James passes Jordan, Cavs back in Finals with 135-102 win

The Golden State Warriors would love to start the series off with a game one win to remove some of the pressure of being the heavy favorites.

The 40-year-old Lue was rewarded with a contract extension after the Cavs’ championship run last June for the city’s first major sports title in 52 years. Cleveland continued making history and lead 75-57, setting another franchise record for most points in a half of a postseason game. They smacked around the Celtics in Game 1, winning 117-104. Previous year in the Finals, LeBron was able to freelance much more, playing off Draymond Green and then on the pick-and-roll, LeBron was able to bottle up Stephen Curry from raining threes or driving. If the Celtics had won, Bird and Johnson would both have four career National Basketball Association titles, and Bird would have beaten Magic in two out of three Finals meetings. Cleveland overcame a 3-1 Finals deficit to the Warriors, and now the teams are preparing to face off for a third straight year.

There’s no real way to quantify how much fun a team has, you can just tell by watching them play. So you have to appreciate it. …

“We need the best possible player that’s gonna help us win, and I’m with that”, Thomas said, via ESPN.

Already, the back-and-forth is underway. Boston won the first matchup in 1984, but the Lakers would even things up the following year. The Cleveland Cavaliers have won 10 of their last 15 road games.

The rubber match. The trilogy. But there’s also a clear respect level between the clubs as well. Last year James was able to complete his quest.

On July 4, with a 351-word post on The Players’ Tribune, Durant announced he was joining the Warriors. Despite the fact that the Cavs will be underdogs in that potential series, Lue believes that the offense of the team’s current opponent, the Boston Celtics, has an offense that’s more hard to plan for than that of the high-powered Warriors. “We have to be ready for the challenge”.

Now, Brown will be facing James as an opponent in the finals.

James, Irving and Love took command from the opening tip-off on Thursday.

“I wear the number because of Mike”, James said.

They’ll collide again, starting next week. The anticipation only grew when the 73-win Warriors added Kevin Durant in free agency. Even if you’re not impressed with Golden State’s playoff run in the West, consider this – the Big 4, when healthy, have played 16 games together dating back nearly four months.

“It’s a little different, definitely”.

“As the stakes get higher and higher, his game gets higher and higher, but (his performance in game four) was nothing surprising for me”.

But the Cavaliers superstar says his pursuit is about leaving a legacy to motivate the next generation of players. They’ve been super-impressive. It’s kind of in our minds that that’s who we were going to see.

Cleveland’s 75 first-half points were the most in an National Basketball Association play-off game half since 2003 and gave them an 18-point cushion. How will Cleveland try to contain Curry?

Cleveland’s Chosen One also thinks so. “I did pretty much everything that MJ did when I was a kid”.

The first game of the best-of-seven finals is slated for Thursday, June 1, United States time, which means Australian fans can catch it on Friday, June 2.

Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James (23) sticks his tongue out during a media timeout during the second quarter of game five of the Eastern conference finals of the NBA Playoffs against the Boston Celtics at the TD Garden.

Golden State swept their second round opponent, the Utah Jazz, and their conference finals opponent, the Spurs.