CLEVELAND -- For the fourth consecutive postseason series, the Warriors have taken a 3-0 lead, each time leaving their opponent looking dazed and glazed and searching for answers they’ve already failed to find.
First the Trail Blazers, and then the Jazz, and then the Spurs, all expressing a vocal futility that translates to competitive despair.
And now, in the wake of a 118-113 Game 3 loss Wednesday night that has them one loss away from being swept, gloom has descended upon the Cleveland Cavaliers.
Veteran guard JR Smith, scrambling for optimism amid stark and dark reality, tweeted postgame “Cavs in 7.