Kevin Love finds it ‘funny’ that Cavs are underdogs against Warriors

It’s the matchup most expected, the matchup most predicted, and probably the matchup the Cavaliers and Warriors wanted as well.

The Cavaliers will start the series on the road at Oracle Arena in Oakland, Calif., on June 1.

“I know I said a few things in the media about the situation he was going through, but I was happy to see him, give him a big hug from myself and my family”. “I think this move, and the criticism that comes with this move, has made me zero in on what’s the most important thing, and that’s just playing basketball, working out every day, getting better, enjoying every single day as a basketball player”.

At the start of the 2016-17 National Basketball Association regular season, there were a lot of National Basketball Association fans outside of Oakland who were not happy about Kevin Durant playing for the Warriors. Cleveland won by one point on Christmas Day and Golden State prevailed by 35 points on January 16.

Both the Cavaliers and Warriors have upgraded their rosters from a year ago, when they went seven games in an epic series that spawned the first comeback from a 3-1 deficit in Finals history and resulted in Cleveland winning its first pro sports championship since 1964.

If “defense wins championships”, the world must also be flat and photographs steal your soul.

After making second team All-NBA, Thomas’ contract is actually set to decrease in its final year. So you have to appreciate it. …

“We’re not going to use that as motivation”, Lue said.

Cavs head coach Tyronn Lue, who made headlines earlier this week with his comments regarding the Warriors’ offense, also has not begun his preparation.

Beating Golden State was already tough enough, before they added Durant.

Then, after spending much of his free time flying cross-country to be with his family, Thomas had a tooth knocked out in Game 1 of the conference semifinals against Washington. The money-line price of minus-260 translates to roughly a 70 percent probability Golden State will avenge last year’s NBA Finals loss to Cleveland and win the title for the second time in three seasons. “Anything Danny [Ainge] and this organization need me to do to help bring even more talent to this city, I’m all for that”. They’re going to challenge us a lot, offensively, defensively, mentally, physically. “Now we can start focusing on Golden State to get ready”.

It will be James’ seventh straight trip to The Finals and eighth overall.

“I’m the reason why f*cking Orlando couldn’t make the playoffs for five, six years in a row?” he said.

For the longest time, that’s what it felt like for anyone who ever played in the shadow of Michael Jordan.

Thomas gave his doctors clear instructions on what he expects over the offseason: “Whatever they have to do to continue to play at – not just a normal level – at an MVP level, that’s what I’ve been on the doctors about”.

They’ll collide again, starting next week.

Pushing off any talk about the Warriors until after Sunday’s practice, James was asked to assess the task at hand: beating Golden State’s All-Star-studded lineup of Kevin Durant, Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson and Draymond Green.

“Definitely feels different”, Irving said.

“I’ll take LeBron James, absolutely”, Laimbeer said during an appearance on Etan Thomas’ podcast, “The Rematch“, according to USA Today.

“I can’t lie. I went when I was 23 years old and it felt like the Western Conference Finals was nearly like the championship”, he said. When you’re watching Michael Jordan it’s nearly like a god.