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Steph Curry Sets
Twitter Critics Crush Struggling Jordan Clarkson
JORDAN CLARKSON Jordan Clarkson con-
tinued to struggle in the post- season during Game 2 of the NBA Finals, and the Twitter critics were all over him.
The Cleveland Cavaliers guard came in for four min- utes early in the second quar- ter. He missed a jumper, made a layup, and then got his shot blocked by David West before being replaced.
In Game 1, Clarkson wasn’t much better as he shot just 2-for-9 against the Golden State Warriors. He’s shooting just 30.3 percent in the postseason.
Folks were mocking Clarkson and the Cavaliers’ insistence upon using him de- spite his struggles.
Hundreds Of Kids Attend Jameis Winston’s Youth Football Camp
Hundreds of kids got a chance to play football with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers players and coaches.
Finals Three-Point
Record As Warriors
Take 2-0 Lead
Game 2 of the NBA Finals was still going strong at Ora- cle Arena on Sunday night, but the debate about Le- Bron James and where he needed to go next season to find more superstar help had long since begun on NBA Twitter.
In one social media cor- ner, you had Phoenix for- ward Jared Dudley and Portland guard C. J. McCol- lum exploring the prospect of James joining Chris Paul and James Harden in Houston later this sum- mer. In another, ESPN re- porter Brian Windhorst was posting to McCollum that Cleveland – you know, the team he still plays for and that now trails Golden State 2-0 in the Finals after their 122-103 loss – could trade its No. 8 draft pick to the Trail- blazers and bring McCol- lum back to his home state to aid the Cavs’ cause.
The shared belief that drove the conversation? James just can’t beat these star-studded Warriors unless he finds a way to form an- other super team.
“As great is Bron is, just no way he can sustain that every single play,” tweeted Minnesota Timberwolves veteran Jamal Crawford,
STEPH CURRY
who considered signing with the Cavs during free agency last summer. “The role play- ers have to help to even make this competitive. But (he) truly needs another superstar (and more) against this jug- gernaut.”
For the sake of this series, that’s the sad-but-true out- look at the moment.
James’ latest outing wasn’t quite as epic as his Game 1 showing, but he was all-worldly yet again en route to a 29-point, 13-assist, nine- rebound night. But the War- riors, who received a combined 79 points from Steph Curry, Klay Thompson and Kevin Du- rant, now find themselves in prime position to defend their title and win a third championship in the last four years. As a whole, the War- riors shot 57% from the field.
Bucs star quarterback Jameis Winston held an- other Youth Football Pro- camp.
Seeing the enthused Winston with the partici- pants shows him in his ele- ment: being a big kid with the campers.
"This is my space. We want to be 100 percent pres- ent for these kids," Winston said. "They get a chance to play football with me today. They see me at the game, they see me on the field, on TV, but they don't get a chance to get affiliated with me in this
way."
He and several other play-
ers like star defensive line- man Gerald McCoy got to showkidsages1to8howto play like the pros.
"It's all about this commu- nity and getting these kids to- gether. I want to show my love for this community," Winston said.
For the third year in a row, Winston opened up the Bucs facility to 300 campers from all over the country. That includes 15 from his hometown in Alabama and 75 from the Special Olympics.
Cavaliers' Rodney Hood
NBA FINALS SCHEDULE
Game 1 from Oakland:
Warriors 124, Cavaliers 114 | Forgrave: LeBron's greatness denied again
Game 2 from Oakland:
Warriors 122, Cavaliers 103
Game 3 from Cleveland:
June 6, 9 p.m. ET, ABC
Game 4 from Cleveland:
June 8, 9 p.m. ET, ABC
Game 5* from Oakland:
June 11, 9 p.m. ET, ABC
Game 6* from Cleveland:
June 14, 9 p.m. ET, ABC
Game 7* from Oakland:
June 17, 8 p.m. ET, ABC
Warriors Fans
Rodney Hood was a key piece of the three-team mid- season trade that netted the title-contending Cleveland Cavaliers Rodney Hood and George Hill as they looked to bolster their roster for another run at the crown alongside LeBron James.
Hood was a versatile weapon on offense for the Jazz who averaged 16.8 points in 39 games, but has seen his role -- and produc- tion -- drop significantly for the Cavs this season.
Hood struggled to main- tain a spot in Cleveland's ro- tation for much of the season, averaging only 10.8 points per game during the regular season as a Cavaliers player, and his lack of contri- butions have been exacer- bated in the postseason, where he's averaged 4.6 points and made only 14 playoff appearances.
"This is something differ-
Smith During Intros
Those Golden State War- riors fans are savages.
Usually during team in- troductions before a game, the home fans will boo the opposing players. That was mostly the case before Game 2 of the NBA Finals on Sun- day, except for a specific case.
Warriors fans actually gave JR Smith hearty cheers as if he were a mem- ber of the Warriors. Of course, the cheers were a nod to Smith’s huge blunder at the end of Game 1.
Dubs fans also were said to have cheered George Hill, who missed a key free
LEBRON JAMES AND JR SMITH
throw that could have given Cleveland the lead in Game 1. We also appreciate the poster one fan had to troll JR.
That wasn’t all – the fun continued after Smith went to the free throw line and they chanted MVP!
RODNEY HOOD
ent. It has been tough," Hood said. "The basketball stuff has been the easiest part. The stuff that comes out of it, you lose a game and everyone talks about it on TV the next day. They may say some things that you may not agree with.
"You lose a game and you feel like the world is coming down. You win, it's like, you're supposed to win. It's still a struggle to me to adapt to that."
Says Playing In Cleveland
'Has Been Tough'
Hilariously Cheer JR
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