At Oakland, California:
Kyle Lowry (who dished out ten assists) and Pascal Siakam (who grabbed ten rebounds; that's him celebrating after scoring) each scored 26 points while series Most Valuable Player Kawhi Leonard added 22 on Thursday as the Toronto Raptors defeated the Golden State Warriors 114-110 on the road in game six of the NBA Finals as the guests won their first-ever NBA championship (and the first for a Canadian club) four games to two.
Before suffering a torn ACL, Klay Thompson scored 30 points to pace the Warriors while Andre Iguodala added 22 and Stephen Curry 21.
It was the Warriors final game at Oakland's Oracle Arena before moving to San Francisco's Chase Center starting next season.
Photo from the Sky News website
At Toronto:
Stephen Curry scored 31 points while Klay Thompson (that's him celebrating here, after converting a three-point shot) added 16 on Monday night as the Golden State Warriors, despite losing Kevin Durant to a season-ending Achilles injury in the first half, held off the Toronto Raptors 106-105 in game six of the NBA Finals, which the Raptors now lead three games to two.
Kawhi Leonard paced the Raptors with 26 points while grabbing 12 rebounds.
Toronto can still lock up its' first NBA title on Thursday (6:00 PM Pacific Time, ABC) with a game-six victory in Oakland.
It will be Golden State's final game at the Oracle Arena before moving next season to the Chase Center in San Francisco.
USA Today photo by Kyle Terada
At Oakland, California:
Kawhi Leonard (that's him, above) scored 36 points and grabbed 12 rebounds on Friday as the Toronto Raptors again topped the Golden States Warriors 105-92 in game four of the NBA Finals.
Serge Ibaka came off the bench to score 20 points while Pascal Siakam added 19 points to the Raptors' coffers.
After missing game three with a hamstring injury, Klay Thompson scored 28 points to top the Warriors while Stephen Curry added 19 to the Golden State cause.
The Raptors, who now lead the series three games to one, can lock up their first-ever NBA championship (and a first for a Canadian club) by winning game five back home in Toronto on Monday night (6:00 PM Pacific Time, ABC).
USA Today Sports photo by Kyle Terada
At Oakland, California:
Kawhi Leonard (that's him here, driving to the bucket past Golden State's Draymond Green) scored 30 points while Kyle Lowry added 23 on Wednesday as the Toronto Raptors, with all five starters scoring in double figures, downed the Golden State Warriors 123-109 on the road in game three of the NBA Finals, despite 47 points (a playoff career high), eight rebounds, and seven assists from the hosts' Stephen Curry.
The Warriors were without the services of the injured Klay Thompson, ending his string of 120 consecutive playoff-game appearances.
The series, in which the Raptors now lead two games to one, is set to continue on Friday in Oakland (6:00 PM Pacific Time, ABC).
USA Today Sports photo by Kyle Terada
At Toronto:
Klay Thompson (that's him, going for a rebound here), before leaving the game with a hamstring injury, scored 25 points while Stephen Curry added 23 on Sunday as the Golden State Warriors held off the Toronto Raptors 109-104 on the road in game two of the NBA Finals.
Draymond Green came close to registering another triple double (17 points, 10 rebounds, nine assists) for the Warriors.
Kawhi Leonard scored 34 points and pulled in 14 rebounds for the Raptors.
The series, now deadlocked at one game apiece, will resume on Tuesday in Oakland (6:00 PM Pacific Time, ABC).
USA Today Sports photo by Kyle Terada
At Toronto:
Pascal Siakam scored 32 points while grabbing eight rebounds while Kawhi Leonard (who also pulled in eight boards) and Marc Gasol added 23 and 20 points respectively on Thursday as the Toronto Raptors topped the visiting Golden State Warriors 118-109 in the opening game of the NBA Finals.
Stephen Curry led the Warriors with 34 points while Klay Thompson added 21 to the Golden State tally.
That's the aforementioned Mr. Siakam, driving to the bucket against the Warriors' Draymond Green.
The series is set to continue in Toronto on Sunday (5:00 PM Pacific Time, ABC).
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At Cleveland:
Stephen Curry scored 37 points on Friday as the Golden State Warriors completed a four-game sweep of the NBA Finals with a 108-85 road domination of the Cleveland Cavaliers, winning their second straight league title and their third in four years (and their sixth overall). That's Steph here, shooting the ball against the Cavaliers' Larry Nance, Jr.
In what may have been the final game of his second stint with the Cavaliers, LeBron James topped Cleveland with 23 points while grabbing seven rebounds and dishing out eight assists.
The Warriors' Kevin Durant, who scored 20 points, grabbed 12 rebounds, and dished out ten assists for a triple-double, was named the series' Most Valuable Player for the second consecutive season.
USA Today Sports photo by Kyle Terada
At Cleveland:
Kevin Durant (shown here) scored 43 points and grabbed 13 rebounds (while dishing out seven assists) on Wednesday night as the Golden State Warriors, with six players scoring in double figures, came back from down six points at halftime to outgun the Cleveland Cavaliers 110-102 on the road in the third game of the NBA Finals.
LeBron James scored 33 points, dished out 11 assists, and grabbed 10 rebounds for the Cavaliers for his NBA Finals record tenth career triple-double.
Kevin Lowe scored 20 points and grabbed 13 rebounds for the hosts.
The Warriors, who lead the series three games to none, can lock up their second straight NBA title (and third in four years----all as Cleveland's expense) by winning game four on Friday in Cleveland (6:00 PM Pacific, ABC).
No team has ever come back from a three-games-to-none deficit to win an NBA best-of-seven playoff series.
USA Today Sports photo by Ken Blaze
At Oakland, California:
In Sunday's second game of the NBA Finals, Stephen Curry (shown here) scored 33 points (27 of them on an NBA Finals record nine three-pointers) and dished out eight assists (while grabbing seven rebounds) as the Golden State Warriors extended their series lead to two games to none after their 122-103 game-two home win over the Cleveland Cavaliers.
Kevin Durant and Klay Thompson added 26 and 20 points respectively to the Warriors' coffers. The former grabbed nine rebounds.
LeBron James paced the Cavaliers with 29 points, while dishing out 13 assists and grabbing nine rebounds.
Kevin Love added 20 points to the Cleveland coffers while grabbing ten rebounds.
USA Sports photo by Clay Edmonson
At Oakland, California:
Stephen Curry scored 29 points and dished out nine assists on Thursday night as the Golden State Warriors took the opening game of the NBA Finals 124-114 in overtime over the visiting Cleveland Cavaliers.
Kevin Durant added to the Warriors' cause with 26 points and nine rebounds while Klay Thompson added 24 points of his own.
This, in spite of a playoff-career high 51 points from Cleveland's LeBron James, who grabbed eight rebounds and dished out eight assists. Kevin Love added 21 points and 13 rebounds to the Cavaliers' coffers.
Here's Steph, showing his reaction after making a three-point shot at the end of the opening half of the contest.
Associated Press photo by Cary Edmonson
At Oakland, California:
Kevin Durant (named series Most Valuable Player) scored 39 points on Monday while Stephen Curry (shown here celebrating with Draymond Green) added 34 (to go with his ten assists) as the Golden State Warriors defeated the visiting Cleveland Cavaliers 129-120 in game five of the NBA Finals and won their second NBA title in three years four games to one as they avenged their title series defeat from last year at the hands of the Cavaliers.
Andre Iguodala added 20 points to the Warriors' coffers.
USA Today Sports photo by Cary Edmonson
For the now ex-champs, LeBron James scored 41 points, grabbed 13 rebounds, and dished out eight assists, while Kyrie Irving added 26 points and J. R. Smith 25.
This marked the fifth league championship for the Warriors (Philadelphia: 1947 [BAA], 1956; Golden State: 1975, 2015, and 2017).
At Cleveland:
In Friday's fifth game of the NBA Finals, Kyrie Irving (pictured here) scored 40 points as the Cleveland Cavaliers prevented the Golden State Warriors from completing an unprecedented 16-0 postseason run by dominating the guests 137-116 to cut the Warriors' advantage to three games to one.
LeBron James delivered a triple-double (31 points, 11 assists, 10 rebounds) while Kevin Love added 23 points to help carry the Cavaliers, who scored 49 points in the first quarter and 86 in the opening half, both NBA playoff records.
Kevin Durant topped the Warriors with 35 points.
Golden State can still finish off the Cavaliers and wrap up their second NBA title in three years (and avenge their collapse in last year's title series) by winning game five back home in Oakland on Monday (6:00 PM Pacific Time, ABC).
USA Today Sports photo by Kyle Terada
At Cleveland:
Kevin Durant scored 31 points as the Golden State Warriors came back from a six-point deficit with roughly three minutes remaining in regulation by scoring the last 11 points en route to a 118-113 game-three Wednesday road win over the Cleveland Cavaliers to take a three-games-to-one NBA Finals series lead.
Klay Thompson added 30 points to the Warriors' coffers while Stephen Curry added 26 points to go with his 13 rebounds.
LeBron James paced the Cavaliers with 39 points (while grabbing eleven rebounds and dishing out nine assists) while Kyrie Irving added 38.
The Warriors, who became the first club in North American major sports history to win 15 straight postseason games, can win their second NBA title in three years (and avenge their collapse from last year) by beating the Cavaliers again in game four on Friday in Cleveland (6:00 PM Pacific Time, ABC).
It appears that Steph and KD were having a bloody good time as seen here.
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At Oakland, California:
Kevin Durant scored 33 points (to go with his 13 rebounds and who is pictured here) while Stephen Curry added 32 (to go with his 11 assists and 10 rebounds for his first career playoff triple-double) and Klay Thompson 22 as the Golden State Warriors overpowered the visiting Cleveland Cavaliers 132-113 in Sunday's second game of the NBA Finals which the Warriors now lead two games to none.
The Warriors have now won an NBA record 14 straight playoff games.
After a six-week absence, Warriors head coach Steve Kerr returned to the bench.
LeBron James had a triple-double (29 points, 14 assists, and 11 rebounds) to pace the Cavaliers while Kevin Love added 27 points and Kyrie Irving contributed 19.
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At Oakland, California:
In Thursday's opening contest of the NBA Finals, Kevin Durant (shown here dunking) scored 38 points, grabbed eight rebounds, and dished out eight assists as the Golden State Warriors dominated the visiting Cleveland Cavaliers 113-91, despite a 28-point, 15-rebound night from the guests' LeBron James.
Stephen Curry added 28 points to the Warriors' coffers.
Kyrie Irving scored 24 points for the Cavaliers.
USA Today Sports photo by Kelley L. Cox
At Oakland, California:
LeBron James---named series Most Valuable Player (and shown here)---produced a triple double (27 points, 11 rebounds, and 11 assists) on Sunday as the Cleveland Cavaliers defeated the defending title-holding Golden State Warriors 93-89 on the road in game seven of the NBA Finals and won their first-ever NBA championship-----the first sports crown for a Cleveland club since 1964----four games to three, becoming the first club to overcome a three-games-to-one championship-series deficit.
The Cavaliers became the first team to take game seven of the title series on the road since the Washington Bullets did the trick in Seattle in 1978.
Kyrie Irving added 26 points to the Cavaliers' coffers.
Draymond Green came close to producing a triple double in pacing the Warriors with 32 points---while grabbing 15 rebounds and dishing out nine assists.
USA Today photo by Bob Donnan
At Cleveland:
LeBron James (that's him dunking during the third quarter) scored 41 points and grabbed 11 rebounds on Thursday as the Cleveland Cavaliers came back from a three-games-to-one deficit to tie the NBA Finals at three games apiece following their 115-101 game-six home victory over the Golden State Warriors.
Kyrie Irving added 23 points to the Cavaliers' coffers.
Before he was ejected in the fourth quarter, Stephen Curry paced the Warriors with 30 points while Klay Thompson added 25.
The series (and the NBA Championship) will be decided on Sunday in Oakland, California.
USA Today photo by David Richard
At Oakland, California:
LeBron James (who grabbed 16 rebounds) and Kyrie Irving (shown here) each scored 41 points on Monday night as the Cleveland Cavaliers dumped the Golden State Warriors (playing minus the suspended Draymond Green) 112-97 on the road in game five of the NBA Finals.
Klay Thompson scored 37 points and Stephen Curry added 25 for the Warriors, who lead the series three games to two, and who can still close out the Cavaliers with a game-six victory in Cleveland on Thursday.
USA Today photo by Cary Edmonson
At Cleveland:
In Friday's fourth game of the NBA Finals, Stephen Curry (shown here trying to pressure Cleveland's Kevin Love) scored 38 points while Klay Thompson added 25 as the Golden State Warriors defeated the home-standing Cleveland Cavaliers 108-97 to take a three-games-to-one series lead.
Kyrie Irving paced the Cavaliers with 34 points while LeBron James added 25 (to go with his 13 rebounds).
The Warriors can lock up their second successive NBA title with a game-five home win in Oakland on Monday.
No team has ever come back from a 3-1 series deficit in the finals to win the NBA championship.
USA Today photo by Bob Donnan
At Cleveland:
LeBron James (shown here completing a slam dunk in front of Draymond Green) scored 32 points (while grabbing 11 rebounds) while Kyrie Irving added 30 to the good on Wednesday night as the Cleveland Cavaliers manhandled the visiting Golden State Warriors 120-90 in game three of the NBA Finals.
J.R. Smith added 20 points to the Cavaliers' coffers.
Stephen Curry paced the Warriors, who still lead the series two games to one, with 19 points.
USA Today photo by Ken Blaze
