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Cavaliers report: As second-guessing mounts, Coach Tyronn Lue sticks with J.R. Smith in Game 3 against Warriors

CLEVELAND: Former Indians manager Mike Hargrove might be able to offer Cavaliers coach Tyronn Lue some timely advice.

Not on how to massage egos on a team loaded with stars, although that was one of Hargrove’s strengths during his nine years at the helm in the 1990s.

Hargrove sometimes found it hard to handle the second-guessing that came with his job, occasionally calling a sports talk radio show on his drive home from the ballpark.

That’s the position Lue finds himself in going into Wednesday night’s crucial Game 3 of the NBA Finals.

The Cavs trail the Golden State Warriors 2-0 with the series shifting to Quicken Loans Arena for two games.