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The Cavs’ Win Was Either A Huge Upset Or A Sign Of Something Bigger

After the Cleveland Cavaliers dropped Game 1 of the NBA Finals — and lost guard Kyrie Irving to injury in the process — things looked bleak for the team going into Sunday’s Game 2 matchup with the Golden State Warriors. The undermanned Cavs were already the underdog against the Warriors (on a stage that’s especially […]

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‘Live By The Three, Die By The Three’ Is Mostly A Myth

“You’ll shoot your eye out,” I kept thinking while watching Game 2 of the NBA Finals on Sunday. The Warriors hoisted 35 3-point attempts and made only eight of them en route to scoring just 93 points. It was a maddening, sloppy game full of what-ifs. So … what if the Warriors had sunk threes […]

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‘Live By The Three, Die By The Three’ Is Mostly A Myth

“You’ll shoot your eye out,” I kept thinking while watching Game 2 of the NBA Finals on Sunday. The Warriors hoisted 35 3-point attempts and made only eight of them en route to scoring just 93 points. It was a maddening, sloppy game full of what-ifs. So … what if the Warriors had sunk threes […]

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