James filled the stat sheet as Cavaliers won their first title
A statistical look at the 2016 NBA Finals, where the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Golden State Warriors in seven games:
1: Player to play for both teams that met in the NBA Finals in the same season (Anderson Varejao, Warriors).
1: Team to erase a 3-1 deficit and win the NBA title.
4: Teams to win Game 7 of the NBA Finals on the road.
Cavaliers: 4th team in NBA Finals history to win Game 7 on road, snapping streak of 6 straight wins by home teams. pic.twitter.com/mnwvA1cl0X
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5: Coaches, including Cleveland’s Tyronn Lue, to win an NBA title in his first season.
5: Players to win the NBA Finals MVP three times.
LeBron James becomes 5th player to win three Finals MVPs; the others are Michael Jordan, Shaquille O'Neal, Tim Duncan and Magic Johnson.
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6: Consecutive Finals appearances for Cavaliers forward LeBron James (the first four were with the Miami Heat).
6: Double-digit victories in the series. Only Game 7 was close (93-89, Cavaliers).
10: Teams to lose in the Finals after winning the previous year, the last being the Heat in 2014.
14: Meetings between teams in the Finals after facing each other for the title in the previous season.
14: Consecutive shots missed by the Warriors’ Harrison Barnes, a run that spanned games 5-7.
Harrison Barnes' basket ended a streak of 14 straight missed shots by him
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15.7: Rating for Game 7, which is the highest since a record 22.3 rating for Game 6 of the 1998 NBA Finals, when the Chicago Bulls clinched their second three-peat with a win over the Utah Jazz.
16: Blocked shots in the series by the Cavaliers’ LeBron James, which led all players.
32: Three-pointers made in the series by the Warriors’ Stephen Curry, which led all players.
41: Highest single-game scoring output in this year’s Finals, accomplished twice by LeBron James (Games 5 and 6) and Kyrie Irving (Game 5).
52: Years since the city of Cleveland won a championship in a major sports league (Browns, 1964 NFL title) before the Cavaliers ended the drought.
It had been a while since Cleveland's previous major professional sports championship pic.twitter.com/pjxfzNHblT
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62: Assists in the series by the Cavaliers’ LeBron James, which led all players.
79: Rebounds in the series by the Cavaliers’ LeBron James, which led all players.
82: Field goals made in the series by the Cavaliers’ LeBron James. He took 166 shots and was 13 for 35 from outside the arc.
99.9: Points averaged by the Warriors in the series, which was 15 points less than what they scored in the regular season.
208: Points scored in the series by the Cavaliers’ LeBron James, which led all players.
He is the first player in NBA history to lead all players in all five categories for an entire playoff series https://t.co/5tCfyA606A
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292: Minutes played in the series by the Cavaliers’ LeBron James, which led all players. James’ teammate Kyrie Irving was second among all players with 273.
Compiled by Noel Harris
This story was originally published June 20, 2016 at 8:24 PM with the headline "James filled the stat sheet as Cavaliers won their first title."