Greetings, Hoops Heads.

Welcome to Lockdown Warriors, part of the Lockdown Podcast Network.

It's Wednesday, May 16th.

I'm your host, Aliko Carter.

I apologize for this late podcast.

If you could believe it, one of the mail ends of my microphone cord completely broke off. Had a bunch

of compatible chords, but they didn't work and had to go get a new one. Best buy for the win.

But there's just enough time to get pumped for Game 2. Great Game 1 victory for the Warriors

on Monday, just absolutely dismantling the Houston Rockets. A lot has been

said about James Hardin playing right into the Warriors' hands with his dribbling, dribbling,

dribbling. The Warriors closed out well on shooters, and a lot of that was because they didn't

have to move that much, because James Harden and to a lesser Chris Paul, just control the game from the top of the key. We'll talk about all that and more,

but first, I want to let you know this podcast is available on Spotify, Google Play, iOS, and iTunes.

Also on Locked-on Warriors.com, make sure you bookmark that page.

You can reach me via Twitter at K-O-G-I-T-A-R-E, and you can find my written work on

Forbes.com.

All right, let's do this.

I want to dive into the stats and just chatter from game one leading into game two. And I want to talk a little bit about

the Cavaliers woes, LeBron's woes, 42 points at triple double, 10 rebounds, 12 assists,

tied for the fourth highest scoring total with the triple double in playoff history.

Came in a loss. Celtics are that good. The Celtics are that good and the Cleveland

Cavaliers are not that good. But LeBron is so, so, so good that I still think he's going to win this

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