The Cleveland Cavaliers secured their first NBA championship title with a thrilling 93-89 win over the Golden State Warriors at the Oracle Arena on Sunday.
The Cleveland Cavaliers secured their first NBA championship title with a thrilling 93-89 win over the Golden State Warriors at the Oracle Arena on Sunday.
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LeBron James led the visitors with 27 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists while staying solid in defense throughout the contest.
Draymond Green went 5-for-5 from outside the arc in the first half to hand the Warriors a 7-point lead going into the third quarter. The 26-year-old power forward scored 32 points while Stephen Curry added just 17.
After a record smashing regular season, Steve Kerr’s men could not cap off the campaign with a second successive title, unable to deliver the knockout punch after going up 3-1 in the best-of-season series.
The win ends decades of heartbreak for the city of Cleveland, which had not won a professional sports championship since 1964.
Congratulation to BRON BRON and the cleveland Cavaliers , the city has been waiting long long time #KingJames pic.twitter.com/uQDn6OWyZq
— SHAQ (@SHAQ) 20 June 2016