Cavaliers vs. Warriors: Game 5 Score and Twitter Reaction from 2016 NBA Finals

June 13th, 2016 by Alec Nathan Leave a reply »

The Golden State Warriors and the Cleveland Cavaliers exchanged verbal jabs in advance of Game 5 of the NBA Finals on Monday, and the Eastern Conference champions backed their words up with a serious counterpunch while facing elimination.

On the heels of a 108-97 loss in Game 4 on Friday, the Cavaliers rode signature performances from LeBron James and Kyrie Irving to a 112-97 win, trimming their series deficit to 3-2 and forcing Game 6 on Thursday night at Quicken Loans Arena.



Against a Warriors team that was without defensive ace Draymond Green—who served a one-game suspension for accumulating four flagrant-foul points—James erupted for 41 points on 16-of-30 shooting, including 4-of-8 from three-point range, 16 rebounds, seven assists, three steals and three blocks. The effort conjured memories of his Game 6 showing against the Boston Celtics in the 2012 Eastern Conference Finals.

According to Basketball-Reference.com, James became the first player in the Finals since at least 1984 to record at least 40 points, 16 boards and seven dimes in a game.

Irving also came up with an enormous, ...

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