News from June 19. Cle 93, GS 89 at GS LeBron James (Cle) had 27 points (including 11 in the 4th quarter) on 9-24 FG and 8-10 FT, 11 rebounds, 11 assists, 3 blocks, and 5 turnovers. Kevin Love (Cle) had 9 points including 3-9 FG and 14 rebounds. J.R. Smith (Cle) had 12 points. Kyrie Irving (Cle) had 26 points and 6 rebounds. Draymond Green (GS) had 32 points including 11-15 FG and 6-8 3-pointers, 15 rebounds, and 9 assists. Klay Thompson (GS) had 14 points on 6-17 FG and 2-10 3-pointers. Stephen Curry (GS) had 17 points including 6-19 FG and 4-14 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Cle out-scored GS 18-13 in the 4th quarter. The largest lead in the game was just 8 points and there were 20 lead changes. Cleveland takes the series 4-3 and are the 2016 NBA Champions! Finals MVP: LeBron James (Cle) Playoff Standings [all rounds best of 7] 1st Round 2nd Round 3rd Round Finals 1 GS (4) __ 8 Hou (1) |_ 1 Golden State (4) _ _ 5 Portland (1) | 4 LAC (2) _| |_ 1 Golden State (4) _ 5 Por (4) _ 3 Oklahoma City (3) | | | 2 SA (4) __ | | 7 Mem (0) |_ 2 San Antonio (2) _| | _ 3 Oklahoma City (4) | 3 OKC (4) _| | 6 Dal (1) |_ 1 Golden State (3) _ 1 Cleveland (4) | 1 Cle (4) _ | 8 Det (0) |_ 1 Cleveland (4) ____ | _ 4 Atlanta (0) | | 4 Atl (4) _| | | 5 Bos (2) |_ 1 Cleveland (4) _____| _ 2 Toronto (2) 2 Tor (4) _ | 7 Ind (3) |_ 2 Toronto (4) ______| _ 3 Miami (3) 3 Mia (4) _| 6 Cha (3) Thus ends the 2015-16 season. As such, these NBA daily news reports will occur only when NBA news occurs. Have a great summer! patricia ---- Patricia Bender pbender@eskimo.com For Trianglons puzzles: http://www.trianglons.com For NBA stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/index.html For Mavs stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/mavs.html