The saga of the game 3 woes have continued now for the Golden State Warriors. The Cleveland Cavaliers have jumped back into the series with the Warriors fourth loss in game 3’s this postseason.
Cleveland controlled the game from beginning to end, without skipping a step. Anytime the Warriors seemed to be gaining life on offense, the Cavaliers shut them down with lights out shooting.
“We weren’t tough enough,” said Warriors head coach Steve Kerr in a postgame interview. “We can’t be soft in game four if we want to win.”
The Warriors looked befuddled on the court all night, watching the Cavaliers hit shot after shot and playing lights out defense that was non-existent in games one and two.
“They came out like their season was on the line,” said Warriors forward Draymond Green in a postgame interview. “We came out like peaches and cream.”
One of the bright spots for the Warriors was their bench. Down 20 (33-13) in the first quarter, they brought them back to within eight points at halftime. However, the comeback was short lived as the Cavaliers came out and dominated the second half, which left the Warriors floundering.
“We were turning the ball over like crazy, we played soft,” Kerr said. “We fought back and were only down eight at the half, but it is going to take more than an effort like that to win a finals game.”
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In the second half the Warriors valiant effort at trying to come back was slammed shut by the Cavaliers, who forced
The defining stats of the game were the Cavaliers out rebounding the Warriors 52-32 and scoring 34 points off of 18 Warrior turnovers.
“We are all to blame, we win together, we lose together,” said Warriors guard Klay Thompson in a postgame interview. “That’s on us and we are going to come out much better on Friday.”
The Cavaliers stars came to play on Wednesday night with the absence of Kevin Love due to concussion, Lebron James scored 32 points and Kyrie Irving scored 30, 16 of which came in the first quarter.
Warriors guard Steph Curry struggles in the finals continued on Wednesday and hit a new low in the first half. By halftime, Curry only had two points and into the third quarter he had double the number of turnovers than points (two points, four turnovers).
“It was all on me,” said Curry in a postgame interview. “They were playing aggressive defense and they came out with a big punch. I didn’t do anything about it or play my game.”
Curry, Thompson and Green all said the team fell flat tonight and the Cavaliers flat outplayed them.
“Not the way we wanted the night to go,” Curry said. “But we have a great opportunity on Friday to take control of the series.”
Despite the loss, the Warriors still lead the series 2-1 and have a chance to take a commanding 3-1 lead home with a win on Friday.
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