Did We Already See the Best?

With Game 1 coming and going it did not live up to the hype. Last night the Warriors took Game 1 of the NBA Finals 104-89. Many people were excited to see a rematch of last years finals and rightfully so. But Game 1 of this series did not have the same excitement surrounding it as the Western Conference Finals. Is it possible that we already so the most exciting and competitive series of the playoffs so far? Well it is too early to jump to conclusions, but if the rest of the series goes like Game 1 this series will not live up to its expectations.

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As for Game 1, it was messy. The Cavaliers seemed to have trouble finding offense. Cleveland shot 38% from the field. Cleveland's big three shot 23 for 60 from the field. LeBron filled the stat sheet as usual flirting with a triple double. He had 23 points, 12 rebounds and 9 assists. But it could not make up for the Cavs poor play. The Cavaliers also struggled on defense. They really need to communicate better on defense. Too many times the Cavaliers tried to switch on screens and someone would not switch leading to open layups.

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As for the Warriors, Steph Curry and Klay Thompson didn't play well either. Steph Curry was 4 for 15 from the field and had 5 turnovers. Klay Thompson shot 4 for 12 from the field and only made 1 three which came in the final minutes of the game. The Warriors saving grace was the play of there bench. In particular Shaun Livingston. Livingston had a big night going 8 of 10 from the field and scoring 20 points in only 26 minutes.

Most likely the Cavs will not play this bad again, but the same can be said for the Splash Brothers. Hopefully Game 2 is much more appealing than Game 1. The Cavs need to figure out how they are going to attack the Warriors collapsed defense and they need to make smarter decisions. They need move the ball more rather than it sticking in one players hands and they need to shoot better. They can not struggle from the field like this because that is what allows the Warriors to collapse their defense and focus on players attacking the paint. Game 2 is Sunday night at eight o'clock on ABC.