What They’re Saying: NBA Finals
June 17, 2015
"The Golden State Warriors, the NBA’s best team from start to finish, completed one of the more impressive seasons in league history by defeating the Cavaliers 105-97 in
Game 6 and ending [LeBron] James' dream of ending Cleveland’s 51-year championship drought." – Frank Isola , New York Daily News
“Golden State closed out Cleveland in Game 6 on Tuesday to complete what may have been the most dominant season the NBA has seen since Michael Jordan was in a uniform and [Steve] Kerr was one of his Chicago Bulls teammates.
” – Ben Cohen , Wall
Street Journal
"The Warriors checked every box you want in an NBA Champion. They were talented, well-coached and deep. And because the game is for the fans, they were perfect in that regard, too. The Warriors were supremely entertaining, and when I look back on this season, I will look back on it fondly." – Nate Scott , USA TODAY Sports
"With the championship, people may now see the Warriors for what they were all year long: a historically strong team that played the game differently than almost any team since the game was founded." – Chris Herring , Wall Street Journal
“For the Cavaliers, the NBA season ended not with tears but with hope. ... [I]t also ended with the Cavs being closer to the title -- than ever. That's what I kept thinking while watching the Cavs in the last few games.
” – Terry Pluto , Cleveland Plain Dealer
"[Andre] Iguodala has always prided himself as a defender first, and a player that could do whatever his team needed to win. He certainly did that in the Finals and now he becomes the rare player to hold an Olympic gold medal, an NBA championship ring and the NBA Finals MVP trophy." – Matt Moore , CBS Sports
“It's such a rarity for a team to be as complete and deep as these Warriors.” – Marcus
Thompson II , Bay Area News Group
“The 2015 NBA Finals between the Golden State Warriors and Cleveland Cavaliers is the most watched series since 1998, Michael Jordan's last season with the Chicago
Bulls.
” – Darren Rovell , ESPN.com