The Golden State Warriors and Cleveland Cavaliers will face each other in the final series of the National Basketball Association (NBA) playoffs for the fourth season in a row.
This became known after the Warriors won away in the seventh game of the semifinal series against Houston with a score of 101:92 (19:24, 24:30, 33:15, 25:23). The most productive player of this meeting was Golden State forward Kevin Durant, who scored 34 points.
Golden State closed the series with a score of 4-3 and made it to the NBA playoff finals for the fourth time in a row. The delegate from the east the day before was Cleveland, for which this final would also be the fourth in a row. The first match of the finals will take place on the night of June 1, Moscow time, on the Golden State floor.
In the previous three seasons, Golden State won twice (2015, 2017), and Cleveland won once (2016).
The Warriors became the sixth team to reach the league finals four years in a row. In addition to Cleveland, Boston also managed this twice (1957-66 and 1984-87) and once each by the Lakers (1982-85) and Miami (2011-14).