SFGate.com · May 31, 2015
Cavaliers have their own healing to do
With less than a week to get ready for the NBA Finals, the Cavaliers have a checklist of things to get done before Game 1.
First is to get All-Star guard Kyrie Irving healthier after he sat out two games in the conference finals with knee and foot injuries. Then there’s putting together a defensive plan to try and slow Warriors guard Stephen Curry, the league MVP.
LeBron James, appearing in his fifth straight Finals and going for his third championship, is looking to end Cleveland’s 51-year pro sports championship drought — the longest for any city. He says he has never been more driven after the Cavs swept Atlanta in the Eastern Conference finals.