By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
The Warriors set an NBA Finals record with 17 3-pointers, the Cavs collapsed at the end and Steph Curry was once again his real self.
The two-time MVP found his long-range touch and scored 38 points, Klay Thompson added 25, and the Warriors rebounded from a big loss by beating the Cleveland Cavaliers 108-97 on Friday night in Game 4.
Curry had scored just 48 total points in the first three games but broke out with seven 3-pointers and Thompson, his Splash Brother, drained four as the Warriors took a commanding 3-1 lead in the series.
Golden State, which made history with a 73-win regular season, can become the seventh franchise to win consecutive titles with a victory in Game 5 on Monday night at rip-roaring Oracle Arena, where the Warriors are 50-3 this season.
“He’s Stephen Curry,” coach Steve Kerr said. “He’s the MVP for a reason. He doesn’t have the size and strength to dominate a game physically, so he has to dominate with his skill, and that’s not an easy thing to do because your shot sometimes isn’t going to go in. Tonight they went in.”
LeBron James flirted with the triple double (25 p., 13 r., 9 as.), Kyrie Irving scored 34 points for the Cavs, but never could turn things around in the end and what will be remembered by LeBron from this game will be this altercation with Draymond Green.