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NBA Finals LIVE: Warriors v Cavaliers, Game One

George Hill steps up

George Hill is a very underrated player and was a fantastic pickup during the midseason clear out….

​He has nailed a corner 3, then made a steal which led to another Nance dunk and Love scores too. Cavs on 51 and Warriors just had Klay hit another 3, so does Curry to take the Warriors to 45.

Oh and LeBron is on the bench resting.

Klay hits a 3

Klay is back, he hits a 3 and Clarkson misses another open chance. He is 1-6 off the bench plus Curry ran out on Clarkson after his miss and stole a sneaky layup to cut the Cavs lead to 44-40.

Mark Jackson gives us the time honoured "It's a make or miss league". Cavs call time out, Clarkson will keep shooting but he might spent some time on the bench. Rodney Hood anyone?

James up to 20, Dubs defence a mess

Larry Nance Jr into the game

Love seeing Larry Nance Jr getting some game time for the Cavs. They traded for him mid season and he has been a superb pickup as he is athletic, fearless when attacking the rim and an under-rated rebounder.

His dad Larry Nance Sr was also an all-star in the late 80s and early 1990s for the Cavaliers during the Mark Price, Brad Daugherty era…..

Nance has been nice (6 pts, 4 rebs in 4 mins) and LeBron has continued to dominate and the Cavs are up 42-35…..

LBJ is up to 18 pts and we still have 7 mins to go in the second quarter!

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Cavs coach says Kevin Love, others getting involved makes a difference but his side has to take away the open shots for the Warriors….

LeBron opens second quarter with a drive and dunk, he just bumped Livingstone out of the way like he was a paperweight…

Cavs up 32-31 early….

LeBron numbers

High octane quarter

Lots of offence, not as much defence in that opening term and while the Cavs lead 30-29, the Warriors will love this pace and tempo.

LeBron has 12 pts at quarter time, Curry has 11 pts and both have 3 assists each. That assists number could tell a story over the series as the superstars look to involve their teammates…

Klay is back!

Just like Paul Pierce re-emerging from the tunnel during the 2008 NBA Finals (actually not as good)….Thompson walks back into the arena, fans cheer and hopefully he will be back in soon.

In the mean time Shaun Livingstone and rookie Jordan Bell have been superb for the Warriors since coming into the game but Cavs lead 30-29 at quarter time.

The Cavs could have actually been up more but they missed some open three-point shots (I'm looking at you Jordan Clarkson)…..

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Klay will return

Sideline ace Doris Burke reports Klay Thompson has a left knee "contusion" and will be taped up and sent back into the game.

While the fall looked scary, it didn't look as bad as the really bad injuries look….

LeBron is amazing

Commentators just said LeBron is playing in his 101st game of the season tonight, he hasn't missed a game for first time in is career.

Such value for fans and his team. He is a marvel and all this comes off the back of seven previous years in the NBA Finals which alone is an incredible feat!

LeBron already has 12 pts tonight, Cavs up 23-21, Warriors defence sucks right now.

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