Cavaliers just want to get physical

LEBRON James and Kevin Durant will be banging bodies in today’s second game of the NBA Finals, with defending champion Cleveland vowing to get physical after dropping the opener to Golden State.

“You have to be the first one to hit,” said Cleveland coach Tyronn Lue.

“You have to bring a physicality to the game and we weren’t as physical as we needed to be. We have to do a better job of being on bodies and bringing the contact.”

Warriors forward Durant scored 38 points, many of them on unchallenged slam dunks, in sparking Golden State’s 113-91 triumph to launch the best-of-seven title series.

“I’m pretty sure that won’t happen tomorrow,” Durant said yesterday.

“They’re going to be way more aggressive ... they’re going to be physical. We have to come out and be even more physical than we were in game one. We definitely have to be better.”

Foul trouble could become an issue when contact increases, but the Cavs plan to walk the fine line between hardnosed play and over-the-top bumping and grinding.

“We won’t dirty up the game. We just play physical,” Cavaliers guard J.R. Smith said. “Some people don’t like physicality.”

Cavaliers star James, in his seventh consecutive NBA Finals, said being more physical “has always been something we talk about so we look forward to seeing what we can bring.

“You need to be more aggressive. You need to have a better attitude -- if it were that easy, we would all do it. It’s not that simple, especially when you’re going against such a well-oiled machine in Golden State. I’ve seen a lot of great teams and they rank right up there.”

The Cavs also hope more physical play will disrupt the Warriors’ three-point shooting

Today’s game starts at 10am (AEST).