James and Cavaliers win thrilling NBA Finals Game 7, 93-89

He’s the NBA Finals MVP for the third time, also winning in 2012 and 2013 when he was with Miami. “I had some good moments but didn’t do enough to help my team win, especially down the stretch”, Curry told reporters about his Game 7 performance.

“Not many people have said, ‘Everyone get on my back: city, state, team, organization, ‘ ” said Cavs reserve Richard Jefferson. James has cemented his legacy as a demigod to the area, scoring 109 points over the final three games with the Cavaliers’ backs against the walls.

And as soon as the game ended it was party time in Cleveland. “It’s been an incredible two-year run. That kind of swung things in their favor”. After a free throw by James made it a two possession game, Curry missed again and trudged back toward the Warriors bench as the Cavaliers celebrated the title on Golden State’s home floor.

It is the first title ever for the Cavaliers. He became the third player to have a triple-double in Game 7 of the NBA Finals, joining Jerry West in 1969 and James Worthy in 1988.

“Everybody was just sad, just down”, Kerr said. Don’t take it for granted. “Let’s go!” he said.

That was part of the reason Green said he came back out onto the court during Cleveland’s celebration after he first went into the Warriors’ locker room.

The Cavaleirs did it by attacking inside all night – Cleveland had 48 points in the paint, 20 more than the Warriors. However good the Warriors have been as a team, they need this type of heartbreaking loss to become better. He averaged 30 points, 11 rebounds, and nine assists in the Finals.

“He was just awesome”, said Cavaliers forward Richard Jefferson, who retired immediately after the game. “It wasn’t easy what we accomplished – and it’s not an easy pill to swallow what we didn’t accomplish”.

It wasn’t always pretty for the Cavaliers this season. Love was not much better, starting 1-of-4.

Stephen Curry made hundreds of miraculous shots on his way to his second straight MVP award. Love had seven boards on his own. He’s a global icon who’s earned roughly $175 million in National Basketball Association salary, probably that much if not a great deal more from his Nike sponsorship deal alone, has a blossoming entertainment studio and is easily one of the most recognizable faces on the planet. Draymond Green spearheaded Warriors’ attack in the first half as he managed to score 22 points on flawless shooting beyond the arc. He pushed the Warriors out to a 49-42 halftime lead.

Green thinks maybe the Warriors got overconfident after going up 3-1. James scored 41 points in each of the last two games. James led the Cavs to the finals in 2007 and 2015 only to lose. He was responsible for 57 percent in the last three games, all wins. Brian Scalabrine won one with the Celtics in 2008 and Kidd won one with the Mavericks three years later. But in the final accounting of his season, he missed his last five, and it will likely torment him and the Warriors forever.

Curry, who had 17 points, said James did what he had to do in leading his team to the championship. Curry’s turnover led to James’ go-ahead three before Klay Thompson tied it with a driving lay-up. The Splash Brothers had the Warriors up three.

Barnes is a player who displays startling hesitancy for someone of his physical gifts and his lack of production, which was keenly felt as Curry and Thompson failed to consistently find their range, leaves the Warriors facing something of a dilemma going into the offseason.

“This is what I came back for”, James said. “Shots were hard to come by”. And Game 7 was a glowing picture of what could be.

“Obviously everybody will say, oh, man, they won 73 but they didn’t win a championship”, Green said.

Cleveland’s Terminal Tower downtown lit up in the Cavaliers’ colors of wine and gold after the win. The city gets to celebrate its first title n 52 years on Wednesday with a long-awaited parade.