The Cavaliers have a daunting task ahead of them. They are down three games to one in the NBA Finals, a deficit that no team has ever overcome.
The widely circulated fact Friday night: Teams trailing 3-1 in the best-of-seven Finals are 0-32.
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Cavaliers coach Tyronn Lue is well aware of that fact, but he’s not ready to concede defeat. And he doesn’t want his team to do so, either.
“If you don’t think we can win, don’t get on the plane,” Lue told reporters after the game. “We’ve got to come back anyway, so why not come back and play?”
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The final score was 108-97 in favor of the Warriors, meaning Game 3 was the closest, most competitive game in this year's NBA Finals. It appeared that several Cavaliers ran out of gas early in the fourth quarter, when the Warriors took control of the game.
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LeBron James played 46 minutes while the starting backcourt of J.R. Smith and Kyrie Irving played 43 minutes each.
When asked if he thought he’d given James and other players too many minutes, Lue said he didn't think so.
"When you get to the NBA Finals, you’ve got to play as many minutes as you need to,” Lue said.
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When the Cavs take the floor Monday night at Oracle Arena, they’ll be facing elimination on the road in front of a hostile crowd. As for the Warriors, they aren’t taking anything for granted despite having home-court advantage in Game 5. And if the series somehow goes seven games, two of the next three games would be on the Warriors' home court.
“We’ve just got to stay in the moment,” Klay Thompson told reporters. “We can’t relax just because we’re going home and we’ve got a two-game cushion. That team’s hungry over there and they’ve got some all-time great players, so like I said before, there’s not time to relax."