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Draymond confident Cavaliers won't drop 24 3-pointers again

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With their season on the line Friday, the Cleveland Cavaliers shot the lights out from behind the arc against the Golden State Warriors, connecting on 24 of 45 3-pointers (a new NBA Finals record) in a 137-116 blowout victory in Game 4.

The series now heads to Oracle Arena for Monday's Game 5, and Warriors forward Draymond Green doesn't expect the reigning champions to be nearly that efficient from the perimeter on the road.

"We'll bounce back, though. At the end of the day, we didn't expect them to come out and lay down. They came out and did exactly what we thought they would do. I can't foresee them coming to Oracle and hitting 24 threes," Green said. "Nonetheless, they hit all those threes, and we never felt like we were out of the game. We continued to push right there. A couple of shots and maybe the game turns. We'll be fine."

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Kyrie Irving led the way with seven 3-pointers for Cleveland, while Kevin Love had six, J.R. Smith five, LeBron James three, and Iman Shumpert, Kyle Korver, and Deron Williams each drilling one off the bench.

Cleveland's makes were twice as many as they had in Game 3 (12) on nearly the same number of attempts (44).

At Oracle Arena in Games 1 and 2, though, the Cavaliers were a combined 19-of-60 in that department at just a 31.6 percent clip.

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