Ayesha Curry latest sports spouse to lash out on Twitter
The Cavaliers want to become the first team in Finals history to successfully rally from a 3-1 deficit.
The 31-year-old forward, who averages an NBA-best 32.4 points when facing playoff elimination, also scored 41 points in a must-win fifth game road victory, making him the first player since Shaquille O’Neal in 2000 with back-to-back 40-or-more finals games. A frustrated Stephen Curry was ejected from the game during the fourth quarter after receiving his 6th foul and throwing his mouthpiece into the crowd.
For two consecutive Finals games, LeBron James has saved the Cavs’ season.
Oh, between now and Sunday’s 8 p.m. tipoff, we’re going to hear ad nauseum about how the odds are stacked against the Cavaliers in their fight to dethrone the National Basketball Association champion Golden State Warriors.
Kerr, the league’s coach of the year, was fined for publicly criticizing officiating after the game, which Cleveland won 115-101 to force a deciding Game 7 Sunday in the title series. His line of 41 points (again!); eight rebounds and 11 assists with four steals and three blocks translated into a GameScore of 42.5, the best ever recorded.
The only other Finals that came down to Game 7 in the past 30 years – the Miami Heat vs. San Antonio Spurs in 2013; Los Angeles Lakers vs. Boston Celtics in 2010; Spurs vs. Detroit Pistons in 2005; Houston Rockets vs. New York Knicks in 1994; Lakers vs. Pistons in 1988 – all finished on a Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday.
It’s winner-takes-all in Game 7 of the NBA Finals.
But none of this has to matter, and it doesn’t have to represent the end of this Warriors’ run if they can figure out a way to win on their home court on Sunday. “But just got to be prepared for everything”, Lue said. “So, you know, I feel pretty good”.
The Finals were supposed to be the stamp on the coronation of the 73-9 Warriors, and when they were up 3-1 in the series, that’s exactly what it felt like.
A week ago, the Golden State Warriors fueled debate as to whether they were the greatest team in National Basketball Association history.
“He gets six fouls called on him, three of them were absolutely ridiculous”, Kerr said.
With so much buzz flowing out of Game 6 involving the controversial tweets of his wife Ayesha – she ranted on Twitter that the NBA Finals had been rigged to prolong the series to a Game 7 climax — the MVP embodies such a sign of the times. Stephen Curry was steaming when he left the game earlier than he wanted. LeBron (James) flops on the last one. “He’s an MVP for a reason, and he’s going to come with his A-game tomorrow, and we all plan to do the same and follow his lead”. Kerr said he was glad to see the typically mellow Baby-Faced Assassin on edge after Game 6 was decided.
“We all realize if you told us at the beginning of the season it would be one game to win the championship in Oakland, we’ll take that any day of the week”. “You try not to sit back and watch because you’re trying to make sure that you create space for him and able to give him outlets when he needs it, but when a guy’s got it going like that, it’s just unbelievable to be a part of”.
Ayesha Curry’s controversial tweet occurred minutes after Curry fouled out of the game with the Warriors trailing Cleveland.