Five things we learned from GAME 3 2018 | NBA FINALS 2018 | GAME 3
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Date: 2018-06-08

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In this Video have 5 things we learned from NBA final Game 3 of 2018....

1. LeBron James has no LeBron James....
     As in, “LeBron James has no Kevin Durant.” In other words, no, James cannot afford to have a Finals performance in which he misses 13 of 16 shots and wraps up the night with five rebounds, six assists and just 11 points (as Stephen Curry did in Game 3 for Golden State).

If James ever were to do that, not only would his team get pummeled on the scoreboard, he would be raked over by critics … maybe forever. That’s precisely the stats line turned in by Curry, along with his 0 plus/minus. He’s a multi-MVP winner who gets away with it because, of course, he has Durant around to do the heavy lifting when all else fails.    

2. Rodney Hood, poster guy for what ails Cavs
     After falling out of the Cavs’ playoff rotation as the playoffs wore on, Rodney Hood bounced back in Game 3. He logged 25 minutes off the bench, scoring 15 points that were as appreciated by James, by their coaches and by the fans as they were timely.

Hood was a team-worst minus-12 in Game 3, which means while he was shooting 7-of-11 and creating offense out of nothing, the Warriors were shooting something-of-something to render his 15 points almost moot.

3. Glue guy’s gonna glue
     Before Durant climbed aboard the Warriors’ bandwagon, back when Curry was a new MVP and unproven as a Finals performer, there was Andre Iguodala. Iguodala is the veteran wing who, time after time in these four Finals runs, has been the primary James “slower-downer” (we won’t say “stopper”).

In the 2015 Finals, Iguodala was named Finals MVP after his impressive defense on James in the series. The 34-year-old didn’t enter the fray this time until Wednesday, and while the outcome wasn’t different from the first two games, the way in which the Warriors got there -- with Iguodala vital to the effort -- was.

4. Kevin Durant, professional ... rebounder?
     Assassins are known for their stealth, their marksmanship and the ice water that runs through their veins. Yet after Durant’s classic performance in Game 3 -- 43 points on 15-of-23 shots, including 6-of-9 from 3-point range  -- we’re supposed to believe that he’s first and foremost a blue-collar grunt cleaning the glass for the Warriors.

His conscientious job of rebounding -- 13 in Game 3, to go with the 18 before that in The Finals -- demonstrated Durant’s value at both ends. It also provided an early sign he would have a big game offensively.

5. Department of Redundancy Department, Finals IV
     When Hollywood dives back into a cash trough for a highly derivative, by-the-number sequel, it generally waits two or three years between projects. This Warriors-Cavaliers series of Finals clashes, by contrast, is coming hard with the similarities between 2017 and 2018 a mere 12 months apart.

A 2-0 Golden State lead after a pair of games in Oakland? Check. A pivotal Game 3 on Cleveland’s home court that could have swung momentum but didn’t? Check. Kevin Durant launching and hitting a dagger 3-pointer from the left wing in the final minute? Check.

 
Kevin Durant was the hero for Golden State in Game 3 of The Finals.
So does the pattern of last year’s Finals hold, with the proud Cavaliers forcing everyone back to the Bay Area for a decisive Game 5? Kevin Love thinks maybe yes.

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