Well, that was ugly. After losing 104-89 in Game 1 of the 2016 NBA Finals on Thursday night, the Cavaliers needed to be competitive in Game 2 of the Finals. They weren’t. Draymond Green scored 28 points, Steph Curry added 18, and the Warriors took a commanding 2-0 Finals lead with a 110-77 win over Cleveland on Sunday night. Here are the best and worst plays from the game...
Before the game, the NBA holds a moment of silence for Muhammad Ali:
LeBron James passes John Stockton for fourth in all-time postseason steals with this defensive play:
Andrew Bogut catches an alley-oop from Draymond Green:
LeBron James forgets who he’s supposed to be guarding on defense:
Steph Curry sinks a three-pointer in transition after Andrew Bogut blocks Tristan Thompson on the other end of the floor:
LeBron James throws an alley-oop to Tristan Thompson to finish a fast break:
LeBron James hits Andre Iguodala in the groin—and picks up an offensive foul—while driving to the basket:
LeBron James scores his first points of the game by bodying Draymond Green in the post at the beginning of the second quarter:
LeBron James scores his second basket of the game with a big dunk:
Draymond Green starts lighting it up from behind the three-point line in the second quarter:
Kevin Love gets hit in the back of the head by Harrison Barnes and goes down:
Steph Curry finishes at the rim with a scoop shot over LeBron James:
LeBron James drives the length of the court for another impressive dunk at the end of the second quarter:
Steph Curry brushes off LeBron James and knocks down a three-pointer to start the third quarter:
J.R. Smith scores after hitting Andre Iguodala with a spin move:
Kevin Love checks himself out of the game after this play and is later placed into the NBA concussion protocol:
Klay Thompson leaves Steph Curry hanging:
Richard Jefferson—the Cavaliers’ second-highest scorer for the game with 12 points—tips in a missed shot:
Steph Curry—on the bench with four fouls—reacts to Draymond Green’s fifth three-pointer of the game:
LeBron James shoots an airball from three:
The Warriors move the ball and get a good look for Klay Thompson:
Steph Curry loves it:
Steph Curry comes off the bench to hit a long three-pointer:
Leandro Barbosa picks off a pass and gets an easy layup:
James Jones sends Steph Curry to the floor:
And it just gets uglier from there. Game 3 of the Finals is Wednesday night in Cleveland.
