Because of all that, Golden State now leads the NBA Finals 1-0, with Game 2 Sunday in Oakland. He’s one of the best teammates I’ve played with as far as knowing the game. Or at least the part of the game that Green’s been accused of doing on a regular basis.
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Shaun Livingston had 20 points and three assists, Harrison Barnes started hot and finished with 13, Andre Iguodala had 12, and Draymond Green had 16 points, 11 rebounds, and seven assists.
Dellavedova got a foul on the play after a review. Delly made a name for himself throughout last year’s playoffs, stepping up in place of an injured Kyrie Irving to become arguably the Cavaliers’ second-best player throughout the NBA Finals.
Andre Iguodala (left) took offense to Matthew Dellavedova (8) hitting him in the groin in the third quarter Thursday.
“We’re human”, Thompson said after scoring nine points on 4-of-12 shooting. “It happens”, Warriors coach Steve Kerr said. “For me, it’s just keeping my composure and continue to try to do things for my team to help us win”.
“He’s going to need some good treatment tomorrow, for sure”, Curry said only half-jokingly afterward.
At some point in the Warriors’ Game 6 108-101 victory on the road, which tied the series at 3-all, Iguodala came up with a game-changer play by stealing the basketball from Thunder’s lethal scorer Kevin Durant with 1:49 minute remaining.
However, that strategy requires the Cavs to stop the Warriors ball movement and other players cutting to the rim and getting looks. “This has been our team the last couple of years”.
He also was not surprised the Warriors bench stepped up when Curry and Thompson were off-target.
“He’s great at that, for sure”, said James. That’s when Bogut responded with his best game of Golden State’s two-year run.
In some ways, National Basketball Association fans were only teased a year ago because Cleveland forward Kevin Love was sidelined by injury early in the playoffs and teammate Kyrie Irving went down with a fractured kneecap in overtime of game one with the outcome in doubt.
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“Just to be aggressive”, Barnes said of his mindset. “It’s pretty special. I can’t wait to unveil them for the first time later this year”.
