The Cavs scored a Finals record 86 points in the first half and then held on during a wild third and fourth quarter that included technical fouls, James jawing with fellow superstar Kevin Durant and Cleveland's crowd roaring like a jet engine.
Kyrie Irving poured 40 points with seven triples while LeBron James had 31 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists, his 9th Finals triple-double which is a record.
No team has escaped a 3-0 deficit to win an NBA playoff series but the Cavs made the greatest NBA Finals comeback previous year from 3-1 down to beat the Warriors. "I doubt that they will be able to win it but if they do what they did last night I think they can win a Game 5", a Cavaliers fan said.
"No, they got us where they want us", LeBron James said.
"It was just every time we made a push, they would hit a timely shot and they were tough", Draymond Green said.
Game 5 of the 2017 NBA Finals will take place as scheduled with both the Cleveland Cavaliers and Golden State Warriors at full strength.
"Our mindset is to go out there and get one", James said. No team in the history of the NBA Finals has ever come back from a 3-0 deficit.
The quarter closed with a 3-ball from Curry with 12 seconds to go, answered by one from James with 2.7 seconds remaining.
"You got to give them credit".
The loss ended the Warriors' bid at a flawless 16-0 run through the playoffs, which had never been done.
Irving was sensational in both Game 3 and Game 4, totaling 78 points on 56 shots.
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Officials following the game said they thought the scorer's table had been informed that the technical foul called had been for Kerr.
Stack up the odds, Cleveland conquers them.
The NBA Finals continue to be a ratings magnet for ABC. Golden State will be at full strength this time, and while the Warriors have finally lost a game, they haven't lost any confidence. You get all the way to the Finals, you hate to get swept, lose two games on your home floor.
Game 4 was not just simply a victory for the Cavaliers, it was a historical night for Lebron James.
That incident established Green's status as a villain in Cleveland.
James, though, wouldn't concede the Cavs have the Warriors right where they want them. However, with 6:18 left in the third quarter, Green was given a second technical foul, with the assumption being that he had been ejected.
With the chance go 16-0 in the playoffs and become the first National Basketball Association club with a ideal post-season run, Warriors guards Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson struggled.
"We're in a great spot and now we have to capitalize", Warriors coach Steve Kerr said. "But we knew what we were faced with, that's what it was". "Obviously we haven't felt this feeling walking off the court with a loss in a while, but we have done a good job of bouncing back and being resilient all year and obviously learning from all different experiences we have been through". At best they can tie the 2000-01 Lakers, who went 15-1, when beating the Philadelphia 76ers in five games in the Finals.
"After calling the loose ball foul on Draymond Green, I noticed the reaction by Coach Kerr and then assessed the technical foul", Goble told the pool reporter.
A year ago against a similarly unsafe but less powerful Warriors team the Cavaliers didn't get to the brink of elimination until Game 5.
"We have to come back home", he said.
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