{"id":7365,"date":"2018-06-01T10:16:34","date_gmt":"2018-06-01T10:16:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/?p=7365"},"modified":"2018-06-01T10:16:34","modified_gmt":"2018-06-01T10:16:34","slug":"golden-state-warriors-win-vs-cleveland-cavaliers-in-game-1-nba-finals-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/golden-state-warriors-win-vs-cleveland-cavaliers-in-game-1-nba-finals-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"LeBron&#8217;s Heroics Not Enough As Warriors Win Game 1 In OT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/lebron-james-floored-during-game-1-nba-finals-2018.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-7366\" \/>The <strong>2018 NBA Finals<\/strong> commenced in style as the Golden State Warriors took on the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 1 which turned out to be a thriller. <\/p>\n<p>The Warriors drew first blood and took a 1-0 lead after <strong>they won 124-114 in overtime<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>LeBron James has literally <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/cleveland-cavaliers-make-it-to-nba-finals-thanks-to-lebron-james\/\">carried the Cleveland Cavaliers on his shoulders throughout the tournament<\/a> and if it wasn\u2019t for his brilliance the Cavs would have been eliminated a lot earlier in the season. <\/p>\n<p>James has played phenomenally well in crucial games and there were many analysts who kept wondering if he has enough gas in the tank to keep delivering for the Cavs.<\/p>\n<p>James answered his doubters in style and <em>scored 51 points<\/em> for the Cavs along with <em>8 assists and 8 rebounds<\/em>. One would think a performance like that would be good enough to see his team through but the Cavs fell short as the rest of the team struggled to support James. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kevinlove\">Kevin Love<\/a><\/strong> had a decent game and finished with <em>21 points, 13 rebounds and 1 assist<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MLG Highlights<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"position:relative;height:0;padding-bottom:56.25%\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mvulvk-bBx0?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0?ecver=2\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"position:absolute;width:100%;height:100%;left:0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Warriors Show Team Strength<\/h2>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/team\/_\/name\/gs\/golden-state-warriors\">Golden State Warriors<\/a> showed that they don\u2019t have to be dependent on any one player as they came together as a team and delivered when it mattered. <strong>Stephen Curry<\/strong> led the scoring for the Warriors and finished with <em>29 points, 9 assists and 6 rebounds<\/em>. <strong>Kevin Durant<\/strong> provided great support finishing with <em>26 points, 9 rebounds and 6 assists<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Klay Thompson<\/strong> who had a couple of poor games in the lead up to Game 1, found form and put in a solid performance scoring <em>24 points with 3 rebounds and 1 assist<\/em>. <strong>Draymond Green<\/strong> also made his presence felt scoring <em>13 points, 11 rebounds and 9 assists<\/em>.<\/p>\n<h2>Cavs Need To Pick Themselves Up Quickly<\/h2>\n<p>There was some <strong>controversy over a decision to reverse a call in the final minutes<\/strong> of regulation time and it went against the Cavs. The decision was met with outrage by <strong>Tyronn Lue<\/strong>, head coach of the Cavs.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, Lue said <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>It\u2019s never been done, ever in the history of the game. It was great, it was epic and James did enough to carry this team to a victory. To do what he did tonight and to come up robbed, it\u2019s just not right<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>However, the Cavs have to move on from that decision and now focus on how they are going to pick themselves up and even the series in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/sports-betting\/basketball\/nba\">Game 2 which takes place on Sunday<\/a> at the Oracle Arena.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2018 NBA Finals commenced in style as the Golden State Warriors took on the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 1 which turned out to be a thriller. The Warriors drew first blood and took a 1-0 lead after they won 124-114 in overtime. 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