The 2014-15 season saw the Golden State Warriors winning the NBA title for the first time since 1975 and their fourth time overall. They did this in style as they had also topped the regular season comfortably.
With 67 wins in 82 regular season games, Warriors emerged as the top seed overall in the play-offs. They got rid of New Orleans Pelicans 4-0, Memphis Grizzlies 4-2 and the Houston Rockets 4-1 to emerge victorious in the Western Conference. This set up an NBA Final with the Cleveland Cavaliers, who were led by LeBron James. The Finals needed six matches, but Warriors eventually finished on top, winning four games to Cavs two.
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Golden State Warriors won the Western Conference for five years in a row, starting from 2015. This means that they were involved in the NBA Finals every year from 2015-2019, and they won on three occasions-2015, 2017 and 2018.
The NBA Finals from 2015-2018 comprised the same set of teams, Golden State Warriors and Cleveland Cavaliers. While Warriors won in the three occasions mentioned. Cavs took the title after one of the greatest comebacks in NBA Finals history in 2016.
Warriors Stephen Curry was named the Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the season, while, teammate Andre Iguodala won the Finals MVP honour.
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