Not done yet: James, Irving lead Cavs to Game 4 win

Kyrie Irving scored 40 points and LeBron James added 31 as the defending champion Cleveland Cavaliers spoiled Golden State's bid for a flawless playoff championship run on Friday, downing the Warriors 137-116 in the NBA Finals.

Game 5 will be Monday, June 12, as the Cavs aim to become the first team in National Basketball Association history to come back from a 0-3 deficit in the playoffs. Through three games Durant has averaged 32 points, 10 rebounds, and six assists per game, he hit the game-winner in Game 3, and on the other end he's been the Warriors best defender on LeBron.

So, Golden State is not unbeatable after all.

"If I could have the play over again, I would come off a three screen situation".

Cleveland: Kyrie Irving and LeBron James unleashed one of the NBA's greatest scoring onslaughts on Friday, powering Cleveland over Golden State 137-116 to end the Warriors' bid for a flawless playoff run. "It's to see. Because we played well in Game 3, and they were able to get that one as well", he added. "And just we obviously - we want 16 wins; it doesn't matter how we get there". "I can't be disappointed with the effort and how we played, but they made the plays down the stretch that we didn't execute defensively or offensively, and they took advantage of it".

But it's one they had to have, and a series that wasn't living up to its hype and seemed headed for a quick conclusion is California bound for Game 5 on Monday night.

The game gets worse as time goes on.

Durant's three-pointer over LeBron James head with just 45 seconds remaining gave the Warriors their first lead and silenced what had been a raucous home crowd. The only finals team down 3-0 to force a seventh game was the 1951 New York Knicks.

As the final seconds ticked off, Cleveland fans chanted "Cavs in 7". "We're going to keep scrapping".

And although he's on the cusp of being swept in the Finals - for the second time - by a team unequalled in today's game, James isn't envious of the Warriors for building a super power in sneakers.

"He knows this is his moment", Kerr said of Durant afterwards. At one point in the opening quarter, Durant accounted for 10 of Golden State's points in a row. Like I said, it was that kind of game. "Not going to overreact to one".

They look ready to play for many more.

National Basketball Association star LeBron James knows it is not going to be easy to turn the series around this time, "Obviously it's a dramatic situation to be in, but it is what it is and we got to get ready for Game 4". They constantly ask why he opts to pass to teammates, often for three-pointers, and wide-open ones at that, instead of taking the shot himself. "Not going to overreact to one", Curry told reporters.

Irving was flawless. He scored 40 points in 41 minutes on 15-of-27 shooting, including 7-of-12 from behind the arc.

Green was thought to have been ejected after recording a perceived second technical foul.

Later, Warriors center Zaza Pachulia was involved in a pileup of players in the foul lane and he delivered two swipes to Iman Shumpert's groin area as the referees tried to maintain control.

He was not ejected, but a fan was tossed for getting into a verbal altercation with the Warriors' bench.

If not for their meltdown past year, the Warriors, whose record-setting 73-win season got lost in the Finals aftermath, would be looking for a third straight crown. 49 points in the first quarter is way too much.

However, Green apparently didn't share what he said to Durant in that phone call. "They would all kill us".

The previous record for a quarter was 47, set in 1984, by the Los Angeles Lakers against the Boston Celtics in the third. Comedian Kevin Hart and National Football League star Odell Beckham Jr. were among the courtside celebrities. They've won 30 of their last 31 games dating back to the regular season.

"Not something I'm thinking about", he said. And that was my barometer. I'm sorry I didn't go for 102....

And if the Kyrie Irving of Games 3 and 4 shows up for the rest of the NBA Finals, who knows what could happen. "I don't stink anymore.". He also jumped over Michael Jordan for third on the all-time NBA Finals scoring list, and he passed Jordan for the most made free throws ever in the playoffs. But the Lakers lost Finals Game 1 to IN before ripping off four more wins. General manager David Griffin's contract expires after the season, and it's not clear if he will be re-signed by owner Dan Gilbert.