Curry urged teammates to just be themselves vs Cavs

LeBron James and Kevin Durant have had markedly different careers in the postseason, but if we compare their regular-season careers by age, we see that Durant’s first ten seasons in the National Basketball Association have been nearly identical to LeBron’s first ten, right down to the peaks and valleys. Everything the singer did while she watched the Cleveland Cavaliers take on the Golden State Warriors was given play-by-play coverage.

Struggling with turnovers and defensive communication, the defending NBA champion Cleveland Cavaliers are counting on learning from their mistakes to fight their way back in the NBA Finals. “Golden State wants a finesse game”. “We’ve got to do a better job of taking that away”.

The Warriors started the second half on 13-0 run, complete with a ridiculous Zaza Pachulia three-point play, and the Warriors started to break the game open getting up by 20. Curry had previously told reporters the sleeve was a response to elbow swelling he’s been dealing with.

“We could be a lot better than we were tonight but, in the finals, you get the W (win), we’ll take it”, Warriors forward Kevin Durant said.

“And that’s our best effort to win this championship, is just be ourselves”.

So look for the Cavs to slow that part of the Warriors game down with some midcourt fouls to allow the Cavs to balance that end of the floor.

But for now, acting head coach Brown is planning on guiding the team for what could be their final home game of the campaign.

The NBA Finals provides a big stage for some serious trolls, as was evident early before Game 1 last night, but none may be better than this Cleveland Cavaliers fan going on a Bay Area TV station. You looked toward the crowd, toward Rihanna, was that on goal? Curry shot just 40 percent in the Finals a year ago and had more turnovers (30) than assists (26) as he nursed injuries to his knee and ankle.

“At the end of the day, people only care about his decision because of who he is”. Cleveland learned that the hard way in the opener, in which they turned the ball over 20 times, compared to Golden State’s four, leading to a 21-6 deficit in points off turnovers.

Thompson is under scrutiny because his offensive production has fallen dramatically during the Warriors’ 13-0 run through the playoffs, but he said, “If I score six points a game and it gets us four wins and an National Basketball Association championship, I can do that every year”.

The Warriors? Man, they sure run a handsome offense. The Game 1 loser, however, has won four of the last six Finals series entering 2017.

Those two plays happened in the first half.

“You can not simulate what they bring to the table”.

As Warriors sixth man Andre Iguodala said, “I think that’s why people enjoy watching us play“. “So it’s great to get the first game up underneath us”. “If he can coach, when we make that determination, we’ll let everyone know”.

“You are talking one of the best players in the game”, Draymond Green said. “The only way you get out in transition and get those [easy] baskets is if we get stops”, he said. And there is no doubt he would have been eager to go against the team that jettisoned him to the Mavericks to make room for Durant.