Playoffs | Finals
WARRIORS 3, CAVALIERS 3
(TV: Ch. 28)
Game 1: Warriors 104, Cavs 89
Game 2: Warriors 110, Cavs 77
Game 3: Cavs 120, Warriors 90
Game 4: Warriors 108, Cavs 97
Game 5: Cavs 112, Warriors 97
Thursday: Cavs 115, Warriors 101
Sunday: at Golden State, 8
TAMPA — If you want to see a team giving the Heisman trophy stiff-arm to expectations, check out the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
![As always, the key to the Bucs success will be Jameis Winston. He still is only 23, but a charismatic leader that this team and this town believes deeply in. [LOREN ELLIOTT | Times]](/resources/images/dti/2017/07/502343207_19718381.jpg)
With HBO's Hard Knocks in town and the Bucs opening training camp Friday with their highest expectations in a decade, here's a look back at Tampa Bay's preseason expectations since their last playoff appearance in 2007 — and the results.
2008
![Jameis Winston and running back Peyton Barber celebrate a touchdown last season against the 49ers. [LOREN ELLIOTT | Times]](/resources/images/dti/2017/07/bucspoints_19245720.jpg)
They narrowly missed the playoffs by this much.
![Bucs wide receiver Mike Evans (13) celebrates with quarterback Jameis Winston (3) after they connected for a touchdown during a win over the Seattle Seahawks in November in Tampa. [LOREN ELLIOTT | Times]](/resources/images/dti/2017/07/502201184_19717917.jpg)
The Rays open a challenging road trip tonight in New York, the first of four games against the wild-card leading Yankees.
Bucs rookie O.J. Howard hasn't played in an NFL game yet, but he already appreciates the grind of an NFL season -- every week can be a loss, perhaps more so than in college football, where Alabama went 12-0 in nonconference, non-bowl games in his three years there.
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