We got to be ready to come out with our mouth bloodied. We got to be ready to come up with our nose bloodied. You got to be able to get down and get dirty.
Now batten down the hatches for one more heroic effort in Game 7.Ģ018 Eastern Conference Finals Game 7 Quotesīoston guard Marcus Smart is prepared for a Game 7 brawl (via ESPN): And we get to see it night in and night out. LeBron James is playing the best basketball of his life - or of anyone’s life. Rich Cordray is ready for yet another amazing showing from LeBron: Between the points he's scored and the points he's generated with assists, LeBron James is responsible for 54 percent of those 1,734 points. The Cleveland Cavaliers have scored 1,734 points this postseason. Keith Smith warned Cleveland against relying on Jeff Green, who scored 14 points in Game 6, to come through again tonight:Īs Celtics fans, Grizzlies fans and Clippers fans know: counting on Jeff Green to give you two good games in a row is a very dicey proposition.Īndy Bailey noted that James is responsible for generating 54% of the Cavaliers points during the 2018 NBA Playoffs, more than 10% higher than his championship-winning 2016 playoff run and the largest percentage of his 13 career postseason trips: Not even can win a game 7 on the road without his best teammate.
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Hope they enjoyed it while it lasted.Ĭolin Cowherd believes that Love’s absence will be too much for the Cavs to overcome on the road in the series finale:Ĭongrats to the Celtics. The Celtics have sensationally overachieved to get this far. Skip Bayless thinks that the C’s have overachieved and their magical run will end in Game 7: Eliminating the #Warriors and LeBron would go a long way for parity and perhaps roster construction. The long-standing belief is teams with the most talented players win.
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With 10.3 million peak viewers, ESPN says last night’s Celtics-Cavs Game 6 was the highest rated Conference Finals game on the network since Celtics-Cavs 2012.Īdam Kaufman feels that the Houston Rockets and Boston wouldn’t be a good NBA Finals for TV ratings this year, but would be a net positive matchup for the leagueĬan’t imagine a #Rockets #Celtics Finals would be good for ratings but, man, it would be GREAT for the #NBA. Jared Weiss found that Friday night’s game was the most watched conference final on ESPN in six years: Sources: Cleveland All-Star Kevin Love will miss Game 7 against Boston in East Finals on Sunday and is in the NBA’s concussion protocol.ĭonnie Wahlberg reminded everyone in the wake of Love’s injury that Boston has been without its two best players:Īnybody, #Celtics fans especially, assuming #KevinLove being out for #Game7 equals a certain loss - must’ve forgotten that & have been out too.Įyes on the prize! #CUsRise #EasternConferenceFinals Shams Charania confirmed that Kevin Love will miss Game 7 and is in the league’s concussion protocol after exiting Game 6 early: The 33-year-old superstar most recently showed his Game 7 prowess against the Indiana Pacers in the first round of this year’s playoffs, eviscerating the upset-minded opponent by dropping 45 points on 16-of-25 shooting and chipping in eight boards and seven dimes. LeBron has a dominant track record in Game 7’s, boasting a 5-2 record-with five straight wins-and an average stat line of 34.9 points on 48.4% shooting, 8 rebounds and 4.5 assists in these matchups. That is that the club has been perfect at home, not dropping a single game at the TD Garden during the postseason and also covering the spread in each of those 10 contests.īoston has been unstoppable thus far in front of its raucous home crowd, but has yet to face a test as tough as this impending all-or-nothing showdown. Despite the fact that the Cavaliers have the distinct advantage of experience-having competed for a title three years in a row-and the best player in the series in LeBron James-who has participated in last seven NBA Finals during his time in Cleveland and with the Miami Heat-the C’s have earned this respect from bettors for one key reason. Oddsmakers installed Boston as a slight, 2.5-point favorite for this game.
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