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class="thumbcaption" style="clear:left;text-align:center;">Cleveland Cavaliers</div> </div><div class="tsingle" style="float:left;margin:1px;width:120px;max-width:120px;"> <div class="thumbimage" style="height:70px;overflow:hidden;background:transparent;border:none;line-height:70px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Golden_State_Warriors_wordmark_logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Golden_State_Warriors_wordmark_logo.svg/120px-Golden_State_Warriors_wordmark_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Golden_State_Warriors_wordmark_logo.svg/180px-Golden_State_Warriors_wordmark_logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Golden_State_Warriors_wordmark_logo.svg/240px-Golden_State_Warriors_wordmark_logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="103" /></a></span></div> <div class="thumbcaption" style="clear:left;text-align:center;">Golden State Warriors</div> </div><div style="clear:left"></div> </div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">First meeting</th><td class="infobox-data" style="text-align: left;">October 17, 1970<sup id="cite_ref-auto_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />Warriors 128, Cavaliers 108</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Latest meeting</th><td class="infobox-data" style="text-align: left;">November 8, 2024<br />Cavaliers 136, Warriors 117</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Next meeting</th><td class="infobox-data" style="text-align: left;">December 30, 2024</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="border-top: #aaa 1px solid;">Statistics</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Meetings total</th><td class="infobox-data" style="text-align: left;">145<sup id="cite_ref-auto1_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">All-time series</th><td class="infobox-data" style="text-align: left;">83–62 (GSW)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Regular season series</th><td class="infobox-data" style="text-align: left;">68–55 (GSW)<sup id="cite_ref-auto2_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto2-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Postseason results</th><td class="infobox-data" style="text-align: left;">15–7 (GSW)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Longest win streak</th><td class="infobox-data" style="text-align: left;">GSW W19</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Current win streak</th><td class="infobox-data" style="text-align: left;">CLE W3</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="border-top: #aaa 1px solid;">Postseason history</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left;"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/2015_NBA_Finals" title="2015 NBA Finals">2015 NBA Finals</a></b>: Warriors won, 4–2</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/2016_NBA_Finals" title="2016 NBA Finals">2016 NBA Finals</a></b>: Cavaliers won, 4–3</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/2017_NBA_Finals" title="2017 NBA Finals">2017 NBA Finals</a></b>: Warriors won, 4–1</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/2018_NBA_Finals" title="2018 NBA Finals">2018 NBA Finals</a></b>: Warriors won, 4–0</li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Cavaliers–Warriors rivalry</b> is a <a href="/wiki/National_Basketball_Association" title="National Basketball Association">National Basketball Association</a> (NBA) <a href="/wiki/List_of_National_Basketball_Association_rivalries" class="mw-redirect" title="List of National Basketball Association rivalries">rivalry</a> between the <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Cavaliers" title="Cleveland Cavaliers">Cleveland Cavaliers</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a>. The rivalry became prominent in the mid-to-late 2010s, with both teams appearing in four consecutive <a href="/wiki/NBA_Finals" title="NBA Finals">NBA Finals</a> appearances from <a href="/wiki/2015_NBA_Finals" title="2015 NBA Finals">2015</a> to <a href="/wiki/2018_NBA_Finals" title="2018 NBA Finals">2018</a>. In the four Finals, the Warriors won three championships and the Cavaliers won one. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cavaliers%E2%80%93Warriors_rivalry&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_history">Early history</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cavaliers%E2%80%93Warriors_rivalry&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Warriors dominated the early series, going 37–22 (.627) from 1970 to 1991. The Cavaliers would win 10 straight games from 1992 to 1996 to reduce Golden State's lead to 37–32 (.536). The two teams played each other close during <a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">LeBron James</a>' first stint with the Cavaliers in the 2000s. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/2006%E2%80%9307_NBA_season" title="2006–07 NBA season">2006–07 season</a> was a memorable season for both teams, as the Warriors qualified for the 8th seed and became the first 8-seeded team to eliminate a 1-seed in a best-of-7 series, as they did in the 2007 first round against the <a href="/wiki/Dallas_Mavericks" title="Dallas Mavericks">Dallas Mavericks</a>. On the other hand, the Cavaliers reached their first <a href="/wiki/2007_NBA_Finals" title="2007 NBA Finals">NBA Finals</a>, where they were swept by the <a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs" title="San Antonio Spurs">San Antonio Spurs</a>. The Cavaliers' playoffs run was highlighted by LeBron James' epic performance in Game 5 of the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Conference_Finals" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="Eastern Conference Finals">Eastern Conference Finals</a> versus the <a href="/wiki/Chauncey_Billups" title="Chauncey Billups">Chauncey Billups</a>-led 1-seed <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Pistons" title="Detroit Pistons">Detroit Pistons</a>, with James scoring the Cavaliers' last 25 points, while sending the game to double overtime. Two years later, on January 23, 2009, LeBron James scored a game-winning <a href="/wiki/Buzzer_beater" title="Buzzer beater">buzzer beater</a> over the Golden State Warriors, months before <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Curry" title="Stephen Curry">Stephen Curry</a> joined the NBA. </p><p>From 2010 to 2014, James <a href="/wiki/The_Decision_(TV_program)" title="The Decision (TV program)">left</a> the Cavaliers to play for the <a href="/wiki/Miami_Heat" title="Miami Heat">Miami Heat</a> to team up with <a href="/wiki/Dwyane_Wade" title="Dwyane Wade">Dwyane Wade</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chris_Bosh" title="Chris Bosh">Chris Bosh</a> going to the Finals each year winning championships in <a href="/wiki/2012_NBA_Finals" title="2012 NBA Finals">2012</a> and <a href="/wiki/2013_NBA_Finals" title="2013 NBA Finals">2013</a> while the Warriors were a lottery team. The Cavaliers used their first pick in <a href="/wiki/2011_NBA_Draft" class="mw-redirect" title="2011 NBA Draft">2011</a> to draft <a href="/wiki/Kyrie_Irving" title="Kyrie Irving">Kyrie Irving</a> from <a href="/wiki/Duke_University" title="Duke University">Duke University</a>. However, the Warriors won both games against the Cavaliers that season with a rookie <a href="/wiki/Klay_Thompson" title="Klay Thompson">Klay Thompson</a> and Curry, both of whom were instrumental in the success the Warriors would experience later that decade. </p><p>The Warriors led the head-to-head series 53–50 (.515) through the end of the <a href="/wiki/2013%E2%80%9314_NBA_season" title="2013–14 NBA season">2013–14 season</a>. </p><p>James returned to the Cavaliers during the 2014 off-season. The Cavaliers then acquired All-Star power forward <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Love" title="Kevin Love">Kevin Love</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Timberwolves" title="Minnesota Timberwolves">Minnesota Timberwolves</a> for <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Wiggins" title="Andrew Wiggins">Andrew Wiggins</a> and <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Bennett_(basketball)" title="Anthony Bennett (basketball)">Anthony Bennett</a>. The Cavaliers quickly became the favorite to win the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Conference_(NBA)" title="Eastern Conference (NBA)">East</a>, as they already had an All-Star point guard in <a href="/wiki/Kyrie_Irving" title="Kyrie Irving">Kyrie Irving</a> and other rising stars such as <a href="/wiki/Tristan_Thompson" title="Tristan Thompson">Tristan Thompson</a>. </p><p>In the Western Conference, the Warriors were a team led by their backcourt of the "<a href="/wiki/Splash_Brothers" title="Splash Brothers">Splash Brothers</a>", Curry and Thompson, and a developed fast-paced, up-tempo offense, consisting mainly of three point shooting. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2014–15_season:_Warriors_win_first_NBA_title_in_40_years"><span id="2014.E2.80.9315_season:_Warriors_win_first_NBA_title_in_40_years"></span>2014–15 season: Warriors win first NBA title in 40 years</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cavaliers%E2%80%93Warriors_rivalry&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 2014–15 season: Warriors win first NBA title in 40 years"><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/2014%E2%80%9315_NBA_season" title="2014–15 NBA season">2014–15 NBA season</a></div> <p>With LeBron James returning to the Cavaliers as a free agent in 2014, the team was favored to make it to the NBA Finals. The team started off the season poorly, with Love struggling in his new role and SG <a href="/wiki/Dion_Waiters" title="Dion Waiters">Dion Waiters</a> unable to handle being relegated to a secondary role. The Cavaliers started off the season with a dismal record of 19–20. James missed two weeks in January (which was his longest absence at the time) with back and knee injuries.<sup id="cite_ref-auto3_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto3-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later that month, the Cavaliers traded away Waiters to the <a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_City_Thunder" title="Oklahoma City Thunder">Oklahoma City Thunder</a> in a three-team deal with the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Knicks" title="New York Knicks">New York Knicks</a>. They acquired three-point specialist <a href="/wiki/J._R._Smith" title="J. R. Smith">J. R. Smith</a> and defensive asset <a href="/wiki/Iman_Shumpert" title="Iman Shumpert">Iman Shumpert</a>. The team also acquired center and rim protector <a href="/wiki/Timofey_Mozgov" title="Timofey Mozgov">Timofey Mozgov</a> in a separate trade. These players were critical for the team's return to the top of the Eastern Conference. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Stephen_Curry_(16454505719).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Stephen_Curry_%2816454505719%29.jpg/220px-Stephen_Curry_%2816454505719%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="186" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Stephen_Curry_%2816454505719%29.jpg/330px-Stephen_Curry_%2816454505719%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Stephen_Curry_%2816454505719%29.jpg/440px-Stephen_Curry_%2816454505719%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4088" data-file-height="3452" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Curry" title="Stephen Curry">Stephen Curry</a> (pictured) of the Warriors won his first <a href="/wiki/NBA_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Most Valuable Player Award">Most Valuable Player Award</a> in 2015.</figcaption></figure> <p>The Warriors started off the season 21–2, with a 16-game winning streak, which made them the early title favorites. <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Curry" title="Stephen Curry">Stephen Curry</a> immediately became a <a href="/wiki/NBA_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Most Valuable Player Award">Most Valuable Player</a> candidate. Curry was improving off of last year's All-Star season. <a href="/wiki/Klay_Thompson" title="Klay Thompson">Klay Thompson</a> became one of the best shooting guards, three-point shooters, and two-way players in the league. <a href="/wiki/Draymond_Green" title="Draymond Green">Draymond Green</a> averaged about 12 points, 8 rebounds, and 4 assists per game. Rookie head coach <a href="/wiki/Steve_Kerr" title="Steve Kerr">Steve Kerr</a> was a candidate for <a href="/wiki/NBA_Coach_of_the_Year_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Coach of the Year Award">Coach of the Year</a>. </p><p>The two teams split their head-to-head meetings that season, each winning on its home court. </p><p>James, Irving, Curry, and Thompson were all named to their respective <a href="/wiki/NBA_All-Star_Game" title="NBA All-Star Game">NBA All-Star</a> teams, with Curry finishing first in the All-Star voting (1,513,324), and LeBron James finishing in second (1,470,483).<sup id="cite_ref-auto4_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto4-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Curry won the NBA MVP Award, averaging 23.8 points, 7.7 assists, and 2.0 steals per game, and shot 44.3% from three-point territory.<sup id="cite_ref-auto5_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto5-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> James was third in MVP voting. He averaged 25.3 PPG, 6.0 RPG, and 7.4 APG.<sup id="cite_ref-auto6_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto6-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They were featured on the <a href="/wiki/All-NBA_First_Team" class="mw-redirect" title="All-NBA First Team">All-NBA First Team</a>. Irving and Thompson made the All-NBA team as well. The Cavaliers finished the season with a record of 53–29, and the Warriors finished the season with a record of 67–15. </p><p>The Warriors and the Cavaliers only lost five games combined in the first three rounds of the playoffs. For the first time in NBA Finals history, both teams were coached by rookie head coaches with <a href="/wiki/Steve_Kerr" title="Steve Kerr">Steve Kerr</a> and <a href="/wiki/David_Blatt" title="David Blatt">David Blatt</a>. The Cavaliers faced injury trouble, losing Love in Game 4 of the first round against the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a> to a separated shoulder. Irving left Game 1 of the Finals in overtime after fracturing his left kneecap. The Warriors won Game 1 in a 108–100 overtime thriller. Game 2 also went into overtime, the all-around efforts of LeBron James and <a href="/wiki/Matthew_Dellavedova" title="Matthew Dellavedova">Matthew Dellavedova</a>'s surprisingly stellar defense on Steph Curry took the game 95–93. James had carried the limping Cavaliers to a Game 3 win and a 2–1 lead over the Warriors. The Warriors would win the next three games to take home the 2015 NBA Championship. <a href="/wiki/Andre_Iguodala" title="Andre Iguodala">Andre Iguodala</a> would win the <a href="/wiki/NBA_Finals_MVP" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Finals MVP">NBA Finals MVP</a>, although James averaged 35.8 PPG, 13.3 RPG, and 8.8 APG in a losing effort. However, he shot less than 40% from the field for the entire series. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2015–16_season:_Warriors'_73-win_season,_Cleveland's_first_title_ends_drought"><span id="2015.E2.80.9316_season:_Warriors.27_73-win_season.2C_Cleveland.27s_first_title_ends_drought"></span>2015–16 season: Warriors' 73-win season, Cleveland's first title ends drought</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cavaliers%E2%80%93Warriors_rivalry&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 2015–16 season: Warriors' 73-win season, Cleveland's first title ends drought"><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/2015%E2%80%9316_NBA_season" title="2015–16 NBA season">2015–16 NBA season</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_sports_curse" title="Cleveland sports curse">Cleveland sports curse</a></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:David_Blatt_and_Tyronn_Lue_on_Jan_25,_2015.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/David_Blatt_and_Tyronn_Lue_on_Jan_25%2C_2015.jpg/260px-David_Blatt_and_Tyronn_Lue_on_Jan_25%2C_2015.jpg" decoding="async" width="260" height="211" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/David_Blatt_and_Tyronn_Lue_on_Jan_25%2C_2015.jpg/390px-David_Blatt_and_Tyronn_Lue_on_Jan_25%2C_2015.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/David_Blatt_and_Tyronn_Lue_on_Jan_25%2C_2015.jpg/520px-David_Blatt_and_Tyronn_Lue_on_Jan_25%2C_2015.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2155" data-file-height="1748" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Cleveland_Cavaliers_season" title="2015–16 Cleveland Cavaliers season">2015–16 Cleveland Cavaliers season</a> saw the firing of head coach <a href="/wiki/David_Blatt" title="David Blatt">David Blatt</a> (left), who would be replaced by assistant coach <a href="/wiki/Tyronn_Lue" title="Tyronn Lue">Tyronn Lue</a> (right).</figcaption></figure> <p>The Warriors opened the 2015–16 season going 24–0, the most wins without a loss to start a season in NBA history and the second-longest winning streak in NBA history (33, by the <a href="/wiki/1971%E2%80%9372_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1971–72 Los Angeles Lakers season">1971–72 Los Angeles Lakers</a>). By the All-Star break, the Warriors' record was a stellar 48–4, including a pair of regular season victories against Cleveland. One notable game was on MLK day where Stephen Curry dropped 35 points en route to a blowout 132–98 victory. This was the best record at an All–Star break in league history. Curry, Thompson, and Draymond Green earned all-star selections. Golden State went on to break the <a href="/wiki/1995%E2%80%9396_Chicago_Bulls_season" title="1995–96 Chicago Bulls season">1995–96 Chicago Bulls</a>' 72–10 season record by winning 73 games. Stephen Curry became the first unanimous MVP in the history of the NBA that year. </p><p>Despite their regular season dominance, the Warriors struggled in the Western Conference playoffs. After defeating the <a href="/wiki/Houston_Rockets" title="Houston Rockets">Houston Rockets</a> and <a href="/wiki/Portland_Trail_Blazers" title="Portland Trail Blazers">Portland Trail Blazers</a> each in five games without Curry for several games due to injuries, the Warriors were pushed to seven games by the <a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_City_Thunder" title="Oklahoma City Thunder">Oklahoma City Thunder</a> in the Western Conference Finals. The Thunder jumped to a 3–1 lead, but the Warriors were able to battle their way back and win the series. </p><p>The Cavaliers faced some challenges in the 2015–16 campaign. Irving was recovering from a knee injury sustained in Game 1 of the previous season's Finals and would miss most of the first half of the season. Despite some hardship, Cleveland performed well throughout the first half of the season. Halfway through the campaign, with a record of 30–11, head coach <a href="/wiki/David_Blatt" title="David Blatt">David Blatt</a> was replaced by <a href="/wiki/Tyronn_Lue" title="Tyronn Lue">Tyronn Lue</a>. The team finished the regular season with the best record in the Eastern Conference with 57 wins, sweeping the <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Pistons" title="Detroit Pistons">Detroit Pistons</a> and <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Hawks" title="Atlanta Hawks">Atlanta Hawks</a>, and defeated the <a href="/wiki/Toronto_Raptors" title="Toronto Raptors">Toronto Raptors</a> in 6 games to advance to the Finals against the defending champion Warriors. </p> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:160611-D-SK590-647_(27560158656).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/160611-D-SK590-647_%2827560158656%29.jpg/260px-160611-D-SK590-647_%2827560158656%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="260" height="173" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/160611-D-SK590-647_%2827560158656%29.jpg/390px-160611-D-SK590-647_%2827560158656%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/160611-D-SK590-647_%2827560158656%29.jpg/520px-160611-D-SK590-647_%2827560158656%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4928" data-file-height="3280" /></a><figcaption>Inside <a href="/wiki/Quicken_Loans_Arena" class="mw-redirect" title="Quicken Loans Arena">Quicken Loans Arena</a> in Cleveland before the start of Game 4 of the <a href="/wiki/2016_NBA_Finals" title="2016 NBA Finals">2016 NBA Finals</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>The 2016 NBA Finals saw the Cavaliers and Warriors meet for the second straight season. The Warriors won Games 1 and 2 in Oakland quite convincingly before the series moved to Cleveland. While Cleveland won Game 3 at home in convincing fashion, the Warriors took Game 4 to set up a potential series-clincher at home. During the game, Draymond Green committed a flagrant foul on LeBron James. After reviewing the incident post-game, the league determined that the altercation warranted a flagrant 1 foul, which put Green over the NBA's flagrant foul limit and meant that he would be suspended for Game 5. </p><p>Kyrie Irving and LeBron James both scored 41 points in Game 5 to stay alive on the road, becoming the first pair of teammates to score at least 40 points in a Finals game. Back in Cleveland, LeBron James continued his explosive scoring, tallying another 41-point game in a Game 6 rout of the Warriors that saw a dominating 31–9 opening sequence and a late-game ejection of Stephen Curry. James became the first player since <a href="/wiki/Shaquille_O%27Neal" title="Shaquille O'Neal">Shaquille O'Neal</a> to score over 40 points in back-to-back NBA Finals games. Curry was also the first player, also since O'Neal, to foul out in a Finals game. </p> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lebron_post.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Lebron_post.jpg/260px-Lebron_post.jpg" decoding="async" width="260" height="173" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Lebron_post.jpg/390px-Lebron_post.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Lebron_post.jpg/520px-Lebron_post.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6000" data-file-height="4000" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">LeBron James</a> (right) posts up <a href="/wiki/Klay_Thompson" title="Klay Thompson">Klay Thompson</a> (left) at the 2016 NBA Finals.</figcaption></figure> <p>With the series shifting back to Oracle Arena for the championship decider, the Warriors and the Cavaliers were neck-and-neck for most of Game 7. With a little over a minute and fifty seconds left in the 4th quarter, and with the score tied 89–89, LeBron James made a memorable <a href="/wiki/The_Block_(basketball)" title="The Block (basketball)">chase-down block on Andre Iguodala</a> to save a go-ahead basket. Soon after, Kyrie Irving hit a 3-pointer over Stephen Curry to give Cleveland the lead, and Kevin Love locking down Curry. In the end, they held on to win the game 93–89. This was Cleveland's first franchise title and made them first team in NBA Finals history to come back from a 1–3 deficit. LeBron James became only the third player in NBA history to have a triple double in a Finals Game 7 and was unanimously voted Finals MVP after leading in all five categories of points, rebounds, assists, steals, and blocks. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2016–2018:_Arrival_of_Kevin_Durant,_Warriors_win_back-to-back_titles"><span id="2016.E2.80.932018:_Arrival_of_Kevin_Durant.2C_Warriors_win_back-to-back_titles"></span>2016–2018: Arrival of Kevin Durant, Warriors win back-to-back titles</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cavaliers%E2%80%93Warriors_rivalry&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 2016–2018: Arrival of Kevin Durant, Warriors win back-to-back titles"><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">See also: <a href="/wiki/2017_NBA_Finals" title="2017 NBA Finals">2017 NBA Finals</a> and <a href="/wiki/2018_NBA_Finals" title="2018 NBA Finals">2018 NBA Finals</a></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Golden_State_Warriors_Small_Forward_Kevin_Durant_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Golden_State_Warriors_Small_Forward_Kevin_Durant_%28cropped%29.jpg/230px-Golden_State_Warriors_Small_Forward_Kevin_Durant_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="230" height="287" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Golden_State_Warriors_Small_Forward_Kevin_Durant_%28cropped%29.jpg/345px-Golden_State_Warriors_Small_Forward_Kevin_Durant_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Golden_State_Warriors_Small_Forward_Kevin_Durant_%28cropped%29.jpg/460px-Golden_State_Warriors_Small_Forward_Kevin_Durant_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2766" data-file-height="3456" /></a><figcaption>The Warriors continued their dominance with the signing of <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Durant" title="Kevin Durant">Kevin Durant</a> (pictured) for the <a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_NBA_season" title="2016–17 NBA season">2016–17 season</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>On July 4, 2016, <a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_City_Thunder" title="Oklahoma City Thunder">Oklahoma City Thunder</a> star <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Durant" title="Kevin Durant">Kevin Durant</a> signed with the Warriors in free agency. He averaged 25.1 PPG, 8.3 RPG, 4.8 APG, 1.1 SPG, and 1.6 BPG. After losing the Christmas game 108–109, the Warriors got their revenge on MLK day at home by once again blowing out the Cavaliers 126–91. After finishing 67–15, the first team in NBA history to win at least 67 games in three straight seasons, the Warriors went 12–0 in the Western Conference playoffs. They became the 3rd team in league history to sweep all three rounds after the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a> (<a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1988–89 Los Angeles Lakers season">1988–89</a> and <a href="/wiki/2000%E2%80%9301_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="2000–01 Los Angeles Lakers season">2000–01</a>), doing it against the <a href="/wiki/Portland_Trail_Blazers" title="Portland Trail Blazers">Portland Trail Blazers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Utah_Jazz" title="Utah Jazz">Utah Jazz</a>, and <a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs" title="San Antonio Spurs">San Antonio Spurs</a>, and the 1st to do so going 12–0 (the previous teams went 11–0 when the first round was best-of-five). </p><p>In the Eastern Conference, the Cavaliers willfully made it to the Finals, going 12–1, cruising past the <a href="/wiki/Indiana_Pacers" title="Indiana Pacers">Indiana Pacers</a> and <a href="/wiki/Toronto_Raptors" title="Toronto Raptors">Toronto Raptors</a> in convincing series sweeps. In the Conference Finals, the Cavaliers defeated the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a> in five games. James entered the Finals averaging 32.5 PPG, 8.0 RPG, 7.0 APG, 2.2 SPG, and 1.4 BPG. He shot 57% from the field and 42% from three. James averaged a triple-double in the Finals. Kevin Love also played his best basketball as a Cavalier, averaging 17.2 PPG 10.4 RPG, 1.9 APG, shooting 46% from the field, and 44% on 3 pointers.<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> Kyrie Irving set a career playoff-high 42 points during Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Finals against Boston. The Warriors and Cavaliers had a combined 24–1 record entering the <a href="/wiki/NBA_Finals" title="NBA Finals">Finals</a>, the fewest combined losses entering the Finals ever. </p><p>The series faced high anticipation as the Warriors, now dubbed as a "super-team", looked for revenge on their East coast foe from the previous year's loss. The Warriors easily took Games 1 and 2 at home, defeating the Cavaliers 113–91, and 132–113. Game 3 looked to be in the Cavs' favor, until an 11–0 run by the Warriors in the closing minutes emerged, capped off by a dagger three from Kevin Durant to seal a 118–113 comeback victory. Down 0–3, James and Irving led the Cavaliers over the Warriors to a 137–116 win, including a record-breaking 49 points in the first quarter, a Finals-high 86 points in the first half, and a record 24 3–pointers (which broke the record of 18 set by the Warriors in Game 2). Durant and the Warriors looked to finish the series back home in Game 5. Despite early domination from James and Cleveland in Game 5, the Warriors surged ahead in the second half, fending off several late-game Cavaliers rallies, and won the title with a 129–120 victory. It was the team's second title in three years, and Durant's first championship and <a href="/wiki/NBA_Finals_MVP" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Finals MVP">Finals MVP</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 broke a new playoff record with 16 wins out of 17 games played, with their only loss in Game 4 of the NBA Finals. Both the Warriors and the Cavaliers entered the Finals with a combined record of 24–1, with the Cavaliers losing only Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Finals. </p><p>In 2017–18, Golden State won the two regular-season meetings against the Cavaliers, but struggled down the stretch with multiple All-Star injuries. For the third straight MLK day, the Warriors defeated the Cavaliers 118–108. However, fueled by the return of Stephen Curry during the <a href="/wiki/2018_NBA_playoffs" title="2018 NBA playoffs">playoffs</a>, the Warriors dominated the first and second rounds of the playoffs against the <a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs" title="San Antonio Spurs">San Antonio Spurs</a> and <a href="/wiki/New_Orleans_Pelicans" title="New Orleans Pelicans">New Orleans Pelicans</a> each in five games and advanced to their fourth consecutive Finals by overcoming a 2–3 deficit against the <a href="/wiki/Houston_Rockets" title="Houston Rockets">Houston Rockets</a>. Cleveland also struggled during the second half of the season after overhauling their roster at the trade deadline with new, younger players. However, they still managed to beat the <a href="/wiki/Indiana_Pacers" title="Indiana Pacers">Indiana Pacers</a> in seven games, sweep the Raptors, then overcome their own 2–3 deficit against the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a> to advance to the Finals. It was the first time that the same two teams in any of <a href="/wiki/Major_professional_sports_leagues_in_the_United_States_and_Canada" title="Major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada">North America's four major professional sports leagues</a> have met for a championship round four consecutive times.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Game 1 was close with several lead changes. James would score 51 points. However, the game went to overtime, in part due to a controversial reversed charging foul call against Durant, a missed go-ahead free throw by <a href="/wiki/George_Hill_(basketball)" title="George Hill (basketball)">George Hill</a> with 4.7 seconds left, and <a href="/wiki/JR_Smith" class="mw-redirect" title="JR Smith">JR Smith</a> subsequently rebounding and dribbling out the clock, mistakenly believing his team to be ahead. The Warriors would dominate overtime, winning the game 124–114. Several minor scuffles ensued in the closing seconds of overtime, culminating in <a href="/wiki/Tristan_Thompson" title="Tristan Thompson">Tristan Thompson</a> getting ejected and later fined for shoving a basketball into the face of <a href="/wiki/Draymond_Green" title="Draymond Green">Draymond Green</a>. After the game, LeBron James reportedly suffered a self-inflicted bone contusion onto his right hand after punching a whiteboard in the locker room. He played through the injury for the rest of the series, and it was not disclosed until after Game 4.<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>Game 2 was a more one-sided affair, with the Warriors winning 122–103. Curry would break his own NBA Finals record with nine 3 pointers in a Finals game. </p><p>Game 3 was also close, as the teams exchanged leads several times. Curry struggled from the field, shooting only 3–16 (1–10, 3 pointers), while James set a record with his 10th Finals triple-double. However, Durant would lead the Warriors to a 110–102 victory, scoring a playoff career-high 43 points, along with another clutch three. </p><p>Game 4 concluded the second time the Cavaliers had been <a href="/wiki/2007_NBA_Finals" title="2007 NBA Finals">swept</a> in the NBA Finals, losing 108-85. Durant and Curry scored 20 and 37 points respectively, clinching the second title in three years for the Warriors. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Recent_years">Recent years</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cavaliers%E2%80%93Warriors_rivalry&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Recent years"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Following LeBron James' 2nd departure from the Cavaliers, this time to the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a>, in 2018, the Cavaliers entered a rebuild centered around their 2018 first round draft pick <a href="/wiki/Collin_Sexton" title="Collin Sexton">Collin Sexton</a>, and later their 2019 first round draft pick <a href="/wiki/Darius_Garland" title="Darius Garland">Darius Garland</a>, while retaining <a href="/wiki/Tristan_Thompson" title="Tristan Thompson">Tristan Thompson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Love" title="Kevin Love">Kevin Love</a> to serve as veteran leaders. The Cavaliers struggled in their next two seasons, finishing 19–63 in <a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_Cleveland_Cavaliers_season" title="2018–19 Cleveland Cavaliers season">2018–19</a> and 19–46 in the <a href="/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_Cleveland_Cavaliers_season" title="2019–20 Cleveland Cavaliers season">2019–20 season</a> prior to its suspension due to the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic" title="COVID-19 pandemic">COVID-19 pandemic</a>. The Cavaliers were not among the 22 teams invited to <a href="/wiki/2020_NBA_Bubble" title="2020 NBA Bubble">complete the season</a>. The team fired head coach Lue six games into the 2018–19 season. They hired former <a href="/wiki/Michigan_Wolverines_men%27s_basketball" title="Michigan Wolverines men's basketball">University of Michigan</a> head coach <a href="/wiki/John_Beilein" title="John Beilein">John Beilein</a> before the 2019–20 season. He resigned midway through that season. Assistant coach <a href="/wiki/J.B._Bickerstaff" class="mw-redirect" title="J.B. Bickerstaff">J.B. Bickerstaff</a> was named interim head coach. He became the full-time head coach for the <a href="/wiki/2020%E2%80%9321_Cleveland_Cavaliers_season" title="2020–21 Cleveland Cavaliers season">2020–21 season</a>. The Cavaliers nearly returned to the <a href="/wiki/2022_NBA_playoffs" title="2022 NBA playoffs">playoffs</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2021%E2%80%9322_Cleveland_Cavaliers_season" title="2021–22 Cleveland Cavaliers season">2021–22 season</a>, but lost to the <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Hawks" title="Atlanta Hawks">Atlanta Hawks</a> in the <a href="/wiki/NBA_play-in_tournament" title="NBA play-in tournament">NBA play-in tournament</a> for the 8th seed. </p><p>The Warriors returned to their 5th straight Finals in <a href="/wiki/2019_NBA_Finals" title="2019 NBA Finals">2019</a>, aiming for a <a href="/wiki/Three-peat" title="Three-peat">three-peat</a>, but lost to the <a href="/wiki/Toronto_Raptors" title="Toronto Raptors">Toronto Raptors</a>, 2–4. <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Durant" title="Kevin Durant">Kevin Durant</a> and <a href="/wiki/Andre_Iguodala" title="Andre Iguodala">Andre Iguodala</a> left the Warriors for the <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Nets" title="Brooklyn Nets">Brooklyn Nets</a> and <a href="/wiki/Memphis_Grizzlies" title="Memphis Grizzlies">Memphis Grizzlies</a>, respectively, in the 2019 offseason (though Iguodala would eventually become a member of the <a href="/wiki/Miami_Heat" title="Miami Heat">Miami Heat</a>). These losses, combined with injuries to <a href="/wiki/Klay_Thompson" title="Klay Thompson">Klay Thompson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Curry" title="Stephen Curry">Stephen Curry</a>, led the Warriors to finish an NBA-worst 15–50 in the shortened 2019–20 season and not be invited to finish the season. </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/2022_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="2022 NBA All-Star Game">2022 NBA All-Star Game</a>, Stephen Curry, Andrew Wiggins and Draymond Green were selected to represent the Warriors. When Curry was announced, he was booed by all the fans in the arena but Curry responds by dropping 50 points and winning All-Star Game MVP. Four months later, the Warriors returned to the Finals. Iguodala returned to Golden State after spending two years with the Heat. Curry and Thompson returned after missing much of the prior two seasons due to injuries. The Warriors defeated the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a> (in a rematch of the <a href="/wiki/1964_NBA_Finals" title="1964 NBA Finals">1964 Finals</a>) in six games to win their 4th title in eight years and 7th overall. </p><p>The teams have played twelve games since James' departure, with the Warriors holding a 9–3 record. </p><p>Both teams qualified for the <a href="/wiki/2023_NBA_playoffs" title="2023 NBA playoffs">2023 NBA playoffs</a>.This marked the first time since <a href="/wiki/2018_NBA_playoffs" title="2018 NBA playoffs">2018</a> that both teams clinched playoff seeds and the first since <a href="/wiki/1998_NBA_playoffs" title="1998 NBA playoffs">1998</a> that the Cavaliers made the playoffs without James. That postseason, the Warriors eliminated the <a href="/wiki/Sacramento_Kings" title="Sacramento Kings">Sacramento Kings</a> in seven games and would advance to the 2nd round. On the other hand, the Cavaliers were eliminated by the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Knicks" title="New York Knicks">New York Knicks</a> in five games. The Warriors would again face James who was now on the Lakers. In the end, James ended their quest for back to back titles in six games. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Season-by-season_results">Season-by-season results</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cavaliers%E2%80%93Warriors_rivalry&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Season-by-season results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table style="border: 1px solid #a2a9b1; background-color: #f8f9fa; padding: 5px; font-size: 95%; width:90%; clear:both; margin:1.5em auto; text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th style="background-color: #DCDCDC !important; color: #000000 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #DCDCDC, inset -2px -2px 0 #DCDCDC; !important;;">Cleveland Cavaliers vs. San Francisco/Golden State Warriors Season-by-Season Results </th></tr> <tr> <td><div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="padding: 4px; text-align: center; font-size: 95%; background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;; background: inherit; border: 1px solid #a2a9b1;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold; background-color: #ccf; background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;"><div style="margin: 0 4em">1970s (Warriors, 24–13)</div></div> <div class="mw-collapsible-content" style="font-size: 100%; text-align:center;"> <table class="wikitable" style="width:100%; text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Season</th> <th colspan="2">Season series</th> <th>at <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Cavaliers" title="Cleveland Cavaliers">Cleveland Cavaliers</a></th> <th>at <a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">San Francisco/Golden State Warriors</a></th> <th>Overall series</th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1970%E2%80%9371_NBA_season" title="1970–71 NBA season">1970–71</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #006BB6 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;"><b>Warriors</b> </td> <td style="background-color: #006BB6 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;"><b><span class="nowrap">3–1</span></b> </td> <td>Tie, <span class="nowrap">1–1</span> </td> <td style="background-color: #006BB6 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;">Warriors, <span class="nowrap">2–0</span> </td> <td style="background-color: #006BB6 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;">Warriors<br /><span class="nowrap">3–1</span> </td> <td>Cleveland Cavaliers joined the NBA as an expansion team.<br />Last season until the <a href="/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_Golden_State_Warriors_season" title="2019–20 Golden State Warriors season">2019 season</a> the Warriors played in <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco" title="San Francisco">San Francisco</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1971%E2%80%9372_NBA_season" title="1971–72 NBA season">1971–72</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;"><b>Warriors</b> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;"><b><span class="nowrap">4–0</span></b> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;">Warriors, <span class="nowrap">2–0</span> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;">Warriors, <span class="nowrap">2–0</span> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;">Warriors<br /><span class="nowrap">7–1</span> </td> <td>Warriors move across the Bay to <a href="/wiki/Oakland" class="mw-redirect" title="Oakland">Oakland</a> and open up <a href="/wiki/Oakland%E2%80%93Alameda_County_Coliseum_Arena" class="mw-redirect" title="Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena">Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena</a>. Warriors also change their name to "Golden State Warriors". </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1972%E2%80%9373_NBA_season" title="1972–73 NBA season">1972–73</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;"><b>Warriors</b> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;"><b><span class="nowrap">3–1</span></b> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;">Warriors, <span class="nowrap">2–0</span> </td> <td>Tie, <span class="nowrap">1–1</span> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;">Warriors<br /><span class="nowrap">10–2</span> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1973%E2%80%9374_NBA_season" title="1973–74 NBA season">1973–74</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;"><b>Warriors</b> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;"><b><span class="nowrap">4–0</span></b> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;">Warriors, <span class="nowrap">2–0</span> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;">Warriors, <span class="nowrap">2–0</span> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;">Warriors<br /><span class="nowrap">14–2</span> </td> <td>Final season Cavaliers played at <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Arena" title="Cleveland Arena">Cleveland Arena</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1974%E2%80%9375_NBA_season" title="1974–75 NBA season">1974–75</a> </td> <td>Tie </td> <td><span class="nowrap">2–2</span> </td> <td style="background-color: #860038 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #BC945C, inset -2px -2px 0 #BC945C; !important;;">Cavaliers, <span class="nowrap">2–0</span> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;">Warriors, <span class="nowrap">2–0</span> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;">Warriors<br /><span class="nowrap">16–4</span> </td> <td>Cavaliers have the better record at home for the first time. Cavaliers open up <a href="/wiki/Coliseum_at_Richfield" class="mw-redirect" title="Coliseum at Richfield">Coliseum at Richfield</a>. Warriors win <a href="/wiki/1975_NBA_Finals" title="1975 NBA Finals">1975 NBA Finals</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1975%E2%80%9376_NBA_season" title="1975–76 NBA season">1975–76</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;"><b>Warriors</b> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;"><b><span class="nowrap">3–1</span></b> </td> <td>Tie, <span class="nowrap">1–1</span> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;">Warriors, <span class="nowrap">2–0</span> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;">Warriors<br /><span class="nowrap">19–5</span> </td> <td>Warriors finish with the best record in the league (59–23). </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1976%E2%80%9377_NBA_season" title="1976–77 NBA season">1976–77</a> </td> <td>Tie </td> <td><span class="nowrap">2–2</span> </td> <td style="background-color: #860038 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #BC945C, inset -2px -2px 0 #BC945C; !important;;">Cavaliers, <span class="nowrap">2–0</span> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;">Warriors, <span class="nowrap">2–0</span> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;">Warriors, <span class="nowrap">21–7</span> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1977%E2%80%9378_NBA_season" title="1977–78 NBA season">1977–78</a> </td> <td>Tie </td> <td><span class="nowrap">2–2</span> </td> <td style="background-color: #860038 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #BC945C, inset -2px -2px 0 #BC945C; !important;;">Cavaliers, <span class="nowrap">2–0</span> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;">Warriors, <span class="nowrap">2–0</span> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;">Warriors, <span class="nowrap">23–9</span> </td> <td>Warriors win 10 home games in a row against Cavaliers. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1978%E2%80%9379_NBA_season" title="1978–79 NBA season">1978–79</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #860038 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #BC945C, inset -2px -2px 0 #BC945C; !important;;"><b>Cavaliers</b> </td> <td style="background-color: #860038 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #BC945C, inset -2px -2px 0 #BC945C; !important;;"><b><span class="nowrap">2–1</span></b> </td> <td>Tie, <span class="nowrap">1–1</span> </td> <td style="background-color: #860038 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #BC945C, inset -2px -2px 0 #BC945C; !important;;">Cavaliers, <span class="nowrap">1–0</span> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;">Warriors, <span class="nowrap">24–11</span> </td> <td>Last season where more than three games are played in the regular season. Cavaliers win the season series for the first time. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1979%E2%80%9380_NBA_season" title="1979–80 NBA season">1979–80</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #860038 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #BC945C, inset -2px -2px 0 #BC945C; !important;;"><b>Cavaliers</b> </td> <td style="background-color: #860038 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #BC945C, inset -2px -2px 0 #BC945C; !important;;"><b><span class="nowrap">2–0</span></b> </td> <td style="background-color: #860038 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #BC945C, inset -2px -2px 0 #BC945C; !important;;"><b>Cavaliers <br /> 120–93</b> </td> <td style="background-color: #860038 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #BC945C, inset -2px -2px 0 #BC945C; !important;;"><b>Cavaliers <br /> 128–125<small>(OT)</small></b> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;">Warriors, <span class="nowrap">24–13</span> </td> <td>Beginning this season, the Cavaliers and Warriors face off twice per season, once in Cleveland and once in Oakland. Cavaliers sweep the season series for the first time. </td></tr> </tbody></table></div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="padding: 4px; text-align: center; font-size: 95%; background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;; background: inherit; border: 1px solid #a2a9b1;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold; background-color: #ccf; background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;"><div style="margin: 0 4em">1980s (Warriors, 11–9)</div></div> <div class="mw-collapsible-content" style="font-size: 100%; text-align:center;"> <table class="wikitable" style="width:100%; text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Season</th> <th colspan="2">Season series</th> <th>at <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Cavaliers" title="Cleveland Cavaliers">Cleveland Cavaliers</a></th> <th>at <a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a></th> <th>Overall series</th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1980%E2%80%9381_NBA_season" title="1980–81 NBA season">1980–81</a> </td> <td>Tie </td> <td><span class="nowrap">1–1</span> </td> <td style="background-color: #860038 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #BC945C, inset -2px -2px 0 #BC945C; !important;;"><b>Cavaliers <br /> 108–90</b> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;"><b>Warriors <br /> 106–98</b> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;">Warriors, <span class="nowrap">25–14</span> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1981%E2%80%9382_NBA_season" title="1981–82 NBA season">1981–82</a> </td> <td>Tie </td> <td><span class="nowrap">1–1</span> </td> <td style="background-color: #860038 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #BC945C, inset -2px -2px 0 #BC945C; !important;;"><b>Cavaliers <br /> 110–106</b> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;"><b>Warriors <br /> 117–108</b> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;">Warriors, <span class="nowrap">26–15</span> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1982%E2%80%9383_NBA_season" title="1982–83 NBA season">1982–83</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #860038 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #BC945C, inset -2px -2px 0 #BC945C; !important;;"><b>Cavaliers</b> </td> <td style="background-color: #860038 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #BC945C, inset -2px -2px 0 #BC945C; !important;;"><b><span class="nowrap">2–0</span></b> </td> <td style="background-color: #860038 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #BC945C, inset -2px -2px 0 #BC945C; !important;;"><b>Cavaliers <br /> 99–98</b> </td> <td style="background-color: #860038 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #BC945C, inset -2px -2px 0 #BC945C; !important;;"><b>Cavaliers <br /> 132–120<small>(OT)</small></b> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;">Warriors, <span class="nowrap">26–17</span> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1983%E2%80%9384_NBA_season" title="1983–84 NBA season">1983–84</a> </td> <td>Tie </td> <td><span class="nowrap">1–1</span> </td> <td style="background-color: #860038 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #BC945C, inset -2px -2px 0 #BC945C; !important;;"><b>Cavaliers <br /> 119–108</b> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;"><b>Warriors <br /> 109–102</b> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;">Warriors, <span class="nowrap">27–18</span> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1984%E2%80%9385_NBA_season" title="1984–85 NBA season">1984–85</a> </td> <td>Tie </td> <td><span class="nowrap">1–1</span> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;"><b>Warriors <br /> 107–106</b> </td> <td style="background-color: #860038 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #BC945C, inset -2px -2px 0 #BC945C; !important;;"><b>Cavaliers <br /> 108–104</b> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;">Warriors, <span class="nowrap">28–19</span> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1985%E2%80%9386_NBA_season" title="1985–86 NBA season">1985–86</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;"><b>Warriors</b> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;"><b><span class="nowrap">2–0</span></b> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;"><b>Warriors <br /> 110–104</b> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;"><b>Warriors <br /> 138–128</b> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;">Warriors, <span class="nowrap">30–19</span> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_NBA_season" title="1986–87 NBA season">1986–87</a> </td> <td>Tie </td> <td><span class="nowrap">1–1</span> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;"><b>Warriors <br /> 112–104</b> </td> <td style="background-color: #860038 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #BC945C, inset -2px -2px 0 #BC945C; !important;;"><b>Cavaliers <br /> 115–114</b> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;">Warriors, <span class="nowrap">31–20</span> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_NBA_season" title="1987–88 NBA season">1987–88</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;"><b>Warriors</b> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;"><b><span class="nowrap">2–0</span></b> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;"><b>Warriors <br /> 96–90<small>(OT)</small></b> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;"><b>Warriors <br /> 113–112</b> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;">Warriors, <span class="nowrap">33–20</span> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_NBA_season" title="1988–89 NBA season">1988–89</a> </td> <td>Tie </td> <td><span class="nowrap">1–1</span> </td> <td style="background-color: #860038 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #BC945C, inset -2px -2px 0 #BC945C; !important;;"><b>Cavaliers <br /> 142–109</b> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;"><b>Warriors <br /> 120–114</b> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;">Warriors, <span class="nowrap">34–21</span> </td> <td>On January 23, 1989, Cavaliers beat the Warriors 142–109, their most points scored in a game against the Warriors and their largest victory against the Warriors with a 33-point differential. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1989%E2%80%9390_NBA_season" title="1989–90 NBA season">1989–90</a> </td> <td>Tie </td> <td><span class="nowrap">1–1</span> </td> <td style="background-color: #860038 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #BC945C, inset -2px -2px 0 #BC945C; !important;;"><b>Cavaliers <br /> 129–104</b> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;"><b>Warriors <br /> 145–105</b> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;">Warriors, <span class="nowrap">35–22</span> </td> <td>On March 8, 1990, Warriors beat the Cavaliers 145–105, their most points scored in a game against the Cavaliers and their largest victory against the Cavaliers with a 40-point differential. </td></tr> </tbody></table></div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="padding: 4px; text-align: center; font-size: 95%; background-color: #860038 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #BC945C, inset -2px -2px 0 #BC945C; !important;;; background: inherit; border: 1px solid #a2a9b1;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold; background-color: #ccf; background-color: #860038 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #BC945C, inset -2px -2px 0 #BC945C; !important;;"><div style="margin: 0 4em">1990s (Cavaliers, 14–5)</div></div> <div class="mw-collapsible-content" style="font-size: 100%; text-align:center;"> <table class="wikitable" style="width:100%; text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Season</th> <th colspan="2">Season series</th> <th>at <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Cavaliers" title="Cleveland Cavaliers">Cleveland Cavaliers</a></th> <th>at <a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a></th> <th>Overall series</th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1990%E2%80%9391_NBA_season" title="1990–91 NBA season">1990–91</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;"><b>Warriors</b> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;"><b><span class="nowrap">2–0</span></b> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;"><b>Warriors <br /> 110–108</b> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;"><b>Warriors <br /> 122–92</b> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;">Warriors, <span class="nowrap">37–22</span> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1991%E2%80%9392_NBA_season" title="1991–92 NBA season">1991–92</a> </td> <td>Tie </td> <td><span class="nowrap">1–1</span> </td> <td style="background-color: #860038 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #BC945C, inset -2px -2px 0 #BC945C; !important;;"><b>Cavaliers <br /> 122–107</b> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;"><b>Warriors <br /> 122–92</b> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;">Warriors, <span class="nowrap">38–23</span> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1992%E2%80%9393_NBA_season" title="1992–93 NBA season">1992–93</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #860038 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #BC945C, inset -2px -2px 0 #BC945C; !important;;"><b>Cavaliers</b> </td> <td style="background-color: #860038 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #BC945C, inset -2px -2px 0 #BC945C; !important;;"><b><span class="nowrap">2–0</span></b> </td> <td style="background-color: #860038 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #BC945C, inset -2px -2px 0 #BC945C; !important;;"><b>Cavaliers <br /> 100–90</b> </td> <td style="background-color: #860038 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #BC945C, inset -2px -2px 0 #BC945C; !important;;"><b>Cavaliers <br /> 126–122<small>(2OT)</small></b> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;">Warriors, <span class="nowrap">38–25</span> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1993%E2%80%9394_NBA_season" title="1993–94 NBA season">1993–94</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #860038 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #BC945C, inset -2px -2px 0 #BC945C; !important;;"><b>Cavaliers</b> </td> <td style="background-color: #860038 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #BC945C, inset -2px -2px 0 #BC945C; !important;;"><b><span class="nowrap">2–0</span></b> </td> <td style="background-color: #860038 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #BC945C, inset -2px -2px 0 #BC945C; !important;;"><b>Cavaliers <br /> 107–97</b> </td> <td style="background-color: #860038 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #BC945C, inset -2px -2px 0 #BC945C; !important;;"><b>Cavaliers <br /> 102–93</b> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;">Warriors, <span class="nowrap">38–27</span> </td> <td>Final season the Cavaliers played at <a href="/wiki/Richfield_Coliseum" title="Richfield Coliseum">Richfield Coliseum</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1994%E2%80%9395_NBA_season" title="1994–95 NBA season">1994–95</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #860038 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #BC945C, inset -2px -2px 0 #BC945C; !important;;"><b>Cavaliers</b> </td> <td style="background-color: #860038 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #BC945C, inset -2px -2px 0 #BC945C; !important;;"><b><span class="nowrap">2–0</span></b> </td> <td style="background-color: #860038 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #BC945C, inset -2px -2px 0 #BC945C; !important;;"><b>Cavaliers <br /> 101–87</b> </td> <td style="background-color: #860038 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #BC945C, inset -2px -2px 0 #BC945C; !important;;"><b>Cavaliers <br /> 103–97<small>(OT)</small></b> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;">Warriors, <span class="nowrap">38–29</span> </td> <td>Cavaliers open up <a href="/wiki/Rocket_Mortgage_FieldHouse" title="Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse">Gund Arena</a> (now known as Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1995%E2%80%9396_NBA_season" title="1995–96 NBA season">1995–96</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #860038 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #BC945C, inset -2px -2px 0 #BC945C; !important;;"><b>Cavaliers</b> </td> <td style="background-color: #860038 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #BC945C, inset -2px -2px 0 #BC945C; !important;;"><b><span class="nowrap">2–0</span></b> </td> <td style="background-color: #860038 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #BC945C, inset -2px -2px 0 #BC945C; !important;;"><b>Cavaliers <br /> 92–80</b> </td> <td style="background-color: #860038 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #BC945C, inset -2px -2px 0 #BC945C; !important;;"><b>Cavaliers <br /> 90–64</b> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;">Warriors, <span class="nowrap">38–31</span> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_NBA_season" title="1996–97 NBA season">1996–97</a> </td> <td>Tie </td> <td><span class="nowrap">1–1</span> </td> <td style="background-color: #860038 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #BC945C, inset -2px -2px 0 #BC945C; !important;;"><b>Cavaliers <br /> 101–87</b> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;"><b>Warriors <br /> 101–95<small>(OT)</small></b> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;">Warriors, <span class="nowrap">39–32</span> </td> <td>Cavaliers win 10 games in a row against the Warriors. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1997%E2%80%9398_NBA_season" title="1997–98 NBA season">1997–98</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #860038 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #BC945C, inset -2px -2px 0 #BC945C; !important;;"><b>Cavaliers</b> </td> <td style="background-color: #860038 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #BC945C, inset -2px -2px 0 #BC945C; !important;;"><b><span class="nowrap">2–0</span></b> </td> <td style="background-color: #860038 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #BC945C, inset -2px -2px 0 #BC945C; !important;;"><b>Cavaliers <br /> 102–82</b> </td> <td style="background-color: #860038 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #BC945C, inset -2px -2px 0 #BC945C; !important;;"><b>Cavaliers <br /> 95–67</b> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;">Warriors, <span class="nowrap">39–34</span> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1998%E2%80%9399_NBA_season" title="1998–99 NBA season">1998–99</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #860038 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #BC945C, inset -2px -2px 0 #BC945C; !important;;"><b>Cavaliers</b> </td> <td style="background-color: #860038 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #BC945C, inset -2px -2px 0 #BC945C; !important;;"><b><span class="nowrap">1–0</span></b> </td> <td style="background-color: #860038 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #BC945C, inset -2px -2px 0 #BC945C; !important;;"><b>Cavaliers <br /> 97–80</b> </td> <td>N/A </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;">Warriors, <span class="nowrap">39–35</span> </td> <td>Due to a <a href="/wiki/1998%E2%80%9399_NBA_lockout" title="1998–99 NBA lockout">lockout</a>, only one game was played this season. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_NBA_season" title="1999–2000 NBA season">1999–2000</a> </td> <td>Tie </td> <td><span class="nowrap">1–1</span> </td> <td style="background-color: #860038 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #BC945C, inset -2px -2px 0 #BC945C; !important;;"><b>Cavaliers <br /> 90–75</b> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;"><b>Warriors <br /> 115–103</b> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;">Warriors, <span class="nowrap">40–36</span> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table></div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="padding: 4px; text-align: center; font-size: 95%; background-color: #860038 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #BC945C, inset -2px -2px 0 #BC945C; !important;;; background: inherit; border: 1px solid #a2a9b1;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold; background-color: #ccf; background-color: #860038 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #BC945C, inset -2px -2px 0 #BC945C; !important;;"><div style="margin: 0 4em">2000s (Cavaliers, 13–7)</div></div> <div class="mw-collapsible-content" style="font-size: 100%; text-align:center;"> <table class="wikitable" style="width:100%; text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Season</th> <th colspan="2">Season series</th> <th>at <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Cavaliers" title="Cleveland Cavaliers">Cleveland Cavaliers</a></th> <th>at <a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a></th> <th>Overall series</th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2000%E2%80%9301_NBA_season" title="2000–01 NBA season">2000–01</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #860038 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #BC945C, inset -2px -2px 0 #BC945C; !important;;"><b>Cavaliers</b> </td> <td style="background-color: #860038 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #BC945C, inset -2px -2px 0 #BC945C; !important;;"><b><span class="nowrap">2–0</span></b> </td> <td style="background-color: #860038 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #BC945C, inset -2px -2px 0 #BC945C; !important;;"><b>Cavaliers <br /> 96–86</b> </td> <td style="background-color: #860038 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #BC945C, inset -2px -2px 0 #BC945C; !important;;"><b>Cavaliers <br /> 107–101</b> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;">Warriors, <span class="nowrap">40–38</span> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2001%E2%80%9302_NBA_season" title="2001–02 NBA season">2001–02</a> </td> <td>Tie </td> <td><span class="nowrap">1–1</span> </td> <td style="background-color: #860038 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #BC945C, inset -2px -2px 0 #BC945C; !important;;"><b>Cavaliers <br /> 113–98</b> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;"><b>Warriors <br /> 117–88</b> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;">Warriors, <span class="nowrap">41–39</span> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2002%E2%80%9303_NBA_season" title="2002–03 NBA season">2002–03</a> </td> <td>Tie </td> <td><span class="nowrap">1–1</span> </td> <td style="background-color: #860038 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #BC945C, inset -2px -2px 0 #BC945C; !important;;"><b>Cavaliers <br /> 124–103</b> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;"><b>Warriors <br /> 108–80</b> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;">Warriors, <span class="nowrap">42–40</span> </td> <td>Cavaliers win 12 home games in a row against the Warriors. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2003%E2%80%9304_NBA_season" title="2003–04 NBA season">2003–04</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;"><b>Warriors</b> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;"><b><span class="nowrap">2–0</span></b> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;"><b>Warriors <br /> 103–100</b> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;"><b>Warriors <br /> 119–102</b> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;">Warriors, <span class="nowrap">44–40</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">LeBron James</a> makes his debut for the Cavaliers. Warriors sweep the season series and win in Cleveland for the first time since the <a href="/wiki/1990%E2%80%9391_Golden_State_Warriors_season" title="1990–91 Golden State Warriors season">1990 season</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2004%E2%80%9305_NBA_season" title="2004–05 NBA season">2004–05</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #860038 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #BC945C, inset -2px -2px 0 #BC945C; !important;;"><b>Cavaliers</b> </td> <td style="background-color: #860038 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #BC945C, inset -2px -2px 0 #BC945C; !important;;"><b><span class="nowrap">2–0</span></b> </td> <td style="background-color: #860038 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #BC945C, inset -2px -2px 0 #BC945C; !important;;"><b>Cavaliers <br /> 99–88</b> </td> <td style="background-color: #860038 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #BC945C, inset -2px -2px 0 #BC945C; !important;;"><b>Cavaliers <br /> 105–87</b> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;">Warriors, <span class="nowrap">44–42</span> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2005%E2%80%9306_NBA_season" title="2005–06 NBA season">2005–06</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;"><b>Warriors</b> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;"><b><span class="nowrap">2–0</span></b> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;"><b>Warriors <br /> 99–91</b> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;"><b>Warriors <br /> 99–79</b> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;">Warriors, <span class="nowrap">46–42</span> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2006%E2%80%9307_NBA_season" title="2006–07 NBA season">2006–07</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #860038 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #BC945C, inset -2px -2px 0 #BC945C; !important;;"><b>Cavaliers</b> </td> <td style="background-color: #860038 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #BC945C, inset -2px -2px 0 #BC945C; !important;;"><b><span class="nowrap">2–0</span></b> </td> <td style="background-color: #860038 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #BC945C, inset -2px -2px 0 #BC945C; !important;;"><b>Cavaliers <br /> 124–97</b> </td> <td style="background-color: #860038 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #BC945C, inset -2px -2px 0 #BC945C; !important;;"><b>Cavaliers <br /> 106–104<small>(OT)</small></b> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;">Warriors, <span class="nowrap">46–44</span> </td> <td>Cavaliers lose <a href="/wiki/2007_NBA_Finals" title="2007 NBA Finals">2007 NBA Finals</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2007%E2%80%9308_NBA_season" title="2007–08 NBA season">2007–08</a> </td> <td>Tie </td> <td><span class="nowrap">1–1</span> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;"><b>Warriors <br /> 105–96</b> </td> <td style="background-color: #860038 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #BC945C, inset -2px -2px 0 #BC945C; !important;;"><b>Cavaliers <br /> 108–104</b> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;">Warriors, <span class="nowrap">47–45</span> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_NBA_season" title="2008–09 NBA season">2008–09</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #860038 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #BC945C, inset -2px -2px 0 #BC945C; !important;;"><b>Cavaliers</b> </td> <td style="background-color: #860038 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #BC945C, inset -2px -2px 0 #BC945C; !important;;"><b><span class="nowrap">2–0</span></b> </td> <td style="background-color: #860038 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #BC945C, inset -2px -2px 0 #BC945C; !important;;"><b>Cavaliers <br /> 112–97</b> </td> <td style="background-color: #860038 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #BC945C, inset -2px -2px 0 #BC945C; !important;;"><b>Cavaliers <br /> 106–105</b> </td> <td>Tie, <span class="nowrap">47–47</span> </td> <td>Cavaliers finish with the best record in the league (66–16). </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_NBA_season" title="2009–10 NBA season">2009–10</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #860038 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #BC945C, inset -2px -2px 0 #BC945C; !important;;"><b>Cavaliers</b> </td> <td style="background-color: #860038 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #BC945C, inset -2px -2px 0 #BC945C; !important;;"><b><span class="nowrap">2–0</span></b> </td> <td style="background-color: #860038 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #BC945C, inset -2px -2px 0 #BC945C; !important;;"><b>Cavaliers <br /> 114–108</b> </td> <td style="background-color: #860038 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #BC945C, inset -2px -2px 0 #BC945C; !important;;"><b>Cavaliers <br /> 117–114</b> </td> <td style="background-color: #860038 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #BC945C, inset -2px -2px 0 #BC945C; !important;;">Cavaliers, <span class="nowrap">49–47</span> </td> <td>Cavaliers take the overall record for the first and only time this season.<br />Cavaliers finish with the best record in the league (61–21).<br /><a href="/wiki/Steph_Curry" class="mw-redirect" title="Steph Curry">Steph Curry</a> makes his debut for the Warriors. </td></tr> </tbody></table></div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="padding: 4px; text-align: center; font-size: 95%; background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;; background: inherit; border: 1px solid #a2a9b1;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold; background-color: #ccf; background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;"><div style="margin: 0 4em">2010s (Warriors, 30–10)</div></div> <div class="mw-collapsible-content" style="font-size: 100%; text-align:center;"> <table class="wikitable" style="width:100%; text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Season</th> <th colspan="2">Season series</th> <th>at <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Cavaliers" title="Cleveland Cavaliers">Cleveland Cavaliers</a></th> <th>at <a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a></th> <th>Overall series</th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2010%E2%80%9311_NBA_season" title="2010–11 NBA season">2010–11</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;"><b>Warriors</b> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;"><b><span class="nowrap">2–0</span></b> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;"><b>Warriors <br /> 95–85</b> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;"><b>Warriors <br /> 116–98</b> </td> <td>Tie, <span class="nowrap">49–49</span> </td> <td>Lebron James <a href="/wiki/The_Decision_(TV_program)" title="The Decision (TV program)">leaves</a> the Cavaliers to join the <a href="/wiki/2010%E2%80%9311_Miami_Heat_season" title="2010–11 Miami Heat season">Miami Heat</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_NBA_season" title="2011–12 NBA season">2011–12</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;"><b>Warriors</b> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;"><b><span class="nowrap">1–0</span></b> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;"><b>Warriors <br /> 105–95</b> </td> <td>N/A </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;">Warriors, <span class="nowrap">50–49</span> </td> <td>Due to a <a href="/wiki/2011_NBA_lockout" title="2011 NBA lockout">lockout</a>, only one game was played this season. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2012%E2%80%9313_NBA_season" title="2012–13 NBA season">2012–13</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;"><b>Warriors</b> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;"><b><span class="nowrap">2–0</span></b> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;"><b>Warriors <br /> 108–95</b> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;"><b>Warriors <br /> 106–96</b> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;">Warriors, <span class="nowrap">52–49</span> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2013%E2%80%9314_NBA_season" title="2013–14 NBA season">2013–14</a> </td> <td>Tie </td> <td><span class="nowrap">1–1</span> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;"><b>Warriors <br /> 108–104<small>(OT)</small></b> </td> <td style="background-color: #860038 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #BC945C, inset -2px -2px 0 #BC945C; !important;;"><b>Cavaliers <br /> 103–94</b> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;">Warriors, <span class="nowrap">53–50</span> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2014%E2%80%9315_NBA_season" title="2014–15 NBA season">2014–15</a> </td> <td>Tie </td> <td><span class="nowrap">1–1</span> </td> <td style="background-color: #860038 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #BC945C, inset -2px -2px 0 #BC945C; !important;;"><b>Cavaliers <br /> 110–99</b> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;"><b>Warriors <br /> 112–94</b> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;">Warriors, <span class="nowrap">54–51</span> </td> <td>Lebron James rejoins the Cavaliers.<br />Warriors finish with the best record in the league (67–15). </td></tr> <tr style="background:#f2f2f2; font-weight:bold;"> <td><a href="/wiki/2015_NBA_Finals" title="2015 NBA Finals">2015 NBA Finals</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;"><b>Warriors</b> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;"><b><span class="nowrap">4–2</span></b> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;">Warriors, <span class="nowrap">2–1</span> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;">Warriors, <span class="nowrap">2–1</span> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;">Warriors, <span class="nowrap">58–53</span> </td> <td>1st NBA Finals series.<br />Warriors win their first <a href="/wiki/List_of_NBA_champions#Results_by_team" title="List of NBA champions">NBA Championship</a> since the <a href="/wiki/1974%E2%80%9375_Golden_State_Warriors_season" title="1974–75 Golden State Warriors season">1974 season</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_NBA_season" title="2015–16 NBA season">2015–16</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;"><b>Warriors</b> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;"><b><span class="nowrap">2–0</span></b> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;"><b>Warriors <br /> 132–98</b> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;"><b>Warriors <br /> 89–83</b> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;">Warriors, <span class="nowrap">60–53</span> </td> <td>Warriors finish with the best record in the league and set an NBA record for most wins in the regular season (73–9). </td></tr> <tr style="background:#f2f2f2; font-weight:bold;"> <td><a href="/wiki/2016_NBA_Finals" title="2016 NBA Finals">2016 NBA Finals</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #860038 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #BC945C, inset -2px -2px 0 #BC945C; !important;;"><b>Cavaliers</b> </td> <td style="background-color: #860038 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #BC945C, inset -2px -2px 0 #BC945C; !important;;"><b><span class="nowrap">4–3</span></b> </td> <td style="background-color: #860038 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #BC945C, inset -2px -2px 0 #BC945C; !important;;">Cavaliers, <span class="nowrap">2–1</span> </td> <td>Tie, <span class="nowrap">2–2</span> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;">Warriors, <span class="nowrap">63–57</span> </td> <td>2nd NBA Finals series.<br />Cavaliers win their first <a href="/wiki/List_of_NBA_champions#Results_by_team" title="List of NBA champions">NBA Championship</a> in franchise history and ended a <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_sports_curse" title="Cleveland sports curse">52-year championship drought</a> for <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Browns" title="Cleveland Browns">Cleveland</a> <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Guardians" title="Cleveland Guardians">teams</a>.<br />The Cavaliers became the first team in NBA history to overcome a 3–1 deficit in the Finals, the fourth team to win the series after dropping the first two games, and the first team since the <a href="/wiki/1977%E2%80%9378_Washington_Bullets_season" title="1977–78 Washington Bullets season">1977 Washington Bullets</a> to clinch a game 7 victory on the road in the finals. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_NBA_season" title="2016–17 NBA season">2016–17</a> </td> <td>Tie </td> <td><span class="nowrap">1–1</span> </td> <td style="background-color: #860038 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #BC945C, inset -2px -2px 0 #BC945C; !important;;"><b>Cavaliers <br /> 109–108</b> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;"><b>Warriors <br /> 126–91</b> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;">Warriors, <span class="nowrap">64–58</span> </td> <td>Warriors finish with the best record in the league (67–15). </td></tr> <tr style="background:#f2f2f2; font-weight:bold;"> <td><a href="/wiki/2017_NBA_Finals" title="2017 NBA Finals">2017 NBA Finals</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;"><b>Warriors</b> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;"><b><span class="nowrap">4–1</span></b> </td> <td>Tie, <span class="nowrap">1–1</span> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;">Warriors, <span class="nowrap">3–0</span> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;">Warriors, <span class="nowrap">68–59</span> </td> <td>3rd NBA Finals series.<br />First time in NBA history the same two teams had met for a third consecutive year in the NBA Finals.<br />Cavaliers handed the Warriors their only loss in the <a href="/wiki/2017_NBA_playoffs#Bracket" title="2017 NBA playoffs">2017 NBA playoffs</a>.<br />The Warriors' 15–0 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 16–1 record is the best winning percentage (.941) in NBA playoff history. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2017%E2%80%9318_NBA_season" title="2017–18 NBA season">2017–18</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;"><b>Warriors</b> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;"><b><span class="nowrap">2–0</span></b> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;"><b>Warriors <br /> 118–108</b> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;"><b>Warriors <br /> 99–92</b> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;">Warriors, <span class="nowrap">70–59</span> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#f2f2f2; font-weight:bold;"> <td><a href="/wiki/2018_NBA_Finals" title="2018 NBA Finals">2018 NBA Finals</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;"><b>Warriors</b> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;"><b><span class="nowrap">4–0</span></b> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;">Warriors, <span class="nowrap">2–0</span> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;">Warriors, <span class="nowrap">2–0</span> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;">Warriors, <span class="nowrap">74–59</span> </td> <td>4th NBA Finals series.<br />First time in any of <a href="/wiki/Major_professional_sports_leagues_in_the_United_States_and_Canada" title="Major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada">North America's four major professional sports leagues</a> that the same two teams have faced each other in the championship for four consecutive years.<br />The Warriors became the 7th NBA franchise to win back-to-back championships.<br />This was the first NBA Finals sweep since the <a href="/wiki/2007_NBA_Finals" title="2007 NBA Finals">2007 Finals</a>, which also involved the <a href="/wiki/2006%E2%80%9307_Cleveland_Cavaliers_season" title="2006–07 Cleveland Cavaliers season">Cavaliers</a>.<br />Last series Lebron James played for the Cavaliers. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_NBA_season" title="2018–19 NBA season">2018–19</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;"><b>Warriors</b> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;"><b><span class="nowrap">2–0</span></b> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;"><b>Warriors <br /> 129–105</b> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;"><b>Warriors <br /> 120–114</b> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;">Warriors, <span class="nowrap">76–59</span> </td> <td>In the offseason, Lebron James leaves the Cavaliers again and signs with the <a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="2018–19 Los Angeles Lakers season">Los Angeles Lakers</a>.<br />Last season where the Warriors played in <a href="/wiki/Oakland" class="mw-redirect" title="Oakland">Oakland</a>.<br />Warriors lose <a href="/wiki/2019_NBA_Finals" title="2019 NBA Finals">2019 NBA Finals</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_NBA_season" title="2019–20 NBA season">2019–20</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;"><b>Warriors</b> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;"><b><span class="nowrap">1–0</span></b> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;"><b>Warriors <br /> 131–112</b> </td> <td>N/A </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;">Warriors, <span class="nowrap">77–59</span> </td> <td>Warriors return to San Francisco and open up <a href="/wiki/Chase_Center" title="Chase Center">Chase Center</a>.<br />Due to the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19" title="COVID-19">COVID-19 pandemic</a> <a href="/wiki/Suspension_of_the_2019%E2%80%9320_NBA_season" title="Suspension of the 2019–20 NBA season">suspending the season</a>, the game scheduled in San Francisco was canceled.<br />Cavaliers and Warriors finish last in <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Conference_(NBA)" title="Eastern Conference (NBA)">Eastern</a> and <a href="/wiki/Western_Conference_(NBA)" title="Western Conference (NBA)">Western Conferences</a> respectively. </td></tr> </tbody></table></div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="padding: 4px; text-align: center; font-size: 95%; background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;; background: inherit; border: 1px solid #a2a9b1;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold; background-color: #ccf; background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;"><div style="margin: 0 4em">2020s (Warriors, 6–3)</div></div> <div class="mw-collapsible-content" style="font-size: 100%; text-align:center;"> <table class="wikitable" style="width:100%; text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Season</th> <th colspan="2">Season series</th> <th>at <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Cavaliers" title="Cleveland Cavaliers">Cleveland Cavaliers</a></th> <th>at <a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a></th> <th>Overall series</th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2020%E2%80%9321_NBA_season" title="2020–21 NBA season">2020–21</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;"><b>Warriors</b> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;"><b><span class="nowrap">2–0</span></b> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;"><b>Warriors <br /> 119–101</b> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;"><b>Warriors <br /> 129–98</b> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;">Warriors, <span class="nowrap">79–59</span> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2021%E2%80%9322_NBA_season" title="2021–22 NBA season">2021–22</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;"><b>Warriors</b> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;"><b><span class="nowrap">2–0</span></b> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;"><b>Warriors <br /> 104–89</b> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;"><b>Warriors <br /> 96–82</b> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;">Warriors, <span class="nowrap">81–59</span> </td> <td>Warriors win <a href="/wiki/2022_NBA_Finals" title="2022 NBA Finals">2022 NBA Finals</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2022%E2%80%9323_NBA_season" title="2022–23 NBA season">2022–23</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;"><b>Warriors</b> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;"><b><span class="nowrap">2–0</span></b> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;"><b>Warriors <br /> 120–114</b> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;"><b>Warriors <br /> 106–101</b> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;">Warriors, <span class="nowrap">83–59</span> </td> <td>Warriors win 16 games in a row against the Cavaliers. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2023%E2%80%9324_NBA_season" title="2023–24 NBA season">2023–24</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #860038 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #BC945C, inset -2px -2px 0 #BC945C; !important;;"><b>Cavaliers</b> </td> <td style="background-color: #860038 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #BC945C, inset -2px -2px 0 #BC945C; !important;;"><b><span class="nowrap">2–0</span></b> </td> <td style="background-color: #860038 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #BC945C, inset -2px -2px 0 #BC945C; !important;;"><b>Cavaliers <br /> 115–104</b> </td> <td style="background-color: #860038 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #BC945C, inset -2px -2px 0 #BC945C; !important;;"><b>Cavaliers <br /> 118–110</b> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;">Warriors, <span class="nowrap">83–61</span> </td> <td>Cavaliers sweep the season series for the first time since the <a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_Cleveland_Cavaliers_season" title="2009–10 Cleveland Cavaliers season">2009 season</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2024%E2%80%9325_NBA_season" title="2024–25 NBA season">2024–25</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td style="background-color: #860038 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #BC945C, inset -2px -2px 0 #BC945C; !important;;"><b>Cavaliers <br /> 136–117</b> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table></div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="padding: 4px; text-align: center; font-size: 95%; background-color: #DCDCDC !important; color: #000000 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000; !important;;; background: inherit; border: 1px solid #a2a9b1;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold; background-color: #ccf; background-color: #DCDCDC !important; color: #000000 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000; !important;;"><div style="margin: 0 4em">Summary of Results</div></div> <div class="mw-collapsible-content" style="font-size: 100%; text-align:center;"> <table class="wikitable" style="width:100%; text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Season</th> <th colspan="2">Season series</th> <th>at <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Cavaliers" title="Cleveland Cavaliers">Cleveland Cavaliers</a></th> <th>at <a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">San Francisco/Golden State Warriors</a></th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td>Regular season games </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;"><b>Warriors</b> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;"><b><span class="nowrap">68–55</span></b> </td> <td style="background-color: #860038 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #BC945C, inset -2px -2px 0 #BC945C; !important;;">Cavaliers, <span class="nowrap">36–28</span> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;">Warriors, <span class="nowrap">40–19</span> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Postseason games </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;"><b>Warriors</b> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;"><b><span class="nowrap">15–7</span></b> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;">Warriors, <span class="nowrap">6–4</span> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;">Warriors, <span class="nowrap">9–3</span> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Postseason series </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;"><b>Warriors</b> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;"><b><span class="nowrap">3–1</span></b> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;">Warriors, <span class="nowrap">2–0</span> </td> <td>Tie, <span class="nowrap">1–1</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/NBA_Finals" title="NBA Finals">NBA Finals</a>: <a href="/wiki/2015_NBA_Finals" title="2015 NBA Finals">2015</a>, <a href="/wiki/2016_NBA_Finals" title="2016 NBA Finals">2016</a>, <a href="/wiki/2017_NBA_Finals" title="2017 NBA Finals">2017</a>, <a href="/wiki/2018_NBA_Finals" title="2018 NBA Finals">2018</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Regular and postseason </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;"><b>Warriors</b> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;"><b><span class="nowrap">83–62</span></b> </td> <td style="background-color: #860038 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #BC945C, inset -2px -2px 0 #BC945C; !important;;">Cavaliers, <span class="nowrap">40–34</span> </td> <td style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;;">Warriors, <span class="nowrap">49–22</span> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table></div></div> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Individual_Statistics_(NBA_Finals)"><span id="Individual_Statistics_.28NBA_Finals.29"></span>Individual Statistics (NBA Finals)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cavaliers%E2%80%93Warriors_rivalry&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Individual Statistics (NBA Finals)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>Bold</b> denotes statistical leader </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Rank </th> <th>Player </th> <th>Team </th> <th>GP </th> <th>MPG </th> <th>FG% </th> <th>3P% </th> <th>FT% </th> <th>RPG </th> <th>APG </th> <th>SPG </th> <th>BPG </th> <th>PPG </th></tr> <tr> <th>1 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">LeBron James</a> </td> <td>CLE </td> <td><b>22</b> </td> <td><b>43.5</b> </td> <td>48.1 </td> <td>34.9 </td> <td>71.9 </td> <td><b>11.5</b> </td> <td><b>9.3</b> </td> <td>1.7 </td> <td>1.3 </td> <td><b>33.0</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>2 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Durant" title="Kevin Durant">Kevin Durant</a> </td> <td>GS </td> <td>9 </td> <td>40.5 </td> <td>54.3 </td> <td><b>45.0</b> </td> <td><b>94.1</b> </td> <td>9.3 </td> <td>6.3 </td> <td>0.9 </td> <td><b>1.9</b> </td> <td>32.7 </td></tr> <tr> <th>3 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Kyrie_Irving" title="Kyrie Irving">Kyrie Irving</a> </td> <td>CLE </td> <td>13 </td> <td>39.8 </td> <td>46.8 </td> <td>39.5 </td> <td>92.6 </td> <td>4.2 </td> <td>4.2 </td> <td><b>1.8</b> </td> <td>0.6 </td> <td>27.7 </td></tr> <tr> <th>4 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Curry" title="Stephen Curry">Stephen Curry</a> </td> <td>GS </td> <td><b>22</b> </td> <td>38.7 </td> <td>42.2 </td> <td>39.7 </td> <td>91.6 </td> <td>5.1 </td> <td>6.3 </td> <td>1.5 </td> <td>0.4 </td> <td>25.4 </td></tr> <tr> <th>5 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Klay_Thompson" title="Klay Thompson">Klay Thompson</a> </td> <td>GS </td> <td><b>22</b> </td> <td>36.6 </td> <td>43.1 </td> <td>36.9 </td> <td>80.8 </td> <td>3.9 </td> <td>1.7 </td> <td>0.6 </td> <td>0.5 </td> <td>17.2 </td></tr> <tr> <th>6 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Love" title="Kevin Love">Kevin Love</a> </td> <td>CLE </td> <td>15 </td> <td>30.1 </td> <td>38.8 </td> <td>33.3 </td> <td>81.1 </td> <td>9.5 </td> <td>1.3 </td> <td>1.3 </td> <td>0.5 </td> <td>13.8 </td></tr> <tr> <th>7 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Draymond_Green" title="Draymond Green">Draymond Green</a> </td> <td>GS </td> <td>21 </td> <td>38.3 </td> <td>42.4 </td> <td>31.1 </td> <td>74.0 </td> <td>8.9 </td> <td>6.0 </td> <td>1.9 </td> <td>1.0 </td> <td>12.8 </td></tr> <tr> <th>8 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Andre_Iguodala" title="Andre Iguodala">Andre Iguodala</a> </td> <td>GS </td> <td>20 </td> <td>32.4 </td> <td>50.9 </td> <td>36.7 </td> <td>37.8 </td> <td>5.0 </td> <td>3.6 </td> <td>1.2 </td> <td>0.7 </td> <td>11.2 </td></tr> <tr> <th>9 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/J._R._Smith" title="J. R. Smith">J. R. Smith</a> </td> <td>CLE </td> <td><b>22</b> </td> <td>33.6 </td> <td>37.7 </td> <td>38.2 </td> <td>59.3 </td> <td>3.0 </td> <td>1.1 </td> <td>1.2 </td> <td>0.4 </td> <td>10.9 </td></tr> <tr> <th>10 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Harrison_Barnes" title="Harrison Barnes">Harrison Barnes</a> </td> <td>GS </td> <td>13 </td> <td>32.3 </td> <td>36.1 </td> <td>35.4 </td> <td>68.4 </td> <td>5.1 </td> <td>1.2 </td> <td>0.8 </td> <td>0.5 </td> <td>9.1 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Note:</b> <a href="/wiki/Shaun_Livingston" title="Shaun Livingston">Shaun Livingston</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tristan_Thompson" title="Tristan Thompson">Tristan Thompson</a> also played in all 22 Finals games. 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#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 href="/wiki/2017_NBA_Finals" title="2017 NBA Finals">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> 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<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 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/NBA_on_ESPN_Radio" title="NBA on ESPN Radio">Radio</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/ESPN_NBA_Wednesday" class="mw-redirect" title="ESPN NBA Wednesday">NBA Wednesday</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/ESPN_NBA_Friday" class="mw-redirect" title="ESPN NBA Friday">NBA Friday</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/WNBA_on_ESPN" title="WNBA on ESPN">WNBA on ESPN</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/NBA_Today" title="NBA Today">NBA Today</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">NBA drafts</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_NBA_draft" title="2003 NBA draft">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_NBA_draft" title="2004 NBA draft">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_NBA_draft" title="2005 NBA draft">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_NBA_draft" title="2006 NBA draft">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_NBA_draft" title="2007 NBA draft">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_NBA_draft" title="2008 NBA draft">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_NBA_draft" title="2009 NBA draft">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_NBA_draft" title="2010 NBA draft">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_NBA_draft" title="2011 NBA draft">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_NBA_draft" title="2012 NBA draft">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_NBA_draft" title="2013 NBA draft">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_NBA_draft" title="2014 NBA draft">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_NBA_draft" title="2015 NBA draft">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_NBA_draft" title="2016 NBA draft">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_NBA_draft" title="2017 NBA draft">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_NBA_draft" title="2018 NBA draft">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_NBA_draft" title="2019 NBA draft">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_NBA_draft" title="2020 NBA draft">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_NBA_draft" title="2021 NBA draft">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_NBA_draft" title="2022 NBA draft">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_NBA_draft" title="2023 NBA draft">2023</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_NBA_draft" title="2024 NBA draft">2024</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Non-NBA<br />programs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/College_Basketball_on_ABC" title="College Basketball on ABC">College Basketball on ABC</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/ABC_Olympic_broadcasts" title="ABC Olympic broadcasts">Olympics on ABC</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related<br />articles</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/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 href="/wiki/2017_NBA_Finals" title="2017 NBA Finals">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 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