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NBA Finals 2017: Cleveland Cavaliers at Golden State Warriors, Game Two

Join us for live updates of Game Two of the 2017 NBA Finals.

Difference-maker: Golden State's newest headline act, Kevin Durant
Difference-maker: Golden State's newest headline act, Kevin Durant Photo: Getty Images
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Golden State 132, Cleveland 113

Another crushing win for Golden State. It was tight at half time, but a rampant third quarter saw the Warriors pull away and they continued to do so in the fourth. Steph Curry grabbed his first ever triple double in the finals (and I believe in the play-offs at all) and after bricking a few early threes, really put on a show from deep. Kevin Durant was outstanding again and he's the Finals MVP through two games.

LeBron did his best but the struggles of literally every Cleveland player bar Love and Irving continued. Tristan Thompson struggled again and JR Smith was awful. Richard Jefferson and Kyle Korver had a couple of nice possessions, but not nearly enough to have any meaningful impact on the game.

The series goes to Cleveland for games three and four, we'll be here to take you through those and any potential games five, six or seven...but at the moment, it really feels like we could see a sweep here. Golden State improve to a flawless 14-0 in the 2017 postseason and are just two wins away from being historically perfect. See you on Thursday at 11am for game three. 

8:13 gone, GSW lead 125-106

LeBron comes out of the game, and that's the white flag for Cleveland. He was superb tonight, as he so often is, but these Warriors are something else. 

Triple double for Steph!

30 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists for the former MVP as he drains a long three. Love answers back and Golden State take a timeout up 17 with just over five minutes left. 

Kevin Durant with the block and then the circus shot!

He blocks Love at one end, takes off up court and then under a heavy double team he manages to bank a shot in while falling to the floor. Biggest lead of the night now, 18 points. 

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3:41 gone, GSW lead 111-97

Durant hits a long two, Kyrie replies with a three but Thompson then hits one of his own. 

2:38 gone, GSW lead 106-94

Still a 12 point game as we close in on the final ten minutes. I can't see Cleveland finding a way back into this, as good as LeBron has been. 

END OF THIRD QUARTER: GSW 102, Cavs 88

Huge third quarter for Golden State, who ran up 35 in the period. Cleveland just couldn't keep up as they went nearly four minutes without making a basket in one stretch there. Huge ask for them to comeback now. 

10:10 gone, GSW led 98-84

LeBron has chucked up a couple of threes that haven't gone and really, the Cavs as a whole can't get anything to go...Love has missed a couple of putbacks at the rim, too. Biggest lead of the night right now. 

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7:12 gone, GSW lead 93-82

Well that was a rough minute for Cleveland. Livingston hits a pair before a terrible pass from LeBron is picked off by Curry, allowing Iguodala to hit Durant for a breakaway layup, on which Shumpert inexplicably fouls him for an and-one.

Kyrie misses a layup and Curry finds Livingstone alone under the basket to cap a 7-0 run, which results in a Cavs timeout. 

6:18 gone, GSW lead 86-82

James snaps a big Warriors run with a big three and a layup. Kyrie finish acrobatically after a long pass from LeBron which cuts the margin to four and prompts Steve Kerr to call a timeout. 

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3:06 gone, GSW lead 83-73

The Oracle Arena explodes as Curry dances around LeBron and finishes at the rim, capping off a 10-3 run for the home team. 

1:34 gone, GSW 73, Cavs 68

It was a one-point game before Durant was fouled as he made a three. He converts the four point play. 

Back underway..

Can Cleveland pull this off? 

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