They will probably play with a little more energy. And the average margin of victory for those seven games is almost 19 points.
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For the remainder of that Game 3 and Game 4 against Oklahoma City, Green was a shell of himself, more hindrance than help.
The Thunder did not shoot well from 3-point range in the Western Conference finals.
Golden State relied on their bench to do the lion’s share in game one, while leaning on rugged Draymond Green to lead the scoring parade with 28 points in the game two rout. The Warriors have done so without big splashes from Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson, leaning instead on reserves such as Andre Iguodala, Shaun Livingston and Leandro Barbosa.
Compared to this game, the first game of the series was a close battle.
But even if the Cavaliers were clicking on all cylinders and equaled their best shooting effort of the postseason, 57.1 percent in Game 5 against Toronto, in both games against the Warriors, they would still be outscored 214 to 207. “It’s a trap to think we’ve figured things out and that we have the ideal formula to beat Cleveland and they have no chance in the series”.
“We shot eight 3’s a game”, Mychal said Monday on the ESPN LA radio show he co-hosts. “They have a great home atmosphere and the way the first two games have gone, you would expect Cleveland to come out with a lot of energy”. But before the series began, I predicted this would go 7 games. They’ve dominated thus far, but the series is shifting to Cleveland.
For two seasons, Love has had a target on his back as the reason that the Cavaliers are unable to get over the hump and bring a championship to Cleveland.
The Cleveland Cavaliers are playing for their immediate future, for the right to own the rights of LeBron James.
Cleveland, which won at Oakland in Game 2 of last year’s Finals to even the series, finished with 18 turnovers.
After two games in the NBA Finals, Draymond Green leads the Warriors in points, rebounds, assists, steals, and three-pointers. If he wins, he will be lauded as the city’s savior; if he loses, he will remain the anti-hero full of empty promises.
“What we’ve done these last two games doesn’t put a damper or a cloud over how we got to this point”, James said. So, I’m not anxious about what the conversations may be about. “I thought our guys did as good a job as we possibly could (against James) in terms of trying to cover him in penetration and stay with shooters at the same time”.
The loss of Love is another blow to the Cavs, who have been outclassed by the defending champion Warriors. They are revolutionizing the game before our eyes with their dazzling 3 point shooting, the Splash Brothers have no professional jealousy among them unlike other famous National Basketball Association dynamic duos.
The Trail Blazers pulled off the feat in 1977, as did the Celtics in 1969. (*The 2012 Heat total has been multiplied to reflect an 82-game season.) The Big Three You can see how LeBron clearly took control of his Miami teams later in his tenure there.
So far in this series, they tried to give Warriors different looks on defense but Golden State has answers to every punch thrown at them.
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Shhh. Nobody tell poor Cleveland.
