No team has ever recovered from a 3-0 deficit to win an NBA playoff series in 126 attempts, although no club had rallied from 3-1 down in the NBA Finals until the Cavs did it past year to defeat the Warriors.
They will again have to rewrite the record books if they can recover this position, but with the Warriors seeking revenge for past year that will be some ask.
Klay Thompson added 30 points and Stephen Curry had 26 for this California Dream Team now one win from its second title in three years.
Golden State closed the game in Cleveland on an 11-0 run to win 118-113, with perhaps no basket bigger than Kevin Durant's transition three-pointer over Lebron James with 45 seconds left.
They had a chance to show that the Warriors are beatable and to get back into the NBA Finals.
However, James was asked if the dynamic is different with the Warriors having Kevin Durant this season.
In Game 1, the big 3 legitimately got no help. "So we made enough plays tonight to still win the ballgame, but they made a couple more", added James, via ESPN.
"Overall, it was just an incredibly tough, resilient performance", Kerr said. "We don't play slowdown basketball", James told reporters.
"Well, I wouldn't say frustrated", he said.
It was a particularly cruel way for James' night to end after he scored 39 points, grabbed 11 rebounds and dished out nine assists.
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"We have an opportunity to protect home, and if we do that, we'll put ourselves back in the series", James said.
That's the only sanctuary left for the Cleveland Cavaliers, the defending champs whose playoff slogan - "Defend the Land" - was no match for the reality of these NBA Finals.
Warriors coach Steve Kerr said he was hoping James and Irving would wear down from going one-on-one the entire game.
"We just wanted to hang around", Durant said.
No team has ever overcome a 3-0 deficit.
You can hardly second guess him given the effort he got from his team.
Again in Game 3 they were that much better and still came down on the wrong side of a five-point loss.
Durant, seeking his first career title after joining the Warriors from Oklahoma City in July 2016, and Curry scored on drives to the hoop to pull Golden State within two. "He's been an unbelievable player in this league for a long time, and I think he senses this is his moment, his team".
"One could only feel for the 6'8" Cavs superstar, who nearly single-handedly put his team into a winning position in Cleveland's quest to "defend the land".
With Durant, the Warriors reached the NBA Finals a flawless 12-0 in the postseason after sweeping each of the previous three rounds and then found another gear against the Cavaliers.
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