LeBron, Cavs End Warriors Perfect Postseason Run In Game 4

“And it was another do-or-die game for us, and we had to leave it all out there”. And with their season on the line, they made seven more threes than any other team had made in a Finals game. And these teams appear to be getting exhausted of each other entering their 25th matchup in the last three years.

Lebron James passed Magic Johnson with the most triple-doubles in NBA Finals history, posting his ninth Friday night.

Well, then again, the highlight of the game may’ve been the Draymond Green second technical that wasn’t a second technical and was actually charged to coach Steve Kerr in the first half. “They were aggressive, but when everyone has two fouls, it’s hard to match the physicality”.

Game 5 is Monday at Oracle Arena in Oakland, California.

Going into this summer the Warriors have some work to do to keep the core intact.

“Believeland is not going to give up”, Cavs coach Tyronn Lue said. “We were ready to come out, especially me because that taste wouldn’t have been the same tonight if we would have lost on our home floor”. The game gets worse as time goes on.

The nearest an National Basketball Association champion has come to playoff perfection was the 2000-01 Los Angeles Lakers, who went 15-1.

The Warriors simply were overrun from the outset.

The Cavaliers’ first-half output beat the previous mark of 79 points set in 1985 by the Boston Celtics.

No lead feels safe against the Warriors, but the Cavaliers did their best in the first quarter to build a margin they could sustain.

The Cavaliers produced the highest-scoring half in NBA Finals history to seize a 86-68 half-time edge, powered by 28 points from Irving, 22 by James and 17 from Love.

Thompson: One game at a time. Not going to overreact to one.

Durant, still one win from the coveted championship he left Oklahoma City to get, scored 35 but got little help from Stephen Curry, who scored 14 on 4-for-13 shooting. “In the first quarter as a team we weren’t able to establish ourselves”. I never understand why people try to compare eras and say this team could’ve beaten this team, or could’ve beaten that team, or this player was better than that player.

Steph Curry has been here before. Kevin Love added 23 points and made six three-pointers.

Thompson: I was trying to get the offensive rebound for a putback but he jumped higher than me because he had a running start.

The defending champion Cavaliers snapped Golden State’s NBA-record post-season win streak at 15 games. Things were going Cleveland’s way. “You’ve got a freight train and a guy who’s the best in the world playing downhill like that”. He had eight points and four rebounds in Game 2, but was scoreless in Game 3. Not an easy line to work with considering how weird this series has been. In the third quarter, the Cavs hit their 19th 3 courtesy of old man Deron Williams.

A James 3-pointer put Cleveland ahead 115-96 entering the fourth quarter.

During the aftermath and review, Pachulia got into a heated argument with a loud courtside fan right near the Warrior bench.