Should call for another great finals matchup.
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James has a much healthier squad around him compared to the ragtag group he led in last year’s battle with the title-winning Dubs.
LeBron James for Cleveland and two-time reigning MVP Stephen Curry for Golden State bring emotional and physical strengths as the National Basketball Association’s top stars. “I mean, that’s not a headline”.
James is 2-5 in his career in the finals, and Pluto says, “Some people hold that against him….” In his sixth straight NBA Finals, it will be tough for James to play any better than he did last June, when he averaged 35.8 points, 13.3 rebounds and 8.8 assists.
They had to travel and win against the Thunder on their home court just to survive.
The Warriors outscored the Thunder 29-12 in the third quarter with Curry leading the way and sinking consecutive three-pointers late.
“We never lost confidence and every game we just played with fearlessness and that confidence that we could get back to the Finals, however we had to get it done”, MVP Stephen Curry said after his 36-point performance in Monday night’s 96-88 clincher of the Western Conference finals. Some of the shots, there’s nothing that you can do about it. Better offense beats great defense any day.
Golden State won both regular season games, one by six points and one by 132-98, in which Warriors coach Steve Kerr refused to call the dogs off… or LeBron and team stopped playing.
Curry, fouled on a three-point attempt, made all three free-throws, then produced a three-pointer that put the Warriors up by 10 with 26.8 seconds to play. The Cavs have 202 in 14 games and are shooting at a better percentage (.434 to.403).
“They tried to grind us to a pulp previous year playing big”. “Organization-wise, it’s the same two teams”.
Both teams are viewing this year’s finals as an nearly completely different match-up, with the Cavaliers healthy and rested after facing little resistance in the first three rounds of the playoffs. “Most years against most teams I think [the Cavs] would have been favored”. “You don’t come in saying, ‘Oh, they’ve had more rest than us, we’re doomed.’ No, we’ll be just fine”. After defeating the Houston Rockets and the Portland Trail Blazers in five games, had to go to Game Seven to defeat the Oklahoma City Thunder to advance to the NBA Finals in back to back seasons.
Point guard Kyrie Irving added, “That’s our game”.
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Before Ayesha boarded a jet to Oklahoma City during the Western Conference finals, she hit the running man in celebration of getting another game closer to victory.
