Things got more intense later in the fourth quarter as a shirtless male fan ran on the court with a negative message about Donald Trump written on his chest. But that game woke up the Warriors. It was a bad night for the Cavaliers’ offense to start their offseason.
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“And that’s what Golden State do”. Only 10 teams in National Basketball Association history have rallied from 3-1 down in the playoffs and no team has won the championship after falling behind 3-1 in the Finals.
Kyrie Irving has 16 points to help the Cavaliers take a 55-50 lead into halftime of Game 4 against the Warriors.
“If you don’ t get up for that, there’ s something wrong with you”, Thompson said.
You can only hold Stephen Curry’s and Klay Thompson’s shooting down for so long – they hit 11 threes on their way to 63 combined points.
The Cavaliers will have to overcome huge odds to win the next three games.
“It’s going to be a close game but, it’s not going to be a blow out game”, said William Burgos of Cleveland. James showed no sign of pain or discomfort from the first tap.
“He’s fast, he’s active and in this series they’ve gone pretty small so he fits in well”, Kerr told ABC’s Doris Burke at the quarter break.
“I mean, they got tangled up”.
Stephen Curry finished with 38 points including hitting seven threes, Klay Thompson added 25 and had four threes. Critics have harped on the ineffectiveness of Love’s defense against the Warriors.
The home crowd greeted Love warmly after he sat out Game 3. Lebron completely forgot about the game, seemed to forget that the ball was even play. Coach Tyronn Lue said Love would play, but made the call to keep Richard Jefferson in the starting lineup.
“This is what you’re paid for, if you’re Ty Lue, to make these hard decisions”, ABC analyst Jeff Van Gundy said on the national broadcast. “We’re going to have to have somebody step up and do it by committee to replace that effort”.
Golden State and Cleveland haven’t played many nailbiters in these playoffs. Didn’t matter in the first two games because other guys scored and we’ve got lots of good offensive possessions.
– Games decided by five points or less: Warriors 1-1, Cavaliers 3-0.
Kevin Love is back in the NBA Finals.
It’s unknown if he’s back in Cleveland’s starting lineup.
He sustained the concussion in Game 2 on Sunday.
He could come off the bench.
“Draymond just said something that I don’t agree with”, James said.
He actually felt that pain a few times. I think we’re mentally ready for the challenge tonight.
The Warriors won Game 4 108-97 and now lead the NBA Finals 3-1, heading back to the Bay Area for Game 5 Monday.
That could change in the next 90 minutes. He would not say if Love will start.
It was Curry’s ninth Finals series game.
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In his sixth straight NBA Finals, the Cavaliers forward named James was the first player on the floor before Game 4. Love was re-evaluated pregame when he arrived Friday at Quicken Loans Arena, joining the team for warm-ups on the court, before he was cleared. “I’ve been doing it for 13 years and I’m going to do it again”.
