Aussie chief Warner half defends 16-page century as Aussies Kyrgios16 letter thrash Windies TUESDAY, JUNE 7, 2016 18 Mourinho faces grilling after Chelsea doctor rejects £1.2m Page 19 OAKLAND: Draymond Green #23 of the Golden State Warriors defends against Richard Jefferson #24 of the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 2 of the 2016 NBA Finals at ORACLE Arena on Sunday in Oakland, California. —AFP Warriors destroy Cavaliers 110-77 Cavs get hammered in Game 2; Love leaves with concussion OAKLAND: Draymond Green emphatically flexed definitely surprised at the margin of victory down 2-0 to the defending champs and with for- had won nine straight postseason Game 2s after with a chuckle. “Tonight, he’s one of us,” his bulging biceps with big plays on both ends of tonight,” coach Steve Kerr said. “It happens in the ward Kevin Love dealing with a head injury. losing the series opener dating back to a loss in Thompson said. The Warriors’ 87 victories com- the floor, and these determined Golden State NBA, sometimes things get away from you. the 2008 Eastern Conference semifinals to Boston. bined from their record 73-win regular season and Warriors might just be far too strong for the Sometimes shots go in, sometimes they don’t. ... GUYS ARE NOT DISCOURAGED “The guys are not discouraged,” Cleveland coach the playoffs matched the 1995-96 Chicago Bulls, Cleveland Cavaliers. That repeat championship Everything changes when we go to Cleveland, The NBA said Love experienced dizziness early Tyronn Lue said. “But we’ve got to be tougher. ... the group Golden State topped for the most regu- Golden State has spoken of since the very start we know that.” Once the Splash Brothers found in the second half and left for the locker room to They did what they were supposed to do, they lar season victories in NBA history of 73. more than eight months ago is suddenly two wins their shooting touch, Cleveland couldn’t keep up. be re-examined, then was placed in the NBA’s won two games at home. We’ve got to get home Andrew Bogut had four of his five blocks - from becoming reality. It will be the only way the Klay Thompson got hot after halftime to finish concussion protocol. The league said he didn’t and do the same.” After Curry and Thompson com- Golden State had nine overall - in the first 7:15 Warriors’ record-setting season ends right. For with 17 points and five assists as Golden State exhibit any symptoms before then, even after tak- bined for only 20 points in Thursday’s 104-89 and received a standing ovation when he came now, they sure seem unstoppable. became the first team to go ahead 2-0 in the finals ing an elbow to the back of the head from Game 1 win on 8-for-27 shooting and the bench out at 3:50 in the first then went to the locker Green had 28 points with five 3-pointers, seven since the Lakers in 2009 against Orlando. “What Harrison Barnes in the second quarter and going carried the load, they each hit four 3-pointers and room late in the quarter. He hit his hand on the rebounds and five assists, while MVP Stephen we’ve done the last few years, everybody, every down for several minutes before returning follow- went 13 for 24. rim early and grimaced in pain. Green credited the Curry scored 18 points despite foul trouble, and night has an impact,” Curry said. “You don’t know ing a timeout. He made a baseline 3-pointer for Leandro Barbosa had three straight transition defense for holding down James and Co. While Golden State thoroughly overwhelmed Cleveland where it’s going to come from any given night. the Cavs’ first basket in nearly 51/2 minutes. layups in the third quarter and scored 10 points the outspoken swingman insists he just wants 110-77 in Game 2 of the NBA Finals on Sunday We’ve got to keep our focus and our edge and After a scoreless first quarter when he missed for his first back-to-back postseason games in rings and isn’t yet ready to consider the Warriors night. “They just beat us,” LeBron James said. “We hopefully get two more.” all five shots but had five assists, James scored 14 double figures since 2008. Green shot 11 for 20 among the best of all time, the typically quiet didn’t win anything. At no point in the game did Now, the series shifts to Cleveland, and James of his 19 points in the second and also finished and made 5 of 8 3-pointers, sparking a suggestion Thompson let loose a little. “We’re better than the we win anything.” The 33-point win was the and the Cavs must show up for Game 3 on with nine assists and eight rebounds, but seven he might apply to be a Splash Brother with fellow Showtime Lakers,” he quipped, a friendly jab at Warriors’ most lopsided ever in a finals game. “I’m Wednesday in front of their title-starved fans turnovers - and he took the blame. James’ teams All-Stars Curry and Thompson. “Stop it,” Green said father, Mychal.—AP India’s ‘Pocket Hercules’ dead Warriors’ star Curry swaps jerseys with Brazil’s Neymar KOLKATA: Manohar Aich, the bodybuilder who became the first Indian to take the Mr. Universe title in 1952 and OAKLAND: NBA Most Valuable Player stadiums. Neymar is skipping the Copa to won the nickname ‘Pocket Hercules’ for his tiny stature, Stephen Curry swapped jerseys with focus on the Rio de Janeiro Olympics in has died aged 104. Aich, who stood just 1.5 meters (four Brazilian football star Neymar on Sunday August, where he’ll try to help Brazil claim feet, 11 inches) tall, started lifting weights in 1942 when after Curry helped the Golden State Warriors one of the few trophies it lacks in football, he was working as a gym instructor in the Royal Indian rout Cleveland 110-77 in the NBA Finals. NBA Olympic gold. Curry proudly displayed Air Force. scoring champion Curry made the exchange Neymar’s number 11 uniform while the That job ended when he slapped a British officer who shortly after the defending NBA champions Brazilian smiled as she showed off Curry’s had made an offensive remark about Indians, earning seized a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven cham- number 30 on a yellow jersey. Curry has also him a brief jail term-a punishment he later described as a pionship series, which resumes Wednesday exchanged jerseys with Argentine star Lionel “blessing in disguise”. “The jailor had been very kind and in Cleveland. Messi, Neymar’s Barcelona teammate. allowed me to train. In fact, he encouraged it,” Aich told Curry’s Brazilian teammates, Leandro That swap was engineered via social the Indian Express newspaper in an interview to mark Barbosa and Anderson Varejao, also received media, but it was fun for curry to see Neymar his 100th birthday. He emerged from prison as India autographed jerseys from the 24-year-old in person. “I know he’s a basketball head,” won its independence in 1947 and decided to settle in Brazilian striker, a spectator for the blowout Curry said. “I saw him dribbling two basket- the eastern city of Kolkata, where he turned to selling of LeBron James and company. “It’s the first balls the other day trying to mimic my two- coconuts for a living. time we’ve met,” Curry said. “LB and Varejao ball routine. “I told him I appreciate that and But his interest in bodybuilding continued and in talk about him all the time. But obviously a he doesn’t want to see me with a soccer ball 1951 he travelled to Britain to take part in the Mr. star in the soccer world, and such skill and because I wouldn’t know what to do. It’s Universe competition. When he missed out on the title kind of grace when he’s out there on the pretty cool to know we’ve got fans all over he decided to stay on in Britain and have another go, field, so he’s fun to watch.” and obviously it’s inspiring what he does on taking a job with British Rail. In 1952 he became the first Neymar had been in the Rose Bowl on the soccer field.” Curry missed a chance to Indian ever to win. Aich died at his home in Kolkata on Saturday along such Hollywood celebrities catch up with Messi, whose team faced Chile Sunday, his son told AFP by phone. “Our father used to as Justin Bieber and Jamie Foxx to watch in their Copa opener in nearby Santa Clara, say discipline comes from within. He always maintained Brazil play Ecuador to a goal-less draw in California yesterday. “Obviously schedules a strict regimen-sit-ups, push-ups,” said Manoj Aich. “His Copa America Centenario, the special 100th didn’t work out,” Curry said. “But he’s got simple diet of milk, fruits and vegetables along with rice, KOLKATA: In this March 16, 2012 file photo, Indian bodybuilder Manohar Aich flexes his muscles as he anniversary edition of the South American business to take care of, so good luck to lentils and fish kept him healthy. He never smoked, nor poses for a photograph at a gymnasium in Kolkata, India. Aich, a celebrated Indian bodybuilder and football championship being staged in US him.”— AFP did he take alcohol.”—AFP former Mr Universe, has died in the eastern city of Kolkata at the age of 104.