Thursday night’s NBA Draft allowed your favorite pro basketball team to replenish its talent pool in hopes of making a run at the recently crowned world champion Cleveland Cavaliers. Here’s a recap of which players and teams grabbed the headlines at the 2016 NBA Draft.
Series MVP LeBron James had 27 points, 11 assists and 11 rebounds, and the Cavaliers shocked the Golden State Warriors, 93-89, in Game 7 of the 2016 NBA Finals in Oakland on Sunday night, bringing a major sports championship to Cleveland for the first time in more than 50 years.
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Stephen Curry scored 36 points, and the Golden State Warriors beat the Oklahoma City Thunder, 96-88, in the decisive Game 7 of the Western Conference Finals in Oakland on Monday night to advance to the NBA Finals.
Kyle Lowry had 35 points and nine assists, and the Raptors routed the Miami Heat, 116-89, in Game 7 of the teams’ best-of-seven Eastern Conference semifinals series in Toronto on Sunday.
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Kevin Durant scored 37 points, and the Thunder defeated the San Antonio Spurs, 113-99, in Oklahoma City on Thursday in Game 6 of the teams’ best-of-seven Western Conference semifinals series.
LeBron James’ basket with 39 seconds to go helped the Cleveland Cavaliers finish a sweep of the Hawks in Atlanta, 100-99, on Sunday in Game 4 of the teams’ best-of-seven Eastern Conference semifinals series.
DeMar DeRozan scored 30 points and the Raptors beat the Indiana Pacers, 89-84, in the decisive Game 7 of the teams’ best-of-seven NBA playoff series in Toronto on Sunday night.