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Golden State Warriors: 5 Adjustments For Game 2 vs. Cavaliers

By Gerald Bourguet

June 2, 2016; Oakland, CA, USA; Golden State Warriors guard Klay Thompson (11) celebrates with forward Draymond Green (23) and guard Stephen Curry (30) his basket scored against Cleveland Cavaliers during the second half in game one of the NBA Finals at Oracle Arena. Mandatory Credit: Bob Donnan-USA TODAY Sports
June 2, 2016; Oakland, CA, USA; Golden State Warriors guard Klay Thompson (11) celebrates with forward Draymond Green (23) and guard Stephen Curry (30) his basket scored against Cleveland Cavaliers during the second half in game one of the NBA Finals at Oracle Arena. Mandatory Credit: Bob Donnan-USA TODAY Sports /
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Jun 2, 2016; Oakland, CA, USA; Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry (30) shoots the ball over Cleveland Cavaliers center Tristan Thompson (13) in game one of the NBA Finals at Oracle Arena. Mandatory Credit: Cary Edmondson-USA TODAY Sports /

1. Splash Brothers Being The Splash Brothers Again

This isn’t really an “adjustment” as much as it is something the players need to take care of themselves, but what else are we supposed to say? The Splash Brothers have to be better than 20 combined points on 8-of-27 shooting.

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Game 1 served as a nice reminder as to how deep the Warriors’ bench really is, but to expect it to continue over a seven-game series against a very good Cavaliers team would be ludicrous.

Superstars win playoff games, especially on the road, and the league MVP and his Third Team All-NBA co-pilot will have to show up like they did late in the last round.

To be clear, no one’s expecting Curry and Thompson to continue struggling in this series. Cleveland’s defense was keyed in on them, but the Splash Brothers also missed a lot of shots they usually make.

You can only contain the two greatest shooters in NBA history for so long before they find a rhythm, and that was on display even in Game 1, when back-to-back triples from Curry and Thompson put the game away late in the fourth quarter.

But Curry can’t finish with more turnovers (five) than made field goals (four) again. Thompson has to be better than 1-for-5 from three-point range and can’t get in early foul trouble again, especially after averaging a meager 15.8 points on .409/.300/.917 shooting splits in last year’s Finals.

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The Warriors have to feel great about winning Game 1 despite the shooting woes of their two best scorers. Now they need that superstar duo to regress to the mean and kick this thing up another notch in Game 2.

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