In rout of Cavaliers, Warriors show just how much has changed in 6 months

CLEVELAND — As he jogged onto the court for warm-ups Wednesday evening, Warriors forward Kevin Durant saw a sea of maroon seats and thought about all that has changed in less than six months. Golden State, 180 days earlier, had silenced a raucous Quicken Loans Arena crowd with a Game 4 win to cap its NBA Finals sweep of the Cavaliers. Now, in the Warriors' first trip back to Cleveland since hoisting the 2017-18 Larry O'Brien Trophy, Durant was feeling nostalgic. LeBron James' decision to sign with the Lakers in July had forced the Cavaliers to rebuild and ended one of the greatest rivalries of the modern NBA.