LeBron James Sets 2 NBA Finals Records In Game 3

No team in NBA play-off history has ever rallied from a 3-0 deficit to win a series, although the Cavaliers did become the first team in NBA Finals history to rally from a 3-1 hole to swipe the crown from Golden State a year ago.

CLEVELAND (AP) - Kevin Durant released his deep shot, the one he always makes in his dreams. "This has been the best team in our league the last three years".

The three-point dagger over James was exactly the type of play the Warriors must have had in mind when they signed Durant last July in hopes of avenging their 2016 NBA Finals loss to the Cavaliers.

"He doesn't have a ring yet", Warriors coach Steve Kerr said before the game. "Obviously you never know what's going to happen, but as it stands right now, they look pretty good, as far as the future".

Kerr has talked about Durant sensing that this is his moment and his time.

The Warriors had trailed the defending champions for much of the second half but used a late surge to secure a 15th straight win, the longest postseason streak for any team in the four major United States professional sports.

The Warriors beat Cleveland on Wednesday night to take a 3-0 NBA Finals lead. Not team has ever overcome a 3-0 deficit. "I mean, guys are loving the game, our fans love the game". "Anything can happen. So I don't want to relax or feel like it's over, it's not".

Klay Thompson added 30 points and Stephen Curry had 26 for the Warriors, who are one win from their second title in three years.

The Warriors thought they were carving out their place in history when they set a record with 73 wins last season.

"They're definitely a different team than they were previous year that's definitely in full effect that we're all fully aware of", the Cavs' Kyrie Irving said.

"He's earned it. He's been in this league for a long time, and he's, I think, at the top of his game at the biggest time".

The Cavaliers are no match for these Warriors, not even with arguably the best player on the planet in LeBron James.

"All I was looking at was the bottom of the net", said Durant, a four-times scoring champion playing his first season with Golden State. "I saw he (James) was playing his heels behind the 3-point line".

"I've been working on that shot my whole life", said Durant, who has averaged 34 points through the first three games of the Finals. To see that go in, that was liberating, man.

When James finally won his first ring, beating Durant and the Thunder in 2012, most of the criticism went away.

The four-times MVP laid on the floor several seconds before being helped up.

After winning Games 1 and 2 by a combined 41 points at home, the Warriors had to scrap for all 48 minutes to take down the Cavs, who will need a similar effort to avoid being swept by a team with few weaknesses.

James understood the potential of this Golden State goliath with more firepower than perhaps anything the National Basketball Association has seen before. "This is probably the most firepower I've played in my career", James stated, "...