Spurs beat the Cavaliers to win the NBA Championship

The San Antonio Spurs captured their 4th NBA title in nine years winning Game 4 last night 83-82 over the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Spurs beat the Cavaliers to win the NBA Championship The outcome of the first NBA final for LeBron James did not turn out the way he imagined and he walked out of the home court without turning around, while the Spurs celebrated their 4th NBA Championship victory after 1999, 2003 and 2005. With the win, the San Antonio Spurs joined Boston Celtics, Chicago Bulls and the Los Angeles Lakers as the only NBA teams to win the title four times.

Tony Parker wrapped himself with the French flag and got the MVP award after scoring 24 points, while Tim Duncan was recording this precious moment with a camcorder. This made Tony Parker the first European player to win the Finals MVP in the history of NBA.

No team has ever recovered in the finals from 3-0, but the Cavaliers did not give up till the last second, leading in the mid of the 4th 63-60. But Manu Ginóbili cooled down their enthusiasm helping to turn the game 69-66 with a little over 4 minutes left scoring 13 of his 27 game points in the fourth.

LeBron James finished with 24 points and commented: "I've got a lot of things to work on to get better for next year. Once I get better, our team will automatically get better, and I know that."

This is how the Spurs got the NBA title:

Game 1: CLE 76-85 SAS
Game 2: CLE 92-103 SAS
Game 3: SAS 75-72 CLE
Game 4: SAS 83-82 CLE

2007 NBA Champions: San Antonio Spurs

Published on 06/15/2007