"The toughest challenge was to come in here and see how I can help my teammates get better - that was more important to me than anything", said Durant.
The Golden State Warriors brought Kevin Durant to the Bay Area last summer for the express goal of winning an National Basketball Association title and erasing the memory of last year's collapse against Cleveland in the finals.
The win spelled redemption for the Warriors, who brought forward Kevin Durant over from the Oklahoma City Thunder last off-season to bolster their already high-powered offence.
LeBron James, last year's Finals MVP, led the Cavaliers with 41 points, 13 rebounds and eight assists but it was not enough as the home team came out on top.
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Last night, there were more shots, the same number of goals, and three came in a sudden burst that broke open a tense 1-1 game. Nashville unleashes 7 shots in the last 30 seconds but Matt Murray has answers for them all so it stays 1-1 after 20 minutes.
Congrats to Durant and the Golden State Warriors. He ended the series averaging 33.6 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists.
Durant did indeed join a ready-made contender by teaming up with two-time reigning league MVP Stephen Curry on a team that won it all in 2015 and were runners-up previous year after a season in which they had a record 73 wins in 82 games. Green shot 34.5 percent for the series and never got around to having the kind of statement game he had in Game 7 of last year's Finals. It marked the team's second title win in three years. I have no reason to look back at what I could have done or what I shouldn't have done or what I could have done better for the team.
After getting his own back this time around, Durant said: "He averaged a triple-double - you just can't stop the guy - but we got him". "I just wanted to lay it all out there". He proved all his critics wrong on Tuesday as he was declared the Most Valuable Player of the NBA Finals after his team beat Cleveland Cavaliers in the fifth game to clinch the championship. "We were really good tonight", he said.
Neither recorded a personal knockout, and each walked away with even greater respect for the other than they had 12 days earlier. It won't start until October, but speculation on what teams will make additions to their respective rosters, potential draft picks, trades and more, will go down in between.
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