The Cavs have been itching to play these Golden State Warriors more than anybody this season after falling to them last season 4-2 in the Finals.
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“Some of those shots”, James said. “There’s nothing you can do about it”. All Cleveland is stop Thompson and Curry from producing ten or more three’s a night, and use some three-point shooting themselves from sharp shooters such as J.R. Smith, who lit up the scoreboard in Game 3 of the Western Conference Finals with 22 points and also notably hits the three-pointer when needed.
Stopping the Warriors is impossible. “We’re pretty excited to go play them again because of everything that was said after we won previous year, that they weren’t full strength”. “Klay and Steph are probably the two greatest shooters that we’ve probably ever seen”. This is a rematch of last year’s finals, but the Cavs are a far different team as both Kevin Love and Kyrie Irving were out injured leaving LeBron James to take on Steph Curry and the Warriors nearly singlehandedly.
Warriors won last season’s showdown in 6-games, quite a rally, recording a comeback after trailing 2-games to one.
James registered 35.8 points, 13.3 rebounds and 8.8 assists per contest.
1955-56 vs. Fort Wayne Pistons: The Philadelphia Warriors defeated the Pistons, 4-1, with no one winning Finals MVP because it wasn’t invented yet.
This will be LBJ’s sixth consecutive trip to the Finals. “Like Coach (Tyronn) Lue said, we’re just waiting on the victor. So it’s going to be very challenging for us, and we have to be ready for it”.
“If you’re a Cleveland sports fan, you know however it ends, whichever [pro] team finally wins the title, it will be some enormous upset because we know the stars and planets and fate and the establishment of whatever sport it is, lines up against Cleveland sports teams no matter what”.
David Fizdale was introduced as the Grizzlies’ head coach at a news conference. “We’ve got to take advantage of it”, Durant said Sunday. “That’s the best way to put it”.
Despite the Thunder’s season ending in demoralizing fashion, their postseason journey – knocking off the 67-win San Antonio Spurs and taking the 73-win Golden State Warriors to seven games – should was nothing short of a success, and Durant says he has no regrets with how the season ended. Cleveland has athleticism that is one of the weaknesses of Golden State exposed by the Thunder.
Game 6* Thu., June 16: Golden State Warriors at Cleveland Cavaliers 9 p.m.
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Pick: Golden State Warriors in six games.
