| Golden State leads, 2-0 ( Box Score )ĭraymond Green, the Warriors’ do-everything glue guy, scored a game-high 28 points, giving Golden State what appeared to be a commanding 2-0 series lead. Game 2: Warriors 110, Cavs 77 J| Oracle Arena, Oakland, Calif. Tom Ziller: Shaun Livingston’s throwback game still works beautifully in this era Mike Prada: In stopping the Splash Brothers, the Cavaliers forgot the basics Or maybe, we already know too much.” - The Warriors find yet another way to beat the Cavaliers Once again we were reminded that nobody knows anything. If that was the only strange occurrence in Game 1 of the NBA Finals then maybe we could start to figure things out. Paul Flannery: “The two-time Most Valuable Player couldn't make a shot and the seventh man who couldn't buy a basket in the previous round suddenly couldn't miss.
Golden State jumped to a 1-0 series lead over the visiting Cavaliers on the back of Shaun Livingston, whose 20 points equaled Steph Curry and Klay Thompson’s combined total and doubled that of Cleveland’s entire bench. Game 1: Warriors 104, Cavs 89 J| Oracle Arena, Oakland, Calif. Relive how it was decided, with the best of SB Nation’s NBA coverage from each game. But even if it’s too early to write the history book on their rivalry, the 2016 chapter is closed. Just like the previous two seasons (and perhaps for several more), one of these two teams will be crowned NBA champions. But winning, defying odds that stretched three games and 52 years, that required LeBron James, Kyrie Irving, and the rest of the Cavaliers to ascend with remarkable individual and team performances, becoming the league’s first champions in nearly four decades to win Game 7 of the NBA Finals on the road. Failure is easy: You literally don’t need to do anything. It didn’t happen because the Warriors stumbled. But perhaps once our memories (and the memes) fade, the winners can finally write their own history, allowing the next generation of basketball fans to view this series through the lens it deserves. Yes, the Golden State Warriors set a regular-season record with 73 wins with the NBA’s first unanimous MVP only to blow a 3-1 lead in the 2016 NBA Finals.
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