The Warriors lead the best-of-7 NBA Finals 2017 series 3-1 after the Cavaliers won 137-116 in Game 3 on Friday night.
Forward Kevin Durant was in sublime touch for the Warriors again as he claimed his first National Basketball Association title since controversially joining from the Oklahoma City Thunder over the off-season.
When Kevin Durant joined the Golden State Warriors last July, they were the definitive favorite to win the NBA Championship.
Durant, who will likely be crowned Finals MVP, finished with a team-high 39 points on 14-of-20 shooting.
The buyer purchased the tickets from a season-ticket holder on the team's official resale site Sunday night, ESPN said. For them, every game is Game 7 now, and I expect the same effort going forward.
Draymond Green #23 of the Golden State Warriors and LeBron James #23 of the Cleveland Cavaliers fall to the floor during the first half in Game 5 of the 2017 NBA Finals at ORACLE Arena on June 12, 2017 in Oakland, California.
Game 4 of the NBA Finals was just about everything the first two games hadn't been - physical, gritty, and even choppy at times - a tempo the Golden State Warriors didn't find too comforting, falling behind by 16 points after a record-setting 49-point first quarter by the Cleveland Cavaliers on Friday night. Whether it be battling back from a 3-1 deficit last season, to taking a shot with the championship on the line, or preventing the Cleveland Cavaliers from being swept with a massive 40 point performance in Game 4.
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"It's definitely fuelled us all year, just trying to keep that hunger to get back to the stage".
Durant normed 35.2 points, 8 rebounds, and 5.4 assists through the series, with his lowest-scoring ballgame coming in Game 3 with 31 points.
Yes, the NBA Finals are right where they were previous year and could still end with the same result.
For James, already a three-times champion, the loss puts him in rare company as only the fourth player to come up short in five NBA Finals.
Cleveland didn't play badly in Games 1 or 2 and still got shellacked by the Warriors in Oakland in both games. Too many things went right for Cleveland and wrong for Golden State in Game 4 to think that'll happen again. The Cavs offense stagnated during that stretch as Cleveland missed 9 of 11 shots from the field, turned the ball over three times and had two missed free throws from Kevin Love. However, one player who has actually been able to succeed somewhat in that task is veteran reserve Richard Jefferson, who reportedly begged Cavaliers head coach Tyronn Lue to take on that role. "They're so fast, they get out in transition". He didn't have a care in the world, didn't bother to get back on defense.
The game-changing spurt ended with a scuffle when Golden State's David West shoved Irving as he tried to grab the ball away. That was as close as the Cavs would get. Golden State went 11-0 during that stretch before Kerr returned for Game 2 of the NBA Finals.
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