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Following the Cleveland Cavaliers Game 4's barrage of trifectas, Golden State Warriors forward Kevin Durant assured that it wasn't lady luck sitting courtside with them, but rather a performance they can repeat if his team makes the same defensive mistakes at home on Monday.
“They can do that again,” Durant told Michael Grange of Toronto Sports Net. “They didn't do it by luck.”
“We didn't play at the level we're supposed to be at and they exposed that and took advantage of it, came out and played extremely well. You gotta give them credit for how they played, it wasn't only just because we didn't play well — they came out there and took it to us. You gotta give them credit and they can duplicate that, so we gotta be ready for it.”
The Cavs starting lineup railed 21 of the 24 three-pointers rained down on the Warriors on Friday, with three of them making five or more (J.R. Smith, Kyrie Irving, Kevin Love).
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The Warriors consistently left shooters open in the corner, a huge reason why Smith (2-of-4 from the corner) and Love (6-of-6 from the corner) feasted from deep with uncontested jumpers.
Cleveland has the shooters to make it a repeat performance, even if it isn't to a record-breaking degree.
Golden State was outscored by 39 points at the three-point arc, a differential that proved too difficult to overcome on Friday night.
