2016 NBA Finals

The 2016 NBA Finals was the championship series of the National Basketball Association (NBA) 2015–16 season and conclusion of the 2016 playoffs. The Eastern Conference champion Cleveland Cavaliers defeated the defending NBA champion and Western Conference champion Golden State Warriors 4–3 at a rematch of the 2015 NBA Finals. It was the 14th rematch of the previous NBA Finals ever, and also the very first Finals since 2008 where the number one seed in every summit fulfilled. It was the second right rematch in back-to-back decades, since the Miami Heat and San Antonio Spurs played each other in 2013 and 2014.
Golden State, which earned home-court benefit with establishing the NBA regular season wins record (73–9), jumped to a two –0 lead to the string whilst recording the largest combined margin of victory (48) through two matches in NBA Finals history. Cleveland returned home and responded with a 120–90 win in Game 3, but the Warriors won Game 4 to take a 3–1 series lead. The Cavaliers won the next 3 games to become the first team in Finals history to successfully overcome a 3–1 shortage. Additionally, it marked the first time since 1978 that Game 7 was obtained by the road team.
For the first time since 2004, a new scheduling format has been assessed for the Finals. Tuesday scheme — at a Thursday — Sunday, the Finals were played in prior decades. However, the league changed its scheduling to ensure an extra day off for both groups, which have to journey from 1 city to another throughout the series. This, along with the designated travel day, happened after Games 2, 4, 5, and 6.
The triumph from the Cavaliers was the first major professional sports championship won by a team located in Cleveland since 1964, and also the first-ever championship won by the Cavaliers franchise. NBA Finals MVP winner LeBron James propelled the Cavaliers to the historical comeback. James had a historically great Finals performance, becoming the first player in NBA history to lead all players at a playoff series in points, rebounds, assists, steals and blocks

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