Kevin Durant came to Golden State looking for a championship and found a band of brothers who, as it turned out, were exactly what he needed to finally capture that long-sought title. Will he bring in more role players as he did with 3-point ace Kyle Korver in order to build a better challenge for the Warriors in the finals?
"They started to go with the pick-and-roll with Steph Curry and Durant, which might be one of the most unstoppable pick-and-rolls in our league", Lue said. "I was anxious, I was jittery". And I just tried to do that, but also be aggressive. I put in work, I just had to trust in it. "We were really good tonight", he said.
After losing their grip on a 3-1 lead in The Finals in 2016, the greatest team in National Basketball Association regular season history decided it needed one more piece before they could take down LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers.
However, Iguodala assisted a Durant dunk and added one of his own off a Curry feed, reopening a double-digit lead and making the final 7:42 an extended celebration among the Oracle Arena fans.
This championship was revenge for the Golden State Warriors, who blew a 3-1 lead in last year's NBA Finals to the Cleveland Cavaliers.
To win his first championship Durant had to go through the game's greatest player in Cavaliers forward LeBron James, who he defended for most of the five games. He was the first player in history to average a triple-double for in the NBA Finals (33.6 points, 12 rebounds, 10 assists). Kyrie Irving followed up his 40-point gem in Friday's Game 4 with 26 points but shot 9 for 22.
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Scalise is in critical condition, according to MedStar Washington Hospital Center, and the other patient was hospitalized. Two members of Congress said Hodgkins asked them whether the players on the field were Democrats or Republicans .
In order to stay competitive and have a chance to win a championship next year, the Cavaliers will have to make some big moves.
You can add the makers of Jeopardy! to Durant's growing list of critics.
The 2014 MVP's length and shooting ability was too much for Cleveland's overmatched defence. "But we prevailed, we're champions and it's wonderful doing it on our home floor". "I'm so happy Kevin has broken through and there's more to come from him".
"I told him we're tied up now and we're going to try to do this thing again but I'm going to celebrate this one tonight".
In fact, Lue was so proud of his team's effort throughout the NBA Playoffs that admittedly, he broke down in the locker room while addressing the players following the Game 5 loss.
But three-time champion LeBron said he had no reason to feel sorry for himself. "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".
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