USA TODAY Sports NBA Insiders Jeff Zillgitt and Sam Amick break down the Cleveland Cavaliers' Game 3 victory against the Golden State Warriors.
CLEVELAND — 'We're better than this.'
From late Tuesday night at a downtown Cleveland steakhouse to their practice Wednesday, the Golden State Warriors players and coaches who trail LeBron James and the undermanned Cleveland Cavaliers 2-1 in the NBA Finals kept spreading that motivational message.
The anger grew, as did the impatience. They can't wait to take the floor again in Game 4 on Thursday, to show the basketball world why their 67-win regular season wasn't a fluke and why they have no interest in the infamy that will surely come if they fall short.