Cleveland. And so much focused on Draymond Green, what is his mindset and the warriors mindset heading into a potential closeout game tonight . Reporter well, its going to be interesting, larry. The only thing more exciting than a game six in the nba finals is a game seven. We hope we dont get to that with a win tonight at the kq. You can almost geurin tea the fans will boo draymond as loud as oracle fans did lebron. In fact, his absence may very well have decided game five. Green is so important to this warriors inside presence and the cavs own the paint outscored the warriors 4630. Lebron james 41 points, draymond said he would have made the difference in game five. As a result, the warriors would have been planning another parade in instead of head back here to cleveland. I have a strong belief that if i play game five, we win. But i didnt because i mitt myself in a situation where i wasnt able to play. Being a great team has gotten us this far. So to come back and be a piece of that great team is what i owe to this team. Great addition having draymond back. He does everything for him. At the same time we cant let you our guard down because draymond is back. We have to go out and win. This is game six and hes going to be available and well have another opportunity to win a championship. Nobody will remember this down the road if we get this done. Reporter draymond looked great in warmups. He told me he is ready to play. But hes still on that fine line, on the edge if he gets another flagrant foul, youll be suspended if there is a game seven. So its going to be interesting to watch and, boy, you could just feel the excitement larry and adonal. These teams are ready to rumble. Ill throw it back to you guys at oracle arena. Reporter all right, thanks, shu. That is important. Well talk more about that, draymonds mindset and how hes got to play with passion and energy but cant go over the line. Well check back with your very special night for the abc broadcast crew because of one big addition. Lets bring in the big man adonal foyle rg the warriors abass dore and former center. We know what draymond means to the warriors, his presence out on the court. But you know that the cavs, theyre going to give him the business. Theyre going to try to bait him a little bit. Hes got to walk a fine line and make sure that he doesnt cross the line and do anything that might jed ar diez his status for a potential game seven. Oh, youre absolutely right. I think if cleveland, if youre going into this game youre think, we can get under his skin. He has proven to us that we can get under his skin. So theyre going to try to do that tonight, as they should. Its up to draymond to understand where that line is and make sure he doesnt cross it. How does that work . Lets say youre on the cavs. You played center in the nba for about a decade. What did you do specifically to irritate and or agitate guys and maybe just get them out of their game a little bit . Well, the first thing you want to do, you want to make sure that you dont do anything in the same play. You want to wait a play or so. Youre going up for a ref bound, and lets say, you know, im thinking, you know, you did something to me. So im going up for a rebound. Im thinking im just going to go in and just take you out. Th thats all legal within the play. Reporter nice. Nice. I really thought you had more. I thought you had more for me there. I was expecting, you know, to end up actually up against the rail. But draymond plays center in the death lineup as they call it, but steve kerr has other options available to him. Ezeli being one, we still dont have the starting lineup so we dont know if hes going at that start in place of bogut. You have vare ajou, spates. How do they fit into the mix and can they collectively bring what boelgt brings . Yes. Bogut only plays about 12 minutes so you have all these guys. You have ezeli looking for a contract this summer, vare ajou and spates hitting threes. This is an opportunity for these guys to come out and show why they want to be a part of the future of this team. And i think theyre going to see this as an opportunity to show everybody what they can do. Reporter just a question. Would you start oh, man sorry, sorry. It felt like we were in the game. Im telling my mama. Reporter you okay . You all right . Im okay. We have a good disability policy at dmiz. Would you start festus tonight if you were steve kerr . I mean, all year when iguodala comes off the bench hes been so amazing. I want to have that option youve got some guarantee of a spot coming off the bench. I would start festus and see what he could give us at the beginning of the game. Steve kerr is sure hell do a lot of different lineups during the course of the game. Reporter well bl e back wi more. It promises to get more physical out here. Thats what im anticipating. It may not farewell for me. I might be out on the disabled list by the time we get to tipoff. Lets go back to dan and kristen. By the time we get to the thext commerci next commercial, larry. No. We need you. Stay safe. Adonal whatever you do with larry, make sure we do it on video so we can share it with our viewers. Youtube. Thanks, guys. Good stuff. As you can see, the countdown clock on your screen right there, we have 24 minutes left to go until abcs game six coverage gets under way from oracle arena. We have Live Team Coverage here in the bay area and also in cleveland. Well go to Laura Anthony in oakland. Hey, laura. Reporter dan and kristen, as you can see, the arena here is starting to fill up with folks. Can awe you hear me . Folks here starting to file into the arena. This is really the best bargain in town, 20 tickets to the watch party here tonight. And besides being able to watch the game with, say, 19,000 of their new friends, these folks are also going to get a show within a show. Well be at full lights and well go to 50 . Reporter just like their team, the season isnt over for those providing game entertainment at oracle arena. The best fanz reporter including ruby lopez, wufrn of the arena hoechts. When they come here, they can feel like theyre at the game. We do the intros the same, we have player heads, the pyro, the fireworks if we win. We like to give the fans a game experience. Reporter amair ra is a cocaptain of the warriors dance team. The crowd is unbelievable. Fans that dont necessarily get to come to the normal season games or the playoffs so its an unbelievable atmosphere in here. Reporter and though they love what they do, the warriors entertainment crew hope tonights game in cleveland is the last of this historic season. Everyone here is going to is have a great time. Everyone is going to leave with fireworks and confetti. Thats what im pbeltin ingbett reporter heres another big part of the show. This is c. J. Sharp playing music throughout the evening. A lot planned for the fans here tonight. And as fun as all of this is, its also good for the community. Part of the proceeds go to the Warriors Community foundation which, of course, dan and kristen, provides programs for disadvantaged youth throughout the bay area. Live at oracle, Laura Anthony, abc 7 news. All right. And they do so much good with that community fund. Thanks laura. They sure do. If we dont win tonight and the series stretches to game seven, you can see it here in oakland on sunday here on abdz 7. Abc success coverage starts at 4 30 p. M. But were hoping we get it done tonight. Yes. We know the warriors are an amazing basketball team. But starting tomorrow, theyre museum worthy. Warriors pride oakland pride, these are pictures from the museums website. And the exhibit will honor last years championship and this years recordbreaking 73win season with a signed jersey signed basketball, last years Championship Ring and those sneakers worn by some of the sneakers. It will stay on display through the fall. Cheering on the warriors just got a little more personal hk thanks to a San Francisco brewery and its two new beers honoring the splash brothers. Abc 7 News ReporterLyanne Melendez joins us with the story of the dubs suds, lie anne . Reporter look here, i got a great spot. This is one of those places, one of those goto places, where people come to enjoy a sporting event event any kind of sporting event. Now, this place is going to be packed right now, a lot of people coming in and all over San Francisco bars are getting ready for tonights game. Now, besides this bar, we stopped at the tap room an Market Street and 15th where they have brewed Something Special called yeah, theyre watching themselves on tv and cheering here. They brewed two great specials, one calla mexican lager, el cur and another splash bro. Both in honor of the warriors. Yep, heres what the owner had to say about that. Game changing. Its just like the warriors, you know, kind of setting trends in the marketplace, you know. Thats what were trying to do obviously theres other people making these beers so we think weve made a pretty good beer for this style. Reporter at the tap room at 2175 Market Street, of course, if you want to have some fun here, this pub is the place to be. And i understand that theyre giving free beer to people from abc 7 news so dan and kristen, i think im staying here. I dont know. What about you . I dont know. Save us a spot at the table. She just called me curry. That would be such an honor. Thanks. With just now at nine minutes, actually, how many minutes . 19 minutes. Sorry. Left in the countdown to game six, we have a lot more to get to. Fresh off his suspension, how will Draymond Green keep his emotions in check . Marc spears will tell us next. And it is all about larry as in larry obrien, the nbas championship trophy. Well learn more about larry coming up next. And abc 7 warriors pregame show is just Getting Started so stay with us. Steve, after winning 73 games, will it be a failure if you do not win this final series . You guys cant get to make up that story so whatever you want to write is fine. Im not going into that. Reporter steve kerr not taking the bait as we welcome you back to oracle arena, getting set for the Warriors Watch Party heading into game six in cleveland against the cavaliers. Want to thank our good friends at espn for this lovely set. It feels like a four seasons up here actually. I feel like im in a hotel. Adonal, when we talk about three point shooting, you live by the three, die by the three. And the numbers from game five were horrible. The warriors were 4 of 19 on wideopen threes, wide open, uncontested, and 3 of 21 from downtown in the second half. Steph was missing. Klay was missing. Everybody was missing. How do you correct that . Well, i think part of it, youve gohat t games of this series was amazing because they were distributing the ball, passing the ball, getting easy layups. I do think that wht warriors run in the open floor in transition, they tend to hit shots more in rhythm. So how do you create that, given that the defense that is swarming steph with doubleteams pretty much every time he has the ball in the front court . I think part of it is they have to penetrate the ball not knowing if theyre going to shoot. You have to create for the next person. I think what happened in the first two games they were creating. You didnt know who was going to make the shot, but they were looking for the opening and seeing what cleveland gave them and taking what was available. I thought they tried to do some hero ball in the last few games, they were trying to make shots. Thats not when theyre at their best. Trying to hit home run threes so to speak. Yeah. Lets talk about the cavs. We saw a historic performance, lebron james went for 41 in game five and kyrie irving were talking about legendary numbers here, 41 points, shooting 70 . The last time that happened in the finals, Wilt Chamberlain in 1970. How do you slow kai require irving around . He has three straight games with at least 30 points in the finals. I think this is more difficult. I thought that what was amazing about that performance is that he wasnt really shooting open shots. He was shooting contested shots over people. Sometimes in a game you have to make sure that a guy like that is always with someone on him. But more importantly if youre going to give him 41, you cannot give lebron james 41. Reporter you have to pick a manster, right . Pick one monster. Reporter control one. Let the other go. Well be back with predictions later on. But now we want to head back to cleveland. Mike shumann with espns marc spears lnch spears. Reporter marc spears from espn, the undefeated website. Marc, youve been doing a daily diary with Draymond Green. How tough was it for him to sit and watch game five . Well, he sent me a text during the game that just said hurting. He took it very hard. Understandably so. You dont get final games all the time, and he cant make up for what happened. I mean, if this ends up being detrimental to the warriors and they dont win a championship, this is a game hell think about the rest of his life. So im sure hell come out with a lot of passion tonight, the right passion. He cant change what happened, and he said, hey, you can be mad at the nba, but it didnt change what happened. So i think hes going to be really hyped and energized but know that if he just blows on somebody right now he could get in trouble for it. Reporter and another suspension if he gets another flagrant. And i think hell be fine. Hell be chamnneled in the righ now. When you get rocked like that, a finals game taken away from you, be forced to watch the as game instead of being at your game, i think it has a good way of shaking you up and making sure even if you get poked, even if you get provoked, you let cooler heads prevail. Reporter andrew bogut out tonight. Do they go with their small lineup to start tonight against cleveland . Thats of a really good question. Steve kerr always keep its close to the vest what he wants to do. Id probably start out with festus. Uf know, if you look at the finals a year ago, they ended it a year ago to the day here. I would they started festus at center and bogut didnt do anything. They did just fine. They won a championship. So i would go with that. But i could understand the sexiness of that small lineup, especially the way lebron got going last game. He got going with iguodala starting, right . Reporter right. Id go big. Reporter and what theyre saying this is the biggest game in cleveland franchise history, trying to force a game seven, bring a first championship here in 52 years. What do they come out with . Oh, the pressure now is back on them. I mean, think are basically just playing the last game. I think youve still got to do that. Youve got to just play every game individually. Thats what the warriors did when they came back from 31 and beat oak city. So theyre trying to take a page out of their book. But the difference is this Warriors Team which has played roughly 105 games has never lost two games in a row one time. Cleveland is trying to did that obviously theyre home. Theyve got the momentum. I dont even want to make a prediction, man. I just want to watch it. Reporter im with you on that one. Lets just watch the movie, right . Reporter there you go. We dont need a review. Reporter marc spears the undefeated website, check it out on espn. Back to you guys. Reporter all right, thanks so much, guys. And a reminder that well be tweeting throughout the game. Check us out on twitter, shu, myself and adonal. Well be tweeting our analysis throughout the game and hopefully well have some tweets of champagne and confetti. I dont know at the watch party whether theyll drop confetti. You know, they do pretty much Everything Else here like its a normal game. We may see that. I think we can live with that here at the watch party. Dan and kristen . I bet they will. Larry, thanks. Well, as you can see from the countdown clock on your screen, we have just ten minutes now until abcs game six coverage gets under way. Lets hear from Carolyn Tyler who is in cleveland for the game. Carol carolyn . Reporter im hear here in tn zone. It is rocking and rolling and rapping. This is cleveland, of course, the vast majority of the fans are here to see the cavaliers. People do seem to be mellow towards dub nation, though. The deejay cut the music just a short time ago and asked the crowd, who wants to see the warriors lose . Of course a big cheer for that. And take a look at what happens when you pick a warriors fan out of the crowd. Im actually from dayton, ohio, but ive been a huge steph curry fan since i was like since like ten years ago. Reporter so youre proud to celebrate the warriors . I hope its a good game. I hope they play well. Thats what im looking for. Reporter yeah, they are strangers in a strange land, this place called cleveland. But they brave it, though, because they are remembering that it was exactly one year ago today that the wars yorz clinched that title and all the dub nation fans who came here, those brave souls, are hoping that there will be another cinderella story this year with another chapter and a happy ending. Live at the fan zone with mostly cavaliers fans, im Carolyn Tyler, abc 7. They seem friendly and pleasant enough, carolyn. Who wouldnt be friendly to carolyn . Good point. As you can see from the countdown clock on your screen now, we have eight minutes more until abcs game six coverage gets under way from oracle arena. The dubs hope to walk away tonight with the title of the nba championship. With the title comes the trophy. Designed by tiffany and company, the 16pound trophy is handcrafted in sterling silver and 24 karat gold. The trophy is supposed to look like a basketball on the edge of a hoop. You know, a new trophy is crafted each year and it takes about 80 hours to create. Its named for former commissioner larry obrien who led the nba from 1975 to 1984 and is also a member of the Basketball Hall of fame. So will the dubs repeat history and win the title in game six . Well be back with predictions for tonights game in a moment. Stay right here as the countdown continues. Reporter a live look once again from cleveland as we see maurice spates getting work in pregame. The warriors could use some buckets from mo buckets, not getting a lot of minutes in the finals. As we count down under six minutes before coverage of the game. Joining the broadcast tonight, this is going to be very special because for the first time, craig sager, the veteran tnt sideline reporter, will be working an nba finals game on abc. The 6