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Watkins had yet to fully unlock her own outside shot through three games heading into Friday.

“I caught a rhythm, had my outside shot going, got a couple ones in the paint as well,” James said.

Fitting one in could be tricky, as Stone seems likely to be heading to New Zealand for three Tests in December and is an outside shot for the white-ball tour of India and the Champions Trophy in the new year.

The Wolves weren’t as worried about the greater reliance on the outside shot so much as they were with their first-half effort on defense and their late-game execution on offense.

But Cleveland stormed back as Max Strus, who has struggled with his outside shot throughout the playoffs, made consecutive 3-pointers in a 13-3 run that helped the Cavs close within 62-57 at halftime.