Cavs' Jefferson: Only Warriors have something to lose in Game 7

The Cleveland Cavaliers have already done the seemingly impossible.

Before their wire-to-wire Game 6 win over the Golden State Warriors on Thursday night, only two teams had ever sent a Finals series to a deciding seventh game after falling behind 3-1. The Los Angeles Lakers were the most recent team to do it. That was back in 1966.

The Cavs not only accomplished something unseen in the NBA in 50 years, they did so against the best regular-season team in history; a team that was 88-15 on the season before the tide turned in Game 5, with just three home losses in the span of nearly 18 months.

The Cavs winning Sunday's Game 7 would be unprecedented. Neither those '66 Lakers nor the 1951 New York Knicks managed to win the title after wresting away Games 5 and 6, and the Warriors haven't lost three consecutive games since 2013.

Cleveland obviously wants desperately to make history at Oracle Arena, but they've already defied the odds, and they aren't the ones feeling the heat right now.

"We have nothing to lose," said veteran wing Richard Jefferson. "They're the team that went 73-9. All the pressure is on them."

Warriors shooting guard Klay Thompson essentially confirmed that notion, saying, "it's either win the whole thing or bust for us."

It's hard to remember a game in which so much history, so much legacy was on the line. Whatever happens, Sunday will be a watershed moment in NBA annals.