{"id":25999,"date":"2016-06-11T01:29:08","date_gmt":"2016-06-11T01:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/nba-curry-stars-as-warriors-extend-lead-over\/"},"modified":"2016-06-11T01:28:54","modified_gmt":"2016-06-11T01:28:54","slug":"nba-curry-stars-as-warriors-extend-lead-over","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/nba-curry-stars-as-warriors-extend-lead-over\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA: Curry stars as Warriors extend lead over Cavaliers"},"content":{"rendered":"

{NBA MVP scores 38 points as reigning champions take 3-1 lead over Cleveland Cavaliers after a 108-97 win.}<\/p>\n

Stephen Curry scored 38 points and Klay Thompson had 25 to help Golden State to a 108-97 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game Four of the NBA Finals, moving the Warriors within one victory of a second straight championship.<\/p>\n

Golden State Warriors bounced back from an embarrassing road loss two days ago to deal a devastating blow to LeBron James’s Cavaliers, who lost their first home game of the postseason and now trail the best-of-seven NBA Finals 3-1 with Game Five scheduled for Monday in Oakland.<\/p>\n

Of the 32 teams that have faced a 3-1 deficit in the NBA Finals none have ever come back to win the championship.<\/p>\n

Kyrie Irving scored 34 points and James had 25 points, 13 rebounds and nine assists for the Cavaliers.<\/p>\n

Cleveland went scoreless for 6:30 in the fourth quarter to lose at home for the first time in the playoffs.<\/p>\n

The tightly contested first half, easily the most intense 24 minutes of the series so far, included 15 lead changes, which was more than the previous three games combined.<\/p>\n

Cleveland looked ready to pull away to start the second half when they extended their lead to eight and whipped the home crowd into a lather but Golden State would not fold.<\/p>\n

The Warriors quickly took over in the final quarter when they shored up their defense and kicked their offense into a higher gear.<\/p>\n

With just under six minutes to play Harrison Barnes gave the Warriors their largest lead of the night up to that point when he drained a three-pointer for a 93-84 lead.<\/p>\n

It marked a 17-point turnaround from the third quarter when Cleveland, who went without a field goal for a six-minute stretch of the fourth, led by eight points.<\/p>\n

No team has come back from a 3-1 deficit to win the NBA Finals.<\/p>\n

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