A triple double is notching 10 or more in three different statistical categories - typically points, rebounds and assists.
Not to be overshadowed, Kyrie Irving put up 40 points, including seven three-pointers, while Kevin Love had 23 points.
The Cavs scored 49 points against the Warriors, the most points in any quarter during an NBA Finals game in history. Golden State won 118-113. Point guard Stephen Curry won the league's Most Valuable Player award - partly because of the historical achievement, but partly because he made an National Basketball Association record 402 three point shots during the season.
With their 15th consecutive victory, the Warriors have the longest postseason streak for any team in the four major professional sports. The Warriors recruited Kevin Durant from the Oklahoma City Thunder, who had lost to Golden State in the Western Conference Finals.
James and Durant had a heated verbal exchange for an extended stretch midway into the third quarter while referees were reviewing a foul by Love on Durant, but they slapped hands when they returned to play.
The Cavaliers couldn't get far enough ahead in the fourth, leading by no more than seven, and the Warriors kept chipping away before Durant's three-pointer.
"My mindset is to try to get every game".
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The Warriors got within 104-92 on Curry's foul shot with 2:38 left in a weird third quarter that featured Draymond Green getting whistled for what appeared to be his second technical foul. But refs claimed that his first technical was on coach Steve Kerr.
"That first quarter they came out and hit us with that unbelievable punch".
Big shots and an incredible highlight play where James threw a pass off the backboard to himself and flushed a dunk, fueled their third quarter run.
The Cavaliers shot 24-of-45 from 3-point range, setting a record for Finals hoops from beyond the arc and finishing one shy of matching the league's all-time record. They would need to lose four in the next 11 days to miss out on another title. He has also taken pressure off of Stephen Curry, who struggled in the first two Finals series against Cleveland but has been brilliant this time around.
"Man, different team, man", said Curry when asked if going home with an identical lead felt reminiscent of a year ago.
During the playoffs, most of Golden State's wins have not been close. Irving was up to 28 points and James had already registered 22 points, six rebounds and eight assists.
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