NBA FINALS 2018

NBA FINALS 2018 GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS-CLEVELAND CAVALIERS GAME 4 PREVIEW



THE Finals so far:

Déjà vu. I think that’s the best way to describe what happened in these finals so far. Kevin Durant hitting a dagger three from basically the same spot, slightly deeper than last year to put the Warriors ahead 3-0. In these finals so far we’ve had three close games we could say although Game 2 ended up being a 19 pts warriors win but the Cavs stayed in it until Curry went off. In Game 1 we saw an intense battle at the oracle, where the Cavs blew the game late and failed to win despite Bron’s 51/8/8 game, while The Warriors made their threes and won it in OT with Klay getting hot. In Game two it was a much more straight forward game for GS, they took the lead early and didn’t really look back although the Cavs threatened to erase the deficit until Steph went off making 5 threes in the 4th and breaking the NBA Finals record with 9 altogether in Game 2 as the Warriors went on to win 122-103. In Game 3 the Cavs started off hot, Bron was balling and his supporting cast was showing up until KD completely went berzerk and the Warriors stole the game. With Curry shooting 3/16 (1/10 from 3) and him and Klay shooting a combined 7/27, you wouldn’t have thought that the Warriors would win at the Q, but Kevin Durant dropped an unbelievable 43/13/7 game, hitting shots from everywhere, setting up his teammates and rebounding like a man possessed. That KD performance was the best we’ve ever seen by the guy and it really showed that he’s built for moments like these. With the Cavs losing two of the three games heartbreakingly, the question is how much do they have in them mentally to get at least one? KD is the front runner for FMVP, but we can’t count out Steph yet. People have said that Bron deserves it but does he really after failing to close two games and possibly being swept? Surely we have to reward winning and so far KD is the guy.

Keys to winning the game 4

Golden State Warriors: The Warriors will be looking to sweep the Cavaliers tonight and for that to happen, I think they’ve gotta get Steph and Klay going again. Yes KD can go and give them 40 again and get the W, but they can’t rely on that type of performance to win again. The Cavs must be demoralised after losing Game 3 the way they did so the Warriors just need to come out and early and punch them in the mouth with a quick run. I think if GS can get off to a quick start that will pretty much put the game away right away because the mountain for Cleveland would be too high to climb. The Warriors of course got to keep being engaged on defense which they’ve started to do in this series now. I think really they’ve just gotta be locked in for this game, don’t let the Cavs heat up or Bron to go off like crazy and GS gotta move the ball and make shots themselves, just because it’s 3-0 doesn’t mean you can let up and I’m pretty such there’s nothing more that they want than to sweep the Cavs in Cleveland.

Cleveland Cavaliers: The Cavs have simply got to be mentally tough to have a chance here. They will have to get off to a hot start like in Game 3, but sustain the lead which would be very hard to do knowing how explosive GS are. The Cavs must absolutely avoid a 3rd quarter run which the Warriors always seem to go on and they have to keep Steph and Klay cold like in their last game. The Cavs gotta find a way to stop KD because he is in such an incredible groove right now making shots with high efficiency where it’s near impossible to deal with him, I think LeBron has to guard him tonight instead of hiding because he has the best chance. Cavs supporting cast has to show up, I think Kevin Love will be alright, but dudes like Kyle Korver, George Hill have to give them something and JR Smith who scored more pts last game, but shot 5/14 and missed everything down the stretch which turned into a horrible performance in the end. LeBron has to go off, the cavs need to start quickly make their shots, don’t allow the 0-3 deficit overwhelm them and the supporting cast has to do more. If the Cavs switch off it’s curtains, but I doubt they’ll just give in and allow themselves to get swept, surely pride will kick in?