The Golden State Warriors are two wins away before getting their second consecutive National Basketball Association championship title and with their Game 2 victory, a question is circulating in everyone’s mind.
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The Warriors enter Game 2 of the NBA Finals against Cleveland with 49 home wins and 86 wins overall this season, factoring in regular season and playoffs.
Love left for good early in the third quarter after looking disoriented on the floor.
Love missed the final seven games of the 2011-12 season with the Minnesota Timberwolves because of a concussion.
Curry scored 18 points and Thompson added 17 with both hitting 4-of-8 3-pointers, but when the Cavaliers defenders cracked down on the Splash duo, they flipped passes to Green and he took full advantage, producing his best scoring total in a Finals game.
The Golden State coach knows an early series lead is no guarantee of success as his Warriors trailed the Oklahoma City Thunder 3-1 before roaring back to win the Western Conference finals.
“We’ve got to get back to the film and we all have to figure out ways we can help the team be successful”, said LeBron James.
“What we’ve done these last two games doesn’t put a damper or a cloud over what got to us at this point”, James said.
The Warriors disemboweled the Cavaliers last night, winning by 33 in a game that didn’t feel that close, and while there are a million different reasons why, one of the biggest is how effectively Golden State played small.
The Warriors now have a commanding 2-0 series lead, as the finals head to Cleavland’s Quicken Loans Arena on Wednesday night.
James fired an airball midway into the frustrating period while Curry was on the bench much of the time, the 3-point record setter laughing and smiling as teammates scored from beyond the arc.
OAKLAND-Golden State Warriors sharpshooters Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson, nicknamed the “Splash Brothers” for their skill at sinking 3-pointers, welcomed Draymond Green as an adopted soggy sibling Sunday at the NBA Finals.
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He told us things have certainly changed over the years. Game 2 of the 2016 NBA Finals was down 10% from June 2’s MM ratings – so steady all round.
LeBron James needs to play better. The Warriors now lead the series 2-0. His first-quarter steal also moved James past John Stockton (338) at fourth place for career postseason steals.
One: The Cavaliers lost the first two games of the series by a combined 48 points.
After the Cavaliers Game 1 loss, coach Tyronn Lue tried to shift to a fast-paced offense in which he believes that can make his team win.
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“We were better than the Showtime Lakers”, Thompson said after a Game 2 rout.
