The Golden State Warriors are this Year's Championship Winners
I called it just before game 1 on on June 1st!!
The Golden State Warriors regained the NBA title from the Cleveland Cavaliers as a 129-120 win on Monday night.
Kevin Durant scored 39 points and Stephen Curry 34 to leading their team to its 4-1 victory!
It was the third year in succession the two teams had met in the finals. Cleveland last season became the first team ever to overturn a 3-1 deficit in the best-of-seven finals but after falling 3-0 down this time around, they were only able to pull one game back before the Warriors finished the job.
Clutch bucket after clutch bucket.
— NBA (@NBA) June 13, 2017
Durant stretches the @warriors lead back up to 8! He's got 33. #NBAFinals pic.twitter.com/bSI6vz5bl5
Close Call. LeBron James led the Cavs with 41 points, 13 rebounds and eight assists but it proved in vain as the home team came out on top.
Though the Cavaliers led 37-33 at the end of the first quarter, Golden State soon reasserted their dominance by winning the second 38-23 to lead 71-60 at half-time.
The Cavs appeared to be catching up by the third quarter, but the warriors managed to keep their opponents at arms length the rest of the game, securing their second title in three years!