Game 6 of the 2016 NBA Finals between the Cleveland Cavaliers and Golden State Warriors will be a study in sustainability.
Kyrie Irving and LeBron James scored 41 points apiece against a sputtering Warriors defense during their series-extending Game 5 win. They did it spectacularly, and all unanimous MVP Stephen Curry could do was watch as his team missed clean looks while failing miserably to compensate for Draymond Green's absence.
In search of redemption, a second title and that still-elusive transcendent Finals moment, Curry and the Warriors head back to Cleveland for Thursday's Game 6. They'll bring an honest, healthy appreciation of what the Cavs did to them, as evidenced by Klay Thompson's comments after Game 5, per J.A. Adande of ESPN.com:
Regret will come, too, per Rosalyn Gold-Onwude of CSN Bay Area:
Was the Cavs' victory an anomaly or a turning point?
Golden State can't afford to treat it like the former, but a closer look at the particulars suggests Cleveland will have a hard time recapturing its Game 5 form.
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