President biden challenged former President Trump to two debates, and trump accepted. Oh. Yeah. Trump agreed. He said, ill be there, assuming its okay with my parole officer. The first debate will be next month, which is the earliest a president ial debate has ever been. If were being honest, an early bird debate feels right for these guys. Boom, just like that, headtohead, toe to toe, mano and mango. Trump posted, just tell me when. Ill be there. Lets get ready to rumble rumble . Ive seen your rallies. I think you mean, lets get ready to ramble. Good morning. Welcome to morning joe. It is thursday, may 16th. I just have to ask, the Question Alex asks, why is it not friday . How is it not friday, guys . Its thursday. Were grateful that god has given us another day to come in and be together. Im very grateful. Were close to friday. Were not at friday. 24 hours, itll be friday. A lot to talk about. We have White House Bureau chief for politico, jonathan lemire. We have john heilemann. Ma
Remaining. The final offensive numbers for cleveland, 35 from the field. And 20 turnovers. Just 89 points. This is a team that has been scoring at an unbelievable rate, coming into these nba finals, averaging almost 117 a game. And the turnovers, again, they will tie the alltime record for fewest turnovers in an nba finals game. 31 assists, four turnovers. Livingston will dribble it out. The applause will commence. As the Golden State Warriors remain perfect in the 2017 postseason. Golden state, 130, including 70 here at oracle arena. As Lebron James Cavs lose on the road for the first time in this postseason and only their second loss of the playoffs. Kevin durant was brilliant. Hes with doris. Doris kevin, the last time you stepped off the floor of an nba finals, you were in tears. So, can you describe what youre feeling with the start that you just had in this game one . Forgive me for that reminder. Its all right. I think to start the game, we were a little too anxious, you know, w
Straight june he spent time in cleveland. He lost, in fact, there. Thought of purchasing a condo. Shu, youve been with the warriors every day the postseason. Are fans nervous or expecting another comeback like last year . Theyre definitely expecting a come back. Last year it was defeatist. This year, no, were going home with a 2 out of three series. The warriors made a good point, circle number 73 ended up costing them the championship. This year they are not circling that 160. They want to win one game at a time. Talk to most of the players in the shoot around, why is it so different when you change venue s . The background is different, different look at the shot. Cleveland will feel comfortable tonight because their offense has not been part of that due to the warriors defense. But you can feel the anticipation here. Cleveland fans are ready to rock this place so its going to be a tough challenge for the warriors. As you mentioned, they lost by 30 points last year. Theyre hoping not
Theyre the defending nba champions and they dont want another steph quote, when i come to this arena, reminds me twice, they dont want that. Lets send it to mike shumann who is live in the land as they call it. Is it still believe land or are they resigned to the inevitable, this series is going to be over pretty soon . Reporter i think people around here think if cleveland can get one game, anything can happen because we saw it happen last year at 319. Im going to step out. Kevin durant warming up here for the final things. The warriors are thinking about 160 because they want to win the title as soon as possible. They dont want cleveland to feel like they have a chance for another miraculous come back. Now, if you remember the nfl, the 72 dolphins won a per felkt 170. The players continued to pop champagne every year when there are no more undefeated teams in the league. Steve kerr admitted hed like to be able to do that and have some fun. I always love when Mercury Morris celebrates
Five to shoot. Back out iguodala. Puts up a three and hits j. R. Smith put a hand up and iguodala with another threepointer. Largest lead of the night, a 16point advantage. And david lee called for the foul. And for iguodala the most points hes scored all season long regular season and playoffs. Mark give him credit. Truly getting iggy with it. Great pass from lee and hes been playing confident all night long. Mike 4 of 9 from threepoint range. James. Too strong. Rebound tipped. Thompson keeps it alive. J. R. Smith inside to mozgov who is fouled on the entry pass. The shot wont count. And theyre in the penalty, with 5 10 remaining. Mark mike i go back to this. Give steve kerr createdit. If they dont win, he gets hammered. They win they put on the type of performance that he tried to push the button to get out of them and theyve responded. These are the decisions a coach has to make. Pat riley, the great hall of fame coach used to talk about these situations and these decisions. Jeff ab