CLEVELAND (AP) – Stephen (STEH’-fehn) Curry and NBA Finals MVP Andre Iguodala (ig-ah-DAH’-lah) each scored 25 points as the Golden State Warriors knocked off Cleveland 105-97 to win their first championship since 1975. The Warriors blew most of a 15-point lead in the final two minutes before Curry and Iguodala each hit two free throws in the closing 30 seconds to clinch the series in six games. Cavaliers forward LeBron James finished with 32 points, 18 rebounds and nine assists while playing all but 78 seconds.
Andre Iguodala came away with the Bill Russell Award as MVP of the finals.
Golden State’s Steve Kerr is the first rookie coach to win the title since Pat Riley with the Lakers in 1982.
