The Cavs have already come back from 3-1 in the past, so there has to be some confidence that they can defy the odds once again.
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If the Cleveland Cavaliers are going to overcome a 3-0 deficit in the NBA Finals against the Golden State Warriors, LeBron James believes it will be a feat of mental excellence more than anything else. Golden State can complete the ninth sweep in Finals history.
“They’re going to come out just gunslinging”.
Many were impressed with how similar Durant’s triple was to last year’s, including Draymond Green.
Kevin Durant’s 43-point performance in Game 3 came on a night when Curry and Klay Thompson combined to shoot 7-of-27 from the field.
Durant is averaging 31.7 points, 10.3 rebounds, 6.7 assists on 56 per cent shooting. Cleveland, on the other hand, needs James to play every relevant second of every single game to have a chance.
“A 3-0 lead and we just kind of laid an egg”. The resulting preseason trade with Boston left Cleveland with two players – Isaiah Thomas and Jae Crowder – who were gone by the trade deadline, and a third – the eighth pick in the 2018 NBA Draft – that didn’t become the top three pick the Cavaliers had hoped.
“The margin of error is very low”, James said following Cleveland’s 110-102 loss.
According to the San Francisco Examiner, the Durant has donated more than $13 million to community causes this year.
Going away from the suit-and-shorts outfits he wore for Game 1 and Game 2 of the NBA Finals, James arrived at Quicken Loans Arena on Wednesday sporting a tan jacket with a purple and teal zip-up hoodie underneath, camouflage trousers and purple basketball shoes. However, the Cavaliers’ most impressive comeback came two years ago, when they rebounded from a 3-1 series deficit against Golden State to claim the first National Basketball Association title in franchise history.
Where will LeBron James be playing next season?
“I thought we did some things tonight that we need to correct if we want to win next game”.
Last June, after losing Game 3, Cleveland bounced back to win Game 4 in convincing fashion, 137-116.
For the second straight year against the Cavaliers, Kevin Durant took, and made, that shot. Durant then hit a dagger 3-pointer with 49 seconds remaining to seal the victory.
The 2015 Finals MVP went to the locker room with less than a minute left in the first half with an injury to his other leg, later diagnosed by the team medical staff as a contusion of the right leg.
However, that’s the challenge in playing the Warriors.
LeBron James says Kevin Durant is one of the best players he’s ever faced, and the Trail Blazers really whiffed when they didn’t draft him.
“I’m planning on staying with the Warriors, and we’ll figure the rest out”, Durant said.
To put that in perspective, Durant didn’t have more than one make from past 30 feet in any playoff game beforehand and no team has ever had four 30-foot makes in the playoffs.
Game 4 is Friday night.
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Regular-season series: Warriors took both regular-season meetings against a completely different Cleveland team that featured Dwyane Wade, Isaiah Thomas and Jae Crowder.
