2018 NBA Finals

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The 2018 NBA Finals was the championship series of the National Basketball Association's (NBA) 2017–18 season and conclusion of the season's playoffs. In this best-of-seven playoff, the defending NBA champion and Western Conference champion Golden State Warriors swept the Eastern Conference champion Cleveland Cavaliers in four games to repeat as champions for the first time in franchise history, having previously won in 2017. The series began on May 31, and ended on June 8 with the first NBA Finals sweep since 2007. Golden State Warriors small forward Kevin Durant was named the NBA Finals Most Valuable Player (MVP) for the second consecutive year, after averaging 28.8 points, 10.8 rebounds, and 7.5 assists in the series. Durant became the first and only player in the history of the Warriors franchise to win two consecutive NBA Finals MVP Awards and also the first and only player in the history of the NBA to have been named two NBA Finals MVP in the first two seasons with a team. The Finals was the first time in any of North America's four major professional sports leagues that the same two teams met for the championship for four consecutive years. Entering the series, the Warriors, who had home-court advantage over the Cavaliers, were noted by various sports media outlets as one of the biggest NBA Finals favorites in recent history. In a tightly contested Game 1, George Hill missed one of his two free throw attempts at the end of the game, and J. R. Smith got the rebound and dribbled out the clock, thinking the Cavaliers were in the lead (the game was instead tied). The Warriors dominated in overtime and went on to win the next three games to complete the sweep. The series broke the record set by the 2014 NBA Finals...