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Golden State will be at full strength this time, and while the Warriors have finally lost a game, they haven't lost any confidence. This season, it is Kevin Durant who is the superstar on the Warriors team and not Curry.

The Golden State Warriors used a 28-4 flurry in the second quarter to take a lead they never relinquished, then relied on the scoring of Kevin Durant and Stephen Curry down the stretch to hold off the Cleveland Cavaliers en route to a 129-120 victory Monday night, clinching their second National Basketball Association championship in the past three seasons.

For Cleveland coach Tyronn Lue, the physical turn the NBA Finals took in Game 4 is just what he wanted and is the recipe he hopes the Cavaliers will follow for the rest of the series against the Golden State Warriors. Deron Williams missed a 3-pointer that would have cut the Cavs' deficit to two points, and rookie Patrick McCaw scored two big buckets in the final two minutes of the period to give Golden State just a little bit of breathing room.

The Warriors still have ample chances to win their second title in three seasons over the Cavs, something they failed to do last season.

Irving, the Cavaliers point guard, was bumped by the Warriors' Klay Thompson as he attempted to shoot during the second quarter of Game One at Oracle Arena in Oakland on June 2.

Kevin Love added 23 points for Cleveland and J.R. Smith finished with 15 points. Kyrie Irving led the way with 40 points, including 7 3-pointers. The Cavs made 13 3-pointers. They were underdogs in only three games this season and won 31 of their last 33 games, including their prolific postseason run. Along with Durant, the usual suspect, Stephen Curry, has been flying high with his skills, and the duo has been a pain for Cavaliers.

The 2017 NBA Finals served as a rubber match of sorts between the teams.

The Warriors are up 3-1 in the series and are looking to win their second title in three years at home.

Irving has scored almost seven more points per game in Cavs wins than losses in the past two Finals with the biggest difference being his long-range shooting; he is shooting 27 percent in the six losses and 53 percent in the five wins.

Not since 1996 had a team up 3-0 failed to sweep in the final. "It raises the bar, especially the attention that goes on with it", Irving said.

"Our mindset has to be winning games and not smiling back and forth or talking and playing", Lue said. Golden State wasn't awful shooting, but was just 11-of-39 from the arc.

"That confidence, I always want to exude that in my teammates and have them understand that the magnitude of this moment's the only thing that matters", Irving said.