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Golden State Warriors Win First NBA Championship Since 1975

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BuzzFeed - The Oakland-based Champions defeated LeBron James' Cleveland Cavaliers in six games. The Golden State Warriors won the 2015 NBA Finals in a 105?97 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers. It's their first championship since 1975. Ezra Shaw / Getty Images For the Warriors and their fans, the Game 6 decision was the exclamation point on a dream-come-true season for the long-luckless team. After finishing their season 67–15 with an average of 110 points per game, 26-year-old point guard Steph Curry was named league MVP. The Warriors swept the New Orleans Pelicans in four games, then defeated the Memphis Grizzlies in six to face the Houston Rockets in the Western Conference Finals. A five-game run through the Rockets put them in their first NBA Finals series since 1976, where they faced the Cleveland Cavaliers, led by 4x MVP LeBron James. The Cavs team, which already lacked significant depth, was rocked by the loss of point guard Kyrie Irving, who suffered a fractured kne

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