Golden State’s ball movement and player movement have rendered the Cavaliers lost on defense. It’s rare we’ll both have them the same night, but that’s what our team’s for. “But we’ve got to get better offensively when we go to Cleveland for sure”. “I think we’ve got a good game plan that we’ve stuck to and that we have to continue to do the rest of the series”.
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When the Golden State Warriors are going as well as they’re going and Draymond Green returns to the form he showed for much of the season, their opponents have nearly no chance to win.
Warriors coach Steve Kerr said he put Green “on probation” during the Thunder series and has been pleased with how he has kept his cool of late.
You might have noticed a familiar voice missing from Thursday’s Game 1 of the NBA Finals, but he was back in action Sunday night. Sometimes shots go in, sometimes they don’t.
Draymond Green has 18 points and Curry has 12 for the Warriors.
Barnes collided with Love as the two went for an offensive rebound with five minutes remaining in the second quarter.
“It’s been three or four years he’s been with us, so I want him to keep shooting”, he said.
“Tonight, he’s one of us”, Thompson said. No, he would have been in there with physical play, letting the opposition know that next game was not going to be as easy. “We definitely have to figure out how we can get more guys involved”.
The Warriors now travel to Cleveland for Games 3 & 4 of the series.
For all the talk of how things might have been different back then if Cleveland hadn’t been without Kyrie Irving (after Game 1) and Kevin Love, the reality is that Golden State improved in the kind of way that we simply shouldn’t overlooked. The NBA said he experienced dizziness after playing in the third quarter and has been placed in the league’s concussion protocol.
They have dismantled the Cavaliers at every turn and now it’s uncertain that star forward Kevin Love will be ready for Game 3 on Wednesday after taking a blow to the head in the second quarter of Game 2. James’ teams had won nine straight post-season Game 2s after losing the series opener dating back to a loss in the 2008 Eastern Conference semifinals to Boston.
“We’ve got to be tougher”, Cavs coach Tyronn Lue said. “We like it when he gets that shot in rhythm”.
On the other end, Cleveland knows they should switch everything against Golden State (they saw Oklahoma City do it), but they lack the discipline and communication as a team to pull it off consistently, they lack the athletic defenders of OKC, and the Warriors eventually start to carve it up.
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) – When the Golden State Warriors returned to Cleveland in January for the first time since clinching the championship there last June, Stephen Curry raised a little stir when he said he hoped the visiting locker room “still smells a little bit like champagne”.
The Golden State Warriors take a 2-0 NBA Finals series lead on the road to battle the Cleveland Cavaliers. He marveled over the way Andre Iguodala defended LeBron James. A moment of silence was held before the game in honor of Muhammad Ali, who died Friday.
“It’s just a matter of whether I’m going to knock the shot or make or miss the shot”, Green said.
Green shot 11 for 20 and made 5 of 8 3-pointers, sparking a suggestion he might apply to be a Splash Brother alongside fellow All-Stars Curry and Thompson. He could go with a bigger starting lineup and play center Timofey Mozgov, moving Tristan Thompson to power forward alongside LeBron James.
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With the Cleveland Cavaliers desperate to avoid heading home in a 2-zip hole in the NBA Finals, their resident superstar figured it was a good time to get creative.
