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It’s now two straight NBA championships for the Golden State Warriors, and two consecutive NBA Finals MVP awards for the forward who played a huge role in getting them to those titles.
Durant scored 20 points in the Game 4 clincher Friday night, a 108-85 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers – but his series will be remembered most for what he did in Game 3. Durant scored 43 points in that game, including a 33-foot 3-pointer in the final minute to all but clinch the win for the Warriors.
Durant averaged 28.8 points in the series, along with 10.8 rebounds and 7.5 assists.
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There were 11 voters for the MVP award; Durant got seven votes, Stephen Curry – who still doesn’t have a Finals MVP – got the other four.
”Does it matter? Does it? Does it?” Durant asked. ”We won two championships. We just won back-to-back. I don’t think anybody’s even worried about that type of stuff.”
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He’s also the sixth player to win it in consecutive years, with Jordan, O’Neal
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Since 2009 the award has been named for Celtics legend Bill Russell, the 11-time champion who surely would have won the award several times if it existed in his long run of finals dominance. The Finals MVP was first handed out in 1969 – Russell’s final season with the Celtics.
Durant is one of 31 players to win the award.
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The Carolina Panthers are keeping their kicking game intact.
The Panthers announced Tuesday they have signed Pro Bowl kicker Graham Gano to a four-year contract extension.
The deal is worth $17 million overall with $9 million guaranteed, a person familiar with the situation said. The person spoke to The Associated Press on Tuesday on condition of anonymity because the financial terms of the contract have not been publicly released.
Gano was set to become an unrestricted free agent and the team had considered using the franchise tag on him, but came to an agreement just hours before the deadline to use the tag.
The 30-year-old Gano is coming off his best NFL season
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Gano also set a franchise record and tied the NFL postseason record with his 58-yard field goal in a Wild Card playoff loss at New Orleans.
He’s spent the last six seasons in Carolina.
The Panthers drafted Harrison Butker in the seventh round last year providing Gano with some competition. But Gano outkicked Butker in training camp and held on to the job. Gano went on to lead the NFL with a touchback percentage of 85.4, belting a franchise-record 70 of his kickoffs into the end zone.
Butker was cut and later signed with the Kansas City Chiefs.
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