News from June 12. GS 129, Cle 120 at GS Kevin Durant (GS) had 39 points including 14-20 FG and 5-8 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. Stephen Curry (GS) had 34 points including 12-15 FT, 6 rebounds, 10 assists, and 3 steals. Draymond Green (GS) had 10 points including 3-10 FG, 12 rebounds, and 5 assists. Andre Iguodala (GS) had 20 points on 9-14 FG. LeBron James (Cle) had 41 points including 19-30 FG, 13 rebounds, and 8 assists. J.R. Smith (Cle) had 25 points on 9-11 FG and 7-8 3-pointers. Kyrie Irving (Cle) had 26 points and 6 assists. Golden State takes the series 4-1 to win the N2017 NBA Championship! Golden State went 16-1 in the playoffs. Finals MVP: Kevin Durant (GS) Playoff Standings [all rounds best of 7] 1st Round 2nd Round 3rd Round Finals 1 GS (4) _ 8 Por (0) |_ 1 Golden State (4) _ _ 5 Utah (0) | 4 LAC (3) _| |_ 1 Golden State (4) _ 5 Uta (4) _ 2 San Antonio (0) | | | 2 SA (4) _ | | 7 Mem (2) |_ 2 San Antonio (4) __| | _ 3 Houston (2) | 3 Hou (4) _| | 6 OKC (1) |_ 1 Golden State (4) _ 2 Cleveland (1) | 1 Bos (4) _ | 8 Chi (2) |_ 1 Boston (4) __ | _ 4 Washington (3) | | 4 Was (4) _| | | 5 Atl (2) |_ 1 Boston (1) ___| _ 2 Cleveland (4) 2 Cle (4) _ | 7 Ind (0) |_ 2 Cleveland (4) ____| _ 3 Toronto (0) 3 Tor (4) _| 6 Mil (2) Thus ends the 16-17 season. As such, these nba-dailys will only occur whenever NBA news happens, except when I'm on vacation in which case I'll catch up when I return. Have a great summer! The NBA draft is June 22. The NBA awards ceremony is June 26. NBA free agency starts July 1. ---- 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