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Bring in adonal foyle and coach called this team soft. I mean that alone should fire you up right . Indeed. If that doesnt fire you up, i dont know what will. Reporter exactly. All right, steph curry hes already anuanced hes not going to play in the olympic thz summer. Hes pretty beatup. Are we look forge a break jut game for him finally or is something actual live wrong . I think thats a bit of a mistake. I thought that when he played in the first two games, one of the things they did is they created for other people. He created for other people. Klay created for other people. I think hes just got to get back to playing the game and if you can get shot, that is not the extent of who he is. He does so many other things in the flow. Last year the warriors were down 2un1 to the cavaliers. This year theyre up to 21. Is that 30point blowout enough to get you fired up for game four . I think so. One thing this team has showed all year is this a team that when their backs are against the wall they play great. But its also they take pride in how they play. I think the biggest thing is not that they shot 9 for 33 for the last game, but the fact that the energy wasnt there. They did not compete at the level that they are used to. I think theyre going to be disappointed at them sxs and theyre going to come out and show they have something to prove and they are going to prove they can play at a hirer level. How can you not be preparz for a game three when youre up 21 and you can bury a team. Right. I think thats why we play the game. When its a change of venue the routine youre out of the routine, ute of your dfrt zone. Out of your element. And part of the game is you just are have to know you have a team that you are on the ropes and you know you have to take the team and now compete with them. They now believe they can win this next game. You considerhave to go in and break their will. It may take half the game or the 18 tire game. But you have to break them and really show that you are reassert you yourselves as the best team in the nba. Cleveland definitely has their confidence back. Andrew bogut, his time has diminished in every game. Last year not much in the finals last year. Do we see them going with a small lineup to start the game . This year ive noticed with steve kerr, he wont panic and he wont let anyone know hes panicking. Hes going to go to his traditional lineup but i do dare say that everybodys going to be on a short leash tonight. Which is if youre not giving him what he wants gosss going to look for different combinations of things tonight and hes going to see what works. But youre not going to show your hand coming out of the gate. Youre going to see what the guys give you during the course of the game. Well have a lot more from adonal coming up along with espns marc spears live at quicken loans arena. First Wayne Freedman is switching gears covering somer sports. He is live at quicken loans arena with a look at the cavs. Wayne . Reporter thanks, mike. I know a little bit about sports. After two games the warriors had a commanding lead as they came to cleveland. The question was, will cleveland even win one game . Then we know what happened on wednesday night during game three. Lebron james and kyrie irving put the critics on notice, it was a blowout win frankly. Another win top of the and the cavaliers will have the momentum. The series will be tied at 22. But they know they have a lot of work ahead of them. We cant afford to go down 31 and go into their building giving them confidence going back. Its a do or die game for us still. We have a better understanding of them and protecting home court is where we are right now and we understand that. Just being physical and being aggressive i think in the first of the games in golden state they were definitely that. They were more physical and they were more aggressive than we were and we turned the tables on them. Reporter and one last note as we come back live with the warriors practicing behind the cavaliers at home in this postseason are undefeated. The question tonight is, will they remain undefeated . Live in cleveland, Wayne Freedman, abc 7 news. Reporter all right, thanks a lot wayne. And make sure to check us out on twitter throughout the game. Well be breaking down game four live. You can follow me of course adonal well answer your questions during the postgame show. Larry biel usually with us. Hes attending his Daughters High School gratd waigsduation tonight. Tomorrow college graduation. Hes making a late surge for father of the year. Well be back but for now well go to the abc 7 newsroom. Larry has double duty. Here tonight for high school and then down south for college tomorrow. Busy weekend. As you can see from the countdown clock on your screen we have just about 24 minutes to go until abcs game four cover ang begins. Im getting excited. The warriors owner joe lake on and peter gub erlt did something really nice. They chartered a flight for roughly 120 full time employees to travel to cleveland to watch tonights game. This is video provided by the warriors. As you can imagine, the workers were excited to get to the game to cheer on their dubs. And we are also in cleveland and we have a Live Team Coverage on the fans both there and here. Lets start with Amy Hollyfield with a look at how dubs fans are feeling about game four. Amy . Reporter 11yearold mias jump shot may not be ready for the finals but she is confident her warriors are ready. Steph and klay are just going to go off tonight and make all their shots. Reporter they sure didnt make their shots wednesday night. And the crowd likely played a role in that game. It was so loud even some cavs fans were impressed. And it was raisy. The most unbelievable atmosphere ive been part of. Reporter pride is at an alltime high right now in cleveland. Sales at this tshirt shop doubled after that win. After the two we were so bummed. We came back and crushed them and everyone was just super psyched. Reporter but mia is dressed for had her team, too. Head to toe warriors. Shes bringing her vocal chords to the game as well. Im going to yell as loud as i can and cheer for them. Reporter they know theyre going to have to yell loudly tonight, even cavs fans tell us they were impressed with how loud the crowd was during wednesdays game. They are ready to use this home court to their advantage. Reporting live from cleveland Amy Hollyfield, abc 7 news. Amy thanks. Absolutely. Now well go to abc 7 News Reporter Laura Anthony live at oracle arena for tonights big watch party. Laura . Reporter hi there, ama. I am here at oracle arena. I was going to say quicken loans arena. That one will also be fum. So will this one. Soldout tonight, 19000 people here for a game that is 2500 miles away. Among those watching here and all over the bay area, the warriors young fans. At the alameda boys and Girls Club Basketball is in the air and on the floor among these kids who want to be like steph. Doesnt he seem like a good guy off the court, too . Yes. Whenever they lose, he shows good spart sportsmanship. Stephen curry has kids and he plays basketball, takes care of his kids and have a wife. Reporter who is better, lebronor or steph . Steph curry definitely. Reporter why . Because he has better handles and he shoots hes better at shooting. Reporter dujuan is just 7 but hes well on his way when it comes to honing his skills and not just in the paint. How are your three point shots . Good i made both of them. Reporter while they work on their own games these kids are also well aware of what the warriors need to do tonight against the cavs. Whos going to win tonight . The warriors. Reporter by how much . 16095 i guess. Reporter in alameda, Laura Anthony, abc 7 news. And we want to see your fan photos during tonights game. All you have to do is post them on Facebook Twitter or instagram and right there use the hash tag dubs on 7. Take a look at the pictures warriors fans have already shared. We have some great shots. There is a lot of team spirit all across the bay area. Very exciting series. Great night again tonight. I love seeing all the little kids and all the animals as well. So cute. With it just about 20 minutes left in our countdown to game four we have a lot nor to go. We do. Stay with us. Can the dubs bounce back from that blowout loss the other night . Espn senior nba writer marc spears weighs in on that question. And of course we check in with stans who are ready to watch the game on a big screen right outside of San Franciscos city hall. Stay right here with us. The abc 7 news warriors pregame show is just getting started. Back in a second. Weve been through everything. This is a long season. Weve seen everything. And anything. So well be prepared you know. We can be down 31 thats the thing. We can be you up. We can have a 73win season. We can be told were not good. We can be told were the best. Weve heard and seen everything. Were back at the official Warriors Watch Party here at oracle arena and of course our beautiful set here supplied by our friends at espn as we count down to game four between the warriors and the cavaliers. But lets fake you out to quicken loans arena and of course you can see fans and players warming up before the game. Joining us now marc spears Senior Writer at espn. Marc thanks for join\ing us. Youve been doing an online diary with draymond green. How does he expect the dubs to answer the blowout after game three . He said that he and his two fellow allstars Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson have played, quote unquote, awful. Lets see what happens tonight. Look, its the finals. They have to pick it un. Steph has played better i think late in games because it seems like his knee is warming up late in games. Klay i dont know where hes been. This is nt the game we saw in the previous series who was so heroic against okc. Outside of a really good game two, draymond hasnt played that well either. Im sure they want to go back to oracle where youre at up 31, get it over with and party in front of their own fans party and get that championship. But if they lose tonight its certainly going to be a lot longer than that. Well be back in cleveland. Reporter well, their perimeter defense by cleveland has been unbelieve of believable pretty much shutting down steph and klay. What is it going to take to get the splash brothers going again . Well they both said they need to be more aggressive. I think what that means is probably taking the ball to the basket more. This isnt the Oklahoma City thunder as far as blocking shots. Yes lebron is a shot blocking threat and thompson can be. But this a team they certainly can get lay ups on. I think they have to mix it up more. They cant just settle for the jumper and force theup perfect like they have a bunch of times of they dont have the length on them like they did against okc but cleveland is still bothersome. So look for them to take more midrange jumpers, taking it to the holes get more fouls, as i said, be more aggressive. Kevin love supposedly available tonight for game four. How does that affect clevelands chances to beat the warriors or do they start him again . Do they sit him and bring him . What do you expect from kevin love tonight . I expect them to start him. But that doesnt mean you stick him in long. When you have a guy that is it struggling in the finals, you cant give them much rope. You have to take them out. So for them to say that cleveland won the previous game because kevin love didnt start i dont think its because of that. I thought the warriors were just extremely flat from the beginning. Never caught up. Richard jefferson brings some energy that maybe love doesnt give them and some better defense. You but i think youve got to stick with what got you here. That lineup got them to the finals. How long they stick with it i dont know. But i would expect kevin love to start. Marc we appreciate your time. I know youre a busy man. Marc spears from the undefeated on espn. Thank as lot marc. Thank you. All right at most four games left in the series between the warriors and cavs. Game five will bring the series back to oakland on monday. A win tonight and the warriors would have a chance to win it all on their home court. It would be nice to clinch it here. The only place to see all the games is here on abc 7. As i bring back adonal foyle, talking about kevin love. What dow do with him . You win a game without him. ace defenseive liability. What do you do with him . Its a tough call. You dont want to bench a player in the finals but what you do you say, okay we are going to take a look and see how well you perform with limited minutes. Were going to restrict that minutes and see what happens. I think that thats part of like what theyre going to do theyre going to take a look at him, give him some time out and see how he responds and put him on a short leash. If he doesnt play well you pull him. Speaking of injuries, Klay Thompson with that thigh bruise those are tough. Those charlie horses are tough. Do you think that will affect him at all with his lift or no . I think at this point anything is it going to affect players in the game because its like you never know the day after. Sometimes an injury happens and it doesnt look as significant. Then you go home and you lie down and then everything swell up. So you know i dont know what impact this is going to have. But every time somebody hits you it has the potential to be difficult. All right. A lot of people thought after the cavs went down 20 that you know the warriors were going to sweep. Theyre not in the finals. They breezed through the eastern conference playoffs. They were 122. Lebron has brought the team back. What does he have to do to keep this a series . I think what they did the last game, they game out and played at a very high level. Not only offensively but defensively they got all the 50 50 balls, rebounded they outrebounded the warriors. They limited their turnovers. They played close to the best game i think ive seen a team play against the warriors. They beat us in almost every statistical category. Could they do that in the rest of the series . I dont think so. But i think they have to play at that level going into this game tonight. So you dont think the injuries have started to catch up with the splash brothers, between stephs knee and klays thigh . You know, the one thing i learned from being a professional sportsman, the only lesson i learned is that when it comes to yourinjuries they never heal during the season. They always get healed during the offseason when youre not playing. So everybody in the nba has injuries that theyre dealing with throughout the course of the year, and its a question of managing it. Its never a question of curing or healing. It doesnt get healed during the season. So im sure a lot of these guys are beaten up a little bit but its everybody at this point in the season. You probably dont hear it a lot because nobody wants to tell you that theyre hurt. Rfrmgts right. But almost every guy has an injury of some kind. Im sure steph curry hes not feeling great because when your knees get hurt during the course of a playoff where uf play arguably one of the most amazing series we have ever seen and then coming back and you now have to play a team for the championship, its difficult. So theyre going to be injured and theyre going to be hurt throughout the course of the year. Reporter this is where the warriors bench comes in. Thats why we always say, you know, the strength in numbers we play at a very high level. We need to see the bench come in and do a great job. They have done that all year. So its not a surprise. The question is could they do it tonight and give the dubs a chance to win here in game sfooi . Speaking of which, well have our pricks coming up. For now, well go back to the abc 7 news studio with dan and ama. Shu, adonal, thanks so much. While the warriors and cavs are going head to head in the nba times lets look at the matchup between the two cities. Its interesting actually. The capacity of oracle arena is slightly smaller than quicken loans arena. There are about 1,000 more seats in cleveland. Oakland has more people and is growing while clevelands population is shrinking. Thats according to the latest census numbers. Theres no comparison when it comes to home values, no surprise. A home in oakland is worth nearly six times what a similar home is worth in cleveland. And as you can see from the countdown clock on can your screen, we have just about ten minutes more until abcs game four coverage begins. San francisco is getting in on the game watching action with a big screen setup in front of city hall. Yes. That is where we find abc 7 News Reporter Leslie Brinkley to show us the setup. Hi leslie. Reporter hi there. Its exciting down here. This is dub nation in San Francisco, and this is what it looks like. Thousands are expected here for a game watch put on bit mayor and the citys parks and rec department. This is actually like the first time going to a game partry request like thispart ry like this. You see the liveliness of the crowd. Everybody is cheering. Reporter these three amigos were the first to plant their camp chairs front and center at 3 00. This is really warriors ground complete with food trucks and a Family Friendly rule. No alcohol allowed here at Civic Center Plaza. Officers told me theyll pour it out if you bring it. Plenty of basketballthemed games to warm up for the big event. That of course is the game at 6 00. This is the first time the city has ever hosted an event like this for a warriors game. Theyve done it for soccer. Theyve done it for giants baseball. Tonight its the warriors. Thousands expected here and of course city hall will be lit up as will point tower and sfo in warriors colors so it should be be quite a sight to behold. Live at Civic Center Plaza Leslie Brinkley. Its about time right . Really. The question is what will the weather be be like for that Outdoor Watch Party . We turn to abc 7 news meteorologist andy pa sandhya patel. Lets look at the forecast for the watch party. Were looking at a mix of sun and high clouds. It will be breezy. 56 at 8 30. I would pack a light jacket with you. If you take ache look at whats happening at oracle arena as fans line up before they head in it will be nice there 65 there mild 62 by 8 30 when the sun is getting ready to set. Accuweather sep seven day forecast warmer for saturday 90s inland, sunday warm inland still but not as warm. Mild at the coast and then a much cooler pattern next week. But tomorrow temperatures are rebounding like our warriors will tonight, we believe right . We sermcertainly do. Thanks so much. For the first time ever, all 23 warriors basketball camp summer sessions sold out before the first one even started. The warriors sent us some video from camp in oakley. Youre looking at it here. 400 fourday camp includes workouts drills and individual coaching and some warriors players also help out including steph curry and draymond green. About 4,000 kids will take nart the camps this summer. I did six straight jeers of basketball camp. A great experience. I know the kids will have finance. But will the warriors win tonight . Thats the big question. Shu and adonal will be back with predictions for tonights game in just a moment. Stay with us as the countdown to game four continues. Just about seven minutes until all right our countdown clock shows exclusive abc coverage of game four between the warriors and cavs now about five minutes away as we take a live look at quicken loans arena in cleveland. All righter, adonal, time for our predictions. We both picked cleveland in game three and the haters on twitter just blew up. So we were right. Why dont i i didnt want to be right. Why dont i start with game four. Were supposed to in the nba finals win at home. I think cleveland refound their confidence after being blown out in the first two games so i say cleveland will take this game at home again and this series will come back tied at 22 and well be down to a threegame series. Im pulling for the warriors to win, but i have a feeling cleveland is going to take it in cleveland. What about you . I said this is going to go down to the wire like somewhere in the Fourth Quarter steph is going to have an opportunity to win the game at the buzzer. And the warriors is going to win. Take that to the Bank Reporter that would be great because they come back here and could clinch it monday. There you go. Wouldnt you rather see them win it here at oracle . Yeah absolutely. Reporter we were very lonely last year in cleveland when this happened. That will do it. Of course well be back for after the game adonal and i will enjoy the watch party with 18000 to 19,000 fans. And i hope you enjoy the game exclusively here on abc 7. Lets go back to the newsroom. Dan and ama should be a great game and well be see how it plays out. Going to be fun. Going to be really a blast where you are. Adobl, shu, thank you so much. Abcs coverage of game four gets under way next right here on abc 7. After that, join mike shumann and adonal foyle after the game. Well be broadcasting live from the watch party ator oracle arena. Later catch Jimmy Kimmel Live game night at 10 00, a special edition of abc 7 news begins at 10 30. And that is this special edition of abc 7 news at fiech warriors edition. Thanks so much for being here. We appreciate your time. Im dan ashley. And im ama daetz. We will see you after the game. Coverage of game four is just moment as way now. Under three minutes. Were taking a live look inside quick kwiken loenz arena there in ohio. Thats where it will happen. In just about half an hour tipoff as you look live inside quicken loans arena. Another shot to share with you before we run out of time civic center in San Francisco where hundreds and probably thousands will gather for a watch party there tonight. On the other side of the bay, about 19,000 fans will be at oracle arena watching on the big xreeb screens there. Lets go back to cleveland outside quicken loans arena. Look at all those fans. Amy hollyfield is somewhere in the crowd. It was loud when we talked to her, all the fans gettingor ready for the big game. We need to start seeing more people in blue in there. Ga warriors. Blue and gold. Enjoy the game. Well see you later. They found out whos been hacking into our network. Who . Guess. I dont know, some kids in a basement . You watch too many movies. Who . A Small Business in china. A business . They work nine to five. They take lunch hours. Like a job . Like a job. We tracked them. How did we do that . We have some new guys defending our network. New guys . Well, theyre not that new. 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