Warriors eager to avoid repeat of last year’s Finals collapse

CLEVELAND — Kevin Durant was roughly four minutes into his press conference Tuesday afternoon in the bowels of Quicken Loans Arena when, with a loud wheeze, the air-conditioning unit above him shook.

“It’s scaring me a little bit up here,” Durant said, peering up at the cooling system attached to the ceiling.

A Warriors security staffer hurried Durant off stage as the dozens of reporters seated in front of them shared puzzled glances. In a postseason defined by Golden State’s dominance, that early exit was one of the few surprises thus far.

The question now is whether the Cavaliers, down 2-0 in the Finals to the Warriors for the second straight year, will ride a raucous home crowd to a Game 3…