Cavaliers hold on vs. Warriors in OT to win NBA Fi from seestyle's blog

The left-for-dead rose Sunday night in Oakland. The premature celebrations were hushed, the worst fears unconfirmed.LeBron Glenn Robinson Jersey James had a triple-double with 39 points, 16 rebounds and 11 a sists and made key free throws in the final seconds as the Cavaliers took Game 2 of the NBA Finals 95-93 in overtime vs. the Warriors. The Cavaliers arethe fourth visitors all season to win at Oracle Arena, andthe series now is 1-1 as it heads to Cleveland.MORE: | | This game came out of nowhere. All Travis Shaw Jersey -Star point guard Kyrie Irvings season-ending knee injury was viewed as the final nail in the Cavs coffin, but it instead inspired one of their best games of the playoffs. Starting in Irvings stead, Matthew Dellavedova was remarkably effective defending NBA MVP Stephen Curry, who finished with 19 points on 5-for-23 shooting, mi sing a game-winning attempt in overtime.Cavaliers center Timofey Mozgov again proved to be a huge NBA Finals factor, finishing with 17 points and Yovani Gallardo Jersey 11 rebounds and helping protect the rim.And there was James. He topped his 44-point Game 1 effort with a more controlling and dominant performance in Game 2. James instigated the pace as Cleveland held the lead for nearly the entire second half. James 3-pointer with 3 minutes, 13 seconds to play gave Cleveland an 11-point lead.Then that melted. The Warriors went on a run to close the game that seems so regular for this dominant team, which won 67 regular-season games. Curry hit the layup that tied it before James mi sed another isolation shot at the end of regulation, as he had in Game 1.Overtime went similarly, with Cleveland taking a lead only to have it fall away. But Curry airballed an attempted game-winner, and James grabbed the rebound to turn a Brandon Woodruff Jersey one-point lead to a three-point lead.The Warriors had nothing but Klay Thompson before that point. The Josh Hader Jersey All-Star shooting guard had 34 points, but his talented teammates were nowhere to be found for most of the game. They were hara sed by the physical Cavaliers and stretched out on both ends.Game 3 is Tuesday (9 p.m. ET, ABC) at Quicken Loans Arena. And the Cavaliers may have themselves a formula to fight back.