Splash down: Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson fail to fire as Cleveland Cavaliers find a route back into NBA Finals

Curry’s only basket in the first 30 minutes of game three came off a broken play. He found himself in foul trouble again. His jumper was nowhere to be found until it was essentially too late

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LeBron James served a timely reminder to the Warriors’ ‘Splash Brothers’ that he is still a force in NBA. Photo: AFP

Published: 12:44pm, 9 Jun 2016Updated: 12:44pm, 9 Jun 2016

Stephen Curry’s only basket in the first 30 minutes came off a broken play. He found himself in foul trouble again. His jumper was nowhere to be found until it was essentially too late.

So much for that NBA Finals sweep.

So much for this looking like an easy repeat title for the Golden State Warriors, too.

The MVP’s struggles were of the epic variety, the best regular-season team in NBA history found a way to fall to 0-4 in game threes during this postseason, and suddenly it’s a series again. Down by 20 at one point in the opening quarter, the Warriors never fully recovered and lost to the Cleveland Cavaliers 120-90 on Thursday morning (Hong Kong time).

Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry struggled in game three as the Warriors were well beaten. Photo: AFP

Golden State still lead the series 2-1, and game four is Saturday morning (Hong Kong time) in Cleveland.

Curry scored 19 points, the third straight time in this series that he’s been held under 20. It’s the first time he’s had three consecutive under-20 games since March 2015, and matches the second-longest “slump” – such as it is – that he’s endured in the last four years.