The Cleveland Cavaliers have not gone quietly into the night. He’s only scored over thirty points two other times this year, Game 6 in Toronto and Game 3 of the Finals.
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“I’ve just been fortunate enough to make some shots, for one”, he said, explaining his calm under pressure. “I told him, ‘You don’t owe anybody an apology”. I think that helps. “But give to this team what you can give”.
“I feel like we’ll be prepared for Game 6”. “We’re still in a great position”. For the playoffs, Bogut has averaged 4.6 points, 5.7 rebounds and 1.4 assists. “I’d be shocked if anything happened on that front”.
Cleveland should not go into this offseason looking for a trade partner for Love, just so they can become a better fit versus the Warriors.
You just play the game, Lue said.
James hopes the Cavs will get more from Kevin Love on Thursday night. “Thank God we had a few days in between”, he said.
No matter where it gets done, stopping them is the point, J.R. Smith said. We have to continue to play with desperation to exhaustion.
Unfortunately for the Cavaliers, they again face a 3-2 hole in Game 6.
“After Game 4 everybody complained that LeBron and Kyrie took all the shots in the second half”, Kerr said. We definitely need him. Hes too big of a piece to our puzzle.. Since then he’s struggled, including a two-point, 3-rebound effort in Game 5.
Asked about James, Green changed his tone and said, “He’s a great player”. LeBron James and Kyrie Irving each exploded for 41 points in Game 5 to keep their team from being eliminated at the hands of the Golden State Warriors. But other guys stepped up and we figured out ways to win. “We just have to do it one more time”.
Green missed just one regular season game (which the Warriors lost), and Kerr, who has previously called him the team’s beating heart, knows just how valuable he is.
“My only job is to get this win, man”, James said. And when Bosh went scoreless in Miami’s Game 7 victory over San Antonio in the 2013 NBA Finals, hardly anyone noticed. So hopefully we can protect home.
Cleveland overwhelmed Golden State at the start, jumping ahead 13-2 and 31-9 before settling for the second-largest first quarter lead in NBA Finals history at 31-11.
“Let me be clear – we did not lose because of the officiating”.
CLEVELAND (AP) – Golden State center Andrew Bogut will need six to eight weeks to recover from a left knee injury, ruling him out for the remainder of the NBA Finals and nearly certainly affecting his Olympic plans as well. “There’s those little fine lines you know you can’t cross”. I was also anxious that it would be worse, maybe an ACL or something. But it’s bad news for our team. I thought he was really impactful. “It benefits all of us as a league, being able to get an extra day and prepare from coast to coast”. Irving’s Game 5 is his highest true shooting in a playoff game in his career and his highest scoring game at or above that shooting percentage. “He’s not going to put himself at risk of missing another game”. “You see it out on the floor”. Unfortunately, you’ll need to authenticate with a cable provider if you want to watch the game on Watch ESPN, so get your (or your friend’s/parent’s!) login credentials ready. So that’s kind of my approach. There haven’t been many teams that go back-to-back. Game 6 is Thursday in Cleveland, and if necessary, Game 7 is Sunday on the Warriors’ home floor in Oakland, California. To have that support in one of my darkest times means a lot.
“I understand we’re doing this to stretch it out. So it should be fun”.
Thompson agreed about the Warriors’ chances for a repeat on the road.
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“That’s a good reminder”, Thompson said. We’re confident we can still win. We know this time it’ll be even harder.
