Steve Kerr believes Cavaliers fatigue helped the Warriors win

Steve Kerr believes fatigue caught up to the Cleveland Cavaliers and let the Warriors pull off their comeback win in Game 3.

The Golden State Warriors are on the verge of history. They have began their postseason 15-0, and are currently up 3-0 in the NBA Finals against the Cleveland Cavaliers. The Warriors can become the first team in NBA history to go 16-0 in the playoffs, but that chance at history was on the line Wednesday night.

The Warriors went on a 11-0 run in the last 3 minutes of Game 3 to defeat the Cavaliers, 118-113. Cleveland was led by LeBron James and Kyrie Irving, who scored a combined 77 points. To defeat the Warriors, a team has to be able to keep up with them on offense and the Cavaliers did their best in Game 3. Steve Kerr, the Warriors head coach, evidently saw thought that James and Irving would get tired eventually shouldering that workload. During the game, he informed his team that their defense would eventually conquer this matchup based on the Cav’s fatigue, according to ESPN’s Baxter Holmes.

"“We just felt like the way they play, Kyrie and LeBron had it going the whole game, but that’s pretty taxing to go one-on-one the whole game. Both those guys were amazing, 38 and 39."

But what’s the purpose of a Big Threw when only two is utilized? The Warriors core four shot the ball 18,19,18 and 9 (the latter is Green) times respectively. The Cavs Big Three? James 27 shots, Irving 29, Kevin Love 9 shots. Hard not to see Kerr’s rationale.

"But that takes a lot out of you. And I think when you get guys playing 45, 44 minutes, basically attacking one-on-one the whole game, it’s—you hope eventually it’s going to take its toll. I wasn’t sure after a while; they just were going nuts. But I think that we just stayed with it, and our defense finally kicked in.”"

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The Warriors will look to complete their historic run Friday night at 9 PM in Cleveland.