Two of those victories came against Golden State, including a 100-86 final last season that wound up being a season-low point total for the National Basketball Association champions.
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Draymond Green had 22 points and 15 rebounds and the Golden State Warriors got defensive in their NBA Finals rematch against Cleveland, beating the Cavaliers 89-83 on Friday in Oakland, California.
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“It’s good to have one of those every so often”, Warriors guard Stephen Curry said. “We just show our versatility and try to win different ways”.
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It wasn’t the most encouraging of performances as the Cavs shot just 39 percent from the field with Kyrie Irving finishing the game with just five points on one of seven shooting, but the Cavaliers are now 19-7 on the season and 13-1 at home.
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“We don’t believe we’re going to make a statement with one game”, Warriors interim coach Luke Walton said. “That just trickled down to everyone else, and we missed out on a great opportunity”.
LeBron James has played in nine Christmas Day games (27.2 points, 6.4 rebounds, 7.8 assists, 1.8 steals) and is among the Top 10 in several categories for games played on Christmas, including points (245, 5th all-time), assists (70, 4th), steals (16, 5th) and three-pointers made (13, tied-1st). “LeBron is one of the best players in the world, one of the most dominating forces there has ever been in our game, and we have guys that like that challenge”.
On the other hand, Stephen Curry is steadily showing that he is indeed the best player on the planet and his teammates are steadily following suit as they continue to beat opponents in each match. The Spurs struggled on long-range shooting, making just 5 of 19 3-pointers. Love and Irving combined to miss all 11 attempts.
That’s not to say that Cleveland was clearly outplayed – in fact, a few more lucky bounces on a horrific shooting night could easily have handed the Cavs the win.
Curry drove past Cavaliers backup Matthew Dellavedova for layups with 1:19 and 57.6 seconds remaining, re-establishing an 85-80 lead the Warriors were able to protect with four late free throws. Unlike the Finals, the Warriors leaned on centers Andrew Bogut and Festus Ezeli. “I’m never really too concerned about our offense because we have so many weapons and we are so explosive on offense”. The Warriors led 45-42 at the half.
The Warriors’ biggest lead, 10 points, came early in the fourth quarter.
Oklahoma City changed things up and played Anthony Morrow and Enes Kanter with Durant, Westbrook and Serge Ibaka for most of the fourth quarter. They also forced the Warriors into 16 turnovers and shooting 41% (32-78) from the field.
Expect these two guards, the “Splash Brothers” to do the bulk of the scoring, but the role of energetic and talented forward, Draymond Green, who is averaging 14.3 points, 8.8 rebounds and 7.1 assists per contest, will be very important as well.
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