Posted on 06/10/2016 10:00:42 PM PDT by nickcarraway
The Warriors are one win away from posting back-to-back NBA championships.
Powered by a second-half comeback, the defending champions vanquished the Cavaliers 108-97 Friday night in Game 4 of the NBA Finals at Quicken Loans Arena.
The victory gives the Warriors a 3-1 lead in the best-of-seven series. They can close it out Monday night with a win in Game 5.
Four Warriors scored in double figures, with Stephen Curry pouring in 38 points to lead the way. Klay Thompson put in 25, with Harrison Barnes tossing in 14 and Andre Iguodala adding 10 off the bench.
The Warriors were 17-of-36 from 3-point distance, while holding the Cavs to 6-of-25 behind the stripe in dealing Cleveland its first home loss of the postseason.
In a game that featured 18 lead changes and 14 ties, the Warriors trailed by as much as eight before coming back to outscore the Cavs 58-42 in the second half.
Kyrie Irving scored 34 points to lead Cleveland, while LeBron James totaled 21 points, 13 rebounds and nine assists. STANDOUT PERFORMER NBA Finals: Warriors Beat Up on Cavaliers in Game 2 The Splash Brothers opened the doors, and their teammates followed.
Curry’s line: 38 points (11-of-25 from the field (7-of-13 from beyond the 3-point stripe), six assists and five rebounds. He played 37 minutes and was plus-11 for the game.
Thompson’s line: 23 points (7-of-14, 4-of-9) and four rebounds. He played 39 minutes and was plus-11.
Green’s line: 9 points (2-of-8, 0-of-3), team-high 12 rebounds, four assists, three blocked shots and two steals. He played 42 minutes and was plus-15.
Barnes’ line: 14 points (5-of-11, 4-of-5), eight rebounds and two assists. He played 40 minutes and was plus-6. TURNING POINT
After James slammed through a follow shot to give Cleveland an 83-81 lead with 10:21 remaining, the Warriors went on a 12-1 run to go up 93-84 with 5:56 remaining.
The run was punctuated by a Barnes 3-pointer, which forced a Cavs timeout. Cleveland never got closer than seven the rest of the game.
INJURY REPORT
Warriors: F Kevon Looney (L hip surgery) was listed as out and, along with F Brandon Rush (healthy), placed on the inactive list. Cavaliers: F Kevin Love (concussion) was listed as questionable prior to clearing NBA Concussion Protocol and being declared active one hour before tipoff. C Sasha Kaun (healthy) and G Jordan McRae (healthy) were placed on the inactive list.
WHAT’S NEXT
Game 5 is set for Monday night at Oracle Arena. Tipoff is scheduled for 6 p.m. PDT.
Sweeeeeeet!
Huh? Since when does back to back championships with a record setting record in the regular season indicate a mediocre coach?
Or did I miss your sarcasm
“LeBron was stupid to fire a winning coach.”
LeBron is stupid.
Not to mention the NBA's stupid "star system" of getting calls from referees. In 2014, Steph Curry still wasn't a "star" yet, so the Clippers could do whatever they wanted.
By the way, Kerr barely coached 1/2 the games this year. Luke Walton did.
Are the Warriors the best b-ball team ever or what?
Yes probably happens in earlier playoffs. One time the Boston Bruins and Celtics were both in the playoffs, I believe, and they shared the (old) Boston Garden. The parquet basketball floor had some condensation show up because the ice was still under it.
So you complain because the spent enough time in practice to know what to do on the court.
Even if he didn’t have to do much in some games he has done the right things at the right time to get them where they are now
Just ask Le Bron if having good players is enough
Jackson was a decent coach but he is the worst announcer of all-time. Not to mention consciously blind when it comes to seeing a foul. Last night alone he remarked, I don’t see any contact there” on two separate calls that were obvious to even Stevie Wonder. He is a Lebron lover and a Van Gundy hater. I can’t stand that guy. Seriously Nick that team has 11 -12 fist round draft picks on it. How hard do you think it is to coach that kind of talent?
The old Boston Garden did it and I am sure Madison Square Garden has that issue to.
Bulls were better
I heard a couple weeks ago that the democrats lose if the Western Conference team wins!! Go, Stephen Curry and the Warriors! If Golden States wraps up the series at home Monday night, then the Cavaliers’ Quicken Loans Arena can proceed with Trump’s convention preparations.
BTW, I’m a rather beleaguered Boston Celtics’ fan, although I do appreciate the outstanding team play of Golden State!!
2013-14 53-31 2nd in Pacific Division, 6th in Western Conference, Lost in 1st round of playoffs, Coach: Jackson
2014-15 67-15 1st in Pacific Division, 1st in Western Conference, Won Championship, Coach: Kerr
2015-16 73-9 1st in Pacific Division, 1st in Western Conference, Won Championship, Coach: Kerr
You have different meanings for the word mediocre and the phase “hitting on all cylinders” than people who live in the real world.
anyone watching ?
why do we all root against CLEVE in round ball ?
Go Browns.
I watched some of the game, I was rooting against Golden State. Nice to see Cleveland win, I was expecting GS to put the hammer down.
I also checked out the new political themed show on CBS “Braindead”, no it’s not about Joe Biden it’s about alien(?) ants or something crawling inside the ears of members of Congress and staffers and taking over their bodies. Mary Elizabeth Winstead is kinda tasty. I shouldn’t be surprised but they didn’t even get 5 minutes in before attacking Republicans.
Tanking White Sox were down 7-0 early in this game, tie it in the 9th force extras against the Tigers.
I thought about watching “Brain Dead”, but as with any political show, they almost always portray the REAL Brain Dead Democrats as heroes. I passed, even with cutie MEW.
Only reason I did frankly, it sounded stupid to me. She quite resembles Jessica Stroup, though google doesn’t agree.
I missed a good a deal of deal of the middle of the episode but synopsis
Her brother is a doucehy looking rat Senator played by Danny Pino, she’s a documentary filmmaker who hates politics but agrees to work on his staff if their dad will fund her movie.
Tony Shaloub is douchey lush Republican Senator. Shaloub’s staff guy is another main character.
There’s a government shutdown situation that the show was directly blaming Republicans for. It may not be too bad but I saw enough to know the tenor of the show will be anti-Republican, it’s from the people behind “The Good Wife”, which I used to watch but stopped. They played a little real news in the background with Hillary and Trump and Sanders.
Well anyway, Mary’s brother and Shaloub make a budget deal, then after he passes out drunk the ants crawl in Shaloub’s ear and the next day he cancels the deal and instead entices a rat Senator from Maine to switch parties, breaking a 50-50 tie and giving Republicans the majority and forcing Pino to switch to a crappier office.
The bugs I guess came from a meteor that gets shipped to a DC lab, a scientist dies, possibly because he was stupid enough to get his mind taken over like all the poltical people. Everyone infected starts playing some 80’s song. At the end they show they got a staffer in Pino’s office.
Verdict: Meh
Sox win in 12!
Reading the description, it sounds even stupider than I thought. Winstead resembles Odette Yustman Annable more than the other girl you cited, who looks like a mix of several people (including Katie Holmes), though with blue eyes.
what time it is ... it is 5a.m. EDT
Holy crap! Lebron had a monster Game 6.
And Stephan Curry fouled out early and got ejected simultaneously. Epic meltdown.
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