
The Warriors averaged just 2. Here is a look back at the last three Finals showdowns. This is the fourth consecutive match up between the teams. There are a heap of storylines that could play out in this match, but LeBron James and Steph Curry are the key men – and whichever team defends better will take the victory. In the Warriors’ win, the Cavs shot 7-for-34 (2-for-13 from 3-point range) in the last 12 seconds of the shot clock. The Golden State Warriors and Cleveland Cavaliers square off again in the NBA Finals. The Warriors only scored 11 points in the first quarter, and in such a high-pressure situation it is a long way back for any team from there. Of course, it doesn’t help having Bogut on the sidelines at this point and it seems Golden State don’t really know what defensive structure they want to use.Ĭleveland need to start in exactly the same fashion they started Game 6 – fast. CLEVELAND (AP) Stephen Curry scored 33 points - topping 30 for a career-best ninth consecutive game - and the Golden State Warriors pulled away for a. LeBron is leading the way in all the major stats, making it tough for the Warriors to compete. The two teams played each other four times in the NBA Finals from 2015-18, although many of the players from those rosters are long gone.

Missing Andrew Bogut inside is a big blow, and the way Kyrie Irving has played has seen Curry in foul trouble more than once, being fouled out in Game 6.
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Golden State must not only find a way around the defence, but slow down the LeBron James show. 2016-nba-finals-cavaliers-vs-warriors-game-7-june-19-2016 Scanner Internet Archive HTML5 Uploader 1.6.4. Meanwhile Draymond Green and Harrison Barnes have been lazy on offence, and apart from Leandro Barbossa they have got very little from the bench.
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It’s finals basketball, and every team will lift their game on defence, meaning shots that fell during the regular season aren’t going to fall now. And one gigantic potentially epic basketball game remains in the 2015-16 NBA season. 7 of the 2016 NBA Finals, the series where LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers overcame a 31 deficit against the seventy-three-win Golden State. They are settling for shots they shouldn’t, even with the splash brothers Klay Thompson and Steph Curry on court. A lot of this though isn’t even down to the defence – it is just poor options on offence. In fact, Golden State only shoot 40 per cent, compared to Cleveland’s 52 per cent. The Cavaliers’ defence has been incredible, forcing the Warriors into a mountain of bad shots. LeBron James cradled the shiny gold trophy and struggled to sum up what might be his sweetest championship yet, the one he is so proudly bringing home to his native northeast Ohio just as he promised to do when he returned to the Cavaliers two summers. Replay: NBA Finals Game 7 Cavs vs Warriors. Game 6: Cavaliers 115 defeat Warriors 101 1ST QUARTER 2ND QUARTER 3RD QUARTER 4TH QUARTER. Game 5: Warriors 97 defeated by Cavaliers 112

Game 4: Cavlaliers 97 defeated by Warriors 108
