Golden State's flawless postseason is over, the champagne corks still in their bottles. The Warriors arrived back home in the Bay Saturday after their loss in Cleveland. Unlike Barnes, who was allowed to shoot from the outside at will during the 2016 NBA Finals, Durant requires a minimum of one defender in his face at all times.
The Cleveland Cavaliers live to fight another game as the Wine and Gold upended Golden State, 137-116, in Game 4 of the NBA Finals on Friday night. So if they managed to piece together three consecutive virtuoso showings last time, it's not outside the realm of possibility that they could do it four timesin a losing Finals effort - in Game 3, despite coming out on the short end that night.' this year.
"We're a better Cavaliers team, and they're a better Warriors team", he said. We've been physical, we haven't turned the ball over and we've shared the ball.
In fact, they seem to get better the more desperate their situation. This problem was not present past year because LeBron would just guard Harrison Barnes and be able to pace himself throughout the game without getting exhausted. He made that list after getting suspended in Game 4 of last year's NBA Finals. Durant averaged 25 points a game during the regular season and has scored 38, 33 and 31 against Cleveland, leading the team each time.
But as impressive as their last two showings have been, and despite what we know about the Cavs' ability to make a huge comeback, we aren't ready to sound the alarm for the Warriors, who still hold a 3-1 edge in the best-of-seven series.flawless 16-0 postseason run.' That's because it's unclear how much of what Cleveland did in Friday's 137-116 outburst is repeatable.
As the final seconds ticked off, Cleveland fans chanted "Cavs in 7". Now, Golden State fans are holding their breath. "They show me how important I am to them", Green told Marc J. Spears of The Undefeated. I'm stressed out. Keep doing this every year.
Also, in the closing moments of Game 3 when Kevin Durant buried a go-ahead 3-pointer, Stephen Curry celebrated by popping a momentary squat - which some have interpreted as Curry pretending to defecate on the Cavs' court.
"We were favored in Game 2 of the conference finals by 15 points. So our mindset is try to go up there and get one".
"At the end of the day, the game is supposed to be played physically".
I am not sure about that last part, but to be fair, there is no normal these days, not even in sports.
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The third quarter featured a confusing sequence and a scramble on the floor that resulted in two technicals, a friend of James being escorted from the arena and back and forth flurries worthy of a heavyweight boxing match. The key is can the role players take the confidence they gained in Game 4 and contribute in the same way in a hostile environment on the road?
Did Pachulia get tossed?
PRUITT: No. I mean, you talked about record-setting night - you know, 24 3-pointers, as you said.
OK, so we didn't get to see the first 16-0 championship run in National Basketball Association history. "Thank God I get to play".
Warriors: Were trying to become the first team to complete a postseason unbeaten. It's always hard to win a championship. Comedian Kevin Hart and National Football League star Odell Beckham Jr. were among the courtside celebrities. "Mike Callahan came up to John (Goble) and asked him who was the tech on and he said Kerr". And that was my barometer. If I'm going to get them, let me earn them.
Cavaliers: James was swept by San Antonio in his first Finals appearance 10 years ago.
"The first tech was on Steve, which I didn't understand". "I don't stink anymore.".
James also broke Jordan's record for most career free throws made in the playoffs, passing MJ's mark of 1,463.
And it was not lost on them that the Warriors wanted specifically to wrap up the Finals in Cleveland.
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