LeBron, Kyrie lead Cavs to Game 3 win over Warriors

Naveen Ganglani

This is AI generated summarization, which may have errors. For context, always refer to the full article.

LeBron, Kyrie lead Cavs to Game 3 win over Warriors
The Cavaliers avoid going down 0-3 despite having to play without Kevin Love

MANILA, Philippines – Facing a must-win situation in Game 3 of the 2016 NBA Finals, LeBron James and Kyrie Irving led the Cleveland Cavaliers to a dominant win over the Golden State Warriors, 120-90, on Wednesday, June 8 (Thursday morning, June 9, in Manila) at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland.

Despite playing without Kevin Love (concussion), Cleveland opened Game 3 by going on top 9-0 and led by as much as 20 in the first half before holding on the rest of the way to avoid going down 0-3.

Game 4 of the series, which is now at 2-1, is on Friday, June 10 (Saturday morning, June 11, in Manila). 

Irving scored 16 points in the first quarter and finished with 30 points to go with 8 assists, while James posted 32 points, 11 rebounds, and 6 dimes. JR Smith also found his stroke by scoring 20 points and drilling 5 3-pointers.

Golden State was hounded by tough games from Steph Curry and Klay Thompson. The Splash Brothers combined for only 29 points on 10-of-26 shooting. – Rappler.com

Add a comment

Sort by

There are no comments yet. Add your comment to start the conversation.

Summarize this article with AI

How does this make you feel?

Loading
Download the Rappler App!