“It’s two of the greatest words in the world, and that’s “Game Seven”, gushed LeBron James after his Cavaliers forced the decider on Thursday with a ruthless 115-101 Game Six win over the Warriors. It will also be James’ first NBA Championship with the team – he won twice with the Miami Heat – and the first time this season the Golden State Warriors will have lost three games in a row.
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“You’ve got to love that kind of environment and that battle, ” Curry said. That series only lasted six games, however.
Teams have swapped storylines.
Shots aren’t falling for the Warriors at the same rate they were in the regular season, stops aren’t coming like they were a couple of months ago either, the aches and pains are piling up and what looked like a sure-fire title not long ago is at best a shaky proposition now. Game 7 of the Finals is Sunday against the Cleveland Cavaliers, and Golden State is hoping being at home helps deliver a championship-saving elixir. History says Cleveland loses this game for that reason and plenty of others – The Drive, The Fumble, The Decision among them.
And after watching the ESPN film “Believeland” – which documents the close calls and heartbreak of Cleveland players and fans since that last championship – I will be rooting for the Cavs. “We’ve just got to come Sunday with the mindset of leave it all out there, every man on this team”.
“It’s on everybody’s shoulders”.
We will be cheering for LeBron to fulfill his promise and deliver Cleveland its first major-sport championship since the Browns wore the National Football League crown in pre-Super Bowl 1964. DubsOn7: Get full Warriors stories, videos, photos hereCurry isn’t the only member of the team a little lighter in the wallet.
Golden State, meanwhile, could suffer the worst choke in National Basketball Association history, squandering the trophy after three chances to win it. “And, let’s be frank, we were put in a pretty hard position in Game 5 without one of our best players (Green), and we didn’t respond well enough”.
The Warriors now talk of bringing the passion, anger and emotion that at the start of the week was the Cavaliers’ hot topic. “We’re going to need some emotions and some grit and toughness for that game”, Curry said. “We’re more mentally tough than letting two games not go our way put any doubt in our heads”. A tweet that users wont let her forget. “We can’t be on our heels and them be the aggressor”, Warriors guard Klay Thompson said. “I’ve got faith in this team”. We can’t be on our heels and them be the aggressor. Respect them, but never fear them.
We’ll hear about Prince James or we’ll hear about how Cleveland had no competition in the East or we’ll hear about a 2-6 career Finals record (as if hypothetically going 2-2, and winning the East only four times instead of eight, would somehow be more impressive than going 2-6).
But with passion has come problems for the Warriors.
A frustrated Stephen Curry was ejected from the game during the fourth quarter after receiving his 6th foul and throwing his mouthpiece into the crowd. Green’s ROI average during the playoffs is 0.85 – Overpaid.
“Play angry, but don’t play with so much emotion it takes you out of your focus. At least 100 of us”.
LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers have pushed the NBA Finals to their limit. The con artist previously had been arrested at the 2015 NBA All-Star Game slam dunk contest in Brooklyn, New York, according to the official.
“It hasn’t gone our way the last two”, Curry said.
“Give him credit. He’s making shots”.
James stressed defense as well.
“Play good offense, make him play in the half court, slow him down”, Livingston said Thursday. “Our antennas have to be up on every possession”.
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The Warriors run away with the title Sunday.
