Cavaliers defeat Celtics in Eastern Conference finals, head to 2017 NBA Finals

He is now going to the Finals for the seventh straight season, which is the most since Bill Russell’s Celtics.

While the Cavs routinely discussing the Warriors during the 2015-16 season after losing to them in the 2015 Finals, the Warriors were not a common topic around the team over the past several months. “I’m very happy and I’m going to enjoy it until we play Golden State”.

“As of right now I would not coach Thursday night”.

“I wear the number because of Mike”, James said.

The Warriors, the team with the best record over three years in National Basketball Association history, will face increased criticism if they fail to come away with more than one championship during that span.

“They garner a lot of attention for a lot of great reasons. It looks like they’re having fun, and we want to do something about that”.

The Warriors are 10-0 since Brown took over, 27-1 over their last 28 games since March 11.

“The biggest thing is I did it just being me, I don’t have to score the ball to make an impact on the basketball game”, James said.

James played in his 212th career postseason game on Thursday night, when the Cavaliers beat the Celtics 135-102 in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference finals to advance to the NBA Finals.

Act III in this trilogy is overloaded with story lines, with the biggest being whether James and Co. have enough firepower to go toe-to-toe with the Warriors, who added superstar Kevin Durant to a team that won 73 games a year ago before its Finals flameout. It will be a familiar foe on the opposite end of the court of, but first, let us talk about the greatness of this team one more time. “Now we can start focusing on Golden State to get ready”.

While Lue was referring to Boston’s offensive schemes, it was still an odd position to take.

But the Warriors have some serious strength, with the reigning back-to-back MVP Stephen Curry leading All Stars Kevin Durant, Klay Thompson and Draymond Green.

Then, after spending much of his free time flying cross-country to be with his family, Thomas had a tooth knocked out in Game 1 of the conference semifinals against Washington. Not even the Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers have ever pulled that off.

The Cleveland Cavaliers are heavy underdogs against the Golden State Warriors heading into the NBA Finals, despite being the defending NBA champs. Meanwhile, the Cavaliers added players veterans Kyle Korver and Deron Williams.

Irving, who shook off a Game 4 twisted ankle, was 9 of 15 from the floor and 4 of 8 from three-point range.

The concurrent problem, of course, is that Cleveland hasn’t seen anything like this Golden State Warriors team (to be fair, it is pretty rare to see a team like the Warriors). However, he doesn’t want the accomplishment to define who he is as a player. Cleveland slogged their way to a 51-31 record in which LeBron James complained about his supporting cast and the team as a whole treated defense with indifference.