Series MVP Kevin Durant scored 39 points, and the Golden State Warriors defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers, 129-120, in Game Five of the 2017 NBA Finals in Oakland on Monday night.
In what has been an exhilarating, tension-packed series (somehow despite all the blowouts), the Cavaliers and Warriors are all square at three games apiece. Which means basketball fans are getting that rarest of gifts: an NBA Finals Game 7.
The 2016 NBA Finals are set: the Golden State Warriors will face the Cleveland Cavaliers in a rematch of the 2015 finals. Here’s a preview of what to expect.
The February 16 NBA All-Star game in New Orleans will have a distinctly younger look. Stephen (STEH'-fihn) Curry, Kevin Love, Paul George and Kyrie Irving have all been voted NBA All-Stars, putting four first-time starters in the lineup.