Kevin Durant led Golden State with 31 points, Klay Thompson and Steph Curry added 30 and 25 respectively.
Draymond still takes blame for Golden State blowing a 3-1 lead to the Cavs past year but he says he'll take the consolation prize of now having Kevin Durant on their roster, something that likely wouldn't have happened had they beaten Cleveland in 2016.
CLEVELAND-Pace, they talked about in the days leading up to Game 3 of the National Basketball Association final here Wednesday, the frenetic pace of the Golden State Warriors and whether the Cleveland Cavaliers could, should or would match it.
That's why LeBron's brief scare in the first quarter of Game 3 was such a heart-stopper for any fans in Cleveland. J.R. Smith finally got started.
Despite his best efforts, his team finds themselves down and needing to defend home court in order to survive in the series.
The Cavs had a plus-minus of plus-7 in the 46 minutes James played and were minus-12 in the two minutes he rested.
The Cavaliers fell into a 3-0 hole in the NBA Finals after the Golden State Warriors pulled out a 118-113 victory on Wednesday night.
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Cleveland could have won Game 3 had they played better in the final two minutes of the fourth quarter, and their mistakes down the stretch will haunt them this summer. "He took over. You can tell he knows this is his moment".
James and Irving were terrific for the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 3 of the NBA Finals Wednesday night - until the final few minutes. The Cavs built their largest lead to 94-87 on Irving's bucket with 1:13 left in the third quarter. "Obviously you never know what's going to happen, but as it stands right now, they look pretty good as far as the future".
"So I just stayed there, high hands, contested", James said. Korver misses his shot, game's over. "We don't want to take the long 3s and things like that". "We missed shots. I gave everything that I had, so at times throughout the game I was exhausted, but that's just because I was just playing as hard as I could".
'I got out of the shower and my phone was buzzing.
Kevin Durant became only the third player in NBA history (Michael Jordan, Shaquille O'Neal) to score 25 or more points in his first 8 NBA Finals games.
Irving missed an off-balance 3-pointer and Durant and Curry each made two free throws on the next Golden State possessions to seal Cleveland's fate.
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