure everyone including LeBron and Smith.

Man... Even if we win, you’ll see Celtics fans saying refs were biased against us

This is an absolute disgrace. The refs have done everything possible throughout this series to give Celtics a ticket to the finals. Embarrassing.

Go home Celtics - bron said this is OVER

These refs automatically blow the whistle Boston's way regardless.

Refs forgot they can’t SCREW us on an out of bounds call under 2 minutes. They’ve been HORRENDOUS!

Police should arrest these refs after the game

If we can beat these refs we can win in Boston.

Whats the crowd chanting?

Thank you Celtics, I think

I hope the refs all get erectile dysfunction and flat tires. Also I hope their wives leave them.... For LeBron.

If the Cavs can't get calls in Cleveland what will happen in Boston?

Refs can't even make the right call when they get a replay.

All right, this ref crew can't make it out of Cleveland alive.

There is a real conspiracy that the league is against us. I don't get it.

Ojeleye is in so where the hell is Korver coach??????

Lue is probably sitting on the sidelines thinking he is a genius. Give him this Celtics roster and they're the 13th seed.

LeBron overcame the worst reffing in history, inconsistent players and coaching, and injury. And still won the game. Best player ever.

Our misfits rallied tonight and played their heart out

Cavs will wrap this up in Game 7, just like I said. It will be on to the Finals

No Kyrie, no Love no 2nd star player. All roll players. What can Harden do with this lineup?

I'l tell you right now as I told fellow employees if Boston is going to win they must win game 6. LeBron will end Boston in game 7. LeBron lives for this. He will carry us to the Finals and then re-sign in Cleveland.

Hopefully they lose those eastern conference champions hats (they were hoping to break out tonight) in transit to Boston...

I hope you're right but Lebron looks incredibly drained to me and Boston is so good at home. I really don't know.

Mark my words LeBron is beheading the Celtics game 7.

That leg-kick by Jaylen Brown should be worth a fine. The refs cannot reward that shit. Get serious, for ****’s sake.

The refs have favored Boston for 60 years, and it’s not about to stop.

Yeah this is far from a lock. The Celtics are gonna double the **** out of LeBron and we are gonna need to have multiple players step up.

Not only will they double him, they will grab him and hit him and goon it up on him in every possible way and the refs will not call it in Boston. Anything to just physically beat him up so he doesn't have an extra gear late in the game

So LeBron wasn’t tired tonight ? Ok cool!

Gotta get one at Boston…might as well be game 7

Bron look damn tired walking off the floor. Medical staff and trainers. This is the time to end your paycheck get this man ready for game 7

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