Who Won The 2018 Nba Championship?

The 2018 NBA Championship was won by the Golden State Warriors, who defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers 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. The team was established in 1946 as the Philadelphia Warriors based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a founding member of the Basketball Association of America (BAA). In 1962, the franchise relocated to the San Francisco Bay Area and was renamed the San Francisco Warriors. In 1971, the team was renamed the Golden State Warriors, and moved to its current location in Oakland.

The Road to the Championship

The 2018 NBA season was one of the most exciting in recent memory. The Golden State Warriors entered the season as the defending champions, but they faced stiff competition from a number of other teams. The Houston Rockets, led by MVP James Harden, were one of the top teams in the league all season long. The Boston Celtics, led by Kyrie Irving and Gordon Hayward, were also contenders.

In the end, it was the Warriors who prevailed. They defeated the Rockets in seven games in the Western Conference Finals, and then defeated the Cavaliers in four games in the NBA Finals. This was Golden State’s third championship in four years.

The Finals

The 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 fourth consecutive appearance for both teams in The Finals. For the Warriors, it was their third title in four years. The Cavaliers reached the Finals for the fourth consecutive year, tying a record first set by the Boston Celtics in the 1950s and 1960s; all four of those trips were against Golden State, which also became only the second team ever to go to four consecutive Finals, after LeBron James’s Miami Heat did so from 2011 to 2014.

The Cleveland Cavaliers

The Cleveland Cavaliers won the 2018 NBA Championship after an intense seven-game series against the Golden State Warriors. The Cavaliers were led by LeBron James, who averaged a triple-double in the series. Other key contributors for the Cavaliers included Kevin Love and Kyrie Irving. The Cavaliers are the first team in NBA history to come back from a 3-1 deficit in the Finals.

The Road to the Championship

The Cleveland Cavaliers are an American professional basketball team based in Cleveland, Ohio. The Cavaliers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league’s Eastern Conference Central Division. The team began play as an expansion team in 1970, along with the Portland Trail Blazers and Buffalo Braves. Home games were first held at Cleveland Arena from 1970 to 1974, followed by the Richfield Coliseum from 1974 to 1994. Since 1994, the Cavs have played their home games at Quicken Loans Arena in downtown Cleveland, which is shared with the Cleveland Monsters of the American Hockey League. Dan Gilbert has owned the team since March 2005.

The Cavaliers opened their inaugural season losing their first 15 games and struggled in their early years, placing no better than sixth in the Eastern Conference during their first five seasons. The team won their first Central Division title in 1976, which also marked the franchise’s first playoff appearance. Despite losing in the Eastern Conference Finals that year, things began to turn around for the franchise; they qualified for three straight playoffs from 1981 to 1983 behind solid play from shooting guard World B. Free and power forward Larry Nance Sr., making it as far as Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals before bowing out to eventual conference champion Philadelphia 76ers each time. After Cerone was traded early in the 1983–84 season, Dick Snyder took over as head coach, but was fired 23 games into his tenure after accumulating a67–60 record over two-plus seasons; assistant coach Gene Littles was promoted to take over until season’s end when he too would be replaced by former Indiana University head coach Jerry Sloan following a 6–8 start under his regime (Littles would go on to lead one game into Sloan’s tenure before being replaced).

Cleveland finished 41–41 under Sloan and qualified for the 1984 Playoffs where they were swept by eventual conference champion Boston Celtics. Following another coaching change with Littles returning for one game before being replaced by veteran head coach Bernie Bickerstaff who went 10–30 over parts of two seasons before being replaced himself following a 3–19 start during 1988–89 (retroactively becoming Cleveland’s worst start through 22 games in franchise history untilLost 19 of 20Matchup Nov 25 – Jan 4) by former Cavalier player Lenny Wilkens whom had just been relieved of his head coaching duties with Atlanta Hawks days prior becoming not only oldest rookie head coach debuting at 57 years old but also winning Coach of the Year that season becoming 2nd person after Hall of Famer Alex Hannum doing same thing with St. Louis/Atlanta Hawks back-to-back seasons winning title both times. Under Wilkens and led by Mark Price and Brad Daugherty, Cleveland reached playoff berths four straight times between 1989 and 1992

The Finals

The Cavaliers defeated the Golden State Warriors in the 2018 NBA Finals. The series was played between June 1 and June 8, with the Cavaliers winning Game 7 by a score of 105–92. With the victory, the Cavaliers became the first team in NBA history to win an NBA championship after being down three games to none in the Finals.

The Finals were a rematch of the previous year’s championship series, which was won by the Warriors in five games. The Cavaliers became the first team to force a Game 7 in the Finals after being down three games to one since their comeback against the Boston Celtics in the Eastern Conference Finals.

LeBron James was named NBA Finals MVP for the third time in his career, becoming only the seventh player—and first since Michael Jordan—to earn that honor three or more times.

Conclusion

The Golden State Warriors are the 2018 NBA Champions. They defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers in the Finals, winning the series 4-0. This is the third time in four years that these two teams have met in the Finals, with the Warriors winning each time.