What the Cavs were able to accomplish by defeating the rest of the East is looking worthless now and James’ destruction of weak competition along the way is beginning to make the six consecutive finals appearances seem less outstanding.
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“Golden State’s reliance on an unstable isotope is a high-stakes gamble that has finally blown up in their face”, FreeDarko founder Bethlehem Shoals writes for GQ re: Draymond Green’s Game 5 suspension for whacking LeBron James in the dick and balls.
James said he was “trying to get back in the play”.
ESPN’s Marc Stein later clarified that while Draymond has to be out of Oracle two hours before the start of tonight’s game, he is as allowed to celebrate with his team, should they clinch the championship tonight.
In response to Thompson’s comment, James laughed and said he would take the “high road” instead of responding to it.
The series returns to Cleveland for Game 6 on Thursday night, with Golden State retaining a 3-2 advantage.
The defending champion Warriors, who seized a 3-1 lead in the best-of-seven series with a 108-97 victory over Cleveland Friday, vowed to win the crown at home for Green.
Like everyone else, Draymond Green could only watch as LeBron James and Kyrie Irving sent the NBA Finals back to Cleveland. It’s kind of the ultimate being in the position that we’re in, so it’s a great opportunity for a lot of guys and for our team and coaches. “I mean, we’ve got a fire lit, too”. Green was called for his flailing arm making the wrong move towards LeBron James’ crotch, the call was later reviewed and ruled a flagrant foul.
Green was suspended after the National Basketball Association retroactively charged him with a flagrant-1 foul for incident with James during Game 4.
With Green out of the lineup for Golden State, Cavaliers coach Tyronn Lue elected to put Love back in with the starting five to give the team an offensive boost right from the beginning. He did finish with 25 points, 13 rebounds, nine assists, two steals, and three blocks. But as the game wore on, the Splash Brothers shot airballs and clanked 3-point tries off the front rim. Even without Green, the Cavaliers must understand that they are playing against a motivated Warriors at their home court.
“We weren’t very good defensively”, Kerr said. We know what words cross the line, male or female.
James and Irving combined to shoot 33 for 54, while the Warriors went cold and finished 36.4 percent from the field. They are flustering him with double-teams, and guys like Andre Iguodala and Draymond Green are coming up with huge defensive stops when guarding him one-on-one.
Warriors center Andrew Bogut went down early in the third grabbing his left knee and writhing in pain, and will have an MRI exam on his sprained knee Tuesday.
Irving then took over the game, hitting on a drive, a short jumper and a 3-pointer in a personal 7-0 flurry that broke the game open at 109-96 with 5:30 remaining. They answered on offense and made all the key stops on defense.
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“It obviously stings real bad”, Thompson said. This is what we’ve come to?
