Added Warriors center Andrew Bogut of Australia: “We still have a lot of work to do in this series”. They must overcome a 2-0 deficit in the series and they must do it without Kevin Love. After Lebron James and the Miami Heat were defeated in the 2014 National Basketball Association finals, Lebron departed from the Miami Heat taking his talents back home Cleveland. He wins. For people to criticize him, I think that’s why he really resonates. “They went 12-2 in the Eastern Conference playoffs. So that’s something I’ve tried to make a concerted effort of doing”. However, that’s not the biggest problem facing the Cavaliers. Even though the Warriors have surrendered 112.5 PPG on the road in this year’s playoffs, the Cavs haven’t proven they could come close to those numbers for this particular matchup.
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It could be a huge blow for the Cavaliers, whose plan to change their fortunes involves James, Love and Kyrie Irving forcing more inside shots.
“It’s going to be the next man up”, said Cavaliers star LeBron James.
LeBron, like last year at this time, has done seemingly everything possible to try and steal a win and like last year and the start of this year, it just hasn’t been enough.
Game 3 is on Wednesday night (Thursday morning SA time), live on SuperSport.
Bogut nevertheless quietly accepted his fate and celebrated the title.
Down two games to none, not having Love available to stretch the floor with his terrific three-point stroke is a massive loss for the Cavaliers in this must-win game for Cleveland. They’re too good to get swept. He ended up playing 70 games in the regular season – the most for him in eight years. Some of it is Warriors defense, led by Iguodala. “It’s a trap to think we’ve figured things out and that we have the flawless formula to beat Cleveland and they have no chance in the series”. But most of the attention is on the Cavs, who are now down two-games-to-none to the Golden State Warriors. The power forward played only 7 minutes in Game 1 of the series and 4 minutes in Game 2. I’m no doctor but he looks fine to me. “Obviously I know it’s deeper than that when it comes to concussions or the head. As long as Kevin is smiling, I’m happy”. “Just going off his last game in Game 2, I thought he really played well, and that’s who we made a decision to go with”.
“Since T. Lue (Cavs coach Tyronn Lue) took over, that’s been their identity”, Warriors forward Draymond Green said.
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“My job is to protect the basket and be there for my teammates”, he said.
