Hoops

Bogut?

Hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard......always!!!!

I think you are onto something there Macdub. Experience counts in the playoffs and doubly so in the Finals.

Lebron's experience has allowed him to be near flawless and David Blatt's experience in the Euroleague appears to have given him a decisive advantage over Steve Kerr thus far.

Contrast that with Curry, Thompson and Barnes, who have all been inconsistent in their decision-making.

Having said that, I believe the Cavs have played as well as they could have and yet the Warriors, who played poorly, had a chance to win both games.

Up until now, the Warriors have shown they can make the adjustments and I think there are some obvious ones that can be made to swing the series their way.

Personally, I would start Lee and Iguodala and attack the paint aggressively. As I said above, the Cavs have zero big man depth. Get them in foul trouble and wear them out.

Lebron has been brilliant and is talismanic for the Cavs confidence. So far, he has not been put under enough pressure. I would change the defensive plan for Lebron and try to put him under more pressure with better positioned help D for his drives and more aggressive ball pressure to force mistakes. If you can dry his scoring up for a couple of stretches and show his team that he is human, I think a lot of the fight might go out of the Cavs.

Bring Barnes in off the bench while Iguodala is still out there. Lebron can't guard both. Get Barnes some isos against any wing not named Lebron and I think he will get rolling.

Set better screens. As good as Delly is, he still can't fight through a tough Bogut screen.

Let Curry take Delly in isos more often. Curry has the handles and is too quick.

Most importantly, everyone plays like their life depends on it. There is no excuse for the Warriors to get out-hustled again in game 4.

The Warriors have definitely dug themselves a big hole, but based upon their past responses, I think they will find a way to win tomorrow and wrest back control.

When he had a 14 point game in the last series against Houston you could see clearly from the beginning he was being aggressive and looking for his shot. I don't think the pressure is getting to him I just think he's trying to get Steph and Klay hot. Expect him to be aggressive tomorrow.

Beantown has hit the nail on the head.

Long way to go in the series but you almost get a sense we are seeing a case of "your best player has to lose one before he can win one".

Warriors still got a great chance of winning the series but if they lose you wouldn't be wrong to compare it to OKC 2012. Has all the similar makings i.e. amazingly talented team, young coach, young star players getting outwitted by older stars who have been there before.

I agree too with Beantown.

His stats were always going to decline whether Milwaukee kept him or not. He had to somewhat re-invent his game style and mindset after his elbow and ankle injuries.

I hope Bogut is embarrassed by his lack of intensity compared to Delly. He needs to be way more aggressive against the Cavs bigs because they have ZERO depth there. Get Mozgov or Thompson in trouble and they'll be forced to play the immobile Perkins or Haywood.

Too many passengers on this Warriors squad right now who don't want a title badly enough.

Kerr is struggling too. Didn't get the adjustments he needed from his team in game 3 and for some unknown reason has refused to give significant minutes to Lee and Speights who have both been very effective all year.

Thompson might be fit, but he isn't a cyborg. Keep rotating fresh bodies on him and see how he does at the end of games!

Agree, he's made some good plays early in games but, I'm pretty sure he's not 100%. Plus his foul shot is a liability late in games.

I honestly hope he steps up. I also think he will.

Allen Iverson has come out to clarify what he views as the worst season of his career with the Detroit Pistons last season.

ESPN Link: http://linky.com.au/w0abv

Allen Iverson calls his one season in Detroit the "worst year of my career" and claims team officials, and head coach Michael Curry, "lied" to him about coming off the bench instead of starting.

Allen Iverson describes a miserable season with the Detroit Pistons in a candid and revealing interview with Page 2's Scoop Jackson. Story

"They told me, straight up, 'Allen we would never disrespect you or your career like that' by making me come off the bench," Iverson said in an interview with ESPN.com Page 2 columnist Scoop Jackson. "That's what they told me to my face. And after that, I never thought about it again. I just went back to playing. Then, they came to me saying that they felt it would be in the 'best interest of the team' if I came off of the bench behind Rip [Richard Hamilton].

"... After that, they told me that if I didn't come off the bench -- the team was going to lie down [not play] on me.

"... When he told me that, that's when I felt that this was the worst career move I'd ever made and it was the worst year of my career."