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Cleveland: LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers have pushed the NBA Finals to their limit. Game 7 is necessary. [caption id=“attachment_2840312” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] LeBron James duels with Andre Iguodala. AFP[/caption] James scored 41 points, delivering another magnificent performance with the season on the line, Kyrie Irving added 23 and the Cavs sent the finals packing for California by beating the rattled Golden State Warriors 115-101 on Thursday night to even this unpredictable series and force a decisive final game. Cleveland saved its season for the second time in four days and will head back to Oakland’s Oracle Arena for Sunday’s climactic game with a chance to become the first team to overcome a 3-1 deficit in the NBA Finals, and more importantly, give this title-starved city its first major sports championship since Dec. 27, 1964. “I want to win for sure,” said James, who added 11 assists and eight rebounds. “But I want to give everything I’ve got and we’ll see what happens. We forced a Game 7. It’s going to be a fun one.” But ESPN commentator Skip Bayless was not impressed with King James.
LeBron is talkin' big bad stuff after he blocked the shot of a 6-3 guard who can't really jump??? Give me a break.
— Skip Bayless (@RealSkipBayless) June 17, 2016
Twitter collectively recoiled at Steph Curry’s meltdown. This tweet pretty much summed it up.
LeBron James’ NBA Finals record is something that is thrown at his face every time. Four losses in six finals make him one of the most talked about athletes in sports. But a Cleveland win might change that according to this tweet.
Steph Curry temper got the better of him as he chucked his mouthguard at a fan. Surely this earns him a ban for Game 7.
Steph Curry whips his mouth guard directly at Dan Gilbert's son who's waving him goodbye. https://t.co/hFlNpS4Qv7
— Faizal Khamisa (@FaizalKhamisa) June 17, 2016
Impact Shorts
More ShortsThis account had a brilliant idea to help LeBron not flop when it matters the most.
Idea for the Cavaliers next season: Before every game, trick LeBron James into thinking it's an elimination game. #NBAFinals
— Alex Kennedy (@AlexKennedyNBA) June 17, 2016
Perhaps the best compliment of the night for King James came from none other than former Los Angeles Laker point guard Magic Johnson.
I can't deny LeBron James, he's definitely on my Mt. Rushmore. He's a winner and we've never seen anybody with his all around skill set.
— Earvin Magic Johnson (@MagicJohnson) June 17, 2016
Yet another tweet from ESPN’s Skip Bayless roasting LeBron for his terrible NBA Finals record. But the idea of Cleveland finally ending their trophy drought after decades, does justify the exaggerated celebrations from the Cavs.
Watching LeBron receive hugs and congrats, you'd think he just won his third ring in seven tries.
— Skip Bayless (@RealSkipBayless) June 17, 2016
Steve Kerr is sure to get a $25,000 fine for his comments on the performance of the referees in Game 6 but some might believe that the fine is worth it!
Steve Kerr on Steph: "He had every right to be upset. He's the MVP of the league. He gets 6 fouls on him, three were absolutely ridiculous."
— Rachel Nichols (@Rachel__Nichols) June 17, 2016
Draymond Green was heralded to be the big miss after being suspended by the NBA for Game 5. But his performance tonight, made his comments from earlier seem… overtly optimistic?
Draymond said "this would be over if I played in Game 5."
— Tomer Azarly (@TomerAzarly) June 17, 2016
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Well you played in Game 6...?
Perhaps the tweet of the night was by SportsCenter. Steve Kerr was asked after the end of the first quarter if he was worried about Golden State scoring only 11 points. But Kerr said the following, despite his team’s first quarter performance of 11 points being the worst since the shot-clock era (1955).
"Am I worried? 31 to 11? We got this." - Steve Kerr
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) June 17, 2016
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