Midway through the second quarter, Curry found himself in a familiar position at the top of the arc, with Kevin Love switched on to him, crouching in a defensive stance. “But having him back on the bench means a lot”.
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“That’s what they do”, James said. The intention is to go the rest of the series. But don’t go calling it an exemplar of Curry’s talent. “So that was kind of a microcosm of the game, we were rushing a lot”. But for the most part, we just try to play hard and try to play smart every possession down. He made incredible plays off his own rebounds. “The team was just falling apart at the seams and so I just had to get back to make sure we righted the ship”. “We love when he’s aggressive”.
Curry made all 14 of his free throws. We needed that, especially when we were struggling a bit, turning the ball over, not getting shots up.
In other words, the Patriots have won roughly one-third of all Super Bowls played since the 2001 season. It was a momentum swing. I did that, and feeling well enough to coach.
Oh, and Curry took Kerr’s directive to heart. Kyrie Irving added 19 points and seven assists, but shot 8-of-23.
With those numbers, your back may need a quick break from carrying all of your teammates through most of the game.
The Warriors are plenty confident even if Cleveland closes out on the perimeter.
Durant had six dunks, all in the first half. “They won their first two games like they’re supposed to”.
This was big for Curry.
Brown has plenty experience as a head coach, including in 2007, when Cleveland reached the NBA Finals.
The 32-year-old playmaker has won a road game in 35 of 38 playoff series over his 12 National Basketball Association playoff campaigns, last failing to do so with Cleveland against Orlando in the 2009 Eastern Conference finals. The Cavaliers previous year exploited him as a defensive liability, repeatedly putting him in pick-and-rolls by having the man he guarded set a screen. Curry was not entirely healthy last season, but he did not use that as an excuse.
This is only the fifth Finals game – and the first since 1967 – where both teams had at least 64 points at the half.
James was equally spectacular with his own triple-double of 29 points, 14 assists and 11 rebounds, but yet again didn’t get almost enough help to keep up with the Warriors’ depth.
What time is the game? I don’t know why things got worse. “I had two charges, that’s aggression”. I think there’s another level that I can get to. Now it could just be a question of who will be finals MVP. “I’m not going to stop doing that”.
When a superteam makes optimal decisions, no one stands a chance – not even the best player of all time and his Cavaliers. The Warriors are the NBA’s first 14-0 in the postseason and could win their second title in three seasons in Cleveland with two more wins.
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