The series shifts to Cleveland! This is the 1st half open thread of Game 3 of the 2018 NBA Finals. Leave a comment below and share your thoughts on the game as it rolls on.
Q2
GSW 52 CLE 58
Wow. Cavs running away with this one in the quarter, but Kevin Durant says "not so fast" with 24 points for the Warriors. The big lead that was built from Cleveland this quarter was set up by good balance from the Cavs. Outside of LeBron, Kevin Love and J.R. Smith are in double figures. This was a nice quarter from K-Love overall. He's knocking down timely threes, scoring inside, and crashing offensive boards to give the Cavs some second chance opportunities. Speaking of boards, Cleveland outmuscled Golden State. If I remember hearing correctly, they have 27 total rebounds compared to Golden State's 15. Again, they're using that strength to bully the Warriors inside. Rodney Hood provided a good spark offensively for the Cavaliers with 6 points. I said it in last game, they have to play Hood as he's a better option than JC at this point and so far, the aforementioned 6 points off the bench. LeBron didn't have to do that much, which is a good sign as he's able to balance scoring and facilitating. The only blemish is that the Cavs don't have a trip to the free throw line yet. With the points inside and crashing the boards, you'd think they'd draw the Warriors in foul trouble. Hasn't been the case during the first half and that helps Golden State hang around. The Warriors are drawing contact on their end to get to the free throw line to go along with KD's 24-point performance at the half. The scary part is that Steph Curry and Klay Thompson haven't hit their strides. Also, Curry's in foul trouble with 3 fouls at the half. Perhaps the Cavs need to go harder to get those trips from the free throw line. Defensively, they're generating some turnovers, which they need to continue to do if they want to win this game and get back in this series. The 2nd half will open up shortly.
Q1
GSW 28 CLE 29
Strong finish by the Warriors to cap off the quarter. They started down 4-14. The Cavs were more aggressive and more physical to start to this game. Kevin Love opened things up with a three-pointer. LeBron and Tristan Thompson ate Golden State's defense alive from the inside, scoring and crashing the boards. But quickly, the Warriors flipped the script during those last few minutes. Klay Thompson and Kevin Durant knocked down the team's first two threes after starting ice cold from deep to help set up the run to cut Cleveland's lead to just one point.
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