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The game, which Bay Area basketball fans had waited 40 years for, was over well before the Cleveland Cavaliers\u2019 J.R. Smith launched the last shot of the NBA finals.<\/p>\n
As Smith\u2019s desperate 3-pointer recoiled off the front rim, the regular season\u2019s Most Valuable Player, Stephen Curry, waited patiently beneath the basket for the game\u2019s final rebound. Before the final buzzer sounded, Curry hurled the basketball into the heavens. The most beloved Golden State Warrior, and perhaps the greatest 3-point shooter of all time, had finally led the Bay Area\u2019s basketball team to an NBA championship, beating the Cleveland Cavaliers 105-97 on June 16.<\/p>\n
As Curry\u2014who finished the game with 25 points, eight assists and six rebounds\u2014and the Warriors celebrated before the vanquished and proud crowd at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, hundreds of fans swarmed Bay Area streets in celebration.<\/p>\n
Large crowds gathered throughout San Francisco and in Oakland directly after the game\u2019s conclusion at 9 p.m. On the corner of 24th and Mission streets, revelers drank and smoked, drummed and danced in front of the heavy San Francisco police presence. Similar celebrations occurred near 16th and Valencia streets. The celebration seemed rowdy yet contained.<\/p>\n
According to NBC Bay Area, only 12 people were arrested in San Francisco for public intoxication, including one for resisting arrest, and another for battery of an officer after someone hurled a bottle at authorities.<\/p>\n
In Oakland, where 20,000 fans gathered at Oracle Arena to watch Game 6, there were even fewer arrests. NBC Bay Area reported only two arrests, eight citations for various violations, and zero reports of vandalism.<\/p>\n
The NBA title punctuated the best season in Golden State\u2019s history. Steve Kerr set the NBA record for most wins by a rookie head coach with 67, also setting the best Warriors record in franchise history at 67-15. Klay Thompson broke the NBA record for most points in a quarter with 37 on Jan. 23.<\/p>\n
Curry shattered his previous record of most 3-pointers in a regular season of 272 with a new mark of 286. And Andre Iguodala, who hadn\u2019t started the entire regular season, earned the title of Finals MVP with his stellar defensive play against LeBron James, who is widely considered the best basketball player in the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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