Cavaliers vs. Warriors 2016 live stream
With those two combining for just 20 points, the Cleveland Cavaliers had to have come away with a victory, right?
Stephen Curry has already dismissed the debate about him versus LeBron James as being “really annoying”. They have guys who can bail them out in late-clock situations, but Lue would rather his team not get into those. Golden State is 3-5 all-time in Game 2 of the NBA Final and 3-2 at home, including a 95-93 overtime loss to the Cavs previous year….
The Cavaliers also committed 17 turnovers leading to 25 Warriors’ points, and Golden State’s bench outscored Cleveland’s 45-10.
James said the Cavaliers would have to come up with a different recipe for success in Game Two on Sunday.
“Obviously a year ago in The Finals I think we won three in a row and kind of figured that out”. “When you’re playing against a team this great, you can not make mistakes or you have to limit your mistakes”. They not only dominated, but the difference between the benches was one of the main reasons why the Warriors beat the Cavs in Game 1.
But it’s not all on James. And then you’ve got to post Kevin (Love), you’ve got to post LeBron against those mismatches.
What the Cleveland needs to do is stay focused and steady.
Iguodala, 32, has been called “the adult in the room” by Golden State coach Steve Kerr, and he kept his typical cool in the opener when Cleveland’s Matthew Dellavedova struck him in the groin while committing a foul. Still, here are few things takeaways from Game 1 that help explain what happened and what to look for when the series resumes. The Cavs, who had been the hottest 3-point shooting team in the playoffs, at 43.4 percent, were at 33.3 percent in Game 1.
“It’s amusing, we showed the team that today. So we’ve got to continue to keep length on him and try to make it harder and be more physical with him”. We missed nine-point-blank layups when no one was around. “We’ve got to be able to finish those shots around the basket”.
There should be plenty more jaw-dropping highlights in this year’s finals with the Cavs zipping around in small-ball fashion as opposed to the slow, archaic style they played last season.
In general, the only Warrior off the bench who was consistently high-impact was the great Igoudala, who is a bench player in name only and who in fact started Game 7.
“I’m looking forward to the film session and seeing ways we can get better going into Game 2”, James said. If this were last season, we’d be talking about the obvious disconnect between James and David Blatt, about the Cavs’ floor general taking yet another swipe at his beleaguered coach. I think the Cavs will bounce back and play much better in Game 2, but I still have the Warriors winning by single digits. “You look at the statistics and it speaks volumes about how they came in, pushed the pace and made some tough shots and some easy shots, scored points in transition, got their crowd into it. We just have to limit those guys coming in and have an aggressive mindset with our second unit as well”.
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If it comes in Game 2, that could set the Warriors up to be strongly in the driver’s seat for their second straight championship.