James finished with 29 points, 13 assists and nine rebounds.
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7:30 p.m.
Stephen Curry has tied the NBA Finals record with eight 3-pointers and the Warriors have blown open Game 2.
Curry matched the record set by Ray Allen for Boston against the Lakers on June 6, 2010.
He already has four 3s in the fourth quarter, including a four-point play before finding Kevin Durant for a dunk on the next possession, pushing the lead to 111-93.
Meanwhile, LeBron James is up to No. 2 all-time on the NBA Finals scoring list, but the Cavaliers will need many more to pull out Game 2.
James has 1 Zach Davies Milwaukee Brewers Jersey ,325 points in his nine finals appearances and moved ahead of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1,317). Jerry West is the career leader with 1,679 points.
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7:05 p.m.
Cleveland made a nice push, but Golden State takes a double-digit lead into the fourth quarter.
The Warriors have a 90-80 advantage after the Cavaliers had gotten within five points earlier in the third.
Kevin Durant has 22 points on 8-of-11 shooting, while Klay Thompson has scored 20 points and Stephen Curry 17.
LeBron James has 22 points, 12 assists and eight rebounds, and the Cavaliers got a strong third quarter from Kevin Love. Just 2 for 10 at halftime, he made all four shots Trenton Cannon Color Rush Jersey , including three 3-pointers, and is up to 20 points.
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6:45 p.m.
Cleveland is off to a good start in what is usually Golden State’s quarter.
The Cavaliers have cut a 13-point halftime deficit to 72-66 midway through the third period. LeBron James has 20 points, 10 assists and eight rebounds.
JaVale McGee has kept the Cavaliers from getting even closer with a couple more baskets and is up to 12 points on 6-for-6 shooting after being promoted to the starting lineup.
But the Warriors, who often dominate the third, haven’t gotten much else yet in the period.
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6:20 p.m.
The Warriors rolled into the locker room with a 59-46 lead at halftime of Game 2.
Stephen Curry has 16 points, hitting two 3-pointers to give the Warriors some breathing room after Cleveland had closed within seven points late in the second quarter. Kevin Durant has 13 points and Klay Thompson 10.
LeBron James, with his eye still red after getting poked by Draymond Green in Game 1, has 15 points Baker Mayfield Jersey Browns , eight assists and seven rebounds. George Hill has pitched in with 12 points, but Kevin Love is 2 for 10.
The Warriors shot 59.5 percent.
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6 p.m.
The Warriors have opened an 11-point lead in the second quarter of Game 2 after trailing by the same margin in the first half of the opener.
Golden State is still shooting better than 65 percent and extended its lead to 47-36 about midway through the period. Kevin Durant, Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson are already in double figures.
Durant is off to a 5-for-6 start, while Shaun Livingston has provided a spark off the bench with eight points, making his first four shots.
— 5:45 p.m.
The Warriors are playing from ahead for a change.
Golden State ended its run of slow starts by taking a 32-28 lead after the first quarter of Game 2 in the NBA Finals Sunday night. The Warriors shot 65 percent from the field.
They had trailed after the first quarter of three straight games, starting with Game 6 of the Western Conference finals, and fell behind by double digits in the first half of all three of them.
The bad news for the Warriors is Kevin Durant had to go to the bench with two fouls after making his first three shots.
LeBron James kept Cleveland close despite Golden State’s torrid shooting with 10 points, five assists and four rebounds.
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5:30 p.m.
What a start for JaVale McGee and the Warriors in Game 2 of the NBA Finals.
Klay Thompson also started 2 for 2, showing no signs of trouble with his ankle that was sore after a Game 1 collision.
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5:10 p.m.
The Warriors and Cavaliers are underway in Game 2 of the NBA Finals, a game that’s gone Golden State’s way in a huge manner the last two years.
Golden State romped to a 110-77 victory in 2016 and won 132-113 last year. Cleveland did take Game 2 in the first NBA Finals meeting between the teams, winning 95-93 in overtime in 2015.
LeBron James is appearing in his 237th postseason game, tying Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for fourth place on the career list.
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4:50 p.m.
It’s the fourth straight NBA Finals for the Cleveland Cavaliers. It’s the fourth straight NBA Finals for the Golden State Warriors.
And now, it’s the fourth straight NBA Finals for Carlos Santana.
Santana and his wife Cindy will perform ”The Star-Spangled Banner” before Game 2 of the Cleveland-Golden State series at Oracle Arena. It will be the fourth straight finals that Santana, a 10-time Grammy winner and three-time Latin Grammy winner, has played the anthe Cavaliers coach Tyronn Lue has tweaked his starting lineup for Game 2 against Indiana.
Lue will start forwards J.R. Smith and Kyle Korver over Jeff Green and Rodney Hood as the Cavs try to even their Eastern Conference series on Wednesday night.
Green went 0 for 7 from the field and missed his three free throws in the opener. Hood scored nine points Tanner Lee Color Rush Jersey , but he was excused from shootaround Wednesday as his wife gave birth to twins.
Lue had wanted to start Korver in Game 1, but the elite shooter has been slowed by a sore right foot.
The Cavaliers started slowly in the opener and were beaten 98-80 by the Pacers, who snapped Cleveland’s 14-game winning streak in first-round games and a 21-game winning streak by LeBron James in playoff-opening series.
Lue has spent the entire season shuffling lineups due to injuries and three trades at the Feb. 8 deadline.
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