Cleveland Cavaliers: What To Do Against The Golden State Warriors

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How will the Cleveland Cavaliers defeat the Golden State Warriors? Here’s a step-by-step breakdown on how the Cavs should approach their future meetings with the Dubs.

In the Cleveland Cavaliers recent loss to the Golden State Warriors, they were dominated from start to finish. A far cry from their recent victory in what has become one of the best rivalries in all of professional sports.

On Christmas Day, the Cleveland Cavaliers won 109-108 after Kyrie Irving hit a sensational shot over Klay Thompson in the final seconds. Yet, even though the Cavs won in the last second, their effort and execution was a lot better in the first game than the one on Monday. In a way, some of the Cavs mistakes can be chalked up to the grueling road trip and the fact that they had already looked out of whack on that trip several times before [playing the most talented team in the NBA.

Yet, the Cleveland Cavaliers didn’t even do the things on Monday that were simple. They let Stephen Curry get going early as Iman Shumpert was guarding, um… who knows. Channing Frye thought he was Anthony Davis. LeBron James was missing easy shots around the rim because he wasn’t attacking the rim with physicality and focus/

Those are fixable issues though, and here’s a step-by-step breakdown on how the Cleveland Cavaliers can defeat the Warriors every time.