He pulled off a set of pushups between taking shots, let out a loud “Ahhhhh!” for all to hear and animatedly pointed his right arm in the direction of center Andrew Bogut before disappearing as the Warriors wrapped up their day-of-game preparations.
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It’s Golden State 49, Cleveland 48 with about 5 minutes left in the second quarter.
The Golden State Warriors can clinch back-to-back NBA championships Monday night in Game 5 of the NBA Finals, but they will have to do it without one of their top players.
While Kerr advised all of his players to stay ready because there might be some varying lineups and rotations, Livingston said Green hadn’t addressed the team.
Hill spoke to the packed crowd inside Oracle Arena in Oakland, California, before the moment of silence just before the playing of the national anthem.
But now they face a Cavs squad that heads back to Cleveland with the one thing the Warriors wanted to take away – hope. And he didn’t stand a chance against Kyrie Irving (41 points).
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“I’m thankful, but at the same time we wouldn’t be in any position without both of us putting on a performance like this”, Irving said.
He doesn’t have the sexy point totals to attract attention as he did last Finals: Iguodala has averaged 10 points this series while on LeBron duty, while he was second on the team with 16.3 points per game for the 2015 Finals. “And here it is the NBA Finals and because Draymond is suspended, I can’t suit Ian up”.
“I think what had happened was intentional”, James said. We’re down 3-1. So, I mean, that’s the decision the league made, and it’s unfortunate on a big stage like this.
Warriors guard Klay Thompson’s father, Mychal, who played with the Lakers in the 1980s, started off his Los Angeles-based radio show on Monday with a rant about LeBron James and his role in the suspension of Draymond Green. They’ll host Golden State in Cleveland on Thursday night at 8 p.m. CDT. “I just think we have to come back anyway, so we might as well come back and play (Game 6)”.
“If you don’t get up for that, there’s something wrong with you”, Thompson said.
Green went to the A’s game with general manager Bob Myers, retired National Football League star and Oakland native Marshawn Lynch, and other friends. This is what we’ve come to?
James had 25 points, 13 rebounds and 9 assists while turning the ball over seven times.
James and Green each had refused to repeat the bit of trash talk that accelerated their Game Four confrontation.
“Yes”, Catherine Aker, director of corporate communications for the A’s, told the San Francisco Chronicle, “we invited him to throw out the ceremonial first pitch, and he declined. He would prefer to keep a low profile while at our game”.
Should they accomplish it, the Warriors will be repeat champions and enter the conversation as one of the greatest National Basketball Association teams ever.
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“Well, we just want them to be aggressive, continue to attack like we’ve been talking about all series”, said Cavaliers coach Tyronn Lue.
