Stephen Curry paved the way for the visitors to claim their fourth title with 34 points, seven assists and seven rebounds.
“I am very proud of my group,” said an emotional Curry after the win.
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The win is a notable turnaround for the Warriors, who missed the playoffs the previous two seasons and claimed the Larry O’Brien Trophy this year by defeating the Nuggets, Grizzlies, Mavericks and Celtics.
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“We were far from it,” Curry said.
“We hit rock bottom with injuries and a long road of work ahead and trying to fill in the right pieces and the right people. You can never take this lightly because you never know when you’re going to be back here.”
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It is the seventh title overall for the franchise, which was founded in 1946 in Philadelphia as one of the original members of the Basketball Association of America.
The Warriors also captured the league’s first championship in the ’46–47 season.