CLEVELAND — After he entered an unusually crowded room of assembled reporters in Cleveland, Steve Kerr asked, “Why are you all here? LeBron James isn’t walking through that door, Kevin Durant isn’t walking through that door.”
Indeed, a lot has changed since the Warriors (11-39) and Cavaliers (13-37) met in four-straight NBA Finals. With James leading a title contender in Los Angeles and the Warriors without Stephen Curry (left hand surgery), Klay Thompson (left knee surgery) and Durant (Brooklyn), both teams entered Saturday night with the worst two records in the NBA.
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But Draymond Green’s vintage performance, reminiscent of some of his best Finals games, led the Warriors to a much-needed 131-112 win over the Cavaliers at Rocket Mortage FieldHouse.