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2017 edition of the NBA Finals

2017 NBA Finals

The wordmark of the NBA Finals (2003–2017)
Squad Coach Wins Golden State Warriors Steve Kerr iv Cleveland Cavaliers Tyronn Lue 1
Dates	June i–12
MVP	Kevin Durant (Gold State Warriors)
Eastern Finals	Cavaliers defeated Celtics, 4–one
Western Finals	Warriors defeated Spurs, 4–0
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The 2017 NBA Finals was the title series of the National Basketball Clan'southward (NBA) 2016–17 season and conclusion of the flavor'southward playoffs. The Western Conference champion Golden Land Warriors defeated the defending NBA champion and Eastern Conference champion Cleveland Cavaliers four games to one. This Finals was the outset time in NBA history the same 2 teams had met for a 3rd sequent twelvemonth. The Cavaliers sought to echo as champions after winning the title in 2016, while the Warriors won their first meeting in 2015. Aureate State earned home court advantage with a 2016–17 regular flavour record of 67–xv, while Cleveland finished the regular flavor with a 51–31 record. The Warriors entered the 2017 Finals subsequently becoming the start team in NBA playoff history to start 12–0, while the Cavaliers entered the 2017 Finals with a 12–1 record during the first iii rounds of the postseason. The Warriors' fifteen–0 showtime in the playoffs is the virtually consecutive postseason wins in NBA history and their sixteen–1 record is the best winning per centum (.941) in NBA playoff history.^{[1] [ii]} Gold Country's Kevin Durant was named the Finals Nearly Valuable Player (MVP). Durant won the Finals MVP award unanimously, receiving all 11 Finals MVP votes.^[3]

Groundwork [edit]

Aureate Country Warriors [edit]

This was the Aureate State Warriors' third consecutive trip to the NBA Finals and ninth appearance overall, having come up brusque of dorsum-to-back titles in the 2016 NBA Finals by losing in seven games afterward having a 3–1 lead. With the acquisition of free agent Kevin Durant in the offseason, the Warriors were hailed as a "Superteam" by the media and fans, forming a new All-Star "Big 4" of Durant, Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson and Draymond Light-green.^{[iv] [5] [6]}

The team equaled their 2014–fifteen regular-flavor record of 67–fifteen, their second most wins in franchise history. They won the Pacific Partition title and Western Conference Title for the 3rd consecutive season. The social club became the fastest team in NBA history to clinch a playoff berth, achieving the feat on February 25, 2017, two days earlier than last flavor when they clinched on February 27, 2016.^[7] They too became the first squad in NBA playoff history to start 12–0, sweeping the Portland Trail Blazers in the first circular, the Utah Jazz in the Western Briefing semifinals, and the San Antonio Spurs in the Western Briefing Finals.^[8] Entering the Finals, this twelve game win-streak tied third for the most consecutive wins in the postseason.^[ix] The Warriors as well entered the Finals with the largest playoff points differential in NBA history, with a +16.3 winning margin per game.^[10]

Cleveland Cavaliers [edit]

This was the Cleveland Cavaliers' third consecutive trip to the NBA Finals, and fourth appearance overall, seeking to repeat as NBA champions. This was also the seventh consecutive NBA Finals appearance for LeBron James, and the sixth for James Jones (who technically qualified for the 2011 NBA Finals along with James, but did not play).^[11]

The Cavaliers finished the 2016–17 regular season with a 51–31 record, securing the second seed in the Eastern Conference. In the playoffs, the Cavaliers swept the Indiana Pacers in the first round, swept the Toronto Raptors in the Eastern Briefing semifinals, and defeated the Boston Celtics in five games in the Eastern Briefing Finals.^[12]

Route to the Finals [edit]

Cleveland Cavaliers (Eastern Conference champion)		Gilt Country Warriors (Western Conference champion)
Eastern Briefing # Squad W L Per centum GB GP 1 c – Boston Celtics * 53 29 .646 – 82 2 y – Cleveland Cavaliers * 51 31 .622 two.0 82 3 x – Toronto Raptors 51 31 .622 two.0 82 4 y – Washington Wizards * 49 33 .598 4.0 82 five x – Atlanta Hawks 43 39 .524 x.0 82 6 ten – Milwaukee Bucks 42 twoscore .512 xi.0 82 vii ten – Indiana Pacers 42 40 .512 11.0 82 viii x – Chicago Bulls 41 41 .500 12.0 82 9 Miami Rut 41 41 .500 12.0 82 10 Detroit Pistons 37 45 .451 16.0 82 eleven Charlotte Hornets 36 46 .439 17.0 82 12 New York Knicks 31 51 .378 22.0 82 13 Orlando Magic 29 53 .354 24.0 82 14 Philadelphia 76ers 28 54 .341 25.0 82 15 Brooklyn Nets twenty 62 .244 33.0 82 second seed in the East, fifth best league record	Regular season		Western Conference # Team W L PCT GB GP 1 z – Golden Country Warriors * 67 15 .817 – 82 2 y – San Antonio Spurs * 61 21 .744 6.0 82 three x – Houston Rockets 55 27 .671 12.0 82 iv 10 – Los Angeles Clippers 51 31 .622 16.0 82 v y – Utah Jazz * 51 31 .622 16.0 82 6 x – Oklahoma City Thunder 47 35 .573 20.0 82 7 x – Memphis Grizzlies 43 39 .524 24.0 82 8 x – Portland Trail Blazers 41 41 .500 26.0 82 ix Denver Nuggets 40 42 .488 27.0 82 x New Orleans Pelicans 34 48 .415 33.0 82 11 Dallas Mavericks 33 49 .402 34.0 82 12 Sacramento Kings 32 50 .390 35.0 82 13 Minnesota Timberwolves 31 51 .378 36.0 82 14 Los Angeles Lakers 26 56 .317 41.0 82 xv Phoenix Suns 24 58 .293 43.0 82 1st seed in the Westward, best league record
Defeated the 7th seeded Indiana Pacers, 4–0	First round		Defeated the 8th seeded Portland Trail Blazers, 4–0
Defeated the 3rd seeded Toronto Raptors, four–0	Conference Semifinals		Defeated the 5th seeded Utah Jazz, 4–0
Defeated the 1st seeded Boston Celtics, four–1	Conference Finals		Defeated the 2nd seeded San Antonio Spurs, 4–0

Regular season series [edit]

The Warriors and Cavaliers tied the regular flavor series i–one, with each team winning its abode game.

Series summary [edit]

Game	Date	Away Squad	Consequence	Domicile Team
Game 1	Thursday, June one	Cleveland Cavaliers	91–113 (0–1)	Gold State Warriors
Game 2	Sunday, June 4	Cleveland Cavaliers	113–132 (0–2)	Golden State Warriors
Game 3	Wednesday, June seven	Golden State Warriors	118–113 (three–0)	Cleveland Cavaliers
Game iv	Friday, June 9	Golden Land Warriors	116–137 (three–i)	Cleveland Cavaliers
Game 5	Mon, June 12	Cleveland Cavaliers	120–129 (one–four)	Golden State Warriors

Game summaries [edit]

All times are in Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4)

Game i [edit]

The Warriors routed the Cavaliers 113–91 to take a ane–0 serial lead. The Warriors led by only viii points at halftime, but they opened the third quarter on a 13–0 run and never looked back. Kevin Durant had 38 points to lead the Warriors, and Stephen Curry added 28 points. The Cavaliers' LeBron James likewise had 28 points, becoming the first histrion to score 6000 career points in the postseason. James also passed Reggie Miller for second all-time in postseason three-pointers made. He grabbed xv rebounds and dished out eight assists, only he committed 8 of the Cavaliers' 20 turnovers. Aureate Country every bit a team managed just one-half of James' full with 4 turnovers, equaling the NBA record for fewest turnovers in an NBA Finals game. With this win, the Warriors became the outset team ever to commencement 13–0 in the playoffs and their current 13 game win-streak is tied for the virtually consecutive postseason wins in NBA history.^[13] Former Cavaliers head coach and current Warriors acting head coach Mike Brown took charge of the game, with Steve Kerr still being out due to illness.^[14]

The Cavaliers became the first squad in NBA Finals history to fail to record a steal in a game. With the loss, the Cavaliers' nine game road playoff winning streak (a streak that began when they won Game 5 of the 2016 NBA Finals) came to an cease. James dropped to i–seven in NBA Finals openers in his career.^[fifteen]

Game two [edit]

The Warriors won Game 2 over the Cavaliers, 132–113, to improve their best start in NBA playoff history to 14–0. Their xiv-game win-streak is the longest postseason win streak in NBA history. Gold State surpassed Cleveland's thirteen game win-streak, which dated back to Game 5 of the 2016 Finals. The Warriors besides hit an NBA Finals record xviii 3-pointers on 43 attempts, with Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, and Kevin Durant hitting four threes apiece and Draymond Green connecting on a three of his own from behind the arc. Warriors Coach Steve Kerr returned from illness to coach from the sideline for the commencement fourth dimension since April nineteen, 2017. In what was a high scoring affair for both teams, the Warriors held a slim three-indicate lead (67–64) at halftime and a four-betoken pb (86–82) past the midway point of the third quarter before outscoring the Cavs 35–17 through the eye of the quaternary quarter. LeBron James led the Cavaliers with 29 points while grabbing 11 rebounds and dishing out 14 assists, and Kevin Love and Kyrie Irving added 27 and nineteen points, respectively.^[16]

For the Warriors, Durant scored 33 points with 13 rebounds, while Curry had 32 points to go along with 10 rebounds and 11 assists. With his 8th triple-double of the Finals, James moved into a tie with Magic Johnson for the most Finals triple-doubles in the league. Game 2 was the first postseason game since 1970 where two opposing players each had a triple-double. Gold State took a ii–0 serial lead heading into Cleveland for Game 3.^[17]

Game iii [edit]

The Warriors defeated the Cavaliers 118–113 to extend the longest winning streak in NBA playoff history to xv games.^[1] Golden State became the first team in the 4 major sports leagues in Northward America to go 15–0 in the postseason.^[18] The Warriors got off to a blistering start, hitting an NBA Finals record 9 iii-pointers in the outset quarter, resulting in an early 39-32 pb. During the quarter, the Cavaliers got a scare when LeBron James bumped into his teammate Tristan Thompson trying to baby-sit Klay Thompson, but James stayed in the game. The Warriors finished the first half with 12 made iii-pointers, some other NBA Finals tape for most threes in a half, and led 67–61. However, the Cavaliers started to show some life to start the third quarter, going on a 10–2 run to lead 71–69. They led 94–89 after iii quarters of play and 113–107 with ii:32 remaining in the fourth quarter, merely the Warriors scored xi unanswered points to steal the road win and take a commanding 3–0 serial lead heading into Game iv.^[19] During the game-ending run, Kevin Durant drilled the go-alee three-arrow for Gilded State with 45.3 seconds remaining and Iguodala blocked LeBron James' potential game-tying 3.

Durant led the Warriors with 31 points, going iv-for-7 from behind the arc that included the winning basket. Klay Thompson added thirty points on half dozen-of-11 shooting from 3-point range, and Stephen Curry scored 26 points on 5-of-9 shooting from downtown to go along with 13 rebounds. For the Cavaliers, James had 39 points, falling one help shy of a triple-double with 11 rebounds and ix assists. Kyrie Irving added 38 points only struggled from beyond the arc, going 0-for-7. Despite stellar performances from both James and Irving, Cleveland finished the game a dismal 12-of-44 from three-point range, compared to the Warriors 16-of-33 operation on iii point shots.^[twenty]

Game four [edit]

The Cleveland Cavaliers led wire-to-wire as they avoided a Finals sweep by Gilt Country to rout the Warriors 137–116, ending Gilt Land's NBA postseason tape winning streak at 15 games to offset the 2017 playoffs. The game was notable for shattering a number of NBA Finals records. The Cavs scored 49 points in the first quarter, the about points of any period in a Finals game, en route to scoring 86 points for the first half, which was the virtually points scored in a half. They also hitting xiii three-pointers in the beginning half, which broke the Finals record for most threes in a half prepare last game past the Warriors. The Cavaliers finished the game with 24 iii-pointers, which easily broke the Finals record for the most threes in a game set by the Warriors in Game ii. Both the Cavaliers and Warriors combined to score a total of 154 points in the first half, which is another Finals record for nigh points by whatsoever ii teams in a one-half.^[21]

LeBron James tallied his ninth triple-double of the Finals (31 points, 10 rebounds, 11 assists), surpassing Magic Johnson for the most triple-doubles in a championship series. His highlight reel came iii minutes into the 3rd quarter when he threw a laissez passer off the backboard to himself, finishing with a powerful douse. James also passed Michael Hashemite kingdom of jordan for tertiary best in points scored in the Finals. Kyrie Irving led all scorers with 40 points, breaking out of a shooting slump from behind the arc by going vii-for-12. Kevin Honey added 23 points on vi-of-8 from downtown, and J. R. Smith had 15 points, all on v-of-9 from three-point range, including a deep shot from 30 feet in the 2d quarter to beat the shot clock buzzer. Kevin Durant scored 35 points to atomic number 82 the Warriors, but their other three superstars were held to under xx points each as Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, and Draymond Green managed fourteen, thirteen, and sixteen points respectively. Cleveland trails the Finals, 3–1, as the serial shifts back to Oakland.^[22]

Game iv was besides notable for a number of testy incidents. As the teams prepared for a jump ball with 1:56 left in the first quarter, Light-green was called for a hard foul for throwing an elbow at Iman Shumpert. Greenish was trying to plead his case when Warriors head passenger vehicle Steve Kerr simultaneously argued with the officials, who then called a technical foul on Kerr, although it was mistakenly recorded as a foul on Dark-green. With seven:nineteen remaining in the second quarter, Dahntay Jones was inexplicably whistled for a technical foul sitting on the Cavaliers bench for trash talking at Durant, who was on the floor. With 7:26 remaining in the third quarter, Love fouled Durant from backside on a layup endeavour. Durant claimed he was hitting difficult in the forehead, and James exchanged words with him, leading to a double-technical on the pair equally well as a blazon i flagrant foul on Kevin Love.^[23] About a infinitesimal after, Dark-green picked up what appeared to be his second technical foul of the game, which would take forced an ejection. Nonetheless, the officials confirmed that the first technical was on autobus Kerr, not Green every bit originally recorded. Late in the tertiary, Shumpert and Zaza Pachulia got involved in a mini scuffle when battling for the loose ball, with Pachulia hitting in the direction of Shumpert's groin and Shumpert retaliating. At the same time, a Cavaliers fan, charged onto the courtroom to shout at Matt Barnes during the Warriors huddle as the officials were replaying the incident. Shumpert and Pachulia were assessed double technicals, and the fan was escorted out of the arena past security personnel.^[24]

Many in the media and on Twitter commented on the refereeing in this game, calling it "a disaster" and "a sideshow".^{[25] [26] [27] [28]}

Game five [edit]

The Warriors defeated the Cavaliers with a score of 129–120 to win the series 4–one. With this win, the Warriors 16–i postseason record is the best winning percentage (.941) in NBA playoffs history.^{[2] [29] [30]} LeBron James and Kyrie Irving tried their best to combat the Warriors offense merely were unable to overcome a bad night from Kevin Love, who merely had six points and a game low minus-21 in his 29 minutes, and the Cavaliers demote, which was outscored 7 to 35 by the Warriors' demote.^[31] The Cavaliers did come out aggressive early while Golden Land dealt with a series of turnovers.^[32] Though the Warriors trailed 41-33 with x:14 left in the 2d quarter, they chipped away at that deficit and eventually were able to take a 45-43 lead.^[32] David West got tangled upwards with Irving while fighting for the brawl with 3:08 left earlier halftime; afterward J.R. Smith pushed West from backside, Tristan Thompson entered the tussle and went face-to-face with West while each jawed at one another. West, Thompson and Smith all received technical fouls after the officials reviewed the replay.^[33] A 28-4 run pushed Golden Land ahead, only after information technology looked like Durant committed his third foul on a basket past James that was non called.^{[33] [32]} The Cavaliers were barely able to agree on, trailing by 11 at the end of the half. Cleveland responded in the third quarter by outscoring the Warriors 33-27 to cut the lead to 5 and eventually to every bit picayune as 3, merely could not withstand the offensive avalanche by the Warriors in the 4th.^[32] Kevin Durant striking a 17-foot fadeaway over James early in the quaternary quarter, then assisted on an Andre Iguodala 3-pointer the next possession as the Warriors began to pull away for good.^[33]

Kevin Durant, who was defeated in the 2012 NBA Finals when his Oklahoma City Thunder were finished off four-1 by LeBron James' Miami Oestrus, returned the favor by scoring a team high 39 points in the four-1 serial defeat of James' Cavaliers while beingness honored equally the 2017 Finals MVP. Stephen Curry added 34 points, ten assists and six rebounds alongside Draymond Green's 12 big rebounds. Andre Iguodala, the 2015 Finals MVP, showed upwardly big off the bench with 20 points.^[33] LeBron James finished with 41 points, 13 rebounds and 8 assists and became the commencement player in NBA history to average a triple-double in the NBA Finals, a feat made all the more impressive with his splendid shooting percentages of 56% from the field and 38% from behind the arc over the five-game series, with the only blemishes being his poor free-throw shooting and turnover count. Kyrie Irving was the Cavaliers 2d leading scorer with 26 points on 9 of 22 from the field. Withal, it was the terminal game of Irving'due south career with the Cavaliers before he was traded to the Boston Celtics in the off-flavor. J. R. Smith scored his 2017 postseason-best 25 points while going 7 of 8 from beyond the arc.^[33]

With the win at Oracle, the Warriors became the kickoff Bay Area squad to win a championship in their home city since the Oakland A'southward beat the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 5 of the 1974 World Serial (the San Francisco 49ers won Super Bowl XIX in Jan 1985 at Stanford Stadium in nearby Stanford and the Oakland Athletics won the 1989 World Series in San Francisco), gaining revenge from their 2016 loss.^[33]

Rosters [edit]

Golden State Warriors [edit]

2016–17 Gilded Land Warriors roster

Players

Coaches

Pos. No. Name Meridian Weight DOB (YYYY-MM-DD) From F 22 Barnes, Matt 6 ft 7 in (two.01 m) 226 lb (103 kg) 1980-03-09 UCLA G 21 Clark, Ian six ft 3 in (i.91 chiliad) 175 lb (79 kg) 1991-03-07 Belmont Grand thirty Curry, Stephen(C) 6 ft iii in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1988-03-fourteen Davidson F 35 Durant, Kevin(C) 6 ft ix in (2.06 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1988-09-29 Texas F 23 Light-green, Draymond(C) 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1990-03-04 Michigan Country G/F nine Iguodala, Andre(C) vi ft 6 in (1.98 thousand) 215 lb (98 kg) 1984-01-28 Arizona C 15 Jones, Damian vii ft 0 in (2.13 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1995-06-30 Vanderbilt G 34 Livingston, Shaun half-dozen ft 7 in (ii.01 m) 192 lb (87 kg) 1985-09-11 Peoria Fundamental HS (IL) F 5 Looney, Kevon() half dozen ft nine in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1996-02-06 UCLA F 20 McAdoo, James Michael 6 ft 9 in (2.06 yard) 240 lb (109 kg) 1993-01-04 North Carolina G 0 McCaw, Patrick 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1995-10-25 UNLV C ane McGee, JaVale 7 ft 0 in (two.13 thou) 270 lb (122 kg) 1988-01-19 Nevada C 27 Pachulia, Zaza 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 275 lb (125 kg) 1984-02-10 Georgia One thousand 11 Thompson, Klay(C) 6 ft vii in (two.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1990-02-08 Washington Country F 3 West, David half dozen ft 9 in (ii.06 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1980-08-29 Xavier

Head coach Steve Kerr Assistant coach(es) Ron Adams Jarron Collins Mike Dark-brown (associate HC) Chris DeMarco (thespian development) Bruce Fraser (player development) Willie Green (histrion development) Legend (C) Team helm (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (South) Suspended (DL) On assignment to D-League affiliate Injured Roster Last transaction: May 31, 2017

Cleveland Cavaliers [edit]

2016–17 Cleveland Cavaliers roster

Players

Coaches

Pos. No. Proper noun Superlative Weight DOB (YYYY-MM-DD) From Chiliad 20 Felder, Kay 5 ft nine in (i.75 m) 176 lb (80 kg) 1995–03–29 Oakland F/C 8 Frye, Channing vi ft 11 in (2.eleven m) 255 lb (116 kg) 1983–05–17 Arizona Yard 2 Irving, Kyrie(C) 6 ft iii in (1.91 g) 193 lb (88 kg) 1992–03–23 Knuckles F 23 James, LeBron(C) vi ft 8 in (ii.03 1000) 250 lb (113 kg) 1984–12–30 St. Vincent-St. Mary HS (OH) F 24 Jefferson, Richard half dozen ft 7 in (2.01 m) 233 lb (106 kg) 1980–06–21 Arizona F 30 Jones, Dahntay 6 ft half dozen in (1.98 yard) 225 lb (102 kg) 1980–12–27 Duke F one Jones, James 6 ft eight in (2.03 thousand) 218 lb (99 kg) 1980–ten–04 Miami (FL) G 26 Korver, Kyle half-dozen ft vii in (two.01 m) 212 lb (96 kg) 1981–03–17 Creighton F 0 Dearest, Kevin(C) half-dozen ft 10 in (ii.08 m) 251 lb (114 kg) 1988–09–07 UCLA Grand 4 Shumpert, Iman 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1990–06–26 Georgia Tech G 5 Smith, J. R. six ft six in (i.98 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1985–09–09 Saint Benedict'southward Preparatory (NJ) C 40 Tavares, Walter vii ft three in (2.21 m) 265 lb (120 kg) 1992–03–22 Greatcoat Verde C 13 Thompson, Tristan half-dozen ft x in (2.08 yard) 240 lb (109 kg) 1991–03–13 Texas G 31 Williams, Deron half dozen ft three in (1.91 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1984–06–26 Illinois F 3 Williams, Derrick six ft 8 in (ii.03 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1991–05–25 Arizona

Caput coach Tyronn Lue Assistant charabanc(es) Jim Boylan Larry Drew Damon Jones Mike Longabardi James Posey Phil Handy Vitaly Potapenko Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended (DL) On assignment to D-League affiliate Injured Roster Last transaction: May 8, 2017

Player statistics [edit]

Legend

GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game

Golden State Warriors

Cleveland Cavaliers

Media coverage [edit]

In the United States, the NBA Finals aired on ABC with Mike Breen as play-by-play commentator, and Jeff Van Gundy and Mark Jackson serving every bit color commentators. ESPN Radio aired it as well and had Marc Kestecher and Hubie Brown as commentators. ESPN Deportes provided exclusive Spanish-language coverage of The Finals, with a commentary team of Álvaro Martín and Carlos Morales.^{[34] [35]}

Television viewership figures

Game	Ratings (households)	American audience (in millions)
1	10.5[36]	18.7[36]
2	10.7[36]	xix.7[36]
3	xi.3[37]	20.0[37]
4	10.7[38]	xix.0[38]
5	13.5[39]	24.5[39]
Avg	11.3	twenty.four

Meet also [edit]

• Death Lineup
• Cavaliers–Warriors rivalry

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External links [edit]

• Official website
• 2017 NBA Finals at Basketball game-Reference.com

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