The Cleveland Cavaliers' hopes of claiming a second championship are quickly fading away as they trail the Golden State Warriors 2-0 in the NBA Finals.The defending champions secured a 122-103 victory at Oracle Arena on Sunday night to claim the commanding lead and put one hand on their second consecutive championship.Coming into the series, the Dubs were installed as the overwhelming favourites to win the title and they're proving the bookmakers right.LeBron James is certainly doing everything in his power to try and overcome the Bay Area franchise but his extraordinary efforts in the opening two games have gone in vain.He posted a historic 51-point outing in Game 1 but was let down by his teammates in the closing stages of that encounter.George Hill missed a free-throw with less than five seconds to go to put them in the lead and J.R. Smith then inexplicably failed to put a shot up after he grabbed the rebound as he thought the Cavs were ahead in the game.This turned out to be a golden opportunity missed as the Cavs couldn't bounce back to win Game 2 even though James put up 29 points, nine rebounds and 13 assists.But there was one positive to come out of the game for the four-time MVP as he notched another milestone to add to his incredible resume.He passed Hall of Famer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for second on the all-time NBA Finals scoring list.

The King now has 1,318 points and achieved the feat in 10 fewer games than the great Abdul-Jabbar who notched it in 56 games.

James now only trails Jerry West but it'll take him a while to reach the Los Angeles Lakers legend who sits on 1,679.

LBJ would need this series with the Warriors to go to seven games and average over 50 points to reach West this season.

Both of those outcomes seem almost impossible at this stage, so he'll have to settle for an opportunity to potentially do it next year if he reaches the reaches the Finals for a ninth consecutive time.

With the way he's playing in his 15th campaign in the league, it won't be a surprise to see the three-time champion make a return to the biggest stage a few more times before he retires.

But his only focus now is on trying to overturn the deficit against Golden State and looking to bring the Cavaliers back into the series as they head back home to Cleveland for back-to-back games, starting on Wednesday night for Game 3.

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