The_Nba's NBA finals picks (7-1 for the playoffs)

7-1 so in the 2018 playoffs coming into this finals.

Don't have time for a write up today. We're taking cavs +12.5 

BOL everyone. 

Nice job. Game went as expected, indeed. Dr. John's statistical model pegged a fair line for the game at Warriors -10.3, and it ended by 10. Congrats to us 

https://www.covers.com/forum/ViewThread/103245186/game-1-analysis/1

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Very busy today, sorry didn't have time to post earlier or make a write up.

We expect a blowout today.

GSW -11

BOL everyone!

Player psychology: After letting game 1 slip through their fingers, there are two possibility for the cavs' mental state: 1) they see that they are able to compete in this series and will come back strong with the confidence of knowing they can hang with GSW. or 2) they are deflated and drained after losing a game that should have been theirs. It's far more likely to me that they will be option 2), as it takes an extremely killer instinct and locked-in mentality to be able to take that kind of loss and shrug it off. LeBron is probably the only guy on this team that can, and Kyrie too if he was still on the team. Mentally, cavs will still be recovering from the game 1 loss most likely. We saw it in the 2017 WCF with the spurs dominating the warriors in game1, and losing a game that was theirs 113-111. Of course Kawhi went out and that was a huge factor, but the spurs were blown out the next game despite their strong game 1 showing. 

Golden state on the other hand knows they dodged a bullet. They won't be coming into game 2 with the relaxed attitude that they had in game 1. They know it's go time and they need to step on the necks of the cavs and make a statement. I expect GSW to be firing on all cylinders this game and to dominate a sluggish cavs team. KD is not one to have back to back weak performances, and he should have a much better outing than in game 1. 

2. Reffing: After the horrific ending to game 1, and all of the controversy surrounding it, I expect the refs to be much more fair today. The calls will be more fair and I don't expect to see much funny business or controversy generating calls, at least for this game. In a fair game and with both teams playing at their best, GSW blows out this cavs team especially on their home court.

Lebron is not going to score 50 again. 40 would be massively impressive still but I expect a high 30's game. Can the cavs roleplayers step up and produce a miracle win here in game 2? If game 1 or the boston series was any indication, we've seen that these role players very seldom show up on the road. The team mentality will be one which is eager to go back home to cleveland, and try to even the series or at least go 2-1 heading into game 4. Outside of another godly performance from lebron, and another weak performance from KD, I'm seeing a GSW blow out. 

Blow out as expected. 

  9-1  2018 NBA playoffs 

Will post my pick earlier for game 3,  grats to anyone tailing me on this epic run. 

Was calling on you earlier. Missed this play.   

I'll have my pick posted much earlier for game 3, stay tuned 

Sure, fire away my friend.