The Cavs practiced Tuesday without starting forward Kevin Love, who is following the league’s concussion protocol after being struck in the back of the head by Golden State’s Harrison Barnes during Sunday night’s Game 2 blowout loss. Cleveland is in an 0-2 hole and Curry hasn’t even had a monster game yet, the Cavs have to find a way to win this game tonight at all costs. I hope we get a 2016 NBA Finals Richard Jefferson windmill dunk before it’s all over.
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Pluto says generally, a team will play better in the second game because they’ve had the chance to see what their opponent’s strategy is. We have to do whatever it takes to win the game against our opposition.
The Warriors have struggled in game 3s, losing the third game in their past 4 playoff series and 5 of the past 6.
“They’ll probably play with a little more energy”, Thompson said. “We have two games that are going to be a dogfight here, and we’ll go on from there”.
“The next couple days, I won’t be reflecting”, James said. “Obviously, it’s a do-or-die game for us”.
And let’s get to Klay Thompson: He could have been moved for Love, sending Love to Golden State – a move that would have ended, before it began, the Warriors’ rise to all-time great status.
“There’s a long way to go so we’re not celebrating”, Kerr said.
More hard will be finding a way to do that. According to several people close to the situation in Golden State, after some conversation, an ultimatum was made by the former Lakers and Grizzlies general manager: trade Thompson and I quit. Get nuts, Cleveland. You’ve got nothing to lose. It’s one game in the series. “We have to play faster, we have to get stops and get out in transition”.
“We know we’re playing against a great team”.
“We’re feeling confident, but we’re not getting ahead of ourselves”, Warriors star guard Stephen Curry said. I don’t think so. I’m not a pure scorer, I’m not an all-assist guy. I’m not just a rebounder. “But as far as my numbers, I don’t worry about that”. I’m not Michael. I’m not (Muhammad) Ali. I’m not (Muhammad) Ali.
Here are five things the Cavaliers need to do in order to pull out a victory in front of the home fans and force at least one more trip to Oakland.
James committed seven turnovers in Game 2 despite not playing in the fourth quarter, then showered and quickly headed to the interview room – it normally takes him an hour to arrive after playoff games – at Oracle Arena.
Teams that have fallen behind 2-0 in the NBA Finals have rallied to win 9.7 percent of the time, with three of them getting it done in 31 past opportunities.
Game Preview: It has been total domination for the first two games of the series.
James has come out in these Finals and posted two miserable game lines, with 42 combined points on 42.1 percent shooting.
“Timo has to be ready”, Lue said. I’m here to help the team win. After Lebron James and the Miami Heat were defeated in the 2014 National Basketball Association finals, Lebron departed from the Miami Heat taking his talents back home Cleveland.
Love contributed 16 points and 10 rebounds a game this season for the Cavaliers.
National Basketball Association rules regarding concussions outline the process Love must complete before being able to return, including symptom-free exercises and medical exams.
Andrew Wiggins averaged over 20 points per game with the Wolves in 2015-16. Indeed, the assumption that, with Kyrie Irving, Cleveland would boast another version of the Big Three with which to attack the league has proved to be false. Like him on Facebook and follow him @RickNoland on Twitter.
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