LeBron defers on Warriors thoughts: ‘It’s too stressful’

James and Irving have been at the forefront of the Cavaliers and despite dropping one game to the Boston Celtics in the conference finals, the Cavaliers enter in strong form and with the look of a team hungry for another title.

LeBron James surpassed Michael Jordan for the top spot on the NBA’s all-time playoff scoring list on Thursday night.

INDEPENDENCE, Ohio (AP) – Vegas is betting against them and the bookies are hardly alone. Last year, Cleveland became the first team in NBA Finals history to come back after trailing the series 3-1.

James will now play in a seventh consecutive NBA Finals against the rival Warriors, but he is not turning his attention to them just yet. So that’s the thing that I’ve gotta trust in them about is just being patient and not rushing anything. “We’re trying to repeat, which is so hard to do”. “But it doesn’t mean anything going into the next series, and we have to understand that”. We will use it as motivation, but the idea of playing into it?

“After a while, I just-it just became so normal, that it was just, ‘What am I even anxious about?'” he said. Nonetheless, if we get there, and they get there, I want to destroy them. They knew I wasn’t going to sit out until I couldn’t move no more.

In the post-game presser last night, LeBron was adamant about not wanting to discuss the Golden State Warriors.

He’s been the model of consistency and efficiency but what’s separated James from Jordan in terms of scoring is his three-point shot.

Love complimented Green’s competitiveness and aimed a verbal volley at Northern California.

Cleveland came through the East by winning 12 of their 13 games and will look to defend their title against the Warriors, who were a ideal 12-0 as they came through the Western Conference play-offs.

Brown won NBA Coach of the Year honors in 2008-09 after leading the Cavs to a team-record 66-16 record.

“King” James surpassed National Basketball Association icon Michael Jordan as the league’s all-time leading playoff scorer. The entire series was played at the Polo Grounds, home to both teams that season. The Warriors and Cavs have DOMINANTED to get here.

“Want the Warriors?” he said. Their teams met in the finals three times during the 1980s. Still, they traded Dwight Howard with the intent of a major rebuild, and five years nominally should have been enough to get them back to the postseason. Wilt Chamberlain teamed up with West to create one of the most dominant teams of all time, facing off multiple times against Walt Frazier, Willis Reed and the star-studded New York Knicks in the 1970s. “I’m not in the right mind to even talk about Golden State”.

While the Warriors have posted a flawless 12-0 record in the playoffs this season, the Cavs have almost matched them. Love dislocated his shoulder in the first round of the playoffs against the Celtics (or maybe it’s more accurate to say Kelly Olynyk dislocated Love’s shoulder). He’s not just the best player in the National Basketball Association; nobody is better than him at raising an entire team up by himself.

Lue said didn’t deliver any inspiring speech to his players before practice.

Even if you disagree that the Celtics are better without Thomas in a vacuum, they’re still going to have to pay him a max contract after next season to retain his services.

Sports’ Sam Amick has a great story on the “alleged NBA villain” and his mentality as the NBA Finals awaits.