Durant vindicates move to Warriors after fi nals victory

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The title was the Warriors' second in three years and potentially marks the beginning of a dynasty.

As the Golden State Warriors regained the National Basketball Association title, Kevin Durant delivered on his promise in more ways than one.

The Golden State Warriors celebrate after winning the NBA Finals against the Cleveland Cavaliers.

The Golden State Warriors avenged their 2016 Finals collapse with a 129-120 championship-securing win over the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 5 on Monday night.

Q. It was mentioned before that Kevin Durant lost his first NBA Finals when you won your first NBA Finals. "See what we're missing", Green says, recounting the text message he sent Durant. That stung ever since, as Durant understood, because he gave up the same lead to the Warriors a round earlier with Oklahoma City.

"You wake me up in the middle of the night in the summer times, making me run up a hill, making me do pushups, screaming at me from the sidelines of my games at 8 or 9 years old".

Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James (23) dunks over Golden State Warriors guard Klay Thompson (11) and forward Kevin Durant (35) during the first half of Game 5 of basketball's NBA Finals in Oakland, Calif., Monday, June 12, 2017.

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Malone-a year after departing from the Houston Rockets-averaged 25.8 points, 18.0 rebounds, 1.5 steals and 1.5 blocks over 39.3 minutes per game for the Philadelphia 76ers during the 1983 Finals.

In 2012, he asked her to wish him a happy birthday on Twitter.

"And (to) see it come to life in this series, it was unbelievable", Curry said in his post-match press conference.

There will be people this offseason that try to claim that LeBron didn't do enough for his team, that now that he's 3-5 for his career in The Finals, and that he will never be as great as Jordan.

Congrats to Durant and the Golden State Warriors. "I'm proud of you". Wade, beloved for bringing the first title to the Heat before the Big Three era had arrived, was the MVP of the 2006 NBA Finals while averaging 34.7 points, 7.8 rebounds and 3.8 assists in a six-game series win over Dallas.

One thing is clear - if no one can assemble a truly special team, the Larry O'Brien Championship Trophy could very well reside in the Bay Area for years to come.

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