ORACLE ARENA, OAKLAND, CA — This is a continuation of the halftime recap of the Cleveland Cavaliers at the Golden State Warriors, Game 2 of the 2016 NBA Finals.
The Warriors held a 52-44 lead at halftime.
3rd Quarter – Dray Day
Klay Thompson started the second half with a traveling violation and Kyrie Irving eventually ended the sequence with a layup, but Stephen Curry with a catch-and-shoot triple after setting a screen…
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…then Kevin Love lost the ball to Andrew Bogut and Draymond Green ended up on the floor with the ball and called timeout as he couldn’t find anyone open. Golden State’s lead was 55-46 with 10:05 remaining.
Out of the timeout, Green missed a jumper, but Andre Iguodala was there for the soaring slam putback, then later got a triple on a catch up top via Klay Thompson that put the Warriors up, 62-49, with 8:04 to play.
J.R. Smith found Kyrie Irving down low with a laser pass, after tracking down Irving’s missed jumper.
Leandro Barbosa hustled for his own miss on a banker, Richard Jefferson answered with a driving dunk, but Klay hit a catch-and-shoot from the top.
LeBron James missed a three, then after Iguodala crossed halfcourt, Barbosa cut to the hole on the right baseline, Smith edged toward Klay in the corner, which also drew Jefferson, and that left Barbosa with a wide-open layup:
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Cavs head coach Tyronn Lue took a timeout with 5:58 to go and the Warriors’ lead stretched to 67-53.
Out of the timeout, Iman Shumpert missed a three, then Iguodala and Green connected:
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James got called for two traveling violations in a row, Klay missed a fade, and LeBron got mad and came back with a slam dunk, bulldozing past the defense.
Later, James lost the ball as Klay poked it away, and late in the shotclock, Green pulled up on a dribble, Curry-style, over Jefferson:
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After an airball by LeBron…
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…a missed catch by Smith (the second time he took his eye off a swing pass)…
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…Draymond then added a runner from left to right, further imitating Steph, which gave him 28 points on the night.
Klay added an “and-one” on a cut past Smith, delivered by Green, LeBron answered with a three, but the Warriors played their vintage unselfish offense the next time down.
Green passed up an open three from the left wing, darting the ball down low to Shaun Livingston, who gave it up to Barbosa, who gave it up to Klay from the top, who drilled the catch-and-shoot for three more, all with 10.9 seconds to go.
LeBron missed a three from the left side at the buzzer, and the Warriors had a commanding 82-62 lead after three periods.
4th Quarter –
Curry hit a three from deep to start the final frame:
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Then after a Tristan Thompson miss, Steph threw a touchdown pass to Barbosa, Irving lost the ball to Barbosa, and “The Blur” scored another layup, giving the Warriors an 89-62 lead as Lue called another timeout with 10:12 left.
Out of the timeout, Andrew Bogut got his fifth block of the night, this time on Jefferson, and after Shaun Livingston threw an errant alley oop to Bogut, Barbosa disrupted a Jefferson dribble and, once again, got a touchdown layup, this time assisted by Livingston.
Eventually, Ian Clark replaced Barbosa with 7:37 remaining and Golden State up, 91-64.
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