Tyronn Lue defended the Cleveland Cavaliers' pursuit of the single-game three-point record in Game 2.
The Cavs made an NBA record 25 three-pointers.
"That's something that the players felt like it was within their grasp, they wanted to go for it," Lue said. "I mean, records are made to be broken, I don't see anything wrong with it. We didn't do anything malicious. We were up 40 points and we got our starters out with four minutes to go in the third quarter.
"We got LeBron [James] out with 2½ minutes to go in the third quarter. So I don't think we did anything to rub it in their face or anything like that. We played the guys who don't get a chance to play a lot, and they felt good on the floor and they wanted to go for the record."
Mike Budenholzer said Thursday that he has more important things to worry about than Cleveland's late pursuit of the record.
"I am more focused on what we're doing, what we need to do going forward," he said. "That's kind of just somewhat unimportant to us. I know some things have been said. But at the end of the day, I don't think I need to make any comments."