Cleveland completed a sweep of the Heat Monday night with an overwhelming 138-83 win in Game 4 in Miami. The margin of victory is the fourth-largest in NBA playoff history. The win marked a fitting end to a dominant series for the Cavs, who set the tone with a 21-point in in Game 1 and never let off the gas.

In a tense Monday-night matchup in San Francisco, the Golden State Warriors held off the Houston Rockets 109-106 to take a 3-1 lead in their Western Conference first-round series. The teams swapped the lead 11 times throughout a physical game that involved multiple skirmishes,

Stephen Curry is embracing the physical style of these NBA playoffs, as long and both sides are called evenly SAN FRANCISCO — Stephen Curry is all for physical playoff basketball and having to earn every shot,