Golden State has yet to lose a game in this season's playoffs.
"You can tell, he knows this is his moment", Kerr said. They're one victory away from a clean sweep of these playoffs, 16 wins without a postseason loss - a feat unmatched in professional sports.
Game 3 of the 2017 NBA Finals - the Golden State Warriors defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers 118-113 in an instant classic - delivered a 13.4 metered market rating on ABC, according to Nielsen.
Still, Durant isn't looking too far ahead. So I don't want to relax or feel like it's over. It's not over. This is a insane game.
Asked later to explain what happened down the stretch, Cavs coach Tyronn Lue seemed at a loss himself, "I don't know".
This trio made the Cavs as Eastern Conference champions that's why they are in the NBA Finals against the Warriors, the same team they beat previous year for the crown. "That was my very next call", Green said. "So his only thought in every situation is, "How can I make these guys better?"
James passed to Kyle Korver for an open 3-point attempt with 52.5 seconds left and the Cavs up by two points. Seven of those points came from Durant, including this triple with 45 seconds to play to give Golden State the lead for good.
"I don't want to relax", Durant said. "I think I said it (after Game 3), it just looks like he understands this is his moment, this is his time".
"I've been working on that shot my whole life", Durant said postgame. To see that go in, that was liberating, man.
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But as Golden State struggled to get past Durant's Oklahoma City Thunder in the Western Conference finals and then lost to the Cavaliers in the finals, some around the team anxious that Curry was trying to please too many people and was draining himself.
Cleveland needed everybody at the top of their game Wednesday night and for everything to go their way to win Game 3, and it did - for 44 minutes and 51 seconds.
As astute as any player in the National Basketball Association when it comes to the league's inner workings and salary cap regulations, James pointed out the Warriors drafted guys like Steph Curry, Klay Thompson and Draymond Green, so they were able to trade or release some veterans to add former league MVP Durant, whose Thunder lost to James' Miami Heat team in the 2012 Finals.
James and Kyrie Irving combined for 77 points, dominating much of the second half, but even their electrifying performance was not enough to put a blemish on the Warriors' flawless record.
Durant, though, was not going to be denied.
The 7-footer finished 10 of 18 from the field with eight rebounds and four assists. The guys that probably work the hardest, that have that killer instinct and that mindset, we don't care if we make or miss.
"We made enough plays tonight to still win the ballgame, but they made a couple more", LeBron said when it was over. The 2001 Los Angeles Lakers won 12 in a row before losing Game 1 of the National Basketball Association final to the Philadelphia 76ers, and the 1989 Lakers rattled off 11 straight wins, but no one has done what the Warriors have. "This is a insane game, anything can happen". We can talk about how the sides really haven't looked even between the Warriors from the time the Warriors signed Durant. Curry has hit at least one 3-pointer in all 73 career postseason games. Golden State took control early as Klay Thompson netted 16 points in the 1st quarter.
James led the Heat to four consecutive Finals appearances between 2011 and 2014, including two titles in 2012 and 2013. To make matters worse, a new report suggests LeBron James may consider leaving "The Land" in favor of one of the Los Angeles teams.
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