Cavaliers top Warriors to stay alive in NBA Finals

ByReuters

Published 10/06/2017 at 04:05 GMT

CLEVELAND, June 9 (Reuters) - The Cleveland Cavaliers staved off NBA Finals elimination and ended the Golden State Warriors' shot at an unprecedented perfect run through the playoffs with a 137-116 win on Friday.

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Kyrie Irving scored a game-high 40 points as the defending champion Cavaliers pulled to within 3-1 and forced the best-of-seven series back to Oakland.

The Cavaliers, who beat the Warriors in a decisive seventh game last year after trailing 3-1, are now trying to become the first NBA team to rally back from a 3-0 series deficit.

The top-seeded Warriors, who had won their first 15 games of the playoffs, will get another chance to close out the series in front of their home fans on Monday. (Reporting by Frank Pingue; editing by Sudipto Ganguly)

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