Cavaliers fans were chanting, "Cavs in seven" in the final minutes.
But the Warriors have added four-time scoring champion Kevin Durant since last year's Finals meltdown and are not going to let past results shatter their confidence.
Cleveland Cavaliers fans gather at The Quicken Loans Arena to watch Game 4 of the NBA Finals between the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Golden State Warriors in Cleveland, Ohio.
But until the Cavs did it previous year, no team had ever rallied from a 3-1 deficit to win the Finals.
At one point, it was announced that Green had been given his second technical foul, and security came onto the floor to usher the volatile forward to the locker room.
Golden State still leads the best-of-seven title series 3-1 and can claim the trophy at home on Monday.
Durant, still one win from the coveted championship he left Oklahoma City to get, scored 35 points but got little help from Stephen Curry, who scored 14 on 4-of-13 shooting. "Obviously I can play better and want to play better and will play better". We came out and this was as close to a 48-minute game as we played in the post-season.
Said Warriors head coach Steve Kerr of James and Irving: "They were phenomenal".
LeBron James finished with a triple double, totaling 31 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists. The Cavaliers won that game to start what became the biggest comeback in NBA Finals history.
No team has ever come back from a 3-0 deficit in the National Basketball Association playoffs.
If not for Cleveland's Kyle Korver missing a 3-pointer in the final minute of Game 3, the series would be 2-2.
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The Cavaliers, who past year made an unprecedented rally from a 3-1 Finals deficit to beat the Warriors, were physical right from the opening tip in what was easily the most emotionally-charged game of the series.
Curry said the Warriors will be ready to answer the Cavaliers raising their game. We understand that, but we just felt that we have gotten better each game.
He has won a road game in 29 consecutive series, another of his many National Basketball Association postseason records, but the challenge now is far greater than what the Cavs faced past year.
"When you have home court ideally you take care of business at home and get a split on the road". However, a technical assessed to him in the first half was actually called on Warriors coach Steve Kerr, leading to the confusion. "But last year is last year, this year is this year". I know my teammates do as well. "But we'll go back and tee it up again".
No team has escaped a 3-0 deficit to win an NBA playoff series in 126 tries and the Warriors can claim the crown by winning game five at home on Monday in Oakland, California, but the Cavs made the greatest NBA Finals comeback a year ago from 3-1 down to beat the Warriors. They don't figure to shoot as poorly again at home, nor should the Cavaliers expect to have a 39-point advantage from behind the arc.
The Warriors, leading the series 3-0, needed to win game four to clinch title glory and become the first ever side to go through the entire play-off campaign with a flawless record, but they came up against a Cavs team who were not ready to give up on their dream of retaining their crown.
"Sixteen and one sounds pretty damn good anyway", Thompson said. Forget about that undefeated talk. It's time to put on a show for our fans in Oakland and the rest of the Bay.
The Cavaliers stayed alive in the NBA Finals with a 137-116 victory in game four on Friday, which cut Golden State's series lead to 3-1.
Golden State Warriors' Stephen Curry speaks to reporters early Saturday, June 10, 2017, in Cleveland after the team's 137-116 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 4 of basketball's NBA Finals. Warriors' Zaza Pachulia is at left. The Cavaliers won 137-116.
Golden State Warriors' Draymond Green, right, drives to the basket against Cleveland Cavaliers' LeBron James during the second half of Game 4 of basketball's NBA Finals, Friday, June 9, 2017, in Cleveland.
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