Golden State Warriors and fans celebrate NBA championship

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Wednesday, June 17, 2015

OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) -- The Warriors flew back home as NBA champions Wednesday morning after closing out the Cavaliers in Cleveland. The team will celebrate with a victory parade in Oakland on Friday.[br /][br /][facebook URL="https://www.facebook.com/abc7news/videos/10153422210717079/?permPage=1" /][br /][br /]Stephen Curry and Andre Iguodala each scored 25 points in the deciding Game 6. The Warriors defense stifled the Cavs at times, and withstood several Cavs runs in the fourth quarter beating Cleveland 105-97.[br /][br /]After the game, Iguodala was named the series MVP -- becoming the first player to win the award without starting every game in the Finals. The team hoisted the Larry O'Brien trophy for the first time in 40 years. Iguodala said he will receive a $100,000 bonus for being named series MVP.[br /][br /][b][url HREF="http://abc7ne.ws/18JjAsJ" TARGET="" REL=""]PHOTOS: Golden State Warriors fans 2015[/url][/b][br /][post ID="561837" /][br /][br /]"It's indescribable. You don't know how hard it is. Oh my god, we just had a great bunch of guys, teammates, players, coaches, front office is amazing. Fans, our fans -- they deserved it. Our fans, oh my god, it's beautiful," said Iguodala.[br /][br /]"This is what it is man, we built that. The cool thing is we keep playing. We're going to enjoy this all summer, even the next year, but we want to get another one. This feels amazing," said Curry.[br /][Ads /][br /][twitter ID="611048450617176064" /][br /][br /]It was a historical season. The Warriors finished with 83 wins, the third highest single season total in NBA history. Steve Kerr became only the third head coach to win the NBA title in his first year.[br /][br /]After the game, fans poured into the streets of Oakland. They were well behaved for the most part although a few climbed on top of an AC Transit bus at 14th and Broadway. Others tagged the word Warriors on the pavement at Telegraph and 15th. A few fireworks were lit and a few small fires.[br /][br /][b][url HREF="http://abc7ne.ws/1GQkzFj" TARGET="" REL=""]PHOTOS: Warriors return to Oakland as NBA champs[/url][/b][br /][post ID="791412" /][br /][br /]Oakland police brought in extra officers to handle the crowds and had some help from the CHP, but in the end, it was all pretty calm. There weren't any reports of major violence or vandalism.[br /][br /][facebook URL="https://www.facebook.com/abc7news/photos/a.154843737078.141791.57427307078/10153420492252079/?type=1&theater" /][br /]Warriors' fans poured into the streets in San Francisco's Mission District to celebrate. The crowd blocked traffic at 24th and Missions streets for a while. One person hopped on the back of a limo bus for a minute, but the crowd pretty much behaved themselves. Police were standing by but made no arrests.[br /][br /]A popular spot for fans will be at Bay Area Sports Authority and Dick's Sporting Goods stores. Both chains are opening several Bay Area locations early on Wednesday. Tuesday night at the Foster City Sports Authority fans lined up immediately after the game to get caps and t-shirts. Most waited in line for about an hour and caps were sold out within 20 minutes.[br /][br /][twitter ID="611134108815593472" /][br /][br /][post ID="788450" /][br /][br /][b]ABC7 has been proud to be your NBA Finals station, and count on us to continue bringing you your best coverage of the parade and rally. We'll have crews stationed all along the route and will be live streaming all the fun on [url HREF="http://abc7ne.ws/Ql4K21" TARGET="" REL=""]www.abc7news.com.[/url] [url HREF="http://abc7ne.ws/1QDq28Z" TARGET="" REL=""]Click here[/url] for the parade route details and changes to mass transit. [url HREF="http://abc7ne.ws/1FwLCCp" TARGET="" REL=""]Click here[/url] for full coverage on the Warriors.[/b][br /][br /][twitter ID="611023512535437312" /][br /][twitter ID="611050038291099649" /][br /][twitter ID="611027719111905280" /][br /][twitter ID="611022375786680320" /][br /][br /][facebook URL="https://www.facebook.com/abc7news/photos/a.154843737078.141791.57427307078/10153420492252079/?type=1&theater" /][br /][br /][b][url HREF="http://abc7ne.ws/18JjAsJ" TARGET="" REL=""]PHOTOS: Golden State Warriors fans 2015[/url][/b][br /][post ID="561837" /][br /][br /][b][url HREF="http://abc7ne.ws/1Gmt1hg" TARGET="" REL=""]PHOTOS: Behind the scene of the NBA Finals[/url][/b][br /][post ID="763537" /][br /][br /][b][url HREF="http://abc7ne.ws/1O3myLG" TARGET="" REL=""]PHOTOS: Golden State Warriors NBA playoffs 2015[/url][/b]][br /][post ID="667394" /]