LeBron James was unstoppable for 4 quarters.

But all the Golden State Warriors needed was just 3 minutes to pound James and the Cleveland Cavaliers to submission and grab the first win of these NBA Finals.

Steph Curry scored 29 points, and the Warriors used a 9-0 run to start overtime to beat the Cavaliers 124-114 in Game 1 of their title series on Thursday (Friday, Manila time).

James scored 51 points for Cleveland, but was limited to just 2 free throws and without a basket in the extension.

Game 2 is on Sunday (Monday, Manila time) at Oracle Arena in Oakland.

KD on Lebron’s 51 pts: it was all him. its hard to stop him. he gets the mismatches. we gotta be more aware of it. try to make it tougher on him. gotta be patient and not discouraged when he makes shots

— TJ Manotoc (@tjmanotoc) June 1, 2018

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As usual, James carried a brunt of the offensive load for the Cavaliers, who looked ready to reward him with a win in another epic performance by the MVP.

Down 107-106 with 4.7 seconds left, however, George Hill could make only 1 of 2 free throws and JR Smith tried to milk the clock when he grabbed the offensive rebound thinking Cleveland had the lead.

KD on JR: glad we got a W, i don’t know what was going in JR’s head.

— TJ Manotoc (@tjmanotoc) June 1, 2018

The game went into extra 5 minutes, where the Warriors caught fire.

A 3-pointer by Klay Thompson and 2 baskets by veteran role player Shaun Livingston put Golden State up 116-107 as James and the Cavaliers found no answer.

Curry finished with 9 assists, as he and Thompson each tallied 5 3-pointers each.

Lue: being the underdogs, whatever you call it, but our team we did some good things, we were up by 2, take a charge with 30 secs left, whatever man

— TJ Manotoc (@tjmanotoc) June 1, 2018

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James added 8 rebounds and 8 assists on a night he became the first 50-point scorer to lose an NBA Finals game, according to ESPN Stats & Info.

It was the first 50-point game in the NBA Finals since Michael Jordan hit the mark in 1993, according to ESPN Stats & Info.

Lue on Lebron: he was great, he was epic. to come up and what he did tonight and got robbed, wasn’t right.

— TJ Manotoc (@tjmanotoc) June 1, 2018

The "robbed" part Cavaliers coach Tyronn Lue was referring to was a call the referees overturned with 36.4 seconds left in regulation.

Durant drove to the basket and was called for a charge as James got in his way, but the officials upon review reversed the call and ruled it a blocking foul.

The ensuing free throws by Durant tied the game at 104-all.

Lue: doesn’t make sense to review the block since Lebron was way out the no charge zone. its bad, you know he’s out side and overturn the call. its never been done. and in the finals? we played well, we played our asses off, it ain’t right

— TJ Manotoc (@tjmanotoc) June 1, 2018

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