Incredible win written in the stars for GSW

If Cleveland won Game 4 on Saturday (an out- of-town coverage sent me rushing to do this in advance), Golden State’s march to victory still looks unstoppable.

If it’s been stalled, it was simply a case of prolonging Cleveland’s agony.

GSW’s obvious triumph is due mainly to the Warriors’ 118-113 Game 3 victory on Thursday, virtually giving the Warriors the 2017 NBA crown.

No team has ever come back from a 0-3 deficit in NBA history.

For Cleveland to pound out a 4-3, title-retaining victory is next to impossible.

The Warriors have appeared unbeatable while indisputably stamping themselves the best NBA team this season—if not the best ever in league history with piles of records in their arsenal.

If Golden State had completed a rare 4-0 sweep, no surprise there.

So deadly were the Warriors in the first two games with their combined 41-point winning margin (22 in Game 1, 19 in Game 2), that Game 3 had been loudly conceded as another Golden State property.

It was not another rout, yes, as the Cavs, courtesy of LeBron James and Kyrie Irving, carved out a game to remember amid adversity on Thursday.

The Cavs had even appeared ready to win, brandishing a 113-107, 6-point margin with 3:10 left in the game.

But Kevin Durant’s seven-point revolt in a 98- second span proved fatal to Cleveland.

With the Warriors closing in at 109-113 on Steph Curry’s drive, Durant jumped, tripled and canned charities for GSW’s irreversible 116-113 bulge, time down to 12.9 seconds.

Curry’s two free throws closed out scoring for the final 118-113 count as the Cavs caved in under the weight of the Warriors’ blistering 11-0 finish. Curry’s 33 straight charities was an NBA Finals record.

So convincing was Golden State’s Game 3 win that even James, who sizzled anew with 39 points, 11 rebounds and 9 assists (Irving 38 points), conceded: “Probably the most firepower I’ve played against in my career.”

Durant could easily be the bone of that compliment as he was GSW’s top scorer for the third straight game with 31 points, punctuated by that go-ahead dagger three with James in front of him in the last 41 ticks of the game.

If the Warriors didn’t win Game 4, their coronation was simply delayed.

So convincing was Golden State’s Game 3 win that even James, who sizzled anew with 39 points, 11 rebounds and 9 assists (Irving 38 points), conceded: “Probably the most firepower I’ve played against in my career.”