Warriors Reminded in Game 3 There Are No Shortcuts in Maintaining Finals Focus

June 9th, 2016 by Kevin Ding Leave a reply »

CLEVELAND — It's not a journey for just one guy, even if he is the first unanimous NBA MVP.

They do this together. They read opposing defenses together. They make glorious history together. They have dramatic letdowns together.

They go on this journey together. And the thing is, this is a repeat journey. They have, in fact, a repeat MVP.

As Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors don't have the benefit of novelty keeping this interesting, they are vulnerable to thinking the same tired things at the same tired times.

And it's human nature to feel uninspired about the same old landscape passing by, specifically in the third games of playoff series, when it's feeling routine for the Warriors—but their opponents are home for the first time in the series and just bursting with energy plus desperation to throw at the champs.

That's the main reason the Warriors will finish this postseason 0-4 in Game 3s after losing 120-90 in Cleveland on Wednesday night.

It'd be unwise to believe it will stop them from finishing as NBA champs again, but it proves Curry and his teammates ar ...

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