Cavs-Warriors, Game One

Here's the moment:


The Cavs had been on a run, even briefly taking the lead after being down by as much as 16 in the 3rd. But after this play, Iguodala went hognutty on both ends and Livingston was just untouchable. Warriors outscored the Cavs 33-21 for the rest of the game and comfortably took Game One.

I don't think the play was malicious, I think Dellavadova was anticipating Iguodala bringing the ball from his left hand back to his right, but he didn't which led Delly's hand to go crotchways. I think not calling a technical was the correct call, it was a foul but not a technical. I don't blame Iguodala for being pissed and he handled in the right way, namely by stroking jumpers and playing pesky D to close out the game. (The weird part of the play to me: Delly lunges at Iguodala and as Iguodala reacts, look at Delly's eyes...what the hell is he looking at? Not the ref, not a teammate, not the man he's supposed to be guarding, it seems too quick for him to be reacting to the whistle but he is intently looking at....something)

This was an awkward loss for the Cavs because Steph and Klay didn't really do much of anything (I believe it was their lowest collective output all year long!) and the Cavs still couldn't make a dent. JR Smith played 37 minutes and took only 3 shots (3?!?!), so there was a missing component for the Cavs offense but that hardly felt like the problem. The problem is the Cavs' D...or lack thereof. Man, Kyrie's defense is bloody awful! He was lost at all times, looking dangerously like Enes Kanter out there. Kyrie had better score a lot and at a very high efficiency if his defense is going to be this bad.

The Warrior bench came up big and if that keeps happening then this series will be over quick. I think the Cavs can clamp down on Steph or Klay or Draymond but if they're getting torched by Barbosa, then what's the point? The Cavs need to hit a lot of 3's to keep this series going and I suspect they will have one, maybe two games were they get hot enough to keep the Warriors at bay. But the D is not gonna shut down Golden State. I said Warriors in 7 but now I'm thinking a gentleman's sweep is more likely.