Highlights NBA Finals, Cleveland Cavaliers vs Golden State Warriors, Game 5: Kevin Durant and Co are 2017 NBA champions
The NBA Finals return to Oakland for Game 5 as Golden State Warriors aim to seal the Championship with a win. Follow our live blog for scores and updates.
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And with that, it’s a wrap of our liveblog of the NBA Finals’ Game 5. The Golden State Warriors has reclaimed the NBA championship that they lost to the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2016. While the championship will mean a lot to all the Warriors players and fans, a special mention for Finals MVP Kevin Durant, who has had to deal with a lot of barbs throughout the year for his contentious move from Oklahoma City Thunder. He’s proved a point or two, and HOW!
We hope you had as much fun following our liveblog as we did. Thank you and good bye.
#ICYMI: Kevin Durant having himself a Game!
LeBron: “I have no reason to put my head down and to look back and think I could done something better. Just not my time.”
The Warriors letting their hair down:
Nike has something to say to Kevin Durant’s detractors:
Just a reminder: Kevin Durant, the 2017 NBA Finals MVP, comes to India next month!
The numbers behind KD MVP Award.
This moment!
From one legend to another.
A small, but not untimely reminder of the criticism Kevin Durant had to face for joining the Warriors.
We had an emotional mother in the house at the Oracle Arena today!
Kevin Durant to his emotional mother: “We did it. I told you (I’d do this) when I was eight years old.”
Kevin Durant given the NBA Finals MVP award!
Like we said, bedlam.
KD can’t even believe it!
Got to feel for King James. had 41 points on the night. But still not enough!
Warriors fans right now
Cavs 117-129 Warriors, Golden State Warriors win Game 5 to become NBA champions!
Bedlam at the Oracle Arena as the Warriors wrest back the NBA title the lost so heartbreakingly to the Cavs last year.
One minute remaining in this game! Warriors with a 14-point lead!
He’s put in a double shift today! But clearly that’s not going to help!
Cavs 113-126 Warriors
Green alley-oop to Igoudala! What a game the latter is having! Just over 2 minutes remaining in this match (and Finals?)
BLOWN AWAY!
Cavs 110-124 Warriors
Klay shoots, and scores, another jumper. The result starting to become apparent now.
Oh, my!
Cavs 108-120 Warriors
Curry scores two, Irving misses, Curry scores another two and then gets fouled. He’s making it up for Game 4.
That’s why the call him The King.
TOO STRONG. ???? #NBAFinals || #DefendTheLand pic.twitter.com/Ko24KmlKDS
— Cleveland Cavaliers (@cavs) June 13, 2017
Cavs 106-118 Warriors
Another electrifying dunk from KD!
Cavs 104-114 Warriors
Curry drives to the paint and scores off the glass. This is a 10-point game again with just over 6 minutes remaining in the game.
Cavs 102-112 Warriors
Incredible pass from Curry to Iguodala, who rises and dunks! The Cavs need something special from here on.
Cavs 102-108 Warriors
And now Kyle Korver throws a three just to keep things interesting with 8:24 left in the game.
We can’t even…
Just an unnecessary reminder of how awesome KD is.
Andre, The Giant!
Cavs 98-106 Warriors
KD with another monster three for the night!
Cavs 93-98 Warriors, End of 3rd quarter
JR SMITH with another three-pointer in the dying minutes of Q3. He’s now scored all 5 of his attempts from downtown!
Just a small reminder of why KD is a man for big ocassions.
NO WORDS!
Cavs 88-9 Warriors
Curry with an incredible steal before he gets fouled while driving to the paint. Curry nails one but misses another – his third miss of the night.
Irving needs to do a LOT MORE of this today.
Cavs 86-93 Warriors
With 3:14 remaining in Q3, Durant shoots one from downtown. He was under pressure from Jefferson, but faked before shooting.
Cavs 84-90 Warriors
LeBron James drives to the paint, draws the foul and scores a two-pointer. Misses his freethrow.
Cavs 82-90 Warriors
Kyrie Irving drives to the paint and scores despite pressure.
The Cavs getting their act together!
Cavs 77-84 Warriors
Tristan Thompson in double figures with a two as the Cavs reduce the lead.
Cavs 73-82 Warriors
Iguodala bangs in another three-pointer. He’s got 11 points off the bench!
Stat time
Meanwhile, Klay is on fire!
Cavs 69-79 Warriors
JR Smith again nailing an enormous three from downtown! He’s now four in four for three-pointers with just over 8 minutes remaining in Q 3.
Just how indispensable are these two for the Warriors?
See someone you recognise?
Here’s a clip of JR Smith having the final word of that half.
With the Warriors leading the series 3-1, the Cavs have 24 minutes to defend their title.
Who else is pumped up after that Q2?
Cavs 60-71 Warriors, End of 1st half
JR Smith scores a thre-pointer from some 28 feet to keep the Cavs in contention going into half-time.
Cavs 52-69 Warriors
With just under a minute remaining in Q2, the Cavs are reeling! They’ve just seen a 25-point turnaround. They were leading by 8 at one point!
UNSTOPPABLE!
Cavs 52-67 Warriors
Iguodala nails an alley-oop from Green,. And then Durant throws down a two after a monster pass from Curry!
SPLASH!
Cavs fans, look away now!
Cavs 45-60 Warriors
Another three from Durant! The Oracle Arena is cackling with energy as Warriors’ David West gets involved in a showing match with Kyrie. Tristan Thompson gets involved too.
Cavs 43-54 Warriors
Green nails a two-pointer before Curry throws a beautiful floater.
This has been nothing short of miraculous! The Warriors, trailing 33-37 at the end of Q1, have engineered a turnaround and are now leading by 11 with 4:40 remaining in the 1st half!
Oh, and here’s that LeBron dunk!
THIS pass from Kyrie Irving!
Here’s that Iguodala monster dunk from earlier.
Cavs 43-45 Warriors
DURANT! Nails one from way beyond the arc to hand Warriors the lead with just over 6 minutes remaining in this half.
Cavs 43-42 Warriors
Kevin Love misses two freethrows! James had missed two too. The Cavs have now scored just five of their nine throws from the line.
Cavs 43-42 Warriors
Durant nails one from way downtown! It’s a one-point game now with 7:20 remaining in the first half.
Cavs 41-39 Warriors
Warriors forcing a turnover before Iguodala throws down a massive hammer as LeBron can only watch.
Just in case you forgot, LeBron’s in the house too.
The Cavs ended Q1 in some style.
Cavs 41-33 Warriors
James drives and throws down a hammer while drawing a foul from Durant. We have another timeout with10:13 remaining in Q2.
You can’t stop him!
Cavs 37-33 Warriors, End of 1st quarter
Kyrie Irving and is UNSTOPPABLE! He nails another three pointer just before end of Q1.
Cavs 30-27 Warriors
Curry draws contact from Kyle Korver on a three-point effort. Three freethrows. Nails all three. Has only missed one throw this NBA Finals.
Kyrie Irving doing his thing.
Chef Curry cooking up a delicious something.
Cavs 22-20 Warriors
NO resistance as Curry drives to the paint and guides the ball into the basket,With 4:47 left on the clock, Cavs call a timeout.
Cavs 22-18 Warriors
Jefferson guarding Durant like his life depends on it. Doesn’t matter. Durant scores nevertheless.
Cavs 20-16 Warriors
LeBron robbed off the ball and Curry dunks off his left hand with 5:50 remaining.
Cavs 20-12 Warriors
Durant misses his shot, but James nails his two-pointer at the other end as Cavs start to race away with 6:14 remaining in Q1.
Anybody got a spare house they want to sell?
Cavs 15-11 Warriors
James drives to the paint again but his ball hangs on the rim for what seems like an eternity before Tristan Thompson tips it in.
This man!
Hello, Draymond!
Cavs 9-9 Warriors
LeBron drives to the paint and dunks! Unstoppable! Zaza can only watch. The teams are level with just over nine minutes remaining in Q1.
The Cavs start with a two-pointer. Important to win Q1 as the team which has won 1st quarter has won the Game!
AND we have tipoff.
Warriors fans, look away NOW!
Here are the starting lineups:
Cavs: LeBron James, Kevin Love, Tristan Thompson, JR Smith and Kyrie Irving
Warriors: Kevin Durant, Stephen Curry, Draymond Green, Klay Thompson and Zaza Pachulia
Throwback to Game 4, when the Cavs had to do something historic to stop the Warriors dead in their tracks.
NBA Finals: Kevin Durant’s dagger, JR Smith’s deep 3-pointer and other top moments from Cavaliers-Warriors showdown
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Kevin Durant on the wake-up call that was Game 4:
Warriors coach Steve Kerr: “We didn’t perform at a high enough level in Game 4.”
Cavaliers coach Tyronn Lue: “We’re up for it.”
The Cavs are 1-3 down going into Game 5. But they’ve been here before. Only last season they overhauled a 1-3 deficit to win the NBA championships 4-3 against the same opponents. The Warriors though have home court advantage.
Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the NBA Finals. The series shifts back to Oakland for Game 5 as the Golden State Warriors will look at win the Championship in front of their home crowd.
Can LeBron James and Cleveland Cavaliers win again to keep these Finals alive for another game? Stay tuned to find out!
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