Cleveland Cavaliers

Houston went dead cold missing 27 straight baskets and the Warriors heated up to earned a fourth straight trip to the NBA Finals by beating the Rockets 101-92.

BOSTON (AP) — The NBA Finals will be a "three-match." Cleveland will battle Golden State for the NBA championship for the third year in a row, after the Cavaliers eliminated the Celtics in Game 5 in Boston. LeBron James scored 35 points and passed Michael Jordan to become the NBA's all-time playoff scoring leader as the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Boston Celtics 135-102 on Thursday nigh

CLEVELAND (AP) — The Cleveland Cavaliers are on the verge of their third consecutive meeting with the Golden State Warriors in the NBA Finals. The Cavaliers own a 3-1 lead in the Eastern Conference finals after Kyrie Irving and LeBron James combined for 76 points in a 112-99 victory over the visiting Boston Celtics...

CLEVELAND (AP) — LeBron James poured in 32 points and Kyrie Irving added 30 as the Cleveland Cavaliers ripped Golden State 120-90 to get within two games to one in the NBA Finals. The Cavaliers burst out to a 30-10 lead in the first quarter, with Irving scoring 16 points on 7 of 9 shooting in the period...

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Shaun Livingston scored 20 points off the bench to help the Golden State Warriors overcome a rare quiet night from the Splash Brothers in a 104-89 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 1 of the NBA Finals Thursday night...

LeBron James is a good guy. LeBron James is also a big guy.

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — The Golden State Warriors are back in the Bay Area as NBA champions for the first time in 40 years. With more than 100 team employees in yellow and blue shirts cheering them outside a private terminal, the Warriors were welcomed back to Oakland on Wednesday with the Larry O'Brien Trophy in hand...

CLEVELAND (AP) — The Golden State Warriors have two shots to win the NBA title. But Stephen Curry and his teammates want to get the job done the first time around. The Warriors hold a 3-2 series lead going into tonight's game in Cleveland...

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — The latest from Game 5 of the NBA Finals: Stephen Curry turned in an MVP performance. So did LeBron James. "He has the ball in his hands a lot and he's making big shots," Curry said of James' triple-double in the Warriors' 104-91 victory in Game 5...

CLEVELAND (AP) — Stephen (STEH'-fehn) Curry and Andre Iguodala (ih-gah-DAH'-lah) scored 22 points apiece and the Golden State Warriors shut out LeBron James in the fourth quarter of a 103-82 rout of the Cleveland Cavaliers. The Warriors went on a 9-0 run bridging the third and four quarters to take a 12-point lead before evening the NBA Finals at two games apiece...