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Following a rampant 11-0 run in the last 2 minutes and 18 seconds of the game, the Golden State Warriors secured one of their biggest wins of the season in a come-from-behind 118-113 Game 3 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Wednesday night.
Warriors point guard Stephen Curry, who nailed the final two free throws of the game, went as far as to call this game the biggest win from their record-breaking three-year run atop the league:
“This is our best win to date,” Curry told ESPN's Marc Stein after the game. “We knew how hard it was gonna be, how bad we've been in Game 3s, especially in this building and historically in the playoffs.”
“Just find a way, man. It's an amazing accomplishment. We obviously have one more job to do and we're not gonna get ahead of ourselves. We're happy, we're pumped because of the way the game ended, but we got a lot of work to do.”
Kevin Durant‘s three-point pull-up jumper with 45 seconds left in regulation proved to be the decisive basket for the Warriors, who were forced to scrap at the Cavaliers' pace for the latter part of the game. Ultimately, they reclaimed the lead and finished the last 2 minutes and 45 seconds of the game in complete shutout mode.
Golden State erased Cleveland's chances down the stretch, as they went 0-for-8 while the Warriors connected on all three of their field goal attempts and made all four of their free throws.
After a war at Quicken Loans Arena, Curry and company will have to reload with only one day of rest before meeting their rivals again for Game 4 of the series on Friday at 9:00 p.m. EST.
