In Games 1-3, Golden State averaged 33.0 transition points.
As the final seconds ticked off, Cleveland fans chanted "Cavs in 7". But they want to end this now because the longer this series goes, the worse it fares for Golden State.
Late in Game 4 a year ago, Green swiped at LeBron James' groin and was subsequently given a flagrant foul. They were lucky that the Cavaliers missed eight of those free throws or else it could have been even more ugly.
Prior to Friday night, the Cavaliers had made 18 three-pointers thrice - against the Miami Heat, the Boston Celtics and the Warriors - and lost all three games.
A year ago against a similarly unsafe but less powerful Warriors team the Cavaliers didn't get to the brink of elimination until Game 5.
OK, so we didn't get to see the first 16-0 championship run in National Basketball Association history.
"We're human beings, and all of us, when things are going well, there's a certain kind of erosion (in focus)".
Golden State clawed within seven, but then the Warriors began fouling and Kerr got nailed with his technical - one of seven in the game. "I want to see how it feels to win at home", he said.
"It was a miserable night, and we could never get a foothold".
They couldn't do it in this same situation a year ago.
January 16, 2017; Oakland, CA, USA; Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry (30) celebrates in front of Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James (23) during the second quarter at Oracle Arena.
The Cavaliers stopped Golden State's ideal postseason and maybe started another comeback.
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Warriors: Were trying to become the first team to complete a postseason unbeaten.
The Cavaliers are still alive and have a chance to do what no other team has ever done in the National Basketball Association playoffs - rally from a 3-0 deficit.
There were a lot of them set tonight by the Cleveland Cavaliers in an absolutely magnificent performance.
Though the Warriors still managed to score 116 points, they didn't get anywhere near their usual scoring production out of Curry, who finished with 14 points on just 4-of-13 shooting.
Both sides know the history, the Warriors squandering a 3-1 series lead past year as the Cavaliers made the greatest comeback in Finals history.
"When you have home court ideally you take care of business at home and get a split on the road". Clearly, Cleveland understands what it takes to frustrate the Warriors just enough. "But last year is last year, this year is this year".
Draymond Green, a player in the league known first second and third for the ferocity with which he plays the game could not match the physicality with which Kevin Love played on Friday. They know all too well that championships aren't just handed to you, no matter how much more talented you are than your opponent. "But we'll go back and tee it up again".
The Cavaliers had 86 points at halftime and led by 24 during a physical and at times poorly officiated game while handing the Warriors their first loss of the postseason.
"That first quarter, they came out and hit us with that awesome punch", Durant said. Golden State could've been the first team in history to go undefeated in the playoffs.
Now the Warriors have a 3-1 lead as the series returns to the Bay Area. In all, five players committed technical fouls in the third - James and Iman Shumpert from the Cavaliers and Kevin Durant, Green and Zaza Pachulia from the Warriors.
James shrugged off unbeaten runs and celebration talk and just kept his mind on the moment.
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