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Here are seven things to know about Game 7:
LBJ MVP: LeBron James became the third player in NBA history to have a triple double in Game 7 of the finals, scoring 27 points with 11 rebounds and 11 assists.
That put an exclamation point on his NBA finals performance that ended with him being voted the unanimous MVP, the third such award of his career.
The three MVPs are tied for the second most all-time with Magic Johnson, Tim Duncan and Shaquille O’Neal. Michael Jordan owns the record with six.
James became the first player in NBA history to lead all players in the finals in scoring, rebounding, assists, steals and blocks.
The other two players to post triple doubles in Game 7 of the finals were Jerry West of the Los Angeles Lakers in 1969 and James Worthy, also of the Lakers, in 1988.
Incredible Irving: While James took home the MVP trophy for the series, Irving may have been the biggest key to the Game 7 win.
One year after being forced to the miss the finals with a knee injury, Irving scored 26 points, including a tiebreaking 3-pointer with 53 seconds remaining.
Irving scored 12 of his 26 points in the third quarter to help the Cavaliers overcome a seven-point halftime deficit.
Six of Irving’s 10 field goals either tied the game or gave Cleveland the lead.
Curry collapse: League MVP Stephen Curry did not score in the final 6:56, going 0 for 5 in addition to committing a key turnover.
Leading by one with 5:16 to go, Curry tried to throw a behind-the-back pass to Klay Thompson but missed badly with the ball sailing out of bounds. James hit a 3-pointer 24 seconds later, and the Cavaliers would never trail again.
Curry finished 6 of 19 from the floor, including 4 of 14 from 3-point range, with two assists and four turnovers.
Tight tally: After each of the first six games of the NBA Finals were decided by 10 or more points for the first time in league history, Game 7 was a tightly contested thriller in which neither team led by double digits at any point.
Golden State’s largest lead was eight, while Cleveland’s was seven.
The game featured 11 ties and 20 lead changes, the last of which came on LeBron James’ 3-pointer with 4:52 remaining that put the Cavaliers ahead 89-87.
Rough road: In addition to becoming the first team in NBA history to overcome a 3-1 deficit in the finals, Cleveland is just the fourth team to win Game 7 on the road.
Prior to this year, road teams were 3-15 in Game 7 of the NBA final. The only other road teams to win a Game 7 were Washington (105-99 at Seattle in 1978) and Boston (102-87 at Milwaukee in 1974, and 108-106 at Los Angeles in 1969).
Going Green: Golden State forward Draymond Green scored 22 of his game-high 32 points in the first half. It was the highest-scoring half of his career in the 63 postseason games he has played.
Green was 5 of 5 from 3-point range in the first half and finished 6 of 8, tying the NBA record for most treys in a Game 7 of the NBA Finals (Miami’s Shane Battier in 2013).
Triple trouble: Cleveland missed 13 of its first 14 3-point attempts before finishing 5 of 11.
JR Smith hit two 3-pointers in the first two and a half minutes of the third quarter to get the Cavaliers’ perimeter game going.
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