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OAKLAND » The Warriors fought wild and emotional Game 6, Golden State’s
to the end. 114-110, Thursday to claim the Klay Thompson
Man, did they fight. franchise’s first-ever NBA title. grabs his knee
They showed unspeakable te- The Raptors are worthy after going down
nacity, steely resolve and an un- champions, having outplayed hard after being
quantifiable amount of heart. the Warriors for the vast major- fouled in the
But they didn’t have enough Dieter ity of this series and executing third quarter.
soldiers to win the war. Kurtenbach down the stretch of the fourth Thompson left
Stephen Curry had a chance Columnist quarter of Thursday’s game in the game after
to win it — a clean-as-you-could- a way they couldn’t in Monday’s shooting his free
expect look at the rim from be- Game 5. throws and did
hind the 3-point arc, but his shot in But make no mistake, the Warriors not return.
the final seconds clanked off the front played like champions, too.
of the rim. The Warriors had a chance And though they didn’t achieve their
to get the rebound — they scrambled goal of winning a third-straight title —
on the floor, finally getting to the ball a fourth in five years — they should exit
with 0.9 seconds remaining. But at that the season with their heads held high.
point, there was nothing more that For a lesser team, the compounding
could be done — the Raptors claimed a KURTENBACH » PAGE 6
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