5 Keys That Will Decide Game 5 of the 2016 NBA Finals

June 11th, 2016 by Zach Buckley Leave a reply »
The next 2016 NBA Finals game decided by single digits will be the first. And yet, this is still a series for the history books.

The Golden State Warriors made a pair of entries during their 108-97 Game 4 win Friday, hitting a Finals-record 17 threes and picking up their unprecedented 88th win of the campaign.

More history could still be ahead.

The Cleveland Cavaliers not only have their city's 52-year championship drought hanging over them, but they're also looking to become the first team to escape a 3-1 deficit in the NBA Finals. (Thirty-two others have tried and failed.)

The Warriors enter Monday's Game 5 with the chance to validate their record-setting season and clinch the first championship on their home court since they moved to the Bay Area in 1962.

But there's more basketball to be played before one of these teams goes parading into the offseason. After scanning both the numbers and using the eye test, five focus areas for Game 5 surfaced.

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