ORACLE ARENA, OAKLAND, CA — This is a continuation of the halftime recap of the Cleveland Cavaliers at the Golden State Warriors.
Kevin Love did not return, hampered with back soreness.
Q3: Flame Out
The Warriors stayed hot out of the gate, as Zaza Pachulia found Klay Thompson for a catch-and-shoot triple from the right corner…
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…then after a bad pass by Kyrie Irving, Kevin Durant found Stephen Curry on the right wing for a splash, prompting Cavs head coach Tyronn Lue to call timeout as Golden State took an 84-49 lead with 10:48 remaining:
https://twitter.com/bballbreakdown/status/821182915258118144/video/1
Later, Durant snuffed out a LeBron James drive…
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…but the Warriors couldn’t capitalize as Curry missed a jumper, then Iman Shumpert hit a triple.
A few possessions after that, Klay hit a trey from the right wing on a catch-and-pivot, but Kyle Korver answered with three of his own and Draymond Green picked up his fourth personal foul.
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Steph added another triple to help the Warriors go up, 92-58.
Green got his fifth block of the night on a Tristan Thompson drive…
https://twitter.com/warriors/status/821188256519704576/video/1
…Curry made a careless turnover, and Warriors head coach Steve Kerr called a timeout as things got a little sloppy.
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Later, James got a bucket, Irving spun and faded on Curry for two more, and after Durant missed a high-degree-of-difficulty pull-up over LeBron late in the shotclock, Irving made a “hesi” move on Steph, drove down the right side, and got the layup plus an and-one.
After Ian Clark came in a stripped the ball for a steal, he found Curry on the left wing but Steph changed his pivot feet while trying to drive on James for yet another turnover.
Kyrie drilled a three, and the Cavs made things a little more respectable, trailing 94-71.
Closing out the quarter, Green drew a foul on a drive with 49.7 seconds to play, Curry missed a drive, but the Cavs lost the ball on the break, and Steph missed from the deep left wing at the buzzer, Golden State taking a 96-71 lead into the final frame.
Q4:
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