All season, the Warriors seemed on an express ride to their second consecutive NBA championship. They stood on the brink last week, after taking a three games-to-one lead on Cleveland.
Then they ran smack into LeBron James and Kyrie Irving.
On an electric night at Oracle Arena, in the first title-deciding Game 7 played in the Bay Area in nearly 43 years, Irving’s late three-point shot propelled the Cavaliers to a dramatic 93-89 victory.
James added a free throw with 10.6 seconds left, lifting Cleveland to the city’s first professional sports championship since 1964.