One of the world’s most popular basketball superstar LeBron James of the Cleveland Cavaliers was named as the Most Valuable Player of the NBA Finals following Cleveland’s huge win against the defending champion Golden State Warriors in a title-clinching Game 7 with the final score of 93-89 in favor of the Cavs.
LeBron James scored with a triple-double performance on Game 7 of the NBA Finals by scoring 27 points, adding 11 rebounds and helping his teammates with 11 assists en route to winning the NBA title. With the victory over the top-seeded Warriors they became the first team to rally from a 3-1 series deficit in the best-of-seven NBA Finals and win the title.
The Cavaliers remarkable rally from a 3-1 series deficit and marks the third time LeBron James has captured the award as NBA Finals MVP after winning it with Miami Heat in 2012 and 2013.
The All-Star and Olympic veteran James nearly single-handedly carried the Cavs back into the series from the 3-1 deficit, where in he averaged 29.7 points and 11.2 rebounds and 8.8 assists over the seven games.
Meanwhile, the victory of the Cleveland Cavaliers ends decades of heartbreak for the city of Cleveland, which had not won a professional sports championship since the 1964 Cleveland Browns of the National Football League.
The Warriors who had a record 73 wins during the 82-game regular season, Sunday’s defeat marked the first time since November 2013 that they have lost three consecutive games. LeBron James made history in the NBA after he disarmed the two-time reigning MVP Stephen Curry and his record-setting Warriors and avenged his previous lost against the Warriors during last season’s finals game.
