https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hY4TuheKUbQ
In case you didn’t check out EvilGenius’ superior piece from earlier today, “On Determination,” it should get you sufficiently pumped and in the right mindset for tonight’s game. After that, check out this Uninterrupted video about LeBron’s mindset for game two. Then, note that Delly’s starting tonight.
Let’s finish that off with the greatest motivational speech in the history of motivational speeches. I’m not talking the Gipper either. Here’s the final verse of Alfred, Lord Tenyson’s Ulysses, the poem of an aging King, older, home, and returning to the sea to take on new quests with his wizened mariners, the outcomes of which are unknown.
There lies the port; the vessel puffs her sail:
There gloom the dark, broad seas. My mariners,
Souls that have toil’d, and wrought, and thought with me—
That ever with a frolic welcome took
The thunder and the sunshine, and opposed
Free hearts, free foreheads—you and I are old;
Old age hath yet his honour and his toil;
Death closes all: but something ere the end,
Some work of noble note, may yet be done,
Not unbecoming men that strove with Gods.
The lights begin to twinkle from the rocks:
The long day wanes: the slow moon climbs: the deep
Moans round with many voices. Come, my friends,
‘T is not too late to seek a newer world.
Push off, and sitting well in order smite
The sounding furrows; for my purpose holds
To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths
Of all the western stars, until I die.
It may be that the gulfs will wash us down:
It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles,
And see the great Achilles, whom we knew.
Tho’ much is taken, much abides; and tho’
We are not now that strength which in old days
Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are;
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
Go Cavs!
Thompson pushed off… yet again…
Argh. Just put that up, Delly. They’re playing you for the pass.
Delly shoulda just shot that one…
Lot of contact going on. No Crap
They are holding TT on every possession…
Game at the Cavs pace so far. Good sign.
Steph Currys shoes are butt ugly
Cavs have shot horribly, but are still tied…
Love the Cavs composure and defensive intelligence. Playing off the right guys. let draymond go Yolo all he wants
@Powell2daPeople: Warriors fans cheered Dave Chappelle but he’s from Ohio and here for the Cavs.
Cavs are 0-2 from 3 and GoldenState is 2-10. Leave them keep jacking it up while we get good looks at the rim
Well, the Warriors only scored one more point in this first quarter than they did in the first quarter of last game when the Cavs still had Kyrie…
Mozzy seems to bat at the rebounds
Nice 8-0 run by the CAVS to close the quarter.
Thanks for the kickball Mo!
Looks like Shump is still in the game.
Yeah, he just got hit in the nuts by Livingston
That’s Livingstons move. He did the same to Dirk.
Man can we get through a game without our players continuing to get injured?!?!?
Shump came up limping
Nice little run to tie the game up, lets get the lead now
Looked like Livingston hit Iman in the groin…
Crap now Shump is hurt again!
You gotta stop over-reacting to injuries dude….
Gotta make your FTs Moz!
And he s usually reliable.
Let’s get all their players in foul trouble.
Finally some foul calls underneath…
Hahaha Moz looked like he flopped. I’ll take it.
Cavs playing some pretty good D of their own…
Delly is doing a nice job on Curry.
Great pass into Moz from Delly
Got to give credit to the Warriors they really play great defense….. At the other hand this is what happens when you ask role players to do more than what they usually do. Shumpert is a good spot shooter but when you ask him to dribble and shoot precentages go down.
And a call would be nice.
@JasonLloydABJ: I could be mistaken, but I think one of the Warriors dancers just lost her top. She used her pom-poms to cover herself as she ran off court
Golden State Pornos!
cavs not going gently
Cavs playing fine on D. Offensively the need to move though. There is no cutting at all.
Come on! What has to happen to call a foul against Glden Stae?
Chop someones head off?
Mozgov gets his hands on a lot more balls than he secures…
Wowwwww we getting knockout at the rim and not even 1 foul called. IMPOSSIBLE
Yeah they seem to let contact happen. Not sure if any ref planned on blowing a whistle.
Not looking good. Lots of misses right at the rim leading to fast breaks for the Warriors.
GS has done a nice job limiting TT on the boards.
By grabbing his jersey whenever possible…
That’s Bogut for you!
Watch their rebounding stance…they literally face him and not the basket and just get fistfuls of the bottom of his jersey
Is Obvious the Warriors game plan is to run the Cavs out of the Gym…. Will the Cavs be able to compete the whole 48?
Score still at a Cavs kind of pace so far
would still like to see more movement / players and ball in our offense —got to make those 5′ gimmme’s
Nice drive by JR!
Bogut is crafty but it’s borderline dirty.
Joke of a call by the officials
That’s a flop. No call at best.
Bogut is getting away with murder!
Gonna foul, you gotta put Curry on the floor.
That was a ridiculous moving screen by Bogut on Shump.
True, but it was also ridiculous to call Klay for that second foul. Bad calls being made both ways.
There was clear contact… kind of like on the last two Cavs possessions…
Big that Klay picked up his second quick foul
2 big fouls on Klay Thompson.
How many moving screens does Bogut get away with tonight?
Over under at 15
Love the early drives by Shump…
Good sign that LBJ is getting into the paint early
That Delly trey in transition would have been big for his confidence…
The early offense is an adjustment I thought Blatt would make. Without kyrie we will struggle against their half court defense
Carlos Santana thank you for blessing this delicious meal of Curry in which we are about to partake
LET’S GO CAVS!
Let’s go get this, c’mon Cavs!
Let’s do this Cavs.
I dont know what to feel about this game. I love it in the sense that everybody has written us off, but at the same time I am afraid we re gonna lose by 20.
I cant wait to find out,
Go Cavs!
I like Santana and all, but give me a sung National Anthem any day… No guitarist will ever eclipse Jimi anyway…
Wow that’s impressive! Dude is a beast with that guitar!!!
Man, has Santana aged!
Pretty cool national Anthem.
One of the most unique National Anthem performances I’ve seen…pretty cool.
I hope JR, Shumpert and Co are ready to help Bron in whatever way they can.
How did Carlos Santana play for the Indians today then play the National Anthem in Oakland?
The cavs are ready and so are we! This is the most resilient team in basketball….we are! Cleveland! We are! Cleveland!
Remember when Common was just a rapper?
He was best in ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’
We need i like button in this blog!! Go Cavs!!
I’m tired of people comparing Curry to Irving, while stating they’re the same age. Yeah Curry is 4 years older than Irving.
Though Curry had quite a few injury problems early in his career. So it’s proof guys can get past those.
Go CAVS! My bold prediction – Mike Miller scores 30.
Love the Ulysses poem! Let’s get this Cavs!
#Shocktheworld
Yes. Good one, Nate.