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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox"><caption class="infobox-title" style="font-size:medium;">2017 NBA Finals</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:The_NBA_Finals_logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/The_NBA_Finals_logo.svg/220px-The_NBA_Finals_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="67" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/The_NBA_Finals_logo.svg/330px-The_NBA_Finals_logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/The_NBA_Finals_logo.svg/440px-The_NBA_Finals_logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="673" data-file-height="205" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">The wordmark of the NBA Finals (2003–2017)</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><table style="width:100%; background:transparent; text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr><th>Team</th><th>Coach</th><th>Wins</th></tr><tr class="vcard" style="font-weight:bold;"> <td class="fn org" style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_Golden_State_Warriors_season" title="2016–17 Golden State Warriors season">Golden State Warriors</a></td> <td class="agent"><a href="/wiki/Steve_Kerr" title="Steve Kerr">Steve Kerr</a></td> <td>4</td> </tr><tr class="vcard" style=""> <td class="fn org" style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_Cleveland_Cavaliers_season" title="2016–17 Cleveland Cavaliers season">Cleveland Cavaliers</a></td> <td class="agent"><a href="/wiki/Tyronn_Lue" title="Tyronn Lue">Tyronn Lue</a></td> <td>1</td> </tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Dates</th><td class="infobox-data">June 1–12</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/NBA_Finals_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award">MVP</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Durant" title="Kevin Durant">Kevin Durant</a><br />(Golden State Warriors)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/NBA_conference_finals" title="NBA conference finals">Eastern finals</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_Cleveland_Cavaliers_season" title="2016–17 Cleveland Cavaliers season">Cavaliers</a> defeated <a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_Boston_Celtics_season" title="2016–17 Boston Celtics season">Celtics</a>, 4–1</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/NBA_conference_finals" title="NBA conference finals">Western finals</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_Golden_State_Warriors_season" title="2016–17 Golden State Warriors season">Warriors</a> defeated <a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_San_Antonio_Spurs_season" title="2016–17 San Antonio Spurs season">Spurs</a>, 4–0</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below noprint" style="border-top:#bbb solid 1px"><table style="width:100%; margin:1px; display:inline-table;"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:middle; padding:0 0.5em 0 0;" class="noprint">← <a href="/wiki/2016_NBA_Finals" title="2016 NBA Finals">2016</a></td> <td style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle;; padding:0 1px;" class=""><b><a href="/wiki/NBA_finals" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA finals">NBA finals</a></b></td> <td style="text-align:right; vertical-align:middle;; padding:0 0 0 0.5em;" class="noprint"><a href="/wiki/2018_NBA_Finals" title="2018 NBA Finals">2018</a> →</td> </tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>2017 NBA Finals</b> was the <a href="/wiki/NBA_Finals" title="NBA Finals">championship series</a> of the <a href="/wiki/National_Basketball_Association" title="National Basketball Association">National Basketball Association</a>'s (NBA) <a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_NBA_season" title="2016–17 NBA season">2016–17 season</a> and conclusion of the <a href="/wiki/2017_NBA_playoffs" title="2017 NBA playoffs">season's playoffs</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Western_Conference_(NBA)" title="Western Conference (NBA)">Western Conference</a> champion <a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_Golden_State_Warriors_season" title="2016–17 Golden State Warriors season">Golden State Warriors</a> defeated the <a href="/wiki/2016_NBA_Finals" title="2016 NBA Finals">defending NBA champion</a> and <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Conference_(NBA)" title="Eastern Conference (NBA)">Eastern Conference</a> champion <a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_Cleveland_Cavaliers_season" title="2016–17 Cleveland Cavaliers season">Cleveland Cavaliers</a> four games to one. This Finals was the first time in NBA history the same two teams had met for a third consecutive year. The Cavaliers sought to repeat as champions after winning the championship in <a href="/wiki/2016_NBA_Finals" title="2016 NBA Finals">2016</a>, while the Warriors won their first meeting in <a href="/wiki/2015_NBA_Finals" title="2015 NBA Finals">2015</a>. For the third straight year, Golden State earned <a href="/wiki/Home_advantage" title="Home advantage">home court advantage</a> against Cleveland with a league-best record of <abbr title="67 wins, 15 losses">67–15</abbr>. The Warriors entered the 2017 Finals after becoming the first team in NBA playoff history to start <abbr title="12 wins, 0 losses">12–0</abbr>, while the Cavaliers entered the 2017 Finals with a <abbr title="12 wins, 1 loss">12–1</abbr> record during the first three rounds of the postseason. The Warriors' <abbr title="15 wins, 0 losses">15–0</abbr> start in the playoffs is the <a href="/wiki/List_of_National_Basketball_Association_longest_winning_streaks#Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="List of National Basketball Association longest winning streaks">most consecutive postseason wins</a> in NBA history and their <abbr title="16 wins, 1 loss">16–1</abbr> record is the best winning percentage (.941) in <a href="/wiki/NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Playoffs">NBA playoff</a> history.<sup id="cite_ref-15-0_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15-0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16-1_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16-1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Golden State's <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Durant" title="Kevin Durant">Kevin Durant</a> was named the <a href="/wiki/Bill_Russell_NBA_Finals_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Bill Russell NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award">Finals Most Valuable Player</a> (MVP). Kevin Durant won the Finals MVP award unanimously, receiving all 11 Finals MVP votes.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2017_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Golden_State_Warriors">Golden State Warriors</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2017_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Golden State Warriors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_Golden_State_Warriors_season" title="2016–17 Golden State Warriors season">2016–17 Golden State Warriors season</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kevin_Durant_Warriors_2019_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Kevin_Durant_Warriors_2019_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-Kevin_Durant_Warriors_2019_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="356" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Kevin_Durant_Warriors_2019_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-Kevin_Durant_Warriors_2019_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Kevin_Durant_Warriors_2019_%28cropped%29.jpg/440px-Kevin_Durant_Warriors_2019_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="724" data-file-height="1170" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Durant" title="Kevin Durant">Kevin Durant</a> joined the <a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a> in 2016 then later won his first <a href="/wiki/NBA_Finals_Most_Valuable_Player_award" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Finals Most Valuable Player award">NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award</a> in the first season with the team.</figcaption></figure> <p>This was the <a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a>' third consecutive trip to the NBA Finals and ninth appearance overall, having come short of back-to-back titles in the <a href="/wiki/2016_NBA_Finals" title="2016 NBA Finals">2016 NBA Finals</a> by losing in seven games after having a 3–1 lead. With the acquisition of free agent <a href="/wiki/Superstar" title="Superstar">Superstar</a> <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Durant" title="Kevin Durant">Kevin Durant</a> in the offseason, the Warriors were hailed as a <a href="/wiki/Superteams_in_the_NBA" title="Superteams in the NBA">"Superteam"</a> by the media and fans, forming a new <a href="/wiki/List_of_NBA_All-Stars" title="List of NBA All-Stars">All-Star</a> "Big Four" lead by Kevin Durant, <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Curry" title="Stephen Curry">Stephen Curry</a>, <a href="/wiki/Klay_Thompson" title="Klay Thompson">Klay Thompson</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Draymond_Green" title="Draymond Green">Draymond Green</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The team equaled their <a href="/wiki/2014%E2%80%9315_Golden_State_Warriors_season" title="2014–15 Golden State Warriors season">2014–15</a> regular-season record of 67–15, their second most wins in franchise history. They won the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Division_(NBA)" title="Pacific Division (NBA)">Pacific Division</a> title and <a href="/wiki/Western_Conference_(NBA)" title="Western Conference (NBA)">Western Conference Championship</a> for the third consecutive season. The club became the fastest team in NBA history to clinch a playoff berth, achieving the feat on February 25, 2017, two days earlier than last season when they clinched on February 27, 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They also became the first team in NBA playoff history to start 12–0, sweeping the <a href="/wiki/Portland_Trail_Blazers" title="Portland Trail Blazers">Portland Trail Blazers</a> in the first round, the <a href="/wiki/Utah_Jazz" title="Utah Jazz">Utah Jazz</a> in the Western Conference semifinals, and the <a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs" title="San Antonio Spurs">San Antonio Spurs</a> in the Western Conference Finals.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Entering the Finals, this twelve game win-streak tied third for the <a href="/wiki/List_of_National_Basketball_Association_longest_winning_streaks#Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="List of National Basketball Association longest winning streaks">most consecutive wins in the postseason</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Warriors also entered the Finals with the largest playoff points differential in NBA history, with a +16.3 winning margin per game.<sup id="cite_ref-dubs_stats_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dubs_stats-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cleveland_Cavaliers">Cleveland Cavaliers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2017_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Cleveland Cavaliers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_Cleveland_Cavaliers_season" title="2016–17 Cleveland Cavaliers season">2016–17 Cleveland Cavaliers season</a></div> <p>This was the <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Cavaliers" title="Cleveland Cavaliers">Cleveland Cavaliers</a>' third consecutive trip to the NBA Finals, and fourth appearance overall, seeking to repeat as NBA champions. This was also the seventh consecutive NBA Finals appearance for <a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">LeBron James</a>, and the sixth for <a href="/wiki/James_Jones_(basketball,_born_1980)" title="James Jones (basketball, born 1980)">James Jones</a> (who technically qualified for the <a href="/wiki/2011_NBA_Finals" title="2011 NBA Finals">2011 NBA Finals</a> along with James, but did not play).<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Cavaliers finished the 2016–17 regular season with a 51–31 record, securing the 2nd seed in the Eastern Conference. In the playoffs, the Cavaliers swept the <a href="/wiki/Indiana_Pacers" title="Indiana Pacers">Indiana Pacers</a> in the first round, swept the <a href="/wiki/Toronto_Raptors" title="Toronto Raptors">Toronto Raptors</a> in the Eastern Conference semifinals, and defeated the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a> in five games in the Eastern Conference Finals.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Road_to_the_Finals">Road to the Finals</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2017_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Road to the Finals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2017_NBA_playoffs" title="2017 NBA playoffs">2017 NBA playoffs</a></div> <table style="width:100%; font-size:90%" class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr valign="top"> <th colspan="2" style="width:45%;"><a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_Cleveland_Cavaliers_season" title="2016–17 Cleveland Cavaliers season">Cleveland Cavaliers</a> (<a href="/wiki/Eastern_Conference_(NBA)" title="Eastern Conference (NBA)">Eastern Conference</a> champion)</th> <th></th> <th colspan="2" style="width:45%;"><a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_Golden_State_Warriors_season" title="2016–17 Golden State Warriors season">Golden State Warriors</a> (<a href="/wiki/Western_Conference_(NBA)" title="Western Conference (NBA)">Western Conference</a> champion) </th></tr> <tr> <td align="right"> <table class="wikitable" style="width:400px;font-size:95%;text-align:center"><tbody><tr><th colspan="7"><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Conference_(NBA)" title="Eastern Conference (NBA)">Eastern Conference</a></th></tr><tr><th style="width:5%">#</th><th>Team</th><th style="width:5%"><abbr title="Games won">W</abbr></th><th style="width:5%"><abbr title="Games lost">L</abbr></th><th style="width:5%"><abbr title="Winning percentage">PCT</abbr></th><th style="width:7.5%"><abbr title="Games behind">GB</abbr></th><th style="width:7.5%"><abbr title="Games played">GP</abbr></th></tr><tr><th>1</th><td style="text-align:left"><b>c</b> – <a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_Boston_Celtics_season" title="2016–17 Boston Celtics season">Boston Celtics</a> *</td><td>53</td><td>29</td><td>.646</td><td>–</td><td>82</td></tr><tr style="background-color:#CCFFCC"><th>2</th><td style="text-align:left"><b>y</b> – <a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_Cleveland_Cavaliers_season" title="2016–17 Cleveland Cavaliers season">Cleveland Cavaliers</a> *</td><td>51</td><td>31</td><td>.622</td><td>2.0</td><td>82</td></tr><tr><th>3</th><td style="text-align:left"><b>x</b> – <a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_Toronto_Raptors_season" title="2016–17 Toronto Raptors season">Toronto Raptors</a></td><td>51</td><td>31</td><td>.622</td><td>2.0</td><td>82</td></tr><tr><th>4</th><td style="text-align:left"><b>y</b> – <a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_Washington_Wizards_season" title="2016–17 Washington Wizards season">Washington Wizards</a> *</td><td>49</td><td>33</td><td>.598</td><td>4.0</td><td>82</td></tr><tr><th>5</th><td style="text-align:left"><b>x</b> – <a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_Atlanta_Hawks_season" title="2016–17 Atlanta Hawks season">Atlanta Hawks</a></td><td>43</td><td>39</td><td>.524</td><td>10.0</td><td>82</td></tr><tr><th>6</th><td style="text-align:left"><b>x</b> – <a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_Milwaukee_Bucks_season" title="2016–17 Milwaukee Bucks season">Milwaukee Bucks</a></td><td>42</td><td>40</td><td>.512</td><td>11.0</td><td>82</td></tr><tr><th>7</th><td style="text-align:left"><b>x</b> – <a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_Indiana_Pacers_season" title="2016–17 Indiana Pacers season">Indiana Pacers</a></td><td>42</td><td>40</td><td>.512</td><td>11.0</td><td>82</td></tr><tr><th>8</th><td style="text-align:left"><b>x</b> – <a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_Chicago_Bulls_season" title="2016–17 Chicago Bulls season">Chicago Bulls</a></td><td>41</td><td>41</td><td>.500</td><td>12.0</td><td>82</td></tr><tr style="background-color:#CCCCCC"><td colspan="7"></td></tr><tr><th>9</th><td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_Miami_Heat_season" title="2016–17 Miami Heat season">Miami Heat</a></td><td>41</td><td>41</td><td>.500</td><td>12.0</td><td>82</td></tr><tr><th>10</th><td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_Detroit_Pistons_season" title="2016–17 Detroit Pistons season">Detroit Pistons</a></td><td>37</td><td>45</td><td>.451</td><td>16.0</td><td>82</td></tr><tr><th>11</th><td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_Charlotte_Hornets_season" title="2016–17 Charlotte Hornets season">Charlotte Hornets</a></td><td>36</td><td>46</td><td>.439</td><td>17.0</td><td>82</td></tr><tr><th>12</th><td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_New_York_Knicks_season" title="2016–17 New York Knicks season">New York Knicks</a></td><td>31</td><td>51</td><td>.378</td><td>22.0</td><td>82</td></tr><tr><th>13</th><td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_Orlando_Magic_season" title="2016–17 Orlando Magic season">Orlando Magic</a></td><td>29</td><td>53</td><td>.354</td><td>24.0</td><td>82</td></tr><tr><th>14</th><td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_Philadelphia_76ers_season" title="2016–17 Philadelphia 76ers season">Philadelphia 76ers</a></td><td>28</td><td>54</td><td>.341</td><td>25.0</td><td>82</td></tr><tr><th>15</th><td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_Brooklyn_Nets_season" title="2016–17 Brooklyn Nets season">Brooklyn Nets</a></td><td>20</td><td>62</td><td>.244</td><td>33.0</td><td>82</td></tr></tbody></table> 2nd seed in the East, 5th best league record </td> <th colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_NBA_season" title="2016–17 NBA season">Regular season</a> </th> <td><table class="wikitable" style="width:400px;font-size:95%;text-align:center"><tbody><tr><th colspan="7"><a href="/wiki/Western_Conference_(NBA)" title="Western Conference (NBA)">Western Conference</a></th></tr><tr><th style="width:5%">#</th><th>Team</th><th style="width:5%"><abbr title="Games won">W</abbr></th><th style="width:5%"><abbr title="Games lost">L</abbr></th><th style="width:5%"><abbr title="Winning percentage">PCT</abbr></th><th style="width:7.5%"><abbr title="Games behind">GB</abbr></th><th style="width:7.5%"><abbr title="Games played">GP</abbr></th></tr><tr style="background-color:#CCFFCC"><th>1</th><td style="text-align:left"><b>z</b> – <a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_Golden_State_Warriors_season" title="2016–17 Golden State Warriors season">Golden State Warriors</a> *</td><td>67</td><td>15</td><td>.817</td><td>–</td><td>82</td></tr><tr><th>2</th><td style="text-align:left"><b>y</b> – <a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_San_Antonio_Spurs_season" title="2016–17 San Antonio Spurs season">San Antonio Spurs</a> *</td><td>61</td><td>21</td><td>.744</td><td>6.0</td><td>82</td></tr><tr><th>3</th><td style="text-align:left"><b>x</b> – <a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_Houston_Rockets_season" title="2016–17 Houston Rockets season">Houston Rockets</a></td><td>55</td><td>27</td><td>.671</td><td>12.0</td><td>82</td></tr><tr><th>4</th><td style="text-align:left"><b>x</b> – <a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_Los_Angeles_Clippers_season" title="2016–17 Los Angeles Clippers season">Los Angeles Clippers</a></td><td>51</td><td>31</td><td>.622</td><td>16.0</td><td>82</td></tr><tr><th>5</th><td style="text-align:left"><b>y</b> – <a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_Utah_Jazz_season" title="2016–17 Utah Jazz season">Utah Jazz</a> *</td><td>51</td><td>31</td><td>.622</td><td>16.0</td><td>82</td></tr><tr><th>6</th><td style="text-align:left"><b>x</b> – <a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_Oklahoma_City_Thunder_season" title="2016–17 Oklahoma City Thunder season">Oklahoma City Thunder</a></td><td>47</td><td>35</td><td>.573</td><td>20.0</td><td>82</td></tr><tr><th>7</th><td style="text-align:left"><b>x</b> – <a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_Memphis_Grizzlies_season" title="2016–17 Memphis Grizzlies season">Memphis Grizzlies</a></td><td>43</td><td>39</td><td>.524</td><td>24.0</td><td>82</td></tr><tr><th>8</th><td style="text-align:left"><b>x</b> – <a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_Portland_Trail_Blazers_season" title="2016–17 Portland Trail Blazers season">Portland Trail Blazers</a></td><td>41</td><td>41</td><td>.500</td><td>26.0</td><td>82</td></tr><tr style="background-color:#CCCCCC"><td colspan="7"></td></tr><tr><th>9</th><td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_Denver_Nuggets_season" title="2016–17 Denver Nuggets season">Denver Nuggets</a></td><td>40</td><td>42</td><td>.488</td><td>27.0</td><td>82</td></tr><tr><th>10</th><td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_New_Orleans_Pelicans_season" title="2016–17 New Orleans Pelicans season">New Orleans Pelicans</a></td><td>34</td><td>48</td><td>.415</td><td>33.0</td><td>82</td></tr><tr><th>11</th><td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_Dallas_Mavericks_season" title="2016–17 Dallas Mavericks season">Dallas Mavericks</a></td><td>33</td><td>49</td><td>.402</td><td>34.0</td><td>82</td></tr><tr><th>12</th><td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_Sacramento_Kings_season" title="2016–17 Sacramento Kings season">Sacramento Kings</a></td><td>32</td><td>50</td><td>.390</td><td>35.0</td><td>82</td></tr><tr><th>13</th><td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_Minnesota_Timberwolves_season" title="2016–17 Minnesota Timberwolves season">Minnesota Timberwolves</a></td><td>31</td><td>51</td><td>.378</td><td>36.0</td><td>82</td></tr><tr><th>14</th><td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="2016–17 Los Angeles Lakers season">Los Angeles Lakers</a></td><td>26</td><td>56</td><td>.317</td><td>41.0</td><td>82</td></tr><tr><th>15</th><td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_Phoenix_Suns_season" title="2016–17 Phoenix Suns season">Phoenix Suns</a></td><td>24</td><td>58</td><td>.293</td><td>43.0</td><td>82</td></tr></tbody></table> 1st seed in the West, best league record </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">Defeated the 7th seeded <a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_Indiana_Pacers_season" title="2016–17 Indiana Pacers season">Indiana Pacers</a>, <a href="/wiki/2017_NBA_playoffs" title="2017 NBA playoffs">4–0</a> </td> <th colspan="2">First round </th> <td align="left">Defeated the 8th seeded <a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_Portland_Trail_Blazers_season" title="2016–17 Portland Trail Blazers season">Portland Trail Blazers</a>, <a href="/wiki/2017_NBA_playoffs" title="2017 NBA playoffs">4–0</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">Defeated the 3rd seeded <a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_Toronto_Raptors_season" title="2016–17 Toronto Raptors season">Toronto Raptors</a>, <a href="/wiki/2017_NBA_playoffs" title="2017 NBA playoffs">4–0</a> </td> <th colspan="2">Conference Semifinals </th> <td align="left">Defeated the 5th seeded <a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_Utah_Jazz_season" title="2016–17 Utah Jazz season">Utah Jazz</a>, <a href="/wiki/2017_NBA_playoffs" title="2017 NBA playoffs">4–0</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">Defeated the 1st seeded <a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_Boston_Celtics_season" title="2016–17 Boston Celtics season">Boston Celtics</a>, <a href="/wiki/2017_NBA_playoffs" title="2017 NBA playoffs">4–1</a> </td> <th colspan="2">Conference Finals </th> <td align="left">Defeated the 2nd seeded <a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_San_Antonio_Spurs_season" title="2016–17 San Antonio Spurs season">San Antonio Spurs</a>, <a href="/wiki/2017_NBA_playoffs" title="2017 NBA playoffs">4–0</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Regular_season_series">Regular season series</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2017_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Regular season series"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Warriors and Cavaliers tied the regular season series 1–1, with each team winning its home game. </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #fff"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">December 25, 2016</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nba.com/games/20161225/GSWCLE/#/recap">Recap</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a> 108, <b><a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Cavaliers" title="Cleveland Cavaliers">Cleveland Cavaliers</a></b> <b>109</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Quicken_Loans_Arena" class="mw-redirect" title="Quicken Loans Arena">Quicken Loans Arena</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cleveland" title="Cleveland">Cleveland, Ohio</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: transparent"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">January 16, 2017</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nba.com/games/20170116/CLEGSW/#/recap">Recap</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Cavaliers" title="Cleveland Cavaliers">Cleveland Cavaliers</a> 91, <b><a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a></b> <b>126</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Oracle_Arena" class="mw-redirect" title="Oracle Arena">Oracle Arena</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oakland,_California" title="Oakland, California">Oakland, California</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Series_summary">Series summary</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2017_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Series summary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Game</th> <th>Date</th> <th>Road team</th> <th>Result</th> <th>Home team </th></tr> <tr> <td>Game 1</td> <td>June 1</td> <td>Cleveland Cavaliers</td> <td>91–113 (0–1)</td> <td><b>Golden State Warriors</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Game 2</td> <td>June 4</td> <td>Cleveland Cavaliers</td> <td>113–132 (0–2)</td> <td><b>Golden State Warriors</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Game 3</td> <td>June 7</td> <td><b>Golden State Warriors</b></td> <td>118–113 (3–0)</td> <td>Cleveland Cavaliers </td></tr> <tr> <td>Game 4</td> <td>June 9</td> <td>Golden State Warriors</td> <td>116–137 (3–1)</td> <td><b>Cleveland Cavaliers</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Game 5</td> <td>June 12</td> <td>Cleveland Cavaliers</td> <td>120–129 (1–4)</td> <td><b>Golden State Warriors</b> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Game_summaries">Game summaries</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2017_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Game summaries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Times listed are <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Time_Zone" title="Eastern Time Zone">Eastern Daylight Time</a> (<a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%9204:00" title="UTC−04:00">UTC−4</a>). For games in Oakland, the local time is also given (<a href="/wiki/Pacific_Time_Zone" title="Pacific Time Zone">PDT</a>, <a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%9207:00" title="UTC−07:00">UTC−7</a>).</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Game_1">Game 1</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2017_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Game 1"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_ESPN" title="NBA on ESPN">ESPN</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">June 1<br /><small> 9:00 pm <span style="font-size:85%;">(6:00 pm <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Time_Zone" title="Pacific Time Zone">PDT</a>)</span></small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nba.com/games/20170601/CLEGSW#/boxscore">Boxscore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Cavaliers" title="Cleveland Cavaliers">Cleveland Cavaliers</a> 91, <b><a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a></b> <b>113</b> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> 30–<b>35</b>, 22–<b>25</b>, 20–<b>33</b>, 19–<b>20</b></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">LeBron James</a> 28<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Love" title="Kevin Love">Kevin Love</a> 21<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">LeBron James</a> 8</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Durant" title="Kevin Durant">Kevin Durant</a> 38<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Draymond_Green" title="Draymond Green">Draymond Green</a> 11<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Curry" title="Stephen Curry">Stephen Curry</a> 10</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Golden State leads series, 1–0</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Oracle_Arena" class="mw-redirect" title="Oracle Arena">Oracle Arena</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oakland,_California" title="Oakland, California">Oakland, California</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 19,596<br /><b>Referees:</b> <ul><li>No. 43 <a href="/wiki/Danny_Crawford" title="Danny Crawford">Dan Crawford</a></li> <li>No. 9 Derrick Stafford</li> <li>No. 15 <a href="/wiki/Zach_Zarba" title="Zach Zarba">Zach Zarba</a></li></ul></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <p>The Warriors routed the Cavaliers 113–91 to take a 1–0 series lead. The Warriors led by only 8 points at halftime, but they opened the third quarter on a 13–0 run and never looked back. <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Durant" title="Kevin Durant">Kevin Durant</a> had 38 points to lead the Warriors, and <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Curry" title="Stephen Curry">Stephen Curry</a> added 28 points. The Cavaliers' <a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">LeBron James</a> also had 28 points, becoming the first player to score 6000 career points in the postseason. James also passed <a href="/wiki/Reggie_Miller" title="Reggie Miller">Reggie Miller</a> for second all-time in postseason three-pointers made. He grabbed 15 rebounds and dished out 8 assists, but he committed 8 of the Cavaliers' 20 turnovers. Golden State as a team managed only half of James' total with 4 turnovers, equaling the NBA record for fewest turnovers in an NBA Finals game. With this win, the Warriors became the first team ever to start 13–0 in the playoffs and their current 13 game win-streak is tied for the most consecutive postseason wins in NBA history.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Former Cavaliers head coach and current Warriors interim head coach <a href="/wiki/Mike_Brown_(basketball,_born_1970)" title="Mike Brown (basketball, born 1970)">Mike Brown</a> took charge of the game, with <a href="/wiki/Steve_Kerr" title="Steve Kerr">Steve Kerr</a> still being out due to illness.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Cavaliers became the first team in NBA Finals history to fail to record a steal in a game. With the loss, the Cavaliers' nine game road playoff winning streak (a streak that began when they won Game 5 of the <a href="/wiki/2016_NBA_Finals" title="2016 NBA Finals">2016 NBA Finals</a>) came to an end. James dropped to 1–7 in NBA Finals openers in his career.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Game_2">Game 2</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2017_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Game 2"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_ESPN" title="NBA on ESPN">ESPN</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">June 4<br /><small> 8:00 pm <span style="font-size:85%;">(5:00 pm <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Time_Zone" title="Pacific Time Zone">PDT</a>)</span></small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nba.com/games/20170604/CLEGSW#/boxscore">Boxscore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Cavaliers" title="Cleveland Cavaliers">Cleveland Cavaliers</a> 113, <b><a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a></b> <b>132</b> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> 34–<b>40</b>, <b>30</b>–27, 24–<b>35</b>, 25–<b>30</b></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">LeBron James</a> 29<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">LeBron James</a> 11<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">LeBron James</a> 14</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Durant" title="Kevin Durant">Kevin Durant</a> 33<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Durant" title="Kevin Durant">Kevin Durant</a> 13<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Curry" title="Stephen Curry">Stephen Curry</a> 11</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Golden State leads series, 2–0</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Oracle_Arena" class="mw-redirect" title="Oracle Arena">Oracle Arena</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oakland,_California" title="Oakland, California">Oakland, California</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 19,596<br /><b>Referees:</b> <ul><li>No. 48 Scott Foster</li> <li>No. 25 <a href="/wiki/Tony_Brothers" title="Tony Brothers">Tony Brothers</a></li> <li>No. 19 James Capers</li></ul></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <p>The Warriors won Game 2 over the Cavaliers, 132–113, to improve their best start in NBA playoff history to 14–0. Their fourteen-game win-streak is the <a href="/wiki/List_of_National_Basketball_Association_longest_winning_streaks#Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="List of National Basketball Association longest winning streaks">longest postseason win streak</a> in NBA history. Golden State surpassed Cleveland's thirteen game win-streak, which dated back to Game 5 of the <a href="/wiki/2016_NBA_Finals" title="2016 NBA Finals">2016 Finals</a>. The Warriors also hit an NBA Finals record 18 three-pointers on 43 attempts, with <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Curry" title="Stephen Curry">Stephen Curry</a>, <a href="/wiki/Klay_Thompson" title="Klay Thompson">Klay Thompson</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Durant" title="Kevin Durant">Kevin Durant</a> hitting four threes apiece and <a href="/wiki/Draymond_Green" title="Draymond Green">Draymond Green</a> connecting on a three of his own from behind the arc. Warriors Coach <a href="/wiki/Steve_Kerr" title="Steve Kerr">Steve Kerr</a> returned from illness to coach from the sideline for the first time since April 19, 2017. In what was a high scoring affair for both teams, the Warriors held a slim three-point lead (67–64) at halftime and a four-point lead (86–82) past the midway point of the third quarter before outscoring the Cavs 35–17 through the middle of the fourth quarter. <a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">LeBron James</a> led the Cavaliers with 29 points while grabbing 11 rebounds and dishing out 14 assists, and <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Love" title="Kevin Love">Kevin Love</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kyrie_Irving" title="Kyrie Irving">Kyrie Irving</a> added 27 and 19 points, respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>For the Warriors, Durant scored 33 points with 13 rebounds, while Curry had 32 points to go along with 10 rebounds and 11 assists. With his eighth triple-double of the Finals, James moved into a tie with <a href="/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson">Magic Johnson</a> for the most Finals triple-doubles in the league. Game 2 was the first postseason game since <a href="/wiki/1970_NBA_playoffs" title="1970 NBA playoffs">1970</a> where two opposing players each had a triple-double. Golden State took a 2–0 series lead heading into Cleveland for Game 3.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Game_3">Game 3</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2017_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Game 3"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_ESPN" title="NBA on ESPN">ESPN</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">June 7<br /><small> 9:00 pm</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nba.com/games/20170607/GSWCLE#/boxscore">Boxscore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a></b> <b>118</b>, <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Cavaliers" title="Cleveland Cavaliers">Cleveland Cavaliers</a> 113 </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> <b>39</b>–32, 28–<b>29</b>, 22–<b>33</b>, <b>29</b>–19</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Durant" title="Kevin Durant">Kevin Durant</a> 31<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Curry" title="Stephen Curry">Stephen Curry</a> 13<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Draymond_Green" title="Draymond Green">Draymond Green</a> 7</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">LeBron James</a> 39<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Love" title="Kevin Love">Kevin Love</a> 13<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">LeBron James</a> 9</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Golden State leads series, 3–0</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Quicken_Loans_Arena" class="mw-redirect" title="Quicken Loans Arena">Quicken Loans Arena</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cleveland" title="Cleveland">Cleveland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ohio" title="Ohio">Ohio</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 20,562<br /><b>Referees:</b> <ul><li>No. 13 <a href="/wiki/Monty_McCutchen" title="Monty McCutchen">Monty McCutchen</a></li> <li>No. 14 Ed Malloy</li> <li>No. 41 <a href="/wiki/Ken_Mauer" title="Ken Mauer">Ken Mauer</a></li></ul></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <p>The Warriors defeated the Cavaliers 118–113 to extend <a href="/wiki/List_of_National_Basketball_Association_longest_winning_streaks#Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="List of National Basketball Association longest winning streaks">the longest winning streak</a> in NBA playoff history to 15 games.<sup id="cite_ref-15-0_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15-0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Golden State became the first team in <a href="/wiki/Major_professional_sports_leagues_in_the_United_States_and_Canada" title="Major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada">the four major sports leagues in North America</a> to go 15–0 in the postseason.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Warriors got off to a blistering start, hitting an NBA Finals record 9 three-pointers in the first quarter, resulting in an early 39–32 lead. During the quarter, the Cavaliers got a scare when <a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">LeBron James</a> bumped into his teammate <a href="/wiki/Tristan_Thompson" title="Tristan Thompson">Tristan Thompson</a> trying to guard <a href="/wiki/Klay_Thompson" title="Klay Thompson">Klay Thompson</a>, but James stayed in the game. The Warriors finished the first half with 12 made three-pointers, another NBA Finals record for most threes in a half, and led 67–61. However, the Cavaliers started to show some life to start the third quarter, going on a 10–2 run to lead 71–69. They led 94–89 after three quarters of play and 113–107 with 2:32 remaining in the fourth quarter, but the Warriors scored 11 unanswered points to steal the road win and take a commanding 3–0 series lead heading into Game 4.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the game-ending run, <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Durant" title="Kevin Durant">Kevin Durant</a> drilled the go-ahead three-pointer for Golden State with 45.3 seconds remaining and Iguodala blocked LeBron James' potential game-tying 3. </p><p>Durant led the Warriors with 31 points, going 4-for-7 from behind the arc that included the winning basket. Klay Thompson added 30 points on 6-of-11 shooting from three-point range, and <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Curry" title="Stephen Curry">Stephen Curry</a> scored 26 points on 5-of-9 shooting from downtown to go along with 13 rebounds. For the Cavaliers, James had 39 points, falling one assist shy of a triple-double with 11 rebounds and 9 assists. <a href="/wiki/Kyrie_Irving" title="Kyrie Irving">Kyrie Irving</a> added 38 points but struggled from beyond the arc, going 0-for-7. Despite stellar performances from both James and Irving, Cleveland finished the game a dismal 12-of-44 from three-point range, compared to the Warriors 16-of-33 performance on three point shots.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Game_4">Game 4</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2017_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Game 4"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_ESPN" title="NBA on ESPN">ESPN</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">June 9<br /><small> 9:00 pm</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nba.com/games/20170609/GSWCLE#/boxscore">Boxscore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a> 116, <b><a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Cavaliers" title="Cleveland Cavaliers">Cleveland Cavaliers</a></b> <b>137</b> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> 33–<b>49</b>, 35–<b>37</b>, 28–<b>29</b>, 20–<b>22</b></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Durant" title="Kevin Durant">Kevin Durant</a> 35<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Draymond_Green" title="Draymond Green">Draymond Green</a> 14<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Curry" title="Stephen Curry">Stephen Curry</a> 10</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Kyrie_Irving" title="Kyrie Irving">Kyrie Irving</a> 40<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">James</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tristan_Thompson" title="Tristan Thompson">Tristan Thompson</a> 10 each<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">LeBron James</a> 11</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Golden State leads series, 3–1</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Quicken_Loans_Arena" class="mw-redirect" title="Quicken Loans Arena">Quicken Loans Arena</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cleveland" title="Cleveland">Cleveland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ohio" title="Ohio">Ohio</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 20,562<br /><b>Referees:</b> <ul><li>No. 24 Mike Callahan</li> <li>No. 8 Marc Davis</li> <li>No. 30 John Goble</li></ul></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <p>The Cleveland Cavaliers led wire-to-wire as they avoided a Finals sweep by Golden State to rout the Warriors 137–116, ending Golden State's NBA postseason record winning streak at 15 games to start the 2017 playoffs. The game was notable for shattering a number of NBA Finals records. The Cavs scored 49 points in the first quarter, the most points of any period in a Finals game, en route to scoring 86 points for the first half, which was the most points scored in a half. They also hit 13 three-pointers in the first half, which broke the Finals record for most threes in a half set last game by the Warriors. The Cavaliers finished the game with 24 three-pointers, which easily broke the Finals record for the most threes in a game set by the Warriors in Game 2. Both the Cavaliers and Warriors combined to score a total of 154 points in the first half, which is another Finals record for most points by any two teams in a half.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">LeBron James</a> tallied his ninth <a href="/wiki/Triple-double" class="mw-redirect" title="Triple-double">triple-double</a> of the Finals (31 points, 10 rebounds, 11 assists), surpassing <a href="/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson">Magic Johnson</a> for the most triple-doubles in a championship series. His highlight of the game came three minutes into the third quarter when he threw a pass off the backboard to himself, finishing with a powerful dunk. James also passed <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Michael Jordan</a> for third all-time in points scored in the Finals. <a href="/wiki/Kyrie_Irving" title="Kyrie Irving">Kyrie Irving</a> led all scorers with 40 points, breaking out of a shooting slump from behind the arc by going 7-for-12. <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Love" title="Kevin Love">Kevin Love</a> added 23 points on 6-of-8 from downtown, and <a href="/wiki/J._R._Smith" title="J. R. Smith">J. R. Smith</a> had 15 points, all on 5-of-9 from three-point range, including a deep shot from 30 feet in the second quarter to beat the shot clock buzzer. <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Durant" title="Kevin Durant">Kevin Durant</a> scored 35 points to lead the Warriors, but their other three superstars were held to under 20 points each as <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Curry" title="Stephen Curry">Stephen Curry</a>, <a href="/wiki/Klay_Thompson" title="Klay Thompson">Klay Thompson</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Draymond_Green" title="Draymond Green">Draymond Green</a> managed 14, 13, and 16 points respectively. Cleveland trails the Finals, 3–1, as the series shifts back to Oakland.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Game 4 was also notable for a number of testy incidents. As the teams prepared for a jump ball with 1:56 left in the first quarter, Green was called for a hard foul for throwing an elbow at <a href="/wiki/Iman_Shumpert" title="Iman Shumpert">Iman Shumpert</a>. Green was trying to plead his case when Warriors head coach <a href="/wiki/Steve_Kerr" title="Steve Kerr">Steve Kerr</a> simultaneously argued with the officials, who then called a <a href="/wiki/Technical_foul" title="Technical foul">technical foul</a> on Kerr, although it was mistakenly recorded as a foul on Green. With 7:26 remaining in the third quarter, Love fouled Durant from behind on a layup attempt. Durant claimed he was hit hard in the forehead, and James exchanged words with him, leading to a double-technical on the pair as well as a type 1 <a href="/wiki/Flagrant_foul" title="Flagrant foul">flagrant foul</a> on Kevin Love.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> About a minute later, Green picked up what appeared to be his second technical foul of the game, which would have forced an <a href="/wiki/Ejection_(sports)" title="Ejection (sports)">ejection</a>. However, the officials confirmed that the first technical was on coach Kerr, not Green as originally recorded. Late in the third, Shumpert and <a href="/wiki/Zaza_Pachulia" title="Zaza Pachulia">Zaza Pachulia</a> got involved in a mini scuffle when battling for the loose ball, with Pachulia hitting in the direction of Shumpert's groin and Shumpert retaliating. At the same time, a Cavaliers fan, charged onto the court to shout at <a href="/wiki/Matt_Barnes" title="Matt Barnes">Matt Barnes</a> during the Warriors huddle as the officials were replaying the incident. Shumpert and Pachulia were assessed double technicals, and the fan was escorted out of the arena by security personnel.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Many in the media and on <a href="/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter">Twitter</a> commented on the refereeing in this game, calling it "a disaster" and "a sideshow".<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Game_5">Game 5</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2017_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Game 5"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_ESPN" title="NBA on ESPN">ESPN</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">June 12<br /><small> 9:00 pm <span style="font-size:85%;">(6:00 pm <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Time_Zone" title="Pacific Time Zone">PDT</a>)</span></small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nba.com/games/20170612/CLEGSW#/boxscore">Boxscore</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Cavaliers" title="Cleveland Cavaliers">Cleveland Cavaliers</a> 120, <b><a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a></b> <b>129</b> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> <b>37</b>–33, 23–<b>38</b>, <b>33</b>–27, 27–<b>31</b></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">LeBron James</a> 41<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">LeBron James</a> 13<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">LeBron James</a> 8</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Durant" title="Kevin Durant">Kevin Durant</a> 39<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Draymond_Green" title="Draymond Green">Draymond Green</a> 12<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Curry" title="Stephen Curry">Stephen Curry</a> 10</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Golden State wins NBA Finals, 4–1</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Oracle_Arena" class="mw-redirect" title="Oracle Arena">Oracle Arena</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oakland,_California" title="Oakland, California">Oakland, California</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 19,596<br /><b>Referees:</b> <ul><li>No. 43 <a href="/wiki/Danny_Crawford" title="Danny Crawford">Dan Crawford</a></li> <li>No. 14 Ed Malloy</li> <li>No. 9 Derrick Stafford</li></ul></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox" style="clear: right; float:right;margin:0 0 1.5em 1.5em"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:115%">External videos</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="video icon" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg/16px-Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg/24px-Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg/32px-Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></span></span> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPPhDYSxozU"><span class="plainlinks">Full game broadcast by ABC</span></a> on <a href="/wiki/YouTube_video_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="YouTube video (identifier)">YouTube</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Warriors</a> defeated the <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Cavaliers" title="Cleveland Cavaliers">Cavaliers</a> with a score of 129–120 to win the series 4–1. With this win, the Warriors 16–1 postseason record is the best winning percentage (.941) in <a href="/wiki/NBA_playoffs" title="NBA playoffs">NBA playoffs</a> history.<sup id="cite_ref-16-1_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16-1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">LeBron James</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kyrie_Irving" title="Kyrie Irving">Kyrie Irving</a> tried their best to combat the Warriors offense but were unable to overcome a bad night from <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Love" title="Kevin Love">Kevin Love</a>, who only had six points and a game low minus-21 in his 29 minutes, and the Cavaliers bench, which was outscored 7 to 35 by the Warriors' bench.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Cavaliers did come out aggressive early while <a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State</a> dealt with a series of turnovers.<sup id="cite_ref-bleacherreport_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bleacherreport-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Though the Warriors trailed 41–33 with 10:14 left in the second quarter, they chipped away at that deficit and eventually were able to take a 45–43 lead.<sup id="cite_ref-bleacherreport_32-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bleacherreport-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/David_West_(basketball)" title="David West (basketball)">David West</a> got tangled up with Irving while fighting for the ball with 3:08 left before halftime; after <a href="/wiki/J._R._Smith" title="J. R. Smith">J.R. Smith</a> pushed West from behind, <a href="/wiki/Tristan_Thompson" title="Tristan Thompson">Tristan Thompson</a> entered the tussle and went face-to-face with West while each jawed at one another. West, Thompson and Smith all received <a href="/wiki/Technical_foul" title="Technical foul">technical fouls</a> after the officials reviewed the replay.<sup id="cite_ref-ESPNgame5_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ESPNgame5-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A 28–4 run pushed Golden State ahead, just after it looked like Durant committed his third <a href="/wiki/Foul_(basketball)" title="Foul (basketball)">foul</a> on a basket by James that was not called.<sup id="cite_ref-ESPNgame5_33-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ESPNgame5-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-bleacherreport_32-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bleacherreport-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Cavaliers were barely able to hold on, trailing by 11 at the end of the half. Cleveland responded in the third quarter by outscoring the Warriors 33–27 to cut the lead to five and eventually to as little as three, but could not withstand the offensive barrage by the Warriors in the fourth.<sup id="cite_ref-bleacherreport_32-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bleacherreport-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Durant" title="Kevin Durant">Kevin Durant</a> hit a 17-foot fadeaway over James early in the fourth quarter, then assisted on an <a href="/wiki/Andre_Iguodala" title="Andre Iguodala">Andre Iguodala</a> 3-pointer the next possession as the Warriors began to pull away for good.<sup id="cite_ref-ESPNgame5_33-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ESPNgame5-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the 4th quarter, Stephen Curry hit a three-pointer over Kyrie Irving to seal the game for the Warriors. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Durant" title="Kevin Durant">Kevin Durant</a>, who was defeated in the <a href="/wiki/2012_NBA_Finals" title="2012 NBA Finals">2012 NBA Finals</a> when his <a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_City_Thunder" title="Oklahoma City Thunder">Oklahoma City Thunder</a> were finished off 4–1 by <a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">LeBron James</a>' <a href="/wiki/Miami_Heat" title="Miami Heat">Miami Heat</a>, returned the favor by scoring a team high 39 points in the 4–1 series defeat of James' Cavaliers while being honored as the <a href="/wiki/Bill_Russell_NBA_Finals_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Bill Russell NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award">2017 Finals MVP</a>. <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Curry" title="Stephen Curry">Stephen Curry</a> added 34 points, 10 assists and six rebounds alongside <a href="/wiki/Draymond_Green" title="Draymond Green">Draymond Green</a>'s 12 big rebounds. <a href="/wiki/Andre_Iguodala" title="Andre Iguodala">Andre Iguodala</a>, the <a href="/wiki/2015_NBA_Finals" title="2015 NBA Finals">2015 Finals</a> <a href="/wiki/Bill_Russell_NBA_Finals_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Bill Russell NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award">MVP</a>, showed up big off the bench with 20 points.<sup id="cite_ref-ESPNgame5_33-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ESPNgame5-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">LeBron James</a> finished with 41 points, 13 rebounds and eight assists and became the first player in NBA history to average a <a href="/wiki/Triple-double" class="mw-redirect" title="Triple-double">triple-double</a> in the <a href="/wiki/NBA_Finals" title="NBA Finals">NBA Finals</a>, a feat made all the more impressive with his excellent shooting percentages of 56% from the field and 38% from behind the arc over the 5-game series, with the only blemishes being his poor free-throw shooting and turnover count. <a href="/wiki/Kyrie_Irving" title="Kyrie Irving">Kyrie Irving</a> was the Cavaliers second leading scorer with 26 points on 9 of 22 from the field. However, it was the final game of Irving's career with the Cavaliers before he was traded to the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a> in the off-season. <a href="/wiki/J._R._Smith" title="J. R. Smith">J. R. Smith</a> scored his 2017 postseason-best 25 points while going 7 of 8 from beyond the arc.<sup id="cite_ref-ESPNgame5_33-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ESPNgame5-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>With the win at <a href="/wiki/Oracle_Arena" class="mw-redirect" title="Oracle Arena">Oracle</a>, the Warriors became the first <a href="/wiki/Bay_Area" class="mw-redirect" title="Bay Area">Bay Area</a> team to win a championship in their home city since the <a href="/wiki/Oakland_Athletics" title="Oakland Athletics">Oakland A's</a> beat the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers" title="Los Angeles Dodgers">Los Angeles Dodgers</a> in Game 5 of the <a href="/wiki/1974_World_Series" title="1974 World Series">1974 World Series</a> (the <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_49ers" title="San Francisco 49ers">San Francisco 49ers</a> won <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XIX" title="Super Bowl XIX">Super Bowl XIX</a> in January 1985 at <a href="/wiki/Stanford_Stadium" title="Stanford Stadium">Stanford Stadium</a> in nearby <a href="/wiki/Stanford,_California" title="Stanford, California">Stanford</a> and the Oakland Athletics won the 1989 World Series in San Francisco), gaining revenge from their <a href="/wiki/2016_NBA_Finals" title="2016 NBA Finals">2016</a> loss.<sup id="cite_ref-ESPNgame5_33-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ESPNgame5-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Rosters">Rosters</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2017_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Rosters"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Golden_State_Warriors_2">Golden State Warriors</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2017_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Golden State Warriors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="toccolours" style=""> <caption style="background-color:#006BB6; color:#FFFFFF; text-align: center;"><b>2016–17 Golden State Warriors roster</b> </caption> <tbody><tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="colgroup" style="background-color: #FDB927; color: #26282A;">Players </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #FDB927; color: #26282A;">Coaches </th></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align: top;"> <table class="sortable" style="margin: 0px; width: 100%;"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Position">Pos.</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" data-sort-type="number"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> </th> <th scope="col">Name </th> <th scope="col">Height </th> <th scope="col">Weight </th> <th scope="col" data-sort-type="isoDate">DOB </th> <th scope="col">From </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="4.0 !"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Forward (basketball)">F</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001220000000000000♠">22</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Matt_Barnes" title="Matt Barnes">Barnes, Matt</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000200659999999999♠"></span>6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">226 lb (103 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1980-03-09 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/University_of_California,_Los_Angeles" title="University of California, Los Angeles">UCLA</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="1.5 !"><a href="/wiki/Guard_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Guard (basketball)">G</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001210000000000000♠">21</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Ian_Clark_(basketball)" title="Ian Clark (basketball)">Clark, Ian</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000190500000000000♠"></span>6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">175 lb (79 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1991-03-07 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Belmont_University" title="Belmont University">Belmont</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="1.5 !"><a href="/wiki/Guard_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Guard (basketball)">G</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001300000000000000♠">30</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Curry" title="Stephen Curry">Curry, Stephen</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000190500000000000♠"></span>6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">190 lb (86 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1988-03-14 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Davidson_College" title="Davidson College">Davidson</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="4.0 !"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Forward (basketball)">F</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001350000000000000♠">35</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Durant" title="Kevin Durant">Durant, Kevin</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000205740000000000♠"></span>6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">240 lb (109 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1988-09-29 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Texas_at_Austin" title="University of Texas at Austin">Texas</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="4.0 !"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Forward (basketball)">F</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001230000000000000♠">23</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Draymond_Green" title="Draymond Green">Green, Draymond</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000200659999999999♠"></span>6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">230 lb (104 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1990-03-04 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Michigan_State_University" title="Michigan State University">Michigan State</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="2.5 !"><a href="/wiki/Swingman" title="Swingman">G/F</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7000900000000000000♠">9</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Andre_Iguodala" title="Andre Iguodala">Iguodala, Andre</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000198120000000000♠"></span>6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">215 lb (98 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1984-01-28 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Arizona" title="University of Arizona">Arizona</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="6.0 !"><a href="/wiki/Center_(basketball)" title="Center (basketball)">C</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001150000000000000♠">15</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Damian_Jones_(basketball)" title="Damian Jones (basketball)">Jones, Damian</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000213360000000000♠"></span>7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">245 lb (111 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1995-06-30 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Vanderbilt_University" title="Vanderbilt University">Vanderbilt</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="1.5 !"><a href="/wiki/Guard_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Guard (basketball)">G</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001340000000000000♠">34</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Shaun_Livingston" title="Shaun Livingston">Livingston, Shaun</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000200659999999999♠"></span>6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">192 lb (87 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1985-09-11 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Peoria_High_School_(Peoria,_Illinois)" title="Peoria High School (Peoria, Illinois)">Peoria Central HS (IL)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="4.0 !"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Forward (basketball)">F</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7000500000000000000♠">5</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Kevon_Looney" title="Kevon Looney">Looney, Kevon</a> (<span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Injured"><img alt="Injured" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Cruz_Roja.svg/8px-Cruz_Roja.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Cruz_Roja.svg/12px-Cruz_Roja.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Cruz_Roja.svg/16px-Cruz_Roja.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="62" data-file-height="62" /></span></span>) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000205740000000000♠"></span>6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">220 lb (100 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1996-02-06 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/University_of_California,_Los_Angeles" title="University of California, Los Angeles">UCLA</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="4.0 !"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Forward (basketball)">F</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001200000000000000♠">20</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/James_Michael_McAdoo" title="James Michael McAdoo">McAdoo, James Michael</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000205740000000000♠"></span>6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">240 lb (109 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1993-01-04 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/University_of_North_Carolina_at_Chapel_Hill" title="University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill">North Carolina</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="1.5 !"><a href="/wiki/Guard_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Guard (basketball)">G</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠">0</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Patrick_McCaw" title="Patrick McCaw">McCaw, Patrick</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000200659999999999♠"></span>6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">185 lb (84 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1995-10-25 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Nevada,_Las_Vegas" title="University of Nevada, Las Vegas">UNLV</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="6.0 !"><a href="/wiki/Center_(basketball)" title="Center (basketball)">C</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7000100000000000000♠">1</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/JaVale_McGee" title="JaVale McGee">McGee, JaVale</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000213360000000000♠"></span>7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">270 lb (122 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1988-01-19 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Nevada,_Reno" title="University of Nevada, Reno">Nevada</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="6.0 !"><a href="/wiki/Center_(basketball)" title="Center (basketball)">C</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001270000000000000♠">27</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Zaza_Pachulia" title="Zaza Pachulia">Pachulia, Zaza</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000210820000000000♠"></span>6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">275 lb (125 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1984-02-10 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Georgia_(country)" title="Georgia (country)">Georgia</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="1.5 !"><a href="/wiki/Guard_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Guard (basketball)">G</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001110000000000000♠">11</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Klay_Thompson" title="Klay Thompson">Thompson, Klay</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000200659999999999♠"></span>6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">215 lb (98 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1990-02-08 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Washington_State_University" title="Washington State University">Washington State</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="4.0 !"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Forward (basketball)">F</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7000300000000000000♠">3</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/David_West_(basketball)" title="David West (basketball)">West, David</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000205740000000000♠"></span>6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">250 lb (113 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1980-08-29 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Xavier_University" title="Xavier University">Xavier</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> <dl><dt>Head coach</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Kerr" title="Steve Kerr">Steve Kerr</a></li></ul> <dl><dt>Assistant coach(es)</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ron_Adams" title="Ron Adams">Ron Adams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jarron_Collins" title="Jarron Collins">Jarron Collins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Brown_(basketball,_born_1970)" title="Mike Brown (basketball, born 1970)">Mike Brown</a> (associate HC)</li> <li>Chris DeMarco (player development)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bruce_Fraser_(basketball)" title="Bruce Fraser (basketball)">Bruce Fraser</a> (player development)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willie_Green" title="Willie Green">Willie Green</a> (player development)</li></ul> <hr /> <dl><dt>Legend</dt></dl> <div><ul><li><b>(DP)</b> Unsigned draft pick</li><li><b>(FA)</b> Free agent</li><li><b>(S)</b> Suspended</li><li><b>(DL)</b> On <a href="/wiki/Assignment_(NBA_D-League)" class="mw-redirect" title="Assignment (NBA D-League)">assignment</a> to D-League affiliate</li><li><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Injured"><img alt="Injured" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Cruz_Roja.svg/8px-Cruz_Roja.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Cruz_Roja.svg/12px-Cruz_Roja.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Cruz_Roja.svg/16px-Cruz_Roja.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="62" data-file-height="62" /></span></span> Injured</li></ul></div> <hr /> <p><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nba.com/warriors/roster/">Roster</a> <br /> Last transaction: May 31, 2017 </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><br /> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cleveland_Cavaliers_2">Cleveland Cavaliers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2017_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Cleveland Cavaliers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="toccolours" style=""> <caption style="background-color:#860038; color:#FFFFFF; text-align: center;"><b>2016–17 Cleveland Cavaliers roster</b> </caption> <tbody><tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="colgroup" style="background-color: #FDBB30; color: #002D62;">Players </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #FDBB30; color: #002D62;">Coaches </th></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align: top;"> <table class="sortable" style="margin: 0px; width: 100%;"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Position">Pos.</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" data-sort-type="number"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> </th> <th scope="col">Name </th> <th scope="col">Height </th> <th scope="col">Weight </th> <th scope="col" data-sort-type="isoDate">DOB </th> <th scope="col">From </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="1.5 !"><a href="/wiki/Guard_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Guard (basketball)">G</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001200000000000000♠">20</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Kay_Felder" title="Kay Felder">Felder, Kay</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000175260000000000♠"></span>5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">176 lb (80 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1995–03–29 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Oakland_University" title="Oakland University">Oakland</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="5.5 !"><a href="/wiki/Forward-center" title="Forward-center">F/C</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7000800000000000000♠">8</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Channing_Frye" title="Channing Frye">Frye, Channing</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000210820000000000♠"></span>6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">255 lb (116 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1983–05–17 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Arizona" title="University of Arizona">Arizona</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="1.5 !"><a href="/wiki/Guard_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Guard (basketball)">G</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7000200000000000000♠">2</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Kyrie_Irving" title="Kyrie Irving">Irving, Kyrie</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000190500000000000♠"></span>6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">193 lb (88 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1992–03–23 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Duke_University" title="Duke University">Duke</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="4.0 !"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Forward (basketball)">F</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001230000000000000♠">23</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">James, LeBron</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000203200000000000♠"></span>6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">250 lb (113 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1984–12–30 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/St._Vincent-St._Mary_High_School" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Vincent-St. Mary High School">St. Vincent-St. Mary HS (OH)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="4.0 !"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Forward (basketball)">F</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001240000000000000♠">24</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Jefferson" title="Richard Jefferson">Jefferson, Richard</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000200659999999999♠"></span>6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">233 lb (106 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1980–06–21 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Arizona" title="University of Arizona">Arizona</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="4.0 !"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Forward (basketball)">F</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001300000000000000♠">30</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Dahntay_Jones" title="Dahntay Jones">Jones, Dahntay</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000198120000000000♠"></span>6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">225 lb (102 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1980–12–27 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Duke_University" title="Duke University">Duke</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="4.0 !"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Forward (basketball)">F</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7000100000000000000♠">1</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/James_Jones_(basketball,_born_1980)" title="James Jones (basketball, born 1980)">Jones, James</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000203200000000000♠"></span>6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">218 lb (99 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1980–10–04 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Miami" title="University of Miami">Miami (FL)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="1.5 !"><a href="/wiki/Guard_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Guard (basketball)">G</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001260000000000000♠">26</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Kyle_Korver" title="Kyle Korver">Korver, Kyle</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000200659999999999♠"></span>6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">212 lb (96 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1981–03–17 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Creighton_University" title="Creighton University">Creighton</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="4.0 !"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Forward (basketball)">F</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠">0</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Love" title="Kevin Love">Love, Kevin</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000208279999999999♠"></span>6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">251 lb (114 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1988–09–07 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/University_of_California,_Los_Angeles" title="University of California, Los Angeles">UCLA</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="1.5 !"><a href="/wiki/Guard_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Guard (basketball)">G</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7000400000000000000♠">4</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Iman_Shumpert" title="Iman Shumpert">Shumpert, Iman</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000195580000000000♠"></span>6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">220 lb (100 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1990–06–26 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Georgia_Institute_of_Technology" class="mw-redirect" title="Georgia Institute of Technology">Georgia Tech</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="1.5 !"><a href="/wiki/Guard_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Guard (basketball)">G</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7000500000000000000♠">5</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/J._R._Smith" title="J. R. Smith">Smith, J. R.</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000198120000000000♠"></span>6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">225 lb (102 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1985–09–09 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Saint_Benedict%27s_Preparatory_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Saint Benedict's Preparatory School">Saint Benedict's Preparatory (NJ)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="6.0 !"><a href="/wiki/Center_(basketball)" title="Center (basketball)">C</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001400000000000000♠">40</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Walter_Tavares" class="mw-redirect" title="Walter Tavares">Tavares, Walter</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000220980000000000♠"></span>7 ft 3 in (2.21 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">265 lb (120 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1992–03–22 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Cape_Verde" title="Cape Verde">Cape Verde</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="6.0 !"><a href="/wiki/Center_(basketball)" title="Center (basketball)">C</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001130000000000000♠">13</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Tristan_Thompson" title="Tristan Thompson">Thompson, Tristan</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000208279999999999♠"></span>6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">240 lb (109 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1991–03–13 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Texas_at_Austin" title="University of Texas at Austin">Texas</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="1.5 !"><a href="/wiki/Guard_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Guard (basketball)">G</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001310000000000000♠">31</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Deron_Williams" title="Deron Williams">Williams, Deron</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000190500000000000♠"></span>6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">200 lb (91 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1984–06–26 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Illinois_at_Urbana%E2%80%93Champaign" class="mw-redirect" title="University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign">Illinois</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="4.0 !"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Forward (basketball)">F</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7000300000000000000♠">3</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Derrick_Williams_(basketball)" title="Derrick Williams (basketball)">Williams, Derrick</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000203200000000000♠"></span>6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">240 lb (109 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1991–05–25 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Arizona" title="University of Arizona">Arizona</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> <dl><dt>Head coach</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tyronn_Lue" title="Tyronn Lue">Tyronn Lue</a></li></ul> <dl><dt>Assistant coach(es)</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Boylan" title="Jim Boylan">Jim Boylan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_Drew" title="Larry Drew">Larry Drew</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Damon_Jones" title="Damon Jones">Damon Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Longabardi" title="Mike Longabardi">Mike Longabardi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Posey" title="James Posey">James Posey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phil_Handy" title="Phil Handy">Phil Handy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vitaly_Potapenko" title="Vitaly Potapenko">Vitaly Potapenko</a></li></ul> <hr /> <dl><dt>Legend</dt></dl> <div><ul><li><b>(DP)</b> Unsigned draft pick</li><li><b>(FA)</b> Free agent</li><li><b>(S)</b> Suspended</li><li><b>(DL)</b> On <a href="/wiki/Assignment_(NBA_D-League)" class="mw-redirect" title="Assignment (NBA D-League)">assignment</a> to D-League affiliate</li><li><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Injured"><img alt="Injured" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Cruz_Roja.svg/8px-Cruz_Roja.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Cruz_Roja.svg/12px-Cruz_Roja.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Cruz_Roja.svg/16px-Cruz_Roja.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="62" data-file-height="62" /></span></span> Injured</li></ul></div> <hr /> <p><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nba.com/cavs/roster/">Roster</a> <br /> Last transaction: May 8, 2017 </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Player_statistics">Player statistics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2017_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Player statistics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kevin_Durant_-_TechCrunch_Disrupt_SF_2017_-_Day_2_(36517991413).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Kevin_Durant_-_TechCrunch_Disrupt_SF_2017_-_Day_2_%2836517991413%29.jpg/220px-Kevin_Durant_-_TechCrunch_Disrupt_SF_2017_-_Day_2_%2836517991413%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="280" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Kevin_Durant_-_TechCrunch_Disrupt_SF_2017_-_Day_2_%2836517991413%29.jpg/330px-Kevin_Durant_-_TechCrunch_Disrupt_SF_2017_-_Day_2_%2836517991413%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Kevin_Durant_-_TechCrunch_Disrupt_SF_2017_-_Day_2_%2836517991413%29.jpg/440px-Kevin_Durant_-_TechCrunch_Disrupt_SF_2017_-_Day_2_%2836517991413%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2153" data-file-height="2736" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Durant" title="Kevin Durant">Kevin Durant</a></figcaption></figure> <table class="toccolours" style="min-width:40em; white-space: nowrap;"> <caption>Legend </caption> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;">  GP </td> <td>Games played </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black">  GS  </td> <td>Games started </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> MPG  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Minute_(basketball)" title="Minute (basketball)">Minutes</a> per game </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;"> FG%  </td> <td style="padding-right: 8px"><a href="/wiki/Field_goal_(basketball)" title="Field goal (basketball)">Field-goal</a> percentage </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> 3P%  </td> <td style="padding-right: 8px"><a href="/wiki/Three-point_field_goal" title="Three-point field goal">3-point field-goal</a> percentage </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> FT%  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Free_throw" title="Free throw">Free-throw</a> percentage </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;"> RPG  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebounds</a> per game </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> APG  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Assists</a> per game </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> SPG  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Steal_(basketball)" title="Steal (basketball)">Steals</a> per game </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;"> BPG  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Block_(basketball)" title="Block (basketball)">Blocks</a> per game </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> PPG  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Points</a> per game </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dt>Golden State Warriors</dt></dl> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:right;"> <caption>Golden State Warriors statistics </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">Player </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">GP </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">GS </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">MPG </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">FG% </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">3P% </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">FT% </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">RPG </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">APG </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">SPG </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">BPG </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">PPG </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><span data-sort-value="Clark, Ian"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Ian_Clark_(basketball)" title="Ian Clark (basketball)">Ian Clark</a></span></span></span></td> <td>4</td> <td>0</td> <td>11.1</td> <td>.438</td> <td>.273</td> <td><b>1.000</b></td> <td>1.0</td> <td>0.8</td> <td>0.3</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>4.8 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><span data-sort-value="Curry, Stephen"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Curry" title="Stephen Curry">Stephen Curry</a></span></span></span></td> <td>5</td> <td>5</td> <td>37.7</td> <td>.440</td> <td>.388</td> <td>.897</td> <td>8.0</td> <td><b>9.4</b></td> <td><b>2.2</b></td> <td>0.0</td> <td>26.8 </td></tr> <tr style="background:#FDE910;"> <td style="text-align:left;"><span data-sort-value="Durant, Kevin"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Durant" title="Kevin Durant">Kevin Durant</a></span></span></span></td> <td>5</td> <td>5</td> <td><b>39.7</b></td> <td>.556</td> <td>.474</td> <td>.927</td> <td>8.4</td> <td>5.4</td> <td>1.0</td> <td><b>1.6</b></td> <td><b>35.2</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><span data-sort-value="Green, Draymond"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Draymond_Green" title="Draymond Green">Draymond Green</a></span></span></span></td> <td>5</td> <td>5</td> <td>35.4</td> <td>.345</td> <td>.280</td> <td>.667</td> <td><b>10.2</b></td> <td>4.8</td> <td>1.6</td> <td>0.6</td> <td>11.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><span data-sort-value="Iguodala, Andre"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Andre_Iguodala" title="Andre Iguodala">Andre Iguodala</a></span></span></span></td> <td>5</td> <td>0</td> <td>28.2</td> <td>.529</td> <td>.333</td> <td>.333</td> <td>3.2</td> <td>3.4</td> <td>1.2</td> <td>1.0</td> <td>8.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><span data-sort-value="Livingston, Shaun"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Shaun_Livingston" title="Shaun Livingston">Shaun Livingston</a></span></span></span></td> <td>5</td> <td>0</td> <td>15.0</td> <td>.536</td> <td>.000</td> <td><b>1.000</b></td> <td>1.0</td> <td>1.2</td> <td>0.2</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>6.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><span data-sort-value="McAdoo, James Michael"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/James_Michael_McAdoo" title="James Michael McAdoo">James Michael McAdoo</a></span></span></span></td> <td>4</td> <td>0</td> <td>2.8</td> <td><b>.667</b></td> <td>.000</td> <td>.000</td> <td>0.5</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>0.3</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>1.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><span data-sort-value="McCaw, Patrick"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Patrick_McCaw" title="Patrick McCaw">Patrick McCaw</a></span></span></span></td> <td>5</td> <td>0</td> <td>6.8</td> <td>.273</td> <td>.200</td> <td><b>1.000</b></td> <td>2.0</td> <td>0.4</td> <td>0.2</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>2.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><span data-sort-value="McGee, JaVale"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/JaVale_McGee" title="JaVale McGee">JaVale McGee</a></span></span></span></td> <td>4</td> <td>0</td> <td>5.6</td> <td><b>.667</b></td> <td>.000</td> <td>.750</td> <td>2.5</td> <td>0.8</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>0.5</td> <td>2.8 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><span data-sort-value="Pachulia, Zaza"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Zaza_Pachulia" title="Zaza Pachulia">Zaza Pachulia</a></span></span></span></td> <td>5</td> <td>5</td> <td>13.2</td> <td>.538</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.400</td> <td>2.8</td> <td>0.4</td> <td>0.4</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>3.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><span data-sort-value="Thompson, Klay"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Klay_Thompson" title="Klay Thompson">Klay Thompson</a></span></span></span></td> <td>5</td> <td>5</td> <td>36.5</td> <td>.429</td> <td>.425</td> <td>.714</td> <td>4.8</td> <td>2.2</td> <td>0.4</td> <td>0.2</td> <td>16.4 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><span data-sort-value="West, David"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/David_West_(basketball)" title="David West (basketball)">David West</a></span></span></span></td> <td>5</td> <td>0</td> <td>10.0</td> <td>.588</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.500</td> <td>2.0</td> <td>0.6</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>0.6</td> <td>4.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><span data-sort-value="Barnes, Matt"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Matt_Barnes" title="Matt Barnes">Matt Barnes</a></span></span></span></td> <td>5</td> <td>0</td> <td>1.8</td> <td>.333</td> <td>.500</td> <td>.000</td> <td>0.2</td> <td>0.4</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>0.6 </td></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dt>Cleveland Cavaliers</dt></dl> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:right;"> <caption>Cleveland Cavaliers statistics </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #860038 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">Player </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #860038 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">GP </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #860038 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">GS </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #860038 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">MPG </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #860038 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">FG% </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #860038 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">3P% </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #860038 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">FT% </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #860038 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">RPG </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #860038 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">APG </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #860038 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">SPG </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #860038 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">BPG </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #860038 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">PPG </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><span data-sort-value="Frye, Channing"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Channing_Frye" title="Channing Frye">Channing Frye</a></span></span></span></td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>11.2</td> <td>.200</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.000</td> <td>3.0</td> <td>1.0</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>2.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><span data-sort-value="Irving, Kyrie"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Kyrie_Irving" title="Kyrie Irving">Kyrie Irving</a></span></span></span></td> <td>5</td> <td>5</td> <td>40.3</td> <td>.472</td> <td>.419</td> <td>.900</td> <td>4.0</td> <td>4.4</td> <td>1.0</td> <td>0.2</td> <td>29.4 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><span data-sort-value="James, LeBron"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">LeBron James</a></span></span></span></td> <td>5</td> <td>5</td> <td><b>42.4</b></td> <td>.564</td> <td>.387</td> <td>.649</td> <td><b>12.0</b></td> <td><b>10.0</b></td> <td>1.4</td> <td><b>1.0</b></td> <td><b>33.6</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><span data-sort-value="Jefferson, Richard"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Jefferson" title="Richard Jefferson">Richard Jefferson</a></span></span></span></td> <td>5</td> <td>0</td> <td>16.6</td> <td>.444</td> <td>.111</td> <td>.667</td> <td>2.4</td> <td>0.4</td> <td>0.2</td> <td>0.2</td> <td>5.8 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><span data-sort-value="Jones, Dahntay"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Dahntay_Jones" title="Dahntay Jones">Dahntay Jones</a></span></span></span></td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>3.5</td> <td><b>.667</b></td> <td>.500</td> <td><b>1.000</b></td> <td>1.3</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>3.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><span data-sort-value="Jones, James"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/James_Jones_(basketball,_born_1980)" title="James Jones (basketball, born 1980)">James Jones</a></span></span></span></td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>2.8</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.000</td> <td>0.3</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>0.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><span data-sort-value="Korver, Kyle"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Kyle_Korver" title="Kyle Korver">Kyle Korver</a></span></span></span></td> <td>5</td> <td>0</td> <td>19.3</td> <td>.368</td> <td>.313</td> <td><b>1.000</b></td> <td>1.2</td> <td>0.4</td> <td>0.2</td> <td>0.2</td> <td>4.4 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><span data-sort-value="Love, Kevin"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Love" title="Kevin Love">Kevin Love</a></span></span></span></td> <td>5</td> <td>5</td> <td>32.2</td> <td>.388</td> <td>.387</td> <td>.800</td> <td>11.2</td> <td>1.0</td> <td><b>2.2</b></td> <td><b>1.0</b></td> <td>16.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><span data-sort-value="Shumpert, Iman"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Iman_Shumpert" title="Iman Shumpert">Iman Shumpert</a></span></span></span></td> <td>5</td> <td>0</td> <td>13.3</td> <td>.235</td> <td>.222</td> <td>.800</td> <td>1.6</td> <td>0.4</td> <td>0.6</td> <td>0.4</td> <td>3.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><span data-sort-value="Smith, J. R."><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/J._R._Smith" title="J. R. Smith">J. R. Smith</a></span></span></span></td> <td>5</td> <td>5</td> <td>29.2</td> <td>.541</td> <td><b>.581</b></td> <td>.333</td> <td>1.3</td> <td>0.3</td> <td>0.8</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>11.8 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><span data-sort-value="Thompson, Tristan"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Tristan_Thompson" title="Tristan Thompson">Tristan Thompson</a></span></span></span></td> <td>5</td> <td>5</td> <td>26.4</td> <td>.545</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.667</td> <td>5.8</td> <td>2.6</td> <td>0.6</td> <td>0.6</td> <td>5.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><span data-sort-value="Williams, Deron"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Deron_Williams" title="Deron Williams">Deron Williams</a></span></span></span></td> <td>5</td> <td>0</td> <td>12.2</td> <td>.125</td> <td>.111</td> <td>.000</td> <td>1.6</td> <td>1.2</td> <td>0.4</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>1.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><span data-sort-value="Williams, Derrick"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Derrick_Williams_(basketball)" title="Derrick Williams (basketball)">Derrick Williams</a></span></span></span></td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>3.4</td> <td>.333</td> <td>.500</td> <td><b>1.000</b></td> <td>0.3</td> <td>0.3</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>2.3 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Media_coverage">Media coverage</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2017_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Media coverage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the United States, the NBA Finals aired on <a href="/wiki/NBA_on_ABC" title="NBA on ABC">ABC</a> (and for the third consecutive year on local affiliates <a href="/wiki/WEWS-TV" title="WEWS-TV">WEWS-TV</a> in Cleveland and <a href="/wiki/KGO-TV" title="KGO-TV">KGO-TV</a> in San Francisco/Oakland) with <a href="/wiki/Mike_Breen" title="Mike Breen">Mike Breen</a> as play-by-play commentator, and <a href="/wiki/Mark_Jackson" title="Mark Jackson">Mark Jackson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Van_Gundy" title="Jeff Van Gundy">Jeff Van Gundy</a> serving as <a href="/wiki/Color_commentator" title="Color commentator">color commentators</a>. ESPN Radio aired it as well and had <a href="/wiki/Marc_Kestecher" title="Marc Kestecher">Marc Kestecher</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hubie_Brown" title="Hubie Brown">Hubie Brown</a> as commentators. <a href="/wiki/ESPN_Deportes" title="ESPN Deportes">ESPN Deportes</a> provided exclusive Spanish-language coverage of The Finals, with a commentary team of <a href="/wiki/%C3%81lvaro_Mart%C3%ADn_(sports_announcer)" title="Álvaro Martín (sports announcer)">Álvaro Martín</a> and Carlos Morales.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <caption>Television viewership figures </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Game</th> <th><a href="/wiki/Nielsen_ratings" class="mw-redirect" title="Nielsen ratings">Ratings</a><br />(households)</th> <th>American audience<br />(in millions) </th></tr> <tr> <th>1 </th> <td>10.5<sup id="cite_ref-Game1&2Rating_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Game1&2Rating-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>18.7<sup id="cite_ref-Game1&2Rating_36-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Game1&2Rating-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th>2 </th> <td>10.7<sup id="cite_ref-Game1&2Rating_36-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Game1&2Rating-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>19.7<sup id="cite_ref-Game1&2Rating_36-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Game1&2Rating-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th>3 </th> <td>11.3<sup id="cite_ref-Game3Rating_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Game3Rating-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>20.0<sup id="cite_ref-Game3Rating_37-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Game3Rating-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th>4 </th> <td>10.7<sup id="cite_ref-Game4Rating_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Game4Rating-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>19.0<sup id="cite_ref-Game4Rating_38-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Game4Rating-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th>5 </th> <td>13.5<sup id="cite_ref-Game5Rating_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Game5Rating-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>24.5<sup id="cite_ref-Game5Rating_39-1" class="reference"><a 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style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1951_NBA_Finals" title="1951 NBA Finals">1951</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1952_NBA_Finals" title="1952 NBA Finals">1952</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1953_NBA_Finals" title="1953 NBA Finals">1953</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1954_NBA_Finals" title="1954 NBA Finals">1954</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1955_NBA_Finals" title="1955 NBA Finals">1955</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1956_NBA_Finals" title="1956 NBA Finals">1956</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1957_NBA_Finals" title="1957 NBA Finals">1957</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1958_NBA_Finals" title="1958 NBA Finals">1958</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1959_NBA_Finals" title="1959 NBA Finals">1959</a></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1960s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><table style="width:100%;padding:0"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1960_NBA_Finals" title="1960 NBA Finals">1960</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1961_NBA_Finals" title="1961 NBA Finals">1961</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1962_NBA_Finals" title="1962 NBA Finals">1962</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1963_NBA_Finals" title="1963 NBA Finals">1963</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1964_NBA_Finals" title="1964 NBA Finals">1964</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1965_NBA_Finals" title="1965 NBA Finals">1965</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1966_NBA_Finals" title="1966 NBA Finals">1966</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1967_NBA_Finals" title="1967 NBA Finals">1967</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1968_NBA_Finals" title="1968 NBA Finals">1968</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1969_NBA_Finals" title="1969 NBA Finals">1969</a></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1970s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><table style="width:100%;padding:0"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1970_NBA_Finals" title="1970 NBA Finals">1970</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1971_NBA_Finals" title="1971 NBA Finals">1971</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1972_NBA_Finals" title="1972 NBA Finals">1972</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1973_NBA_Finals" title="1973 NBA Finals">1973</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1974_NBA_Finals" title="1974 NBA Finals">1974</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1975_NBA_Finals" title="1975 NBA Finals">1975</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1976_NBA_Finals" title="1976 NBA Finals">1976</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1977_NBA_Finals" title="1977 NBA Finals">1977</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1978_NBA_Finals" title="1978 NBA Finals">1978</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1979_NBA_Finals" title="1979 NBA Finals">1979</a></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1980s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><table style="width:100%;padding:0"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1980_NBA_Finals" title="1980 NBA Finals">1980</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1981_NBA_Finals" title="1981 NBA Finals">1981</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1982_NBA_Finals" title="1982 NBA Finals">1982</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1983_NBA_Finals" title="1983 NBA Finals">1983</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1984_NBA_Finals" title="1984 NBA Finals">1984</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1985_NBA_Finals" title="1985 NBA Finals">1985</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1986_NBA_Finals" title="1986 NBA Finals">1986</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1987_NBA_Finals" title="1987 NBA Finals">1987</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1988_NBA_Finals" title="1988 NBA Finals">1988</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1989_NBA_Finals" title="1989 NBA Finals">1989</a></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><table style="width:100%;padding:0"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1990_NBA_Finals" title="1990 NBA Finals">1990</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1991_NBA_Finals" title="1991 NBA Finals">1991</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1992_NBA_Finals" title="1992 NBA Finals">1992</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1993_NBA_Finals" title="1993 NBA Finals">1993</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1994_NBA_Finals" title="1994 NBA Finals">1994</a></td> <td 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Finals">2023</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/2024_NBA_Finals" title="2024 NBA Finals">2024</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3"><div>See also: <a href="/wiki/WNBA_Finals" title="WNBA Finals">WNBA Finals</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239334494">@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output div:not(.notheme)>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output p>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night 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color: #000000 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #1D428A, inset -2px -2px 0 #1D428A; !important;;"><div> <ul><li>Founded in <b><a href="/wiki/1946%E2%80%9347_BAA_season" title="1946–47 BAA season"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#000000">1946</span></a></b></li> <li>Played in <b>Philadelphia</b> (1946–1962) and <b>Oakland</b> (1971–2019)</li> <li>Based in <b><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco" title="San Francisco"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#000000">San Francisco, California</span></a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FDB927 !important; color: #000000 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #1D428A, inset -2px -2px 0 #1D428A; !important;;;width:1%">Franchise</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Golden_State_Warriors" title="History of the Golden State Warriors">History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors_all-time_roster" title="Golden State Warriors all-time roster">All-time roster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors_draft_history" title="Golden State Warriors draft history">Draft history</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Golden_State_Warriors_head_coaches" title="List of Golden State Warriors head coaches">Head coaches</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Golden_State_Warriors_seasons" title="List of Golden State Warriors seasons">Seasons</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/2024%E2%80%9325_Golden_State_Warriors_season" title="2024–25 Golden State Warriors season">Current season</a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FDB927 !important; 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color: #000000 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #1D428A, inset -2px -2px 0 #1D428A; !important;;;width:1%">Personnel</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dt>Owner(s)</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Joe_Lacob" title="Joe Lacob">Joe Lacob</a> (majority)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Peter_Guber" title="Peter Guber">Peter Guber</a></dd> <dt>President</dt> <dd>Brandon Schneider</dd> <dt>General manager</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Mike_Dunleavy_Jr." title="Mike Dunleavy Jr.">Mike Dunleavy Jr.</a></dd> <dt>Head coach</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Steve_Kerr" title="Steve Kerr">Steve Kerr</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FDB927 !important; color: #000000 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #1D428A, inset -2px -2px 0 #1D428A; !important;;;width:1%">G League affiliate</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Santa_Cruz_Warriors" title="Santa Cruz Warriors">Santa Cruz Warriors</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FDB927 !important; color: #000000 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #1D428A, inset -2px -2px 0 #1D428A; !important;;;width:1%">Retired numbers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Russell" title="Bill Russell">6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilt_Chamberlain" title="Wilt Chamberlain">13</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Meschery" title="Tom Meschery">14</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al_Attles" title="Al Attles">16</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Mullin" title="Chris Mullin">17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rick_Barry" title="Rick Barry">24</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nate_Thurmond" title="Nate Thurmond">42</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FDB927 !important; color: #000000 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #1D428A, inset -2px -2px 0 #1D428A; !important;;;width:1%">NBA championships</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1947_BAA_Finals" title="1947 BAA Finals">1947</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956_NBA_Finals" title="1956 NBA Finals">1956</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1975_NBA_Finals" title="1975 NBA Finals">1975</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_NBA_Finals" title="2015 NBA Finals">2015</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_NBA_Finals" title="2018 NBA Finals">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_NBA_Finals" title="2022 NBA Finals">2022</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FDB927 !important; 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color: #000000 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #860038, inset -2px -2px 0 #860038; !important;;"><div> <ul><li>Founded in <b><a href="/wiki/1970%E2%80%9371_NBA_season" title="1970–71 NBA season"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#000000">1970</span></a></b></li> <li>Based in <b><a href="/wiki/Cleveland" title="Cleveland"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#000000">Cleveland, Ohio</span></a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #BC945C !important; color: #000000 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #860038, inset -2px -2px 0 #860038; !important;;;width:1%">Franchise</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Cleveland_Cavaliers" title="History of the Cleveland Cavaliers">History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Cavaliers_all-time_roster" title="Cleveland Cavaliers all-time roster">All-time roster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Cavaliers_draft_history" title="Cleveland Cavaliers draft history">Draft history</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1970_NBA_expansion_draft" title="1970 NBA expansion draft">1970</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Cavaliers_accomplishments_and_records" title="Cleveland Cavaliers accomplishments and records">Records</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Cleveland_Cavaliers_head_coaches" title="List of Cleveland Cavaliers head coaches">Head coaches</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Cleveland_Cavaliers_seasons" title="List of Cleveland Cavaliers seasons">Seasons</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/2024%E2%80%9325_Cleveland_Cavaliers_season" title="2024–25 Cleveland Cavaliers season">Current season</a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #BC945C !important; 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navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/NBA_Countdown" title="NBA Countdown">NBA Countdown</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/NBA_Access_with_Ahmad_Rashad" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Access with Ahmad Rashad">NBA Access with Ahmad Rashad</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/NBA_Inside_Stuff" title="NBA Inside Stuff">NBA Inside Stuff</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/NBA_Saturday_Primetime" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Saturday Primetime">NBA Saturday Primetime</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/NBA_Sunday_Showcase" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Sunday Showcase">NBA Sunday Showcase</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/WNBA_on_ABC" title="WNBA on ABC">WNBA on ABC</a></i></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><i><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_ESPN" title="NBA on ESPN">NBA on ESPN</a></i></th><td 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class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_Basketball_Association_on_television" class="mw-redirect" title="National Basketball Association on television">NBA on TV</a> (<a href="/wiki/NBA_Finals_television_ratings" title="NBA Finals television ratings">NBA Finals TV ratings</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_television_in_the_1960s" title="NBA on television in the 1960s">1960s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_television_in_the_1970s" title="NBA on television in the 1970s">1970s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_television_in_the_2000s" title="NBA on television in the 2000s">2000s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_television_in_the_2010s" title="NBA on television in the 2010s">2010s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_television_in_the_2020s" title="NBA on television in the 2020s">2020s</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_NBA_on_ABC_commentators" title="List of NBA on ABC commentators">Key figures</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NBA_All-Star_Game_broadcasters" title="List of NBA All-Star Game broadcasters">All-Star Game</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NBA_on_ESPN_commentators" title="List of NBA on ESPN commentators">ESPN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NBA_Finals_broadcasters" title="List of NBA Finals broadcasters">NBA Finals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_WNBA_All-Star_Game_broadcasters" title="List of WNBA All-Star Game broadcasters">WNBA All-Star Game</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_WNBA_Finals_broadcasters" title="List of WNBA Finals broadcasters">WNBA Finals</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Play-by-play</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Breen" title="Mike Breen">Mike Breen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Durham" title="Jim Durham">Jim Durham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Flemming" title="Bill Flemming">Bill Flemming</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chet_Forte" title="Chet Forte">Chet Forte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Gordon_(sportscaster)" title="Jim Gordon (sportscaster)">Jim Gordon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curt_Gowdy" title="Curt Gowdy">Curt Gowdy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Howard" title="Chuck Howard">Chuck Howard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keith_Jackson" title="Keith Jackson">Keith Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Jones_(sportscaster)" title="Mark Jones (sportscaster)">Mark Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_McKay" title="Jim McKay">Jim McKay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al_Michaels" title="Al Michaels">Al Michaels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brent_Musburger" title="Brent Musburger">Brent Musburger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brad_Nessler" title="Brad Nessler">Brad Nessler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Pasch" title="Dave Pasch">Dave Pasch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ryan_Ruocco" title="Ryan Ruocco">Ryan Ruocco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Saunders_(journalist)" title="John Saunders (journalist)">John Saunders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Schenkel" title="Chris Schenkel">Chris Schenkel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Tirico" title="Mike Tirico">Mike Tirico</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Color<br />commentators</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Greg_Anthony" title="Greg Anthony">Greg Anthony</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hubie_Brown" title="Hubie Brown">Hubie Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doris_Burke" title="Doris Burke">Doris Burke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vince_Carter" title="Vince Carter">Vince Carter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Cousy" title="Bob Cousy">Bob Cousy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sean_Elliott" title="Sean Elliott">Sean Elliott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Len_Elmore" title="Len Elmore">Len Elmore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tim_Legler" title="Tim Legler">Tim Legler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Jackson" title="Mark Jackson">Mark Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Jefferson" title="Richard Jefferson">Richard Jefferson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_%22Snapper%22_Jones" title="Steve "Snapper" Jones">Steve "Snapper" Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Kerr" title="Johnny Kerr">Johnny Kerr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Majerle" title="Dan Majerle">Dan Majerle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Ramsay" title="Jack Ramsay">Jack Ramsay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/JJ_Redick" title="JJ Redick">JJ Redick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doc_Rivers" title="Doc Rivers">Doc Rivers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Russell" title="Bill Russell">Bill Russell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Tolbert" title="Tom Tolbert">Tom Tolbert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Twyman" title="Jack Twyman">Jack Twyman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Van_Gundy" title="Jeff Van Gundy">Jeff Van Gundy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Walton" title="Bill Walton">Bill Walton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_West" title="Jerry West">Jerry West</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Sideline<br />reporters</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/David_Aldridge" title="David Aldridge">David Aldridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malika_Andrews" title="Malika Andrews">Malika Andrews</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doris_Burke" title="Doris Burke">Doris Burke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howard_Cosell" title="Howard Cosell">Howard Cosell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heather_Cox" title="Heather Cox">Heather Cox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Diles" title="Dave Diles">Dave Diles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Israel_Gutierrez" title="Israel Gutierrez">Israel Gutierrez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cassidy_Hubbarth" title="Cassidy Hubbarth">Cassidy Hubbarth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Jones_(sportscaster)" title="Mark Jones (sportscaster)">Mark Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sal_Masekela" class="mw-redirect" title="Sal Masekela">Sal Masekela</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Rinaldi" title="Tom Rinaldi">Tom Rinaldi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Craig_Sager" title="Craig Sager">Craig Sager</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lisa_Salters" title="Lisa Salters">Lisa Salters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stuart_Scott" title="Stuart Scott">Stuart Scott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jorge_Sedano" title="Jorge Sedano">Jorge Sedano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michele_Tafoya" title="Michele Tafoya">Michele Tafoya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Wolff" title="Bob Wolff">Bob Wolff</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Studio<br />hosts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Malika_Andrews" title="Malika Andrews">Malika Andrews</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michelle_Beadle" title="Michelle Beadle">Michelle Beadle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Greenberg" title="Mike Greenberg">Mike Greenberg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rachel_Nichols_(journalist)" title="Rachel Nichols (journalist)">Rachel Nichols</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Patrick_(sportscaster)" title="Dan Patrick (sportscaster)">Dan Patrick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Saunders_(journalist)" title="John Saunders (journalist)">John Saunders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stuart_Scott" title="Stuart Scott">Stuart Scott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sage_Steele" title="Sage Steele">Sage Steele</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hannah_Storm" title="Hannah Storm">Hannah Storm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maria_Taylor_(sportscaster)" title="Maria Taylor (sportscaster)">Maria Taylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Tirico" title="Mike Tirico">Mike Tirico</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Studio<br />analysts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jon_Barry" title="Jon Barry">Jon Barry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chauncey_Billups" title="Chauncey Billups">Chauncey Billups</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Broussard" title="Chris Broussard">Chris Broussard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doug_Collins_(basketball)" title="Doug Collins (basketball)">Doug Collins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Javie" title="Steve Javie">Steve Javie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Jefferson" title="Richard Jefferson">Richard Jefferson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avery_Johnson" title="Avery Johnson">Avery Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson">Magic Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Karl" title="George Karl">George Karl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Myers" title="Bob Myers">Bob Myers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chiney_Ogwumike" title="Chiney Ogwumike">Chiney Ogwumike</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kendrick_Perkins" title="Kendrick Perkins">Kendrick Perkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Pierce" title="Paul Pierce">Paul Pierce</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottie_Pippen" title="Scottie Pippen">Scottie Pippen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jalen_Rose" title="Jalen Rose">Jalen Rose</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Byron_Scott" title="Byron Scott">Byron Scott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Simmons" title="Bill Simmons">Bill Simmons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_A._Smith" title="Stephen A. Smith">Stephen A. Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Wilbon" title="Michael Wilbon">Michael Wilbon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jay_Williams_(basketball)" title="Jay Williams (basketball)">Jay Williams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adrian_Wojnarowski" title="Adrian Wojnarowski">Adrian Wojnarowski</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/ABC_Radio_(1945%E2%80%932009)" class="mw-redirect" title="ABC Radio (1945–2009)">ABC Radio</a><br />announcers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Marv_Albert" title="Marv Albert">Marv Albert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Barnett" title="Dave Barnett">Dave Barnett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chick_Hearn" title="Chick Hearn">Chick Hearn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hot_Rod_Hundley" title="Hot Rod Hundley">Rod Hundley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_%22Snapper%22_Jones" title="Steve "Snapper" Jones">Steve "Snapper" Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fred_Manfra" title="Fred Manfra">Fred Manfra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_Monroe" title="Earl Monroe">Earl Monroe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Most" title="Johnny Most">Johnny Most</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oscar_Robertson" title="Oscar Robertson">Oscar Robertson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dick_Vitale" title="Dick Vitale">Dick Vitale</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_Finals" title="NBA Finals">NBA Finals</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1965_NBA_Finals" title="1965 NBA Finals">1965</a> (Games 1, 5)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_NBA_Finals" title="1966 NBA Finals">1966</a> (Games 1, 5)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1967_NBA_Finals" title="1967 NBA Finals">1967</a> (Games 2, 5)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_NBA_Finals" title="1968 NBA Finals">1968</a> (Games 1, 4)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1969_NBA_Finals" title="1969 NBA Finals">1969</a> (Games 3, 5-7)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1970_NBA_Finals" title="1970 NBA Finals">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971_NBA_Finals" title="1971 NBA Finals">1971</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_NBA_Finals" title="1972 NBA Finals">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973_NBA_Finals" title="1973 NBA Finals">1973</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_NBA_Finals" title="2003 NBA Finals">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_NBA_Finals" title="2004 NBA Finals">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_NBA_Finals" title="2005 NBA Finals">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_NBA_Finals" title="2006 NBA Finals">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_NBA_Finals" title="2007 NBA Finals">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_NBA_Finals" title="2008 NBA Finals">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_NBA_Finals" title="2009 NBA Finals">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_NBA_Finals" title="2010 NBA Finals">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_NBA_Finals" title="2011 NBA Finals">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_NBA_Finals" title="2012 NBA Finals">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_NBA_Finals" title="2013 NBA Finals">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_NBA_Finals" title="2014 NBA Finals">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_NBA_Finals" title="2015 NBA Finals">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_NBA_Finals" title="2016 NBA Finals">2016</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_NBA_Finals" title="2018 NBA Finals">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_NBA_Finals" title="2019 NBA Finals">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_NBA_Finals" title="2020 NBA Finals">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_NBA_Finals" title="2021 NBA Finals">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_NBA_Finals" title="2022 NBA Finals">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_NBA_Finals" title="2023 NBA Finals">2023</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_NBA_Finals" title="2024 NBA Finals">2024</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/ABC_Radio_(1945%E2%80%932009)" class="mw-redirect" title="ABC Radio (1945–2009)">ABC Radio</a>'s<br />coverage</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1985_NBA_Finals" title="1985 NBA Finals">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_NBA_Finals" title="1986 NBA Finals">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_NBA_Finals" title="1987 NBA Finals">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_NBA_Finals" title="1988 NBA Finals">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_NBA_Finals" title="1989 NBA Finals">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_NBA_Finals" title="1990 NBA Finals">1990</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/WNBA_Finals" title="WNBA Finals">WNBA Finals</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2003_WNBA_Finals" title="2003 WNBA Finals">2003</a> (Game 2)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_WNBA_Finals" title="2005 WNBA Finals">2005</a> (Game 3)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_WNBA_Finals" title="2010 WNBA Finals">2010</a> (Game 1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_WNBA_Finals" title="2014 WNBA Finals">2014</a> (Game 1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_WNBA_Finals" title="2015 WNBA Finals">2015</a> (Game 1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_WNBA_Finals" title="2016 WNBA Finals">2016</a> (Game 1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_WNBA_Finals" title="2017 WNBA Finals">2017</a> (Game 1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_WNBA_Finals" title="2018 WNBA Finals">2018</a> (Game 2)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_WNBA_Finals" title="2019 WNBA Finals">2019</a> (Game 3)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_WNBA_Finals" title="2020 WNBA Finals">2020</a> (Game 2)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_WNBA_Finals" title="2021 WNBA Finals">2021</a> (Game 1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_WNBA_Finals" title="2022 WNBA Finals">2022</a> (Game 1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_WNBA_Finals" title="2023 WNBA Finals">2023</a> (Games 1, 3)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_WNBA_Finals" title="2024 WNBA Finals">2024</a> (Game 2)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_All-Star_Game" title="NBA All-Star Game">All-Star Game</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1968_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1968 NBA All-Star Game">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1969_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1969 NBA All-Star Game">1969</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1970_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1970 NBA All-Star Game">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1971 NBA All-Star Game">1971</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1972 NBA All-Star Game">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1973 NBA All-Star Game">1973</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/ABC_Radio_(1945%E2%80%932009)" class="mw-redirect" title="ABC Radio (1945–2009)">ABC Radio</a>'s<br />coverage</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1985_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1985 NBA All-Star Game">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1986 NBA All-Star Game">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1987 NBA All-Star Game">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1988 NBA All-Star Game">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1989 NBA All-Star Game">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1990 NBA All-Star Game">1990</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/WNBA_All-Star_Game" title="WNBA All-Star Game">WNBA</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2003_WNBA_All-Star_Game" title="2003 WNBA All-Star Game">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_WNBA_All-Star_Game" title="2005 WNBA All-Star Game">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_WNBA_All-Star_Game" title="2007 WNBA All-Star Game">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_WNBA_All-Star_Game" title="2009 WNBA All-Star Game">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_WNBA_All-Star_Game" title="2011 WNBA All-Star Game">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_WNBA_All-Star_Game" title="2013 WNBA All-Star Game">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_WNBA_All-Star_Game" title="2015 WNBA All-Star Game">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_WNBA_All-Star_Game" title="2017 WNBA All-Star Game">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_WNBA_All-Star_Game" title="2018 WNBA All-Star Game">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_WNBA_All-Star_Game" title="2019 WNBA All-Star Game">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_WNBA_All-Star_Game" title="2022 WNBA All-Star Game">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_WNBA_All-Star_Game" title="2023 WNBA All-Star Game">2023</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_WNBA_All-Star_Game" title="2024 WNBA All-Star Game">2024</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Lore</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Twyman#Broadcasting_career" title="Jack Twyman"><i>"I think we see Willis coming out!"</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Block_(basketball)" title="The Block (basketball)">"The Block (2016)"</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Basketball_Association_Christmas_games" class="mw-redirect" title="National Basketball Association Christmas games">Christmas Day</a> </li></ul></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Rivalries</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <li><a href="/wiki/Shaq%E2%80%93Kobe_feud" title="Shaq–Kobe feud">Bryant–O'Neal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lakers%E2%80%93Pistons_rivalry" title="Lakers–Pistons rivalry">Lakers–Pistons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Celtics%E2%80%93Lakers_rivalry" title="Celtics–Lakers rivalry">Celtics–Lakers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cavaliers%E2%80%93Warriors_rivalry" title="Cavaliers–Warriors rivalry">Cavaliers–Warriors</a></li> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">ESPN lore</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Malice_at_the_Palace" title="Malice at the Palace">"Malice at the Palace"</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/McDonald%27s_Championship" title="McDonald's Championship">McDonald's<br />Championship</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1987_McDonald%27s_Open" title="1987 McDonald's Open">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_McDonald%27s_Open" title="1988 McDonald's Open">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_McDonald%27s_Open" title="1989 McDonald's Open">1989</a></li></ul> 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J. Carlesimo">P. J. 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NBA All-Star Game">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="2002 NBA All-Star Game">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="2003 NBA All-Star Game">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="2004 NBA All-Star Game">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="2005 NBA All-Star Game">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="2006 NBA All-Star Game">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="2007 NBA All-Star Game">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="2008 NBA All-Star Game">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="2009 NBA All-Star Game">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="2010 NBA All-Star Game">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="2011 NBA All-Star Game">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="2012 NBA All-Star Game">2012</a></li> 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href="/wiki/2024_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="2024 NBA All-Star Game">2024</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2025_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="2025 NBA All-Star Game">2025</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">NBA Finals</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1996_NBA_Finals" title="1996 NBA Finals">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_NBA_Finals" title="1997 NBA Finals">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_NBA_Finals" title="1998 NBA Finals">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_NBA_Finals" title="1999 NBA Finals">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_NBA_Finals" title="2000 NBA Finals">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_NBA_Finals" title="2001 NBA Finals">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_NBA_Finals" title="2002 NBA Finals">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_NBA_Finals" title="2003 NBA Finals">2003</a></li> <li><a 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