QUICKEN LOANS ARENA, CLEVELAND, OH — This is a continuation of the halftime recap of the Golden State Warriors at the Cleveland Cavaliers, Game 6 of the 2016 NBA Finals.
The Cavs held a 59-43 lead at halftime.
3rd Quarter – Klay Late Rescue
The Warriors started the third quarter with three consecutive missed treys (Draymond Green, Klay Thompson on this poor choice…
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…and Harrison Barnes) and LeBron James finally capped everything off with a dunk after an offensive rebound by Tristan Thompson.
Stephen Curry then committed his fourth personal on a rebound by Kevin Love, with his coach Steve Kerr flabbergasted by why Curry would commit a foul in that instance. Kerr left Steph in, though.
After J.R. Smith hit a catch-and-shoot triple, Curry splashed from the left arc, courtesy of a nice pass from Green:
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Later, Andre Iguodala drove in and got fouled as the Red Sea parted then closed, but hobbled a bit on the landing. He had gotten slightly injured in the first half on the turnover to LeBron.
Klay finally hit a three from the right corner, but later missed a runner. Smith missed a three and Draymond went coast-to-coast for a layup past Thompson.
Cavs head coach Tyronn Lue called timeout as the Warriors got the Cavs’ lead to a respectable 70-51 with 6:53 remaining.
After the timeout and a couple of possessions, Curry drove in valiantly and drew this and-one layup:
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Irving hit another three, but Festus Ezeli managed to slam home a missed layup by Steph.
But James got a lefty layup after a swing pass that had the Warriors’ defense off-balance. Curry came back and dished a bounce pass that went off a Cavs player’s leg and, with no whistle for the kick-ball, LeBron went coast-to-coast for the slam dunk.
Kerr called timeout as the Cavs stretched their lead out to 76-57 with 4:38 to play.
Out of the timeout, Klay got a layup on a lead pass from Draymond, then after James drew free throws versus Ezeli, Klay finally swished a jumper on a dribble-and-pop iso from the right wing against Richard Jefferson.
James pulled up from three from the right arc, Curry made a bad pass in which he wanted a foul on Tristan Thompson, but Shaun Livingston eventually scored a running jumper.
After a Cavs shotclock violation on an airball by Smith, although Jefferson caught it then passed back too late to Smith, Klay hit this three on a pump fake:
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Jefferson missed a three, then with the Warriors offense stagnant, Green gave up the ball to Klay, who hit another triple late in the shotclock with really no choice.
James missed a trey, then Klay went lefty layup to pull the Warrriors to within single-digits, 80-71, heading into the final frame, after Smith missed back-rim on a deep three at the buzzer. That gave Klay 22 points. Curry had 25.
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(Photo: @letsgowarriors Instagram account via @bprijatel)
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