Reigning champions Golden State Warriors defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 1 of 2018 NBA Finals on Thursday night. For those who haven’t watched the game, this information isn’t any surprise given the fact that the Warriors entered the series as heavy favorites. But those who watched the game know that they needed a combination of luck, doubtful calls from the referees, inexplicable move from Cavs’ JR Smith and five minute overtime in order to get the 124-114 win in front of their home crowd.

To everyone’s surprise, the Golden State Warriors never managed to build a large lead over the Cleveland Cavaliers throughout the Game 1 of 2018 NBA Finals. After a tied score at the halftime, Warriors had another of their game-changing third quarters and entered the fourth quarter with six points lead. Still, LeBron James was a man on the mission and brought back the Cavs into the game but his greatness simply couldn’t overcome the mistakes of the referees and his teammates. Referees made three controversial calls against James in the fourth quarter, but the most crucial one came in the last minute of the regular time.

Cavs were up two with 40 seconds remaining on the clock, and Kevin Durant drove to the basket in an attempt to make it a tied game. He was met by LeBron James, who took the hit and Durant was charged with an offensive foul. Still, the judges decided to review the play in order to see whether James was in the restricted area, although it was obvious he was few feet outside of it. The call was then overruled, with James getting called for a foul and Durant receiving free throws.

Then, 4.7 seconds before the end of the game and with score tied, JR Smith managed to grab an offensive rebound out of George Hill’s missed free throw and instead passing the ball or calling a timeout, he let the clock run out and made a late pass to Hill, thus sending the game in overtime. Apparently, Smith thought Cavs were in the lead and are about to win the game.

Cavs couldn’t recover from all of this and Warriors seized the opportunity to take the lead in 2018 NBA Finals.

As expected, LeBron James had another exceptional game, scoring 51 points and adding eight rebounds and assists. Kevin Love also showed up, contributing with 21 points and 13 rebounds.

On the Warriors side, Kevin Durant had 26 points, nine rebounds, and six assists while Stephen Curry added 29 points, six rebounds, and nine assists.

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We will see Cleveland Cavaliers and Golden State Warriors going head to head in the 2018 NBA Finals, which will mark the fourth straight time these two teams meet in the finals. This is the result of highly entertaining and thrilling Conference Finals, which wrapped up on Monday night with Warriors win against the Houston Rockets in the Game 7 of the Western Conference Finals. The night before, Cavaliers managed to overcome the Boston Celtics in the Game 7 of Eastern Conference Finals.

Cleveland Cavaliers managed to advance to the 2018 NBA Finals thanks to the sheer determination of LeBron James, who once again showed why he is the best basketball player in the world. Celtics, who were without their two best players in Kyrie Irving and Gordon Hayward, were the favorites to close out the series in front of their home crowd on Sunday night in Game 7, but their young players cracked under the pressure with James delivering another brilliant performance.

You could say that the Golden State Warriors, on the other side, had a little help from lady luck in their series against the Houston Rockets. Chris Paul, Rockets’ second-best player, suffered a strain hamstring injury in Game 5 of the series and didn’t play in the next two games. Warriors managed to come back from a 2-3 deficit after that and will be looking to win their second straight NBA Championship and third in four years.

2018 NBA Finals is scheduled to begin on May 31st with Warriors having home advantage and set to host Game 1 and Game 2 in their Oracle Arena.

Unfortunately, it looks like this won’t be such a thrilling end of 2017-18 NBA season. Golden State Warriors are entering the series as heavy favorites thanks to their core of four All-Star players, all of which are relatively healthy. Cleveland Cavaliers, on the other side, only have two All-Stars in LeBron James and Kevin Love, with the latter one still recovering from a concussion. The rest of the Cavs’ supporting cast failed to make a major impact during these playoffs and it is hard to see them stepping up now.

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Reigning champions Golden State Warriors defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 1 of 2018 NBA Finals on Thursday night. For those who haven’t watched the game, this information isn’t any surprise given the fact that the Warriors entered the series as heavy favorites. But those who watched the game know that they needed a combination of luck, doubtful calls from the referees, inexplicable move from Cavs’ JR Smith and five minute overtime in order to get the 124-114 win in front of their home crowd.

To everyone’s surprise, the Golden State Warriors never managed to build a large lead over the Cleveland Cavaliers throughout the Game 1 of 2018 NBA Finals. After a tied score at the halftime, Warriors had another of their game-changing third quarters and entered the fourth quarter with six points lead. Still, LeBron James was a man on the mission and brought back the Cavs into the game but his greatness simply couldn’t overcome the mistakes of the referees and his teammates. Referees made three controversial calls against James in the fourth quarter, but the most crucial one came in the last minute of the regular time.

Cavs were up two with 40 seconds remaining on the clock, and Kevin Durant drove to the basket in an attempt to make it a tied game. He was met by LeBron James, who took the hit and Durant was charged with an offensive foul. Still, the judges decided to review the play in order to see whether James was in the restricted area, although it was obvious he was few feet outside of it. The call was then overruled, with James getting called for a foul and Durant receiving free throws.

Then, 4.7 seconds before the end of the game and with score tied, JR Smith managed to grab an offensive rebound out of George Hill’s missed free throw and instead passing the ball or calling a timeout, he let the clock run out and made a late pass to Hill, thus sending the game in overtime. Apparently, Smith thought Cavs were in the lead and are about to win the game.

Cavs couldn’t recover from all of this and Warriors seized the opportunity to take the lead in 2018 NBA Finals.

As expected, LeBron James had another exceptional game, scoring 51 points and adding eight rebounds and assists. Kevin Love also showed up, contributing with 21 points and 13 rebounds.

On the Warriors side, Kevin Durant had 26 points, nine rebounds, and six assists while Stephen Curry added 29 points, six rebounds, and nine assists.

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We will see Cleveland Cavaliers and Golden State Warriors going head to head in the 2018 NBA Finals, which will mark the fourth straight time these two teams meet in the finals. This is the result of highly entertaining and thrilling Conference Finals, which wrapped up on Monday night with Warriors win against the Houston Rockets in the Game 7 of the Western Conference Finals. The night before, Cavaliers managed to overcome the Boston Celtics in the Game 7 of Eastern Conference Finals.

Cleveland Cavaliers managed to advance to the 2018 NBA Finals thanks to the sheer determination of LeBron James, who once again showed why he is the best basketball player in the world. Celtics, who were without their two best players in Kyrie Irving and Gordon Hayward, were the favorites to close out the series in front of their home crowd on Sunday night in Game 7, but their young players cracked under the pressure with James delivering another brilliant performance.

You could say that the Golden State Warriors, on the other side, had a little help from lady luck in their series against the Houston Rockets. Chris Paul, Rockets’ second-best player, suffered a strain hamstring injury in Game 5 of the series and didn’t play in the next two games. Warriors managed to come back from a 2-3 deficit after that and will be looking to win their second straight NBA Championship and third in four years.

2018 NBA Finals is scheduled to begin on May 31st with Warriors having home advantage and set to host Game 1 and Game 2 in their Oracle Arena.

Unfortunately, it looks like this won’t be such a thrilling end of 2017-18 NBA season. Golden State Warriors are entering the series as heavy favorites thanks to their core of four All-Star players, all of which are relatively healthy. Cleveland Cavaliers, on the other side, only have two All-Stars in LeBron James and Kevin Love, with the latter one still recovering from a concussion. The rest of the Cavs’ supporting cast failed to make a major impact during these playoffs and it is hard to see them stepping up now.

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