NBA Finals 2018: Watch Warriors vs
The Cavs and Warriors are meeting for the fourth straight year for the right to be crowned National Basketball Association champions while it marks the eighth consecutive Finals appearance for James as part of a stretch that dates back to his stint in Miami.
James went on to note that he felt like the “odds were against” the Cavaliers from the summer.
“We wanted to keep our composure; stay focused on our goal to win the championship and this is how it went down. I can’t think of a bigger gap from a team perspective”.
Cavaliers: James has 109 career 30-point games in the playoffs, tying Michael Jordan for most ever.
The star power is incredible, with LeBron James leading the underdog Cavs against the Warriors’ foursome of Kevin Durant, Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson and Draymond Green.
“He took it the hardest, I thought, because he knew if he hadn’t had the unfortunate injury, he’s dragging us the last (way to the Finals)”, Morey said Wednesday. “There is always that thing about society always looking at can you attain more and more and more”.
“I can’t sit here right now and say that the Finals were a part of my thinking, it was not”, he said.
The NBA Finals tip off this Thursday with Game 1 at Golden State, with the Warriors listed as 12-point favorites to earn the victory in the first game of the series.
Lue is being treated for anxiety, saying before Game 1 that the pressure-packed playoffs bring him so much joy.
James said that he and Iguodala were almost teammates but he was picked by Philadelphia 9th in the 2004 NBA Draft one spot before Cleveland would have taken him. That wasn’t the case however, and excuses started to flow from the Warrior faithful, just like every losing team’s fanbase before them, including the Cavs the previous year. Would KD have left OKC if Golden State won the chip in 2016? He’ll need at least some help from Love, George Hill, Tristan Thompson and Kyle Korver.
It is the fourth straight season the two rivals, the Warriors and the Cavaliers, have met in the finals. “That doesn’t get talked about a lot”, James said. He is scheduled to be re-evaluated ahead of Game 2. Did Steph Curry score more points in the Warriors’ wins compared with their losses?