Back in January, Curry addressed questions about those who diminished Golden State’s 2015 title because Cleveland wasn’t at full strength.
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Kyrie Irving dropped 30 points of his own on 12-for-24 shooting from the field and 2-for-4 from three, while adding four rebounds, nine assists, three steals, and a block. Despite it’s team being out of the game in the closing couple of minutes, fans in the arena stuck around till the final buzzer and chanted “Let’s go Raptors” on Raptors’ possessions which would have made no impact on the result of the game.
Raptors coach Dwane Casey said reaching the conference finals was “a tremendous learning experience” for his young team, one that’s “a step ahead” in its process of becoming a championship contender.
If the Cavs are already having a tough time containing Lowry, how much tougher will it be for them to guard the athletic and all-around brilliance of the Thunder’s Russell Westbrook? That group had been there before. Then again, in a way they are.
“We needed LeBron to set the tone for us early, and I thought he did that”, Lue said. “We’re going to be”.
“But we put ourselves in the position of two hard-fought seven-game series, which I know we learned from”.
“We wouldn’t be at this point today going to the Finals without those two”, he said. So much was going on in my mind, knowing that Kev was out for the rest of the season and knowing that Ky was dealing with injuries all the way from the first round. “This is the first year that I’ve really felt like I was in a place where the fans have loved us 100 per cent. They support us 100 per cent, throughout the whole season, ups and downs”.
Should Oklahoma City wins the series outright, Cleveland would play host in the finals. “What’s this, his sixth finals?”
James spoke with DeRozan and Lowry on their way off the court. “I knew once my shot started going, I could get my team mates involved and they were able to carry me down the stretch”. After all, every player regardless of their role, gets a ring if their team wins the National Basketball Association championship. Thunder now lead the series 3-2.
“Toronto has been playing well at home and with Game 6 on the road, he has the experience in that situation”, Lue said.
“We’re still not satisfied. We’ll enjoy it tonight and the next couple of days and wait to see who we play”.
James scored 30+ for the first time in 14 games this post-season – the 81st time in his career. Cleveland took a 31-25 lead into the second quarter. Love bumped the lead to 18 before two minutes had elapsed. Meanwhile, the Raptors are officially eliminated from the playoffs after 20 (mostly) hard-fought games. James has 94 dunks or layups this postseason, 35 more than any other player.
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The Cavaliers defeated the Toronto Raptors 113-87 in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Finals on Friday night. He becomes the eight-player ever, first non-Boston Celtics player ever and the first since 1950 to achieve such a feat.
