Warriors Break NBA Finals Record for Most 3-Pointers in Game vs. Cavaliers

The Golden State Warriors bounced back from their Game 3 loss in the NBA Finals in record-breaking fashion on Friday, taking down the Cleveland Cavaliers with a 108-97 victory in Game 4.

Warriors PR announced Golden State’s 17 three-pointers set an NBA record for the most ever in a single Finals contest. The defending champions are now up 3-1 in the series and a single victory away from a second consecutive championship.

As is usually the case when Golden State is drilling threes, the Splash Brothers set the pace from downtown. Stephen Curry scored 38 points behind 7-of-13 shooting from three-point range, while Klay Thompson poured in 25 points and hit four threes.

Harrison Barnes—who also hit four three-pointers—and Andre Iguodala—who exerted plenty of energy on the defensive end while guarding LeBron James for stretches—were the only other Warriors to connect from deep during the record-setting performance:

Player	Three-Pointers
Stephen Curry	7-of-13
Klay Thompson	4-of-9
Harrison Barnes	4-of-5
Andre Iguodala	2-of-5
Draymond Green	0-of-4

The Warriors squad that took the floor Friday looked much more like the team that set an NBA record with 73 regular-season wins than the one that shot an abysmal 9-of-33 from long range in the 120-90 loss in Game 3.

Curry shattered the individual mark for threes in a season with 402, while Thompson posted 276 threes, which was good enough for the third-best mark of all time. Curry happens to be second (286 in 2014-15) and fourth (272 in 2012-13) on that list, and Friday’s performance was a testament to how lethal the teammates are from behind the arc.

The Warriors, who led the league with a 41.6 percent mark from deep during the regular season, hit threes at an alarming rate, and Cleveland couldn’t keep up down the stretch as Golden State outscored it 58-42 in the second half.

The Cavaliers set an NBA record of their own with 25 made three-pointers in Game 2 of their second-round triumph over the Atlanta Hawks, per NBA.com/Stats.

The Warriors will take their hot shooting home for Monday’s Game 5 at Oracle Arena in Oakland, where they won the series' first two contests in dominant fashion (by a combined 48 points).

After having clinched the Larry O’Brien Trophy in Cleveland last year, the Warriors will likely get a chance to celebrate a title in front of their fans this year if they keep shooting like they did Friday.