Cavaliers win Game 6 of NBA Finals, pulling even with Warriors

LeBron James of the Cleveland Cavaliers gets ready to shoot over Draymond Green of the Golden State Warriors.
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The Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Golden State Warriors on Thursday night, 115-101, in Game 6 of the NBA Finals, forcing Game 7 on Sunday. Cleveland's LeBron James had 41 points, 11 assists, and eight rebounds, and his teammate Kyrie Irving scored 23 points. The Cavs are only the third team in NBA Finals history to come back from trailing 3-1 in wins, and no other team has ever come back from such a deficit to win the series.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia is night editor for TheWeek.com. Her writing and reporting has appeared in Entertainment Weekly and EW.com, The New York Times, The Book of Jezebel, and other publications. A Southern California native, Catherine is a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.