Wednesday night edition of the pod the warriors for the second consecutive year of taking a three o lead in the NBA finals with the dramatic win at Cleveland

110-102 though the game was closer than that down the stretch Kevin Durant 43 minutes 43 points plus 15

He hit those 43 points on a mirror

26 shooting possessions and also had seven assists and 13

rebounds for Cleveland LeBron James played 47 minutes got a very brief rest at the end of the third

33 points, but it took 31 shooting possession to get there

So not quite as efficient as he normally is also had a 11 assists

So I think where I'd like to start here though

And we'll talk about the end of the game and golden state dominance at that point

But I think the key to this game once again was just Cleveland's defensive breakdown

Yeah, I would agree with you and the warriors were able to

Survive an off-night from both Stefan Curry and Clay Thompson

partially due to Kevin Durant just having an unbelievably efficient night including some huge buckets

But also because they were able to get so much at the basket on just

Completely blown plays that could be or open transition threes

They got it a series of those and it harkened back a little bit

I think it was in the third quarter to game to the the first quarter of game two

Where the warriors were slipping screens and just beating the calves for easy bucket

Yeah, and J.R. Smith was very often

Involved in those problems probably the most prevalent Cavalier

But LeBron certainly had a number as well

I mean they just had so many times generally the issue was the guy guarding the screener would step up and try to switch

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