Kevin Durant bounced as he walked down from the stage on which he’d received his NBA Finals MVP trophy. He made the Golden State Warriors great enough that they could beat a player better than any of them, and the team that had bested them last year. The Warriors entered the Finals capable of becoming the first team in NBA history to sweep every round of the playoffs. With a lesson learned from Game 4, the Cavaliers punched the Warriors in the face again Monday night. With 55 seconds left in the game, Durant finally let himself take in the gravity of what was happening.

Source: Los Angeles Times June 13, 2017 03:50 UTC