Klay Thompson takes a hard knock to his left thigh or hip. Luckily, he was able to return in the subsequent quarter, but at the time the injury looked scary and painful. Right before the end of the quarter, Klay Thompson banged knees with Timofey Mozgov and limped off the court. The Cavaliers, riding a high from returning to their home court and playing in front of a compassionate crowd, came out of the gates blazing. The Warriors came out sluggish, at one point trailing 21-8 with 4:05 left in the first quarter. Here are some (very abbreviated) notes: First Quarter LeBron pulls the Kevin Garnett move, except in a much more intimate setting, and denies Curry the luxury of seeing the ball go through the hoop.Īnyways, tonight's game was rough. He grabs the ball, scoots in for the quick, meaningless layup, and-SMACK. You see Curry trying anything - something - to get himself going. It was all summed up by this one play, which occurred after a dead ball whistle. The Warriors came out flat, played uninspired basketball, and paid the price. Klay Thompson suffered an early thigh contusion, and finished with 10 points on 4-13 shooting, including 1-7 from behind the arc. Somehow, inexplicably, JR Smith was +33 for the game.įor the Warriors, Stephen Curry was the team's leading scorer with 19 points, but shot 6-13 from the field and just looked.off all night.He only managed two total points in the first half. Tristan Thompson had an impact on both sides of the floor as well, finishing +21 with 14 points and 13 rebounds (including seven offensive boards). The Cavs' dynamic duo out-hustled the Warriors as LeBron reclaimed his broken jumper. Kyrie Irving, finallly joining the fray, finished with 30 points, eight assists, and was also +24 in almost 37 minutes of play. LeBron finished with 32 points, 11 rebounds, and six assists with a plus/minus of +24 in 40 minutes of inspired play. After getting blown off the court in Game 2, LeBron James, Kyrie Irving and co (minus Kevin Love - more on that later) came out with a fire in their bellies and a hunger in their souls. The Cavaliers returned home, put on their big boy hats, and decided to do some ass-kicking of their own.

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