Warriors rout Spurs despite being not at their best

Compared to four for the Warriors.

“It’s great to get the first game up underneath us”.

“Keepin’ it simple man”, Curry said. We’ve got to figure out how to combat that, which is going to be a tough challenge for us. Overcommit to the lane, and their shooters will tee off from 3-point range. The Warriors can score enough on their own accord, so giving them extra possessions is almost a death sentence. “But we got to do a better job putting the ball in the basket”. Don’t expect Thompson to leave Golden State unless something drastic changes.

“We were victims of ourselves, for one”, he said.

And then this – Cleveland had nine fast-break points. Though Kevin McHale’s aggressive at-the-rim takedown of Kurt Rambis in the 1984 title matchup remains a quintessential moment in postseason lore (and swung that Celtics-Lakers series totally Boston’s way).

Game two is Sunday night Oakland. The Warriors have Thompson under contract for the next two years and the Warriors will still be able to give him a massive contract when that one’s up. Before the Cavs could blink, the Warriors had reeled off seven-straight points to open the third. While they deserve their share of blame for those turnovers, the Warriors length and activity played a big role as well, and they deserve credit for a defense that held the Cavs to 35 percent from the field along with those turnovers.

“You can not simulate what they bring to the table”, James, whose Cavaliers committed 20 turnovers in the loss, said after the game. KD also became the first player with at least 38 points and no turnovers in a Finals game since Shaquille O’Neal did so with 41 points on June 19, 2000. Durant is not Harrison Barnes or Jae Crowder, he’s a complete player and he has a chip on his shoulder.

Cavaliers coach Tyronn Lue dubbed the Warriors “the best I ever seen“, but added: “They’re playing good basketball”.

Maybe the Cleveland Cavaliers just forgot Kevin Durant was on the floor. Does he make that kind of play?

So in the action/reaction world of playoff series basketball, it’s Cleveland’s turn to react. It could have been even worse for the Cavaliers.

I think we know who really won this game. And the Cavaliers have a special bit of history on their side.

Stephen Curry’s Golden State Warriors didn’t face very much adversity in Game 1 of the 2017 NBA Finals.

Well OK, not exactlythese Warriors.

When Durant was asked if he looked back at Rihanna on goal after the shot, his teammate, Stephen Curry, shook his head and answered for him: “Don’t get in that trap”.