Cleveland Cavaliers: 5 Takeaways From Game 7 vs. Warriors

2. Splash Brothers Come Up Short

The Warriors led the league in three-point shooting percentage, converting 41.6 percent of their attempts. Stephen Curry led the league in three-point makes with 402 and Klay Thompson recorded 286 shots from beyond the arc.

In addition to that, Curry and Thompson shot 45 and 42.5 percent, respectively, from distance during the regular season.

Taking those numbers into consideration, conventional wisdom would lead us to believe that the Warriors would need solid performances from this duo in order to punctuate their season with a second title.

It did not happen.

Curry finished the game with 17 points on 6-for-19 shooting from the field. This includes a 1-for-6 effort (1-for-5 from distance) in the final 12 minutes. Meanwhile, Thompson scored just 14 points on 6-for-17 from the floor.

In a game that the Warriors absolutely had to have, the team’s top two scorers shot a combined 12-for-36 from the field. That simply will not get the job done.

With an unlikely ending to a series they once led 3-1, the Splash Brothers — along with the rest of team — will have the summer to think about what may have been.

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