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OAKLAND, United States (AFP) — Results list from NBA Finals game sevens after Sunday’s showdown between Cleveland and Golden State (road teams won in 1969, 1974, 1978 and 2016): 1951: Rochester Royals 79, New York Knicks 75 1952: Minneapolis Lakers 82, New York Knicks 65 1954: Minneapolis Lakers 87, Syracuse Nationals 80 1955: Syracuse Nationals 92, Fort Wayne Pistons 91 1957: Boston Celtics 125, St. Louis Hawks 123 (double-overtime) 1960: Boston Celtics 122, St. Louis […]
by Jim SLATER OAKLAND, United States (AFP) — Areas around Oracle Arena were buzzing with activity and anticipation hours before Sunday’s decisive seventh game of the 70th NBA Finals between the Cleveland Cavaliers and defending champion Golden State. The Warriors and Cavaliers are deadlocked at 3-3 in the best-of-seven series after two wins by Cleveland, which hopes to become the first team trailing 3-1 to ever rally and win the finals. The first pitch in […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Stephen Curry’s father-in-law was nearly arrested ahead of Golden State’s ill-tempered defeat to the Cleveland Cavaliers on Thursday in Game Six of the NBA Finals, in what the player’s wife decried as a case of racial profiling. Curry’s wife Ayesha said her father was detained in Cleveland in the mistaken belief he was a well-known con artist who was thought to be attempting to attend the game using bogus […]
by Jim SLATER OAKLAND, United States (AFP) — Versatile Cleveland playmaker LeBron James and Golden State 3-point sharpshooter Stephen Curry, today’s biggest NBA stars, have a date with destiny in Sunday’s decisive seventh game of the 70th NBA Finals. Back-to-back 41-point games by “King” James sparked victories that pulled the Cavaliers from a 3-1 hole to level the best-of-seven series and set up a tension-packed, winner-take-all spectacle that will leave one of the game’s greatest heroes […]
by Jim SLATER CLEVELAND, United States (AFP) — Stephen Curry’s frustrations over foul calls boiled over in a stinging NBA Finals loss to Cleveland that saw the Golden State star guard ejected for the first time in his career. And in the wake of the defending champion Warriors’ 115-101 loss to the host Cavaliers on Thursday, they face a winner-take-all title showdown Sunday on their home court to decide a best-of-seven series deadlocked at 3-3. […]
by Jim SLATER CLEVELAND, United States (AFP) — LeBron James delivered one of his greatest performances Thursday, scoring 41 points to power the Cleveland Cavaliers over Golden State 115-101 and force a one-game showdown for the NBA title. James, who made 16 of 27 shots from the floor, added 11 assists, eight rebounds, four steals and three blocked shots as the Cavaliers leveled the best-of-seven NBA Finals at 3-3, setting up a dramatic seventh-game specatcle […]
CLEVELAND, United States (AFP) — Golden State Warriors center Andrew Bogut, sidelined by a left knee injury for the remainder of the NBA Finals, said Thursday it is “very unlikely” he will play for Australia at the Rio Olympics. The 7-footer (2.13m) will be sidelined at least six to eight weeks after suffering multiple bone bruises in game five of the best-of-seven championship series on Monday. That offers a best-case, outside chance scenario of Bogut being […]
by Jim SLATER CLEVELAND, United States (AFP) — Golden State forward Draymond Green could only watch as his teammates missed a chance to capture the NBA Finals, but he’s back from a suspension and more motivated than ever. “I owe it to my teammates to come back and give all I have, all I can do to better the situation,” Green said Wednesday. “To come back and be a piece of that great team is […]
by Jim SLATER CLEVELAND, United States (AFP) — Golden State’s Stephen Curry called game six of the NBA Finals the biggest contest of his career Wednesday while the revived Cleveland Cavaliers expressed confidence they can dethrone the Warriors. The defending champions lead host Cleveland 3-2 in the best-of-seven series entering Thursday’s tension-packed showdown, which will result in either a seventh game Sunday in California or the Warriors celebrating back-to-back titles clinched on the Cavaliers’ home […]
by Jim SLATER CLEVELAND, United States (AFP) — It could take another historic effort from Kyrie Irving and LeBron James to keep Cleveland in the NBA Finals, while the Golden State Warriors faced the possible loss of center Andrew Bogut. The defending champion Warriors lead the best-of-seven series 3-2 entering game six Thursday at Cleveland, with the Cavaliers needing a victory to force a seventh game Sunday in California. James and Irving each scored 41 […]
by Jim SLATER OAKLAND, United States (AFP) — Defending NBA champion Golden State dearly felt the absence of suspended forward Draymond Green in Monday’s 112-97 loss to Cleveland, the Warriors’ usually stiff defense shattered by LeBron James and Kyrie Irving. James and Irving each scored 41 points in powering the Cavaliers to a must-win victory that pulled Cleveland within 3-2 in the best-of-seven series and forced a sixth game Thursday in Cleveland. Green was banned […]
by Jim SLATER OAKLAND, United States (AFP) — Kyrie Irving and LeBron James each scored 41 points Monday to power Cleveland over defending champion Golden State 112-97, keeping the Cavaliers’ championship hopes alive in the NBA Finals. Faced with a must-win game, the Cavaliers stars became the first teammates to crack 40 points in the same finals game and scored more than any players facing NBA Finals elimination in 20 years. Golden State still leads […]
