Re-cap of the NBA Finals

The pre-season is upon as teams shuffle around different lineups and rotations to figure out what works best and which players to include in the official season roster. The NBA pre-season is typically uneventful and meaningless so what better to time to re-cap the madness that was the 2016 NBA Finals in which the Cleveland Cavaliers took home their first title in franchise history.

The Golden State Warriors had just completed a record breaking regular season, setting the record for most wins in the regular season with a win-loss record of 73-9. Many thought a team of this talent and calibre would waltz their way to the NBA title. With a 3-1 lead after game 4 of the finals, it appeared the Warriors would complete their historic regular season with the icing on the cake: an NBA title, as no team in the history of the league had overcome a 3-1 deficit in the NBA finals.

LeBron James and the Cavaliers had other plans however. LeBron and his sidekick Kyrie Irving put up a record setting 41 points each in game 5 on the Warriors home court to extend the series to a game 6 in the best of 7 series. In game 6, the Cavaliers absolutely thrashed the Warriors to set up an improbable game 7 showdown. Surely the warriors couldn't lose 3 games in a row, right? Game 7 was one for the ages. A down to the wire spectacle that saw the Cavaliers narrowly win 93-89 to complete the first ever comeback from a 3-1 deficit in NBA history. The Cavaliers claimed their first championship in franchise history and LeBron James was named the finals most valuable player (MVP). The Warriors had been humbled and glory was restored among the NBA.