"He's been huge for our success the last three years, and they did a - they have done a great job of putting him in the game plan and neutralizing what he does best, and that's offensive rebound and giving us extra possessions", James said of Thompson afterwards. The only team to come back from a 3-1 deficit in the Finals, LeBron James and his buddies are basketball's high-wire, high-risk act with no net to break their fall.
"We're in a great spot and now we have to capitalize", Warriors coach Steve Kerr said. But that's our game.
"That's part of who we are", James said.
Golden State still leads the best-of-seven series 3-1 as we shift back to the Bay Area for Game 5 on Monday night.
As it turned out, he was absolutely right. The Cavaliers played one of the most spectacular Finals games of all time, winning 137-116, scoring a playoffs record of 86 points in the first half, and hitting a Finals record of 24 3s to extend the season to a Game 5 while the sport's most iconic player threw a dunk to himself off the backboard. "It's whatever you need to get yourself ready to play".
"I didn't hear it, but some of the other guys heard it and told me that they wanted to celebrate on our floor once again and they wanted to spray champagne in our locker rooms", James said.
Needless to say, Green was not afraid to call out the referees and overall game officiating that got out of hand. "You got the game [expletive] up with that one". But listen, at the end of the day we just got some resilient guys. He might want to zip it before and during Game 5 and, while maybe not improving on his 16 points and 14 rebounds, find a way to do better than 6-for-16 from the floor, along with the constant foul trouble and tightrope of technical fouls he's been walking. "We're going to respond but they aren't going to punk us".
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In the 58th minute, leading 9-3, winger Liam Williams failed to put Anthony Watson in when a try seemed certain. The Crusaders rarely got the ball and when they did they were not afforded the space to use it.
But Irving mentioned it and James said some players in the locker room had it on their minds. "I'm stressed out. Keep doing this every year". The Warriors are primarily looking to make the Cavs play one-on-one and stay at home on Cleveland's shooters.
Curry said he didn't have an answer for the question, and Durant stepped in to offer some advice for the reporter. "And here I am to talk about the game's officials, who somehow managed to make a mess of a game Cleveland would've won under pretty much any circumstances". "There's nothing malicious. Emotions are what keeps this game alive". It's the same phrase J.R. Smith had posted on his Twitter feed, which he said was hacked.
"Ain't no tech going to stop me from being me".
"Different team, man", Curry said. We shared the ball, we moved the ball and defensively we were physical. We were in attack mode, and it results in us having 49. Not after he dropped this zinger on the city he was about to leave late Friday: "I don't pay much attention to people in Cleveland, honestly". No team had ever squandered a 3-1 lead in the Finals and lost.
But if history somehow repeats itself, it actually would be a bigger collapse than past year since the Warriors led this series 3-0.
Kyrie Irving No.2 and Kevin Love No.0 of the Cleveland Cavaliers compete for position with Draymond Green No.23 and Zaza Pachulia No.27 of the Golden State Warriors in the second half in Game 4 of the 2017 NBA Finals at Quicken Loans Arena on Saturday in Cleveland, Ohio. "But we'll go back and tee it up again".
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