Who Won the 2018 NBA Finals?
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The 2018 NBA Finals was the championship series of the National Basketball Association (NBA)’s 2017–18 season and conclusion of the season’s playoffs. In this best of seven playoff, the defending NBA champions and Western Conference champions Golden State Warriors swept the Eastern Conference champions Cleveland Cavaliers 4–0. This was the first time in NBA history that a team had won four Finals games by a margin of at least 15 points.
The teams
The two teams that played in the 2018 NBA Finals were the Golden State Warriors and the Cleveland Cavaliers. The Warriors won the series in four games.
The Golden State Warriors
The Golden State Warriors are an American professional basketball team based in Oakland, California. The Warriors compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league’s Western Conference Pacific Division. Founded in 1946 in Philadelphia, the Warriors relocated to the San Francisco Bay Area in 1962 and took the city’s name, before changing its geographic moniker to Golden State in 1971. They play their home games at the Oracle Arena in Oakland.
The Cleveland Cavaliers
The Cavaliers finished the regular season with a record of 50–32, earning the fourth seed in the Eastern Conference. In the playoffs, they defeated the Indiana Pacers in seven games in the First Round, the Toronto Raptors in four games in the Second Round, and the Boston Celtics in seven games in the Conference Finals.
The players
LeBron James
LeBron James was born on December 30, 1984, in Akron, Ohio. James began playing organized basketball in fifth grade. He played Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) basketball for Ohio Basketball Club’s under-16 team. During his freshman year at St. Vincent-St. Mary High School, he was profiled by Sports Illustrated magazine as “The Chosen One”, the high school basketball player destined to end up like LeBron.
James later commented, “I knew I was going to be good, but I didn’t know if I’d be this good.” In his first year of high school, he averaged 21 points and 6 rebounds per game for the varsity team. By the end of his high school career, he had compiled 2,812 points (a 27.4 points per game average), 817 rebounds (a 7.9 per game average) and 153 blocked shots (a 1.4 per game average).
Stephen Curry
Stephen Curry is an American professional basketball player for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). A six-time NBA All-Star, he has been named the NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP) twice and won three NBA championships with the Warriors.
The outcome
The 2018 NBA Finals was the championship series of the National Basketball Association (NBA)’s 2017–18 season and conclusion of the season’s playoffs. In this best-of-seven playoff, the defending NBA champions and Western Conference champions Golden State Warriors swept the Eastern Conference champions Cleveland Cavaliers 4 games to 0. This was the fourth consecutive appearance for the Cavaliers in the NBA Finals, while the Warriors made their third in four years.
The Golden State Warriors win the Finals
In a repeat of the previous year, the Golden State Warriors won the 2018 NBA Finals. This was their third consecutive championship, and fourth in the last five years. The Warriors beat the Cleveland Cavaliers in a hard-fought four-game series.
The Cavaliers were led by LeBron James, who had another strong Finals performance. He averaged 34 points, 10 assists and 8 rebounds per game. However, he could not overcome the strong team play of the Warriors, who had multiple All-Stars in their lineup.
The two teams had met in the Finals for three straight years, with the Warriors winning in 2015 and 2017 and the Cavaliers winning in 2016. The 2018 Finals was their fourth meeting in a row, which is an NBA record.
LeBron James wins the Finals MVP
LeBron James wins the Finals MVP
The Los Angeles Lakers have won the 2018 NBA finals, beating the Miami Heat in game 7. LeBron James was named the Finals MVP, averaging 28.6 points, 12 rebounds and 8.8 assists per game.
