Defending champion Golden State, which set an National Basketball Association record with 73 regular-season wins, has seized a 2-0 lead over the Cavaliers in the best-of-7 series, winning twice at home by blowout margins to capture momentum.
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Kevin Love participated in only a portion of the Cleveland Cavaliers final tune-up and remains questionable for Game 3 of the NBA Finals. However, Warriors’ Harrison Love also did the same thing and the two players collided, with love taking an elbow to the back of the head courtesy of his opponent, according to Yahoo! In 16 playoff games, he is averaging 16.5 points and 9.4 rebounds after averaging 16.0 points and 9.9 rebuonds during the regular season.
Kevin Love will miss at least one game because of a concussion.
And while James’ statistics through two games are LeBron-like – 21 points, 10 rebounds, 9 assists – he had seven turnovers in Game 2, a performance that irked him so much that he got on the first team bus leaving Oracle Arena and immediately began watching it on the team’s ride to its San Francisco hotel. Lue did not indicate which player, James or Jefferson, will defend Warriors forward Draymond Green, who hurt the Cavs in Game 2 (with 28 points). A playoff series never really starts until the home team drops a game and the Warriors were able to pick up victories in the first two contests by getting great contributions from people other than the MVP. “Our fans have done a great job of giving us everything and it’s our job to give it back to them”.
Andrew Bogut has some terrifying news for Matthew Dellavedova, LeBron James and the rest of the Cleveland Cavaliers when the sides meet for game three today at 1pm (NZT). Without Love on the floor, the Cavaliers are down a man and the Warriors will be able to lock in. However, perhaps it is out of an overabundance of caution for Kevin’s health that doctors told the 27-year-old Love to sit out one more game to ensure the gameplay would not harm his recovery.
With their National Basketball Association title hopes hanging by a thread, LeBron James and the overmatched Cleveland Cavaliers are hoping a return to their home court will help them breathe new life into what has so far been a one-sided championship series.
Haynes said Love has been making good progress but on Tuesday, the team said there was a “50-50” chance of him playing. Either way, you’ll want to tune in for Game 3 of the 2016 NBA Finals.
Jackson’s Chicago Bulls overcame a 2-0 deficit against the Knicks in the 1993 Eastern Conference finals en route to one of his NBA-record 11 championships as a coach.
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“It’s going to be loud, ” he said.
