Tuesday, June 16, 2015

Warriors win first NBA title in 40 years


The Golden State Warriors weathered a late charge by the Cleveland Cavaliers to come away with a 105-96 victory in Game 6 and win their first NBA championship in forty years.

The Warriors led by 15-points, 94-79, with five minutes to go in the game and were still up by 13, 98-85, when Stephen Curry scored on an open lay-up.

But JR Smith, after struggling all game, hit three three-pointers in the final minute, including a booming trey that made it a four-point game, 97-101, with still 33 seconds to go.

That proved to be the Cavaliers' last hurrah, however, as Curry made two clutch free throws, and Andre Iguodala added two insurance charities of his own to ice the game for the Warriors.

Curry and Iguodala both had 25 points to lead the Warriors in scoring, while Draymond Green had a triple double with 16 points, 11 rebounds, and 10 assists.

LeBron James was one assist shy of another triple double, finishing with 32 points, 18 rebounds, and nine assists, but the four-time league MVP looked exhausted at times and missed 20 of his 33 field goal attempts.

source: www.abs-cbnnews.com