Mike tonights king of the court is brought to you by burger king. Mark this is why you have lebron james on the floor. His ability to make guys around him better. Look at those numbers. They dont lie. Jeff they did not put him back in the game. They brought kevin love back even though the warriors are fairly small. Keeping lebron james on the ben bench. Mike just over a minute gone by. Kyrie irving, Deron Williams, kyle korver, thompson and love out there for the cavaliers. Mark unless james tells me he needs the rest, im playing him. You can get all the rest you want tomorrow. Mike irving. Deron williams fakes a three. Now throws it up. Shot short. Long rebound, mccaw. Mccaw still in the game. They love his defense. And hes already hit a three. Thompson way outside fight for the rebound, david west cant hold on and korver saves it no, he stepped out of bounds. And here comes lebron james. That heel just getting that yellow part of the baseline. So, james comes in and Deron Williams sits. Jeff and this is a tough matchup. Theyve got kyle korver on Klay Thompson. Mike iguodala looking. Finds west. Thompson. Blocked by korver. Picked up by mccaw. Shot clock obviously didnt reset. Iguodala on the drive. Draymond green sents short on the three and irving, the rebound. Mark i understand it being a tough matchup, but i talked about it already. Kyle korver competes. Give him credit. Mike alleyoop to love, but he cant finish. Jeff you cant trot back, though. Too many trots in the last game. Mike mccall jumper in and out. David west tip is good. West up and in. Thats his third field goal, six points off the bench. This is the closest its been in the second half. Irving, contested jumper, knocks it down 34 for irving. Jeff you cannot trot, mike, against this warrior team when something means as much as winning a championship. Mike west. Four to shoot. Iguodala. Foul line jumper just as the shot clock expires. By the way, that last threepointer from irving, the 21st of the game for cleveland. 21 of 35. 60 . Irving drives on thompson. Lefthanded, throws it up and gets the bounce timeout, golden state. 37 more points for kyrie irving. Mark this guy is incredible offensive weapon. Klay thompson, size, strength, contest thats good defense. Better offense. How many guys to we know take that shot and you take him out of the ball game . What are you doing . Youre not serious. But uncle drew is showing up and flatout showing out. Cindy, you dont even have a dress. No dress. Come on girls, shes not coming with us. Uhuh, youre not going anywhere in those rags. Cindy . Introducing an allnew crossover, toyota chr. Toyota. Lets go places. To ensure the ice cold coke nice and wide hits your taste buds all at once. Except for that one in the back thats really hard to reach. Sorry little guy. Hurry in now, any size soft drinks are just a dollar at mcdonalds. Mike espns 30 for 30 takes you on a trip into nba history. Celtics lakers best of enemies chronicles the two storied franchises, culminating in the epic 80s battles. Tuesday and wednesday at 8 00. Jeff irving. What a special offensive talent. Multiple moves against a great defender. And how many lefthand finishes from distance has he made here tonight . Mike hes so comfortable with his offhand. As durant, jefferson right up on him. Durant, pullup shot. Wont go. Rebound deflected and taken by irving. Irving goes at Draymond Green. Kicks it out in the corner but throws it away. Only the tenth turnover for cleveland. 16point game with over eight left. Curry tied up. Durant looks up at the shot clock down the other end. Five on the 24. Finds livingston. Corner. Curry for three hes now 2 for 8 from downtown tonight. Jeff that was both great defense and great offense. Nice extra pass by livi livings. Mike jefferson gets free, and a bullet pass from james for his tenth assist. And the lead back up to 18. Mark good job by jefferson. They were reading korver off the screen, slipped the pick. Mike thompson. Draws the foul. As irving will draw his second foul. And free throws for Klay Thompson. Mark again, you got a small forward playing the point guard position. Able to read the action and the defense. Finding a wide open Richard Jefferson. Jeff we were talking earlier about Small Forwards who can really pass. One name we forgot, or one of maybe a few, is grant hill. Mark no question about it. Hed be in rare air, if he stayed healthy. Obviously, hes a hall of famer. But if he stayed healthy, the things he was able to do on a basketball floor at the small forward position, was special. Jeff i got another one. Rick berry. Mark great passer. Mike hubie brown mark great player. Mike hes across the way. He would agree with that. Mark and rick would agree with you, also. Mike Klay Thompson goes 1 for 2. 122 points, with still seven minutes remaining. James holding. Shot clock at five. James pulls back. Thats a twopointer. Lebron james drills it. Hes got 31. Jeff all that movement opens up the floor in case they want to isolate james late. Mike Draymond Green off a nice feed from livingston. And lebron james took a shot. Golden state has never led. Cleveland stormed out with 49 points in the first quarter. A finals record. Largest lead has been 22. Shot clock winding down. Smith tied up. Launches a threepointer. And a 24second violation as it fails to hit the rim. Or was there a foul called . Mark no foul. Mike mark davis is talking with john goebel. Shot clock expired as Tristan Thompson caught the rebound that did not hit the rim. Well, theyre going to go over and look at something. Jeff they did call a foul. Its just if the violation preceded the foul. Mark who did they call a foul on . Jeff i believe Tristan Thompson, if im not mistaken. Jeff the mike there you see thompson down low. Thompson, number 13. Jeff no, they called it on livingston. Mike saw mark davis signal, stay here. Thats a tough call on livingston. As both just grappling. Jeff and the hold definitely takes place before i think at. 2. Mike been a busy night in the Replay Center. Jeff ed malloy, a finals official they only bring finals officials, bob delanedel to me, to the Replay Center during this time. Mike right. 0. 0. And its right around the same time and then mark davis signals jeff i think its a good call. Mike yeah. So, it is on livings on the. Mark taking a look at the replay, it was the right call. Mike only the first team foul. Second on livingston. James oneonone with durant. Shot clock winding down. James pulls back, threepointer kyrie irving, the offensive rebound. Shuffle pass inside to thompson, hit hard. And a hard foul by Draymond Green. Obviously the crowd responds. Cavs players signaling, lets go back to the Replay Center. You can hear the crowd react to the replay on the big screen. Livingston fouls i that, by definition, from what we see in the nba, thats a flagrant foul. Mark by definition, you are correct, mike. Thats coming straight down on the head of Tristan Thompson. Jeff i think he just got caught up in the air. Mark i know what you do think. That deserves to be taken a look at. Jeff at least a look, right. Mike another loose ball foul. By the way, the foul was called on livingston. So, the whistle came, and then green came in afterwards, which would have been a technical foul. Mark still got to look at all that action, though. Mike yeah, absolutely agree. Jeff im actually glad im so sick of the replays. Mark youre not looking at that and saying thats not a flagrant. Jeff i agree with you, too, but mike irving drives. Lost the handle. Gets it back. Throws it up, baneker wont go. Tristan thompson with the follow. Best game of the finals. Mark hes been outstanding. Not just rebounding. Energy and effort. The thing hes done to put this team in the position theyre in right now. Hes back. Mike curry to green. Green lines up the three wont go. James, now one rebound shy of another tripledouble. Pass inside to smith. Uptop, irving for three irving strips it. Came close to going off currys leg. Still golden state ball. As Andre Iguodalas going to check back in for golden state. If the cavs can force a game five, and theyre on their way right now, abcs coverage of the finals continues monday from oakland. Nba countdown begins at 8 00 eastern on espn. Continues at 8 30 on abc. Tipoff just after 9 00 eastern. Those are the fans at oracle arena, watching this one. Thompson fakes. Shot clock at eight. Poked away by smith. Iguodala, lefthanded. Cant get it to fall. And james has his tripledouble. 31 points, 10 assists, 10 rebounds. Kicks it out. Jefferson for three james with the steal as he collides with j. R. Smith. Durant has it fouled from behind. And smith is shaken up. James still down but he appears to be okay. After james came up with the steal, the collision forced him to loose the ball. Free throws for durant. Mark good job of sprinting back. Disrupting the fastbreak attempt. Collision by james and smith. Fortunately for the cavs fans, both guys are up. And looking like theyre okay. Mike both will remain in the game. Durant to the line. By the way, lebron james tripledouble, his ninth in the nba finals. Which is now the most, one ahead of Magic Johnson. Nobody else even has two. Mark thats a tough hit that j. R. Smith took, mike. Mike nobody else has more than two, i should say. Well take a timeout. 4 30 remaining, game four. Cavs still in control. [ natural sound ] [ ding ] ah agent gascoine was killed last night. [ music playing ] did you know him . Enough to say hello. Reach out and touch faith. Everyone you get close to. Winds up dead. This only ends one way. Rated r. Reach out and touch faith. Guys. Im trapped, my boss wants me here. Raz, where are you . We are not leaving without you. Just go downstairs now. Rapunzel . look for my chr. That was fun. Wait till you see where were going. Introducing an allnew crossover. Toyota chr. Toyota. Lets go places. Man, i might just chill puppymonkeybaby. Puppymonkeybaby. Puppymonkeybaby. Puppymonkeybaby. Puppy. Monkey. Baby. Puppymonkeybaby. Puppymonkeybaby. Mountain dew kickstart. Dew. Juice. Caffeine. Mark once again, its about the dynamic duo. This time, it not curry and durant. Its lebron james and kyrie irving. Starting the game, setting the tone. Aggressive. Easy hoops. Making plays in transition. Special alltime great talent. And then kyrie irving, getting his uncle drew on. Isolation. Wheres the shrinking of the floor . Too much pressure on Klay Thompson to defend him oneonone. Special offensive weapon. Both guys putting on a clinic. Another spectacular performance. Jeff someone let me know that when lebron threw it up off the board, it counts as neither a shot nor a rebound. Mark thats wild. Jeff statistically, thats how it was addressed. Mark statistically, it should be a shot but definitely should be a rebound. Jeff i have no answers. Mark thats not the first time, my friend. Mike jefferson. It should count as an assist. It was a great pass. James. Piece of the arm. Ball knocked out of bounds. And its still cleveland ball. Thats a pass. So, i can understand not a shot. Jeff how do you know . Mike no, thats the problem. You cant go according to intent. Mark i once made that play years ago but it was a layup. Jeff when other people rebound their own misses like on long rebounds, theyre not given, like, nothing. Mike all lebron james cared that it counted for two points. Irving for three. In and out. Jeff oh, mike. Youre not that naive, are you . They want their numbers. Come on. Mike i stand corrected. Durant for three long rebound out to jefferson. Throws it ahead to irving. Irving goes right at iguodala, side step layup, blocked by durant. Irving gets it back. Fantastic block from kevin durant. But the cavs still hold on. James jumper and a foul on kyrie irving. Thats going to be his fourth. Jeff this is really great effort by kevin durant. The chasedown. Whether its a goaltend i think he got it on the way up. But thats the effort. They held them to 40 points here in the second half. They had 49 in the first quarter. Mark speaking of effort, Richard Jefferson has been spectacular for the cavs. Defense hes playing on durant, the extra effort plays hes making. Mike durant drives and is fouled. Tristan thompson upset, but picks up his fourth personal. Youre right, mark. Tyronn lue absolutely trusts jefferson in big moments. Mark and thats a foul. Comes down with the right hand on kevin durant. Jeff im just saying i dont know how these i can see why a referee would overreact and give a technical foul out unwarranted, because everybody complains on every single call. Mike there are referees all across the country who are smiling right now. Jeff no, i mean i dont i mean, i dont condone the quick technical, but i can understand emotionally how it can happen. Mark i think it is also important, if youre a referee, to have the ability to say, i was wrong. Jeff absolutely. Mike the best ones do. Jeff they do they come in, they say, i may have kicked that call. Mike and a foul is going to go against kevin durant. Durants going to pick up his third. Game with seven technicals and a flagrant. Jeff and 13 reviews, i think. What did they do before reviews . What did the great officials do . They controlled the game on the floor. They didnt have to go to some monitor to see if they were right. They sold it as they were right. Mike well, durant clearly fouled there. Kevin loves going to come back in. Theres 3 18 remaining. Iguodala sits down. Mccaw comes back. 15point game. By the way, the highest scoring game in finals history is 148. The celtics that was the memorial day massacre, when they beat the lakers by 34. Wound up losing the series. James. Smith. Jefferson drives baseline. Kicks it out to irving. Irving gets in the paint. Out to james, up top, smith. Threepointer bang mark they have put on a clinic, making the extra pass. Turning down shots, putting guys in position to be successful. Mike curry misses. Mccaw, the rebound. Nba finals record 22nd three. 22 of 42. Klay thompson cant answer. Smith with a rebound. J. R. Smith with 15 more points tonight. Jeff whats the alltime record, no matter what . Mike 25. Celebrating starting here at quicken loans arena. Irving for three hes a scoring machine mark kyrie irving. Oneonone, gets to his spot, elevates and knocks it down. Then looks at dwyane wade and says, i told you so. Momma, there goes those men. Mike well, if the cavs force a game five, and theyre just about to make it official, abcs coverage of the nba finals continues monday from oakland. Nba countdown at 8 00 on espn, continues on abc at 8 30. And tipoff from oracle arena, shortly after 9 00 eastern. Jeff benches have cleared for both teams. Mike look at kyrie irving. Career and elimination games last year when they were down 31. Went 41, 23 and 26. Has 40 here tonight after 38 points in game three. As jeff mentioned, the benches cleared, as the cavaliers are sending this series back to oakland. Mcgee gets fouled with 1 58 remaining. Lebron james, another tripledouble. Averaging one through four games of these times. Passing Magic Johnson for most finals tripledoubles. Mark you think about it, mike, down 31 after tonight, if you take away kevin durant, lebron james is the mvp of this series, clearcut. Mike key lee irving is right behind him, too. Mark absolutely. Mike this is the exact same scenario after four games last year. They got here a little differently, but its going to be 31, once again. Heading back to oakland. Jeff but no suspension and no durant. Mark give this cavs team credit. Ive seen a lot of teams and played with some teams that may have laid down, not wanting to make the trip to san francisco. Its a credit to their leadership, starting with tlue, lebron james and the supporting cast. Obviously kyrie irving. Jeff ty lue told us before the game that his team had good spirit and he didnt know if it was just talk or if it was real, and it was real. Mark well, youre right. We presented the question to him. Compare this teams mentality last year and this year. Actually, he thinks this teams mentality is much better. Thats a coach that has a finger on the pulse of this team. Willik williams, james jones, iman shumpert. Derrick williams is fouled. And Dahntay Jones in the game. You see steph curry, just 2 of 9 from three. Did have ten assists tonight. Kevin durant, 35 more points but this night belongs to the defending champions. The cavaliers with one of the greatest offensive performances in nba finals history. The chant going out, cavs in seven. Jeff a lot of steps to get to that point again. Mike well, they made history last year. Biggest finals comeback ever, down 31. This one, a more difficult task. But its not over yet. Clark from deep. And it all goes back to how they started this game. 49 points in the first quarter. An nba finals record. They hit seven threes in the first quarter. Theyre just adding to their finals record. Of the alltime 24 of 45 from downtown. Just a magnificent shooting this crowd has loved every minute of it. So disappointed in game three at Fourth Quarter lead. Failed to score the final three minutes. Boy, did they respond like a defending champion should. Clark will hoist one up. And now the cavs will dribble it out. Cleveland is still alive. As golden states quest for playoff perfection comes to an end tonight. And more importantly, the cavs force game five monday in oakland. Golden state was hoping to clinch once again here at quicken loans arena. Theyll get that chance on their home floor monday night. Lets go to doris. Doris well, ivelebron jame. Kyrie, ill start with you. Whether it was five, six and finals or tonight, what is it about elimination games that brings out the best in do or die. We understand that. You know, us leading the charge on both ends of the floor, you know, you got to demand a lot of yourself. Have, makes the job a lot easier. But obviously the job is still far from over. I mean, were still in a hole. Do or die, every game we play from now. This is a good start. Doris what was so different about this groups disposition tonight . Just the way we came out. We heard the comments, saying it would be satisfying to win on our home floor. We were ready to go back to san fran and get ready to play for game five. Doris kyrie, thank you. Lebron, many thought this was a foregone conclusion, tonight boub t would be the crowning for a championship for golden state. What did you like about the fight that your guys brought . I mean, we have championship dna, as well. And we showed that tonight, we kept our composure. We was in attack mode. We shared the ball. We moved the ball. And defensively, we were physical. You have to be that every single game, so, it was one game. And its going to be even tougher in game five, but we look forward to the challenge. Doris lebron, there have been eight 30point tripledoubles in nba finals history. You have four of them what are you trying to give your group every single night . Anything i can. Any and everything i can. I try to be a vocal leader, as well, lead by example, you know, ive always wanted to be a triplethreat, being able to score, pass, rebound and also talk guys through defensive coverages and everything, so you know, i was there tonight for my guys, i was able to make a few plays offensively and defensively to help us. Doris what can you take on the road that you had here tonight that can help you, because the deficit is the same, 31, but the challenge will be very different. Oh, we know its going to be very difficult. But if we if we continue to not turn the ball over like weve done the last two games, especially in their building where they are extremely good, they are extremely theyre a great team. You know, and, but if we can do that and we can continue to defend, keep bodies and bodies, we give ourselves a good chance. Doris lebron, thank you. Thank you, doris. Mike the mindset was win one game. Boy, they did that. Wire to wire victory. They led by double figures the entire second hatch and well have at least one more game in their season. Kyrie irving, magnificent tonight, once again, playing so brilliantly on his home floor. 40 points. Lebron james with yet another tripledouble with 31, 11 and 10. And its now 31 in this best of seven series. More coverage to come from cleveland, ohio, weve got more games in these nba finals. Ive been an Army Paratrooper for twelve years. Ive logged hundreds of jumps