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Former Gators Win NBA Championship; Five Year Run Continues

The Florida Gators basketball program continues to grow its list of championship products.David Lee and Marreese Speights became the seventh and eighth Gators respectively to win an NBA Championship, the title coming for these two with the Golden State Warriors.The Warriors defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 6 of the 2015 NBA Finals to capture the world championship making it five straight years that a former Gator has been on the championship team and the first duo since all of two years ago when Udonis Haslem and Mike Miller won a title together with the Miami Heat.

Chart of former Gators who have won NBA Championships
Chart of former Gators who have won NBA Championships

The Gators would have had a former member as a champion regardless of the outcome though as Mike Miller is a member of the Cavs.