Warriors answer the bell with statement win over Cavaliers

One NBA player in earshot of the trash-talk told The Undefeated that James responded by saying that he was the father of three kids and a man.

The Warriors forward refused to let James literally walk over him during the Warriors’ 108-97 win against the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 4 of the NBA Finals on Friday.

The Cleveland Cavaliers will try to stave off elimination in The NBA Finals when they play Game 5 against the Golden State Warriors Monday night. At the end of the day, we’ve got to go out and show up and play better [Monday], and if we don’t, then they’re going to be back-to-back champion.

Green struck Cavaliers star LeBron James in the groin with 2:48 remaining in the fourth quarter after the two had tangled bodies and James stepped over Green as he tried to rise from the court.

Green was fined $25,000 and charged with a flagrant foul in the Warriors’ last series against Oklahoma City for kicking Steve Adams in the groin.

James received a technical foul for physically taunting Green in Friday’s altercation, the National Basketball Association announced.

“The cumulative points system is created to deter flagrant fouls in our game” executive VP of basketball operations Kiki VanDeWeghe said in a statement. For its part, the National Basketball Association retroactively gave Green a Flagrant Foul 1, putting him over the top with four playoff penalty points and earning him the one-game suspension, banning him from the building. “I don’t know how [James] feels”. Wherever you want them.

Several Warriors spoke Sunday of winning for Green, whose postseason 15.3 points, team-high 9.6 rebounds and six assists will be greatly missed along with all the other intangibles like his hustle plays, encouraging words and high-flying chest bumps.

“We still have to play”, said Coach Tyronn Lue.

“Just, my faith in God, staying confident, my teammates, you know, sticking with me”, said Curry in response to what contributed to him finding his rhythm.

James said after the game he was less upset by the contact than by Green’s comments, which he called “a little bit overboard”, prompting a response Sunday from Warriors’ guard Klay Thompson.

Draymond Green will be missing in action after being suspended by the league after menacingly swinging his arm in the area of LeBron James’ man region late in Game 4. I don’t think it will be enough. One of Kerr’s first substitutions was James Michael McAdoo, who had not played a single minute in the first three games.

“That was it”, James said.

“There’s no rhyme or reason to it”, he said. While Golden State has attempted 14 more free throws than the Cavs over the past two games, Cleveland’s edge through the first two was so large that it still has a 10 attempt advantage overall. “But the ruling has been made, and we’ve got to move on”. “That’s been the story of our season with injuries and different guys missing different games throughout the playoffs”, Bogut said. And he doesn’t get a fair whistle all the time because of his strength and because of his power and guys bounce off of him.