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© Copyright 2016 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.Cavaliers win thrilling NBA Finals Game 7, 93-89
By JANIE McCAULEY OAKLAND, California©2024 GPlusMedia Inc.
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Dre Hund
I'll watch the nba highlights next year on YouTube, but I will never look at the YouTube comments again. Beyond juvenile. I learned a lot about commitment, class, creativity, humanity, struggle, and friendship this last year watching the NBA games, and going back to study the careers of the greats with YouTube documentaries. I hope young fans will learn to not use sports as a way to find another excuse to be arrogant. We don't all wind up in the hoop at the end.
Dan Lewis
Looks like Draymond didn't kick enough people in the nards to win this one. Congrats to the Cavs!
lostrune2
LeBron James would've been Finals MVP (his 3rd, tied for 2nd place behind Jordan's 6) regardless even if Cavs had lost - because he was far and away the best player in these Finals. (Even season MVP Steph Curry was outplayed by Kyrie Irving.) LeBron led both teams in Points, Rebounds, Assists, Steals, and Blocks - first ever player to do that in any series of any length of any level of NBA playoffs. But coming up from a 3-1 deficit (the first team ever winning after all previous 32 teams lost such series), with Game 7 away from home, further solidified it. LeBron still has a losing Finals series record (3 wins, 4 losses), but this is a big notch on his legacy.
The big turning point definitely was when Warriors' Draymond Green got suspended for Game 5. Despite being renowned for almost undefeated home record, for being a 4th-quarter team, for winning close-out games - yet for both Game 5 and Game 7, both close-outs at home, Warriors scored only 13 points in the 4th quarter while missing their last 9 FGs to end each game. After so many lopsided games, it took until the 7th and last for these Finals games to be decided with less than double-digits score difference.
Cavs did to Warriors what Warriors just did to OKC Thunder - come back from 3-1 deficit. City of Cleveland wins its first title in any major pro sports since 52 long years ago. Warriors are first team to lose as many games in the playoffs (9) as they lost all season; they lost more home playoff games (3) than they lost home all season long (2).
And with that, the circle is complete - the best-ever regular season teams for all 4 US major pro leagues did not win the title of that year:
NBA - Golden State Warriors (73 wins) - not champion
MLB - Seattle Mariners (116 wins) - not champion
NHL - Detroit Red Wings (62 wins) - not champion
NFL - New England Patriots (17-0) - not champion
Mocheake
Now we KNOW who is the real MVP. LeBron averaged almost a triple-double for the series. Congrats Cavs and Cleveland. Enjoy the hell out of this championship year!
DaDude
Towards the end I was rooting for Cleveland over the Warriors as Warriors fans have been getting way too arrogant. Nobody cared about the Warriors since RUN TMC and now since last year, everyone is acts like this team is going to be a dynasty and better than Showtime Lakers and the Bulls of the 90s.
Anyways Tyronn Lue and Larry Drew are coaches of the Cavs and they were former Lakers so I am happy for them. Next up, who do the Lakers get with their #2 pick or do they make a big trade?
Homotenashi
I'm betting on the Warriors picking up Kevin Durant in the off-season
SuperLib
I only followed the NBA loosely this year, but I was pulling for Golden State to cap off the magical season. That kind of changed when I watched game 5 and saw a team throwing up silly 3 pointers, making bad passes, and just generally looking like a team who shows up and waits for someone to turn it on. Meanwhile, Cleveland just plowed through with amazing fundamentals and leadership.
By the end I was happy Cleveland won.
MariAoto
Yay! Go Cavs!
Wc626
Congrats to Cav and especially LBJ. . . I remember when he left CLE for Miami and angry fans burned his jersey. What a hero to do a complete 180 and win a title for those same fans.