11 ridiculous moments from the start of the NBA Finals

 

The Cavaliers and Warriors played an absolutely wild first game of their NBA Finals series. The moments rolled in so quickly that any major event felt obsolete in seconds. We should be used to this in series that involve LeBron James, Stephen Curry, Draymond Green and Kevin Durant, but even in round four, they found ways to surprise.

The game ended in a 124-114 overtime victory for the Warriors, but it wasn’t the final minutes that will be remembered. It’s everything that led to the extra five minutes, and the drama that ensued that will.

Here’s every major event from Warriors-Cavs Game 1:

Klay Thompson went down with a brutal looking injury that turned out to be nothing

JR Smith accidentally came crashing down onto Thompson, causing the Warriors guard to fall and have his leg bend awkwardly. It looked bad.

Thompson went back to the locker room limping, worrying fans. But he returned shortly after, and went on to score 24 points on 16 shots.

He was fine.

JaVale McGee missed the easiest dunk ever in the most JaVale way

I’m not sure anyone has the words for what happened here:

Ok, maybe JaVale does:

LeBron James got poked in the eye by Draymond Green and it got REALLY RED

It looked unintentional, but Green clocked James in the face as the Cavs star attacked the hoop. James went down to the floor holding his head, but played through an eye injury nobody knew the severity of until the cameras got close and...