The Cavs held Steph Curry to 19 points and caused 16 Warrior turnovers, but they could not overcome the frightful shooting on the night.
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In other Christmas games, Jimmy Butler scored 23 points to power Chicago over Oklahoma City 105-96, Chris Bosh’s 30 points sparked Miami over New Orleans 94-88 in over-time, and James Harden scored 18 of his 20 points in the second half to lift the host Houston Rockets over the San Antonio Spurs 88-84. Kyrie Irving and Love, the players the Cavaliers were without because of injuries during the Finals, combined to shoot 0 for 11 from 3-point range.
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James better hope the Cavs get “fine” before February, as they will meet the Warriors again, this time in Cleveland, on January 18, Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Hardly. When asked about a play where Andre Iguodala got tangled up on the floor with Dellavedova in the first half and seemed to get in an extra shot as the Aussie was getting up, the backup point guard stared at this reporter and said, “I don’t know what you’re talking about”. “They had the tempo where they wanted it. And for us to win that game it shows we can win any type of game”. “We just show our versatility and try to win different ways”. The Cavaliers defended Stephen Curry as well as humanly possible (19 points), hounded the Warriors perimeter players to force hard shots (such as the James block of Klay Thompson below), and did an admirable job in transition (allowing only 14 fast break points when they average 21.4).
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Instead of doing it with 3-pointers, defending champion Golden State maintained its edge over Cleveland by limiting the Cavaliers to 32 percent shooting. The Warriors have been held under 100 points at home for the 1st time in additional than a yr within the usual season, nevertheless it took place 5 times within the playoffs.
LeBron James scored 25 points to lead the Cavaliers, but it was not enough as their run of six successive wins came to an end. They had their six-game winning streak snapped. “…We want to play well, going against a great caliber team, the best team in our league right now, but it’s not like the season ends if we lose or if we win, or whatever the case may be”. We were getting shots.
While Cleveland was never going to play him a Herculean 46 minutes like they did in last year’s Finals, James clearly picked his game up a notch playing in the most important regular season game of the year.
Curry finished the rally with a 29-foot three-pointer that gave the Warriors a 24-15 lead with 2:15 to play in the quarter.
James responded with a pair of dunks and a blocked shot on Thompson before Love’s tip-in made the score 81-77 with slightly more than two minutes to play. This is now the third loss (counting prior losses to the Milwaukee Bucks and Detroit Pistons) in which free throw shooting may have cost the Cavs the game, and everyone from Cleveland to Oakland will be bemoaning James’ 1-of-4 effort from the line in the fourth quarter, which included a missed pair that could have made it a two-point game with only a few minutes remaining.
Everyone, that is, except for Warriors center Andrew Bogut.
Friday’s game started a Miami’s first and only stretch of four contests in five days this season.
The Golden State Warriors, 89. G Shaun Livingston scored a season-high 16 points off the bench…. “The next one, he was deep and (Duncan) was all over him and he made a great shot”.
“It’s one of those nights”, Love said.
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Curry went back to the locker room in the second quarter to get his strained right calf re-taped. “I should be back healthy come Tuesday”. Walton said he is always concerned when his star has any injury but Curry said this will not be a long-term issue.
