The Los Angeles Lakers dethroned the defending champion Golden State Warriors with a 122-101 elimination Game 6 victory.
LOS ANGELES -- LeBron James scored 30 points, Anthony Davis added 17 points and pulled 20 rebounds as the Los Angeles Lakers dethroned the defending NBA champion Golden State Warriors with a 122-101 elimination Game 6 victory.
The loss could mark the end of the Stephen Curry/Draymond Green/Klay Thompson era which resulted in 4 NBA titles in 6 finals appearances. The trio have 98 playoff wins together. Green will be an off-season free agent and Thompson's diminished skills were on full display during 5-of-6 games in the Lakers series.
The Warriors play didn't improve coming out in the second half. They missed some easy shots, including a point-blank layup by Curry with 8:39 remaining in the third. Moments later, Reaves grabbed an offensive rebounded and converted it into a layup to put Lakers up 72-54. An Andrew Wiggins steal led to a Jordan Poole layup at the third quarter buzzer to make it 91-77 heading into the fourth quarter -- an ominous development as the Warriors were 0-27 when trailing on the fourth quarter in the regular season.With the final seconds ticking off the clock, Thompson badly missed a 3-point shot that Donte DiVincenzo rebounded but was blocked at the rim by Davis.
Thompson was 3-for-13 for 8 points in the first half and Poole was scoreless with four fouls. DiVincenzo, meanwhile, went 4-of-7 for 10 points with 4 rebounds and a steal.
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