Warriors’ Game 5 win wraps up highly-watched NBA Finals

Last night, Wanda made yet another appearance as her son accepted an even more impressive MVP award, this one for the NBA Finals.

The Warriors, who beat Cleveland in the 2015 NBA Finals only to lose to them a year ago after squandering a 3-1 series lead, went a record-setting 15-1 in the playoffs, their only loss coming in Game 4 of the best-of-seven championship.

“I just wanted to lay it all out there”. “This is something that we want to continue to do”.

That’s what the Cavaliers must do after falling to the Warriors in the final for the second time in three seasons, having rallied from 3-1 down previous year to win the crown when James led the series in points, rebounds, assists, steals and blocks – another unprecedented feat.

“They have an incredible team. They beat us, but I’m pretty sure we’ll be back and we’ll be ready to battle again”. I put in work, I just had to trust in it. But everything changed in the final three minutes of Game 3. “I’ve been so lucky to be part of so many championship teams as a player and now as a coach, and it never gets old”.

The Warriors won in 2015 before the Cavs made their historic comeback a year ago.

Golden State’s bench players scored 35 points in game five, including 20 for Andre Iguodala, to just seven from Cleveland’s back-ups. History says it would have been dwarfed by what the third straight meeting between the Warriors and Cavaliers generated. “It’s a championship. It’s a great feeling”.

We’ll all see. Maybe it means that the Cavs do go out and find a way to sign George.

The Warriors won in 2015 before the Cavs made their historic comeback past year. The season could not have ended any better for Durant after joining the Warriors in free agency. How does he not compromise the squad needed to fight past rivals to reach the finals?

“We did it together”, said Durant, a first-time champion.

“They’re going to be here for a while”, James added, per the Associated Press’ Tim Reynolds.

It’s never fun to see your team lose on the biggest stage in sports.

“I played against some really, really good teams that were assembled perfectly, and they’re right up there”. I think that so many times we let outside things make it more than that.

There are already rumors that Kevin Love could be traded this summer, and the Cavaliers could get a lot in return for him.

After doing what he came to Golden State to do, Durant was asked if he had any words for his mother, who was in attendance close by. It’s such unselfish nature that has helped the Warriors flourish. What we’ve built here is truly special.

And Durant knows James will soon be working on new ways to dethrone the Warriors. But at the end of the day, from when I played him in the 2012 Finals to now, like I said, experience is the best teacher in life, and he’s just experiencing and experiencing and experiencing.

Speaking on ESPN and BT Sport, he added: “I’ve got the best job in the world, these guys are so gifted, so committed to each other and so unselfish”.