NBA Finals Game 6

Game 6....this is it.

Game 5 went (strangely enough) pretty much exactly as I thought it would: the Warriors would control the game, the Cavs would be in striking distance in the 4th, Warriors would pull away, win by double digits. Think the same should happen again tonight.

Lebron will be all out aggressive and for Coach Blatt the kitchen sink will be at his disposal (seems like there's a better joke there than that). I can imagine even seeing Perkins tonight, just to mix it up, just to throw off the energy, get some hard fouls, a wild card out of nowhere. Dellvedova is pretty much spent, Shumpert is probably hurt, Thompson is solid on the boards but not aggressive enough to really make a difference, Mozgov has been effective in getting numbers but not so much at translating that to team results. I expect Smith to let it all hang out tonight, if he's hot in the2nd half (as opposed to the 1st, you don't think he's gonna two good halfs in the same game, do you?), Cavs might could pull this out.

I think the Warriors finish it off tonight. Lebron will be bringing it but the Warriors should still be able to outlast and outscore the onslaught (could totally see Lebron going for fitty tonight). I reckon 42 or so minutes into the game, the Cavs will be done and the Warriors will knock down enough shots to put it out of reach.  I'll say Warriors by 7 tonight.

Steph, Klay, Iguodala and Draymond are all in play for Finals MVP, whoever plays best tonight will probably take it. I'd say even Barnes, Lee, or Livingston are in play if they have a phenomenal performance tonight.

But put me in the Lebron camp. He'd only be the 2nd MVP from a losing team and like Jerry West when he did it, Lebron is carrying this team all the way, willing a bunch of dudes to heights they probably don't deserve. Lebron has been at his very best since Game 4 against the Bulls in the 2nd round: after that the Cavs won 3 straight against the Bulls, 4 straight against the Hawks, 2 out of 3 against the Warriors. The wheels have long since come off for the Cavs, the rims are shooting sparks all over the place since Kyrie went down and Lebron has carried---CARRIED--this team right up to (I think) Game 6 of the Finals. That's staggering, man, just fuckin' amazing. If he goes for 50 tonight, loses anyway and wins the MVP in front of the Cleveland fans....doesn't that seem like the perfect finish to the year?