NBA Finals G3: How Twitter reacted

LeBron James of the Cleveland Cavaliers drives against Klay Thompson of the Golden State Warriors during Game Three of the NBA Finals. Photo / Getty Images

The Cleveland Cavaliers have gone 2-1 up in the NBA Finals after taking down the Golden State Warriors 96-91.

LeBron James once again was huge for the Cavaliers, putting up 40 points, 12 rebounds, eight assists, four steals and two blocks, and he had Twitter users reacting to his greatness all afternoon.

LeBron James is averaging 41 points, 12 rebounds, 8.3 assists, 1.7 steals and 1 block through three games of the #NBAFinals. #CLE #GSW

— Alex Kennedy (@AlexKennedyNBA) June 10, 2015

Lebron's 40 point game will lower his Finals average.

— Adam Mares (@Adam_Mares) June 10, 2015

LeBron James has scored 123 points through the first three games of the NBA Finals, more than any player in Finals history, per Stats LLC

— Chris Herring (@Herring_NBA) June 10, 2015

LeBron James: 1st 40-pt, 12-reb, 8-ast, 4-stl NBA Finals game since steals first were recorded in 1973-74 (Elias) pic.twitter.com/p05IlR2EUb

— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) June 10, 2015

Australian Matthew Dellavedova continued to impress with 20 points, five rebounds and four assists while playing scrappy defence on reigning MVP Stephen Curry.

Forget the LeBron-MJ debate. It's time to start the Dellavedova-MJ debate.

— Jim Rome (@jimrome) June 10, 2015

Steph Curry when guarded by Matthew Dellavedova in 1st half:
• 3 Pts
• 1-5 FG
• 1-3 3-Pt FG
• TO pic.twitter.com/DxSF5GZa4v

— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) June 10, 2015

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— PFT Commenter (@PFTCommenter) June 10, 2015

"Hi, I'm Ohio governor Matthew Dellavedova. Welcome to Dellavedova International Airport here in Cleveland, where..."

— Lang Whitaker (@langwhitaker) June 10, 2015

The Warriors were heavy favourites coming into the series, but they now need to dig deep and potentially make changes as the series progresses.

This is only the second time ALL season Warriors are under 60 pts after 3 quarters. (First time was Game 2 of Finals)

— Ros Gold-Onwude (@ROSGO21) June 10, 2015

Klay: "If we get our offense back, which we will, we're going to win this series."

— Ethan Strauss (@SherwoodStrauss) June 10, 2015

Draymond Green shared w/ me his back "is locked up at all times- pain w/ explosion, jumping & contact". Hurt it Game 2, 3rd qtr after fall.

— Ros Gold-Onwude (@ROSGO21) June 10, 2015

In NBA Finals history, the Game 3 winner of a series tied 1-1 has gone on to win the series 84 percent of the time

— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) June 10, 2015