The network said it averaged 15.9 million viewers for Monday’s Game 7 in which the Warriors rallied to post a 96-88 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder. The Cavaliers are a team the Warriors are very familiar with in the playoffs.
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The Thunder became the 10th.
“We just kept talking about what we needed to do and what we were going to do”, Green said. “But in that locker room, the talk was positive”.
“We’re all upset. We wanted to get a chance to play for a championship in the Finals, so that hurts”, he said Monday.
Durant, 27, is a seven-time All-Star and was voted MVP following the 2013-14 season.
The Pistons, of course, stormed back, utilizing the then-little known Tayshaun Prince to slow down McGrady before cruising to a 108-93 blowout victory in Game 7 at The Palace.
The top-seeded Pistons lost home court because they couldn’t contain Orlando’s Tracy McGrady in Game 1, but they figured out a solution in time to advance. He had only five field-goal attempts in the first half. For financial and competitive reasons, Durant’s best move is to stay in Oklahoma City.
Prediction: The Warriors showed incredible resiliency in their comeback over the Thunder, but they face a tougher, more balanced test in the finals. “He was finding guys and made the game easy”.
“Maybe the numbers don’t reflect them having 35 or 36 points, but they opened up the floor for us to generate good shots”. James has the right cast around him this time, and his teammates are healthy, rested, and hungry to win an National Basketball Association title.
He insists he didn’t let the looming talks distract his focus from the Western Conference finals and the numbers tend to back that up.
The other two, Dion Waiters and Enes Kanter, combined for 13 points. But from handling the Warriors’ pursuit of the league’s record for wins to his adjustments in bringing them back from 3-1 down against Oklahoma City, it’s clear the Coach of the Year has already mastered the job. That’s up 47 per cent from the last Western Conference finals on TNT in 2014, a six-game series between the Thunder and Spurs. “We beat them everywhere else, but they beat us from the 3-point line – and that was the series”.
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LeBron James and the Cavaliers met their much-anticipated Finals rematch with the Golden State Warriors with a bit of a shrug and a shred of deference toward their opponent. There’s a risk with a one-year type deal, but it makes a lot of sense because he will make a lot more money and get to make one more run at a ring with Russell Westbrook and the developing cast in Oklahoma City. I’m just proud of what we’ve all been through this season.
