Parallel Universe NBA Finals Game 3: Open Thread
by Turkmenbashi on Jun 9, 2009 6:42 PM CDT
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The Parallel Purple People Eaters head down to the Magic Kingdom to do some Darlin' stomping tonight. Meanwhile, the Cavs look to take a 3-0 lead in the Real Finals.*
On a more serious note, it looks like Orlando's luck has finally run out. After being utterly dominated in Game 1, the small things stopped going their way in Game 2 and they managed to lose to a Lakers team that looked like they hardly wanted to play. It's likely they can take at least one game in Orlando, but is there anyone on the planet at this point that thinks Cleveland/LA wouldn't have been a better Finals matchup? I'm not saying we'd have won, but the Magic are starting to look like they played about their heads to get here.
*On a super sad note, I actually planned a long weekend trip to Cleveland this weekend in anticipation of at least catching a Finals game. I may not be too active on here starting tomorrow, but suffice it to say I'll have more time on my hands, sadly
Is it November yet?
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Are people still watching the NBA Finals?
by Simmsinns on Jun 9, 2009 8:27 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I would be if I wasn’t so damn busy with work tonight.
Ride on ye fearsome Horsemen of the Basketball Apocalypse. We got this.
by Turkmenbashi on Jun 9, 2009 9:37 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Anybody in here? Anyone watching?
Ride on ye fearsome Horsemen of the Basketball Apocalypse. We got this.
by Turkmenbashi on Jun 9, 2009 10:28 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I’m here for the last minute
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by smashville on Jun 9, 2009 10:48 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
confetti flying when the games not even over. I really hope the Lakers win. That would be so great
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by smashville on Jun 9, 2009 10:56 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Eh, they still got the series. This is boring.
Ride on ye fearsome Horsemen of the Basketball Apocalypse. We got this.
by Turkmenbashi on Jun 9, 2009 11:23 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Its only boring
because your team got lost and are sitting at home… Its 2-1… The magic bashing on this website sounds like its coming from a bunch of petulant children. The two best teams in the playoffs are in the finals right now, get over it…
by i2ambler on Jun 10, 2009 7:41 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
THANK YOU VERY MUCH
"Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen"
~ Michael Jordan
by ChiBullsFan on Jun 10, 2009 9:32 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
+1
Who do Cavs fans sound like right now? Celtics fans.
C’mon Cleveland, let’s show some better class than that. I know your dream season got crushed, but atleast you didn’t buy yourself a hollow title, then watch those bought pieces fall apart, cementing your status as a One and Done team.
by tandur on Jun 10, 2009 11:12 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Is this fanshotted on another SBNation site or something? Where are you people coming from?
This is a blog for Cavs fans, and naturally we’re going to be supportive of our team, and naturally we’re going to bash a particularly unlikable team that just knocked us out of the playoffs (and got fairly lucky in doing so). What do you expect? Frankly, I don’t think anybody else in this conversation has room to make comments about Cleveland’s fanbase.
by Chemo on Jun 10, 2009 1:00 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
lucky?
If you lost in Game 7, in a close game… I might say you were unlucky. But getting beat 4 to 2, and losing 3 out of the last 4… that’s not luck. The Magic were better. Just like the Celtics were better than the Lakers last year. We don’t disrespect the NBA and the better teams by calling it a “Parallel Universe.” This IS the real world. You lost. Accept it, prepare for next season.
Maybe Lebron should leave. Because apparently his poor sportsmanship has infected the entire fanbase of Cleveland, who I’ve always respected, I thought they had the best fanbase of any major sports city (well, except for maybe Green Bay).
by tandur on Jun 10, 2009 1:11 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
We don’t disrespect the NBA and the better teams by calling it a "Parallel Universe." This IS the real world.
It’s called satire. Get over yourself, dude. At this point no one really cares what you have to say. You discredit yourself with every word you type. If you spent more time here, other than just enough to troll, you’d realize that we have accepted it, we have moved on, and we are preparing for next season.
Part of that comes with not really caring about these finals. Why should we, honestly? Please explain to me why Cavs fans should be interested in these finals?
By the way, we’re not the only ones who’ve lost interest. An ESPN poll showed that interest in the finals dropped 42% since the Cavs were eliminated. But hey, that’s the way it goes sometimes. As Cavs fans, we’ve moved on, and are allowed to joke around with it. (see SATIRE)
On a final note, we do still have the greatest fans of any sports city in the world because despite all the bullsh*t, we’re still here. Our home team fanhood will never be compromised. We’re not bandwagoners, we’ve always been here and always will be!
by Simmsinns on Jun 10, 2009 2:59 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
apparently you DO care
because you took the time to reply, along with others. And I give more credit with every word I type because it strikes you deep down, and once again, forces you to reply. You can try to discredit me, but it does not work, because you only feed fuel to the fire with your asinine response.
Cavs fans should be interested in the Finals, because real fans are also basketball fans. You watch because you love the game. Not because your a front running bandwagoner.
Interest has dropped? By 42%? So that’s why Finals ratings are only down 6% from last year’s Finals? Get your facts straight.
by tandur on Jun 12, 2009 1:32 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not trying to discredit any Cleveland sports blogs here because I like them all, but to base your opinion of a city’s fanbase on a blog is rather ridiculous
by Roger Dorn on Jun 10, 2009 6:40 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Turkmenbashi
Way to make a joke of your site with your oh so biased writing. Lakers vs Cavs would have been so overhyped like many superbowls where the games could never match the hype. Cavs would get destroyed by the Lakers. The Laker advantages on the Magic are the same the Magic had vs Cavs. So how you think you would’ve competed is beyond comprehension. You were one second from losing in a sweep to the Magic. How about reporting on how and why the Cavs could not beat top teams like the Lakers, Boston, and the Magic but played well vs average teams. No one on your roster ,outside of Lebron, would start on any of the 3 teams I mentioned. 62.5% fg in game 3 should of gave you flashback nightmares. LOL
by O-Town MagiCane on Jun 10, 2009 9:01 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
This has all been rehashed before on here, and pretty much everything you just said is wrong. And yet you guys did win the series, which begs the question — why are you still trolling our site?
by Chemo on Jun 10, 2009 12:15 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
+1
lol
Andray Blatche > Lebron James
by blatcheallstar09 on Jun 10, 2009 6:02 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Successful Troll
Your team is down 2-1 and your in OUR team’s blog, talking sh*t to us? Maybe you’re worried and slowly realizing that your team isn’t as good as they appear? You’re watching hopes of a championship slip away. Awww… and your insecurity brought you hear to run your mouth. Does it make you fell better about yourself? Do you realize, in the long run, finishing second is as bad as finishing third, forth, or even fifth, and so on. But hell, if it helps you sleep at night, buddy, I’ll go along with it.
by Simmsinns on Jun 10, 2009 3:13 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
We might not be as good as we appear,
But we’re better than your team. We don’t “troll” your site. We check other blogs to get outside perspective on the games, to get other people’s opinions on what they see. We come here, and we see “Disney Darlings luck finally ran out”, and “Cavs-Lakers would have been so much better”, etc. It just comes off like your whining. Let. It. Go.
by pjlawrence81 on Jun 10, 2009 5:46 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Did you even read past the second sentence of my reply?
You basically proved everything I just said was right.
We might not be as good as we appear, But we’re better than your team.
What’s happening here is that you actually think your team is going to lose the finals. You’re SO insecure about your own team, that you have to come here and talk trash to make you fell better about yourself, but I already said all this (see comment above). It’s pathetic.
We don’t "troll" your site.
Clearly, you do. You showed that with your last statement.
We come here, and we see "Disney Darlings luck finally ran out", and "Cavs-Lakers would have been so much better", etc. It just comes off like your whining. Let. It. Go.
It’s called a joke. Seriously, do I need to spell it out for you people, J-O-K-E?
joke [johk] noun, verb, joked, jok⋅ing.
–noun
1. something said or done to provoke laughter or cause amusement, as a witticism, a short and amusing anecdote, or a prankish act
Your team is down 2-1 and you’re worried about what we have to say? YOU need to let it go.
by Simmsinns on Jun 11, 2009 4:41 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
this is a cavs blog, douche. if you want impartial or hyper-critical cavs reporting, well then you’re not exactly a detective if this is the place that you came to.
by DontCallMeJoey on Jun 10, 2009 4:37 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
You guys really need to let it go.
by pjlawrence81 on Jun 10, 2009 10:00 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Let what go?
What exactly do we need to let go? Perhaps you need to let it go, not us, and worry more about the series your in now, and not what’s on the minds of the other team’s fan’s from the last series…
by Simmsinns on Jun 10, 2009 3:05 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
What exactly is the shock to visiting fans here? Do you expect a Cavaliers fan to find the NBA finals as interesting without their favorite team in it?
by Roger Dorn on Jun 10, 2009 6:42 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
From a Laker's fan standpoint
we would have much rather faced Cleveland, for two reasons:
1. The Cavs frontcourt are a much easier matchup than the Magics’ (Ilgauskas/Wallace/Varajao vs. Dwight Howard/Rashard Lewis/Hedo Turkoglu, hmm….)
2. The Magic have two pretty good point guards to throw at us. Mo Williams is a good shooter but not as speedy as Jameer or Rafer, IMO.
It doesn’t matter though. Hypotheticals are hypotheticals, and we’ve gotta focus on the task at hand, namely closing out the Magic.
by laker on Jun 13, 2009 2:44 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
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