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Wardell Stephen Curry II (born March 14, 1988) is an American professional basketball player for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
 Many players and analysts have called him the greatest shooter in NBA history.
 In 2014–15, Curry won the NBA Most Valuable Player Award and led the Warriors to their first championship since 1975.
 The following season, he became the first player in NBA history to be elected MVP by a unanimous vote and to lead the league in scoring while shooting above 50–40–90.
 That same year, the Warriors broke the record for the most wins in an NBA season.
 Curry helped the Warriors return to the NBA Finals for a third straight year in 2017, where he won his second NBA championship.
The Cavaliers–Warriors rivalry is a National Basketball Association (NBA) rivalry between the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Golden State Warriors.
 While the two teams have played each other since the Cavaliers joined the league in 1970, their rivalry did not develop until the 2014–15 season, when they met in the first of three consecutive NBA Finals series.
 The two teams have met in three straight NBA Finals, becoming the only two teams in NBA history to do so.
 Of these three series, the Warriors have won two, most recently in 2017the Cavaliers have won one, in 2016.
 The two teams feature 11 NBA All-Stars: LeBron James, Kyrie Irving, Kevin Love, Deron Williams and Kyle Korver (Cleveland), and Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant, Draymond Green, Klay Thompson, David West and Andre Iguodala (Golden State).
 Two players, Andrew Bogut and Anderson Varejão, played for both teams during this time.
The 2015–16 Golden State Warriors season was the 70th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and its 54th in the San Francisco Bay Area.
 The Warriors entered the season as the defending NBA champions and they set the best ever regular-season record of 73–9, breaking the 1995–96 Chicago Bulls record of 72–10 .
 Golden State broke over twenty-five NBA records and more than ten franchise records this season, including most wins ever recorded in a season (regular-season and postseason combined); with 88.
 This team's regular-season is considered to be one of the greatest in NBA and professional sports history.
This page details the records, statistics and career achievements of American professional basketball player Stephen Curry.
 Curry is a point guard for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
 He previously played collegiately for Davidson.
 Holding numerous records related to three-point shooting, Curry has played eight seasons in the NBA, where he is a four-time All-Star, two-time Most Valuable Player, and a two-time NBA champion with the Warriors in 2015 and 2017.
 He is also the Warriors franchise leader in Points in Playoffs.
Klay Alexander Thompson (born February 8, 1990) is an American professional basketball player for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
 The son of former NBA player Mychal Thompson, he played college basketball for three seasons at Washington State University, where he was a two-time first-team all-conference selection in the Pac-10.
 Thompson was selected in the first round of the 2011 NBA draft by Golden State with the 11th overall pick.
 In 2014, he and teammate Stephen Curry set a then NBA record with 484 combined three-pointers in a season, as the pair were given the nickname the "Splash Brothers".
 Thompson is a three-time NBA All-Star and a two-time All-NBA Third Team honoree.
 In 2015, he helped lead the Warriors to their first NBA Championship since 1975.
 Thompson helped the Warriors return to the NBA Finals for a third straight year in 2017, winning his second NBA Championship.
The Golden State Warriors are an American professional basketball team based in Oakland, California.
 The franchise had been known as the Philadelphia Warriors and the San Francisco Warriors, due to it previously being based in or near those cities.
 The team is a member of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
 The Warriors initially joined the Basketball Association of America (BAA) as the Philadelphia Warriors in 1946, and won the first BAA championship title in the same year under coach Edward Gottlieb.
 The Warriors later joined the NBA at its foundation in 1949.
 The Warriors' record was 26–42 in their first NBA season and lost in the first round of the playoffs to the Syracuse Nationals.
 Franklin Mieuli and the Diners Club put together a group of 40 local investors to move the Warriors to San Francisco before the 1962–63 NBA season, with Mieuli eventually buying all the shares of the franchise to keep the team from collapsing and to keep it in the area.
 The team became the Golden State Warriors and moved to Oakland before the 1971–72 NBA season.
The Golden State Warriors 2006–07 season is the 61st National Basketball Association (NBA) season for the Golden State Warriors basketball franchise, and their 34th overall while based in Oakland, California.
 Following the 2005–06 season, in which the Warriors ranked last in their division, the team roster was greatly revamped following a blockbuster eight-player deal with the Indiana Pacers in January 2007.
 After an average start to the 2006–07 season, Golden State made a dramatic turn-around, ending the year on a 16–5 run, and capturing the eighth seed in the Western Conference, marking their return to the post-season after a thirteen-year hiatus.
 The Warriors met the top-seeded Dallas Mavericks in the first round of the playoffs, and shocked many in the basketball world when they defeated Dallas four games to two.
 However, the Warriors met the Utah Jazz in the second round, and were defeated four games to one in a hard fought series.
The Golden State Warriors are an American professional basketball team based in Oakland, California.
 The franchise has also been based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, San Francisco and San Jose, California (during a renovation of their home arena) during its existence.
 The team is a member of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
 The Warriors initially joined the Basketball Association of America (BAA) as the Philadelphia Warriors in 1946, and won the first BAA championship title in the same year under coach Edward Gottlieb.
 The Warriors later joined the NBA at its foundation in 1949.
 The Warriors' record was 26–42 in their first NBA season, and they lost in the first round of the playoffs to the Syracuse Nationals.
 Franklin Mieuli and the Diners Club put together a group of 40 local investors to move the Warriors to San Francisco before the 1962–63 NBA season, with Mieuli eventually buying all the shares of the franchise to keep the team from collapsing and to keep it in the area.
 After playing several home games in Oakland from 1967 onward, the team moved to Oakland full-time for the 1971–72 NBA season and changed their name to the Golden State Warriors.
The 2014–15 Golden State Warriors season was the 69th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and their 53rd in the San Francisco Bay Area.
 The Warriors finished the season 67–15, a new franchise record for wins in a season, clinching their best record in the NBA since they won 59 games in the 1975–76 season.
 They are the tenth NBA team to win 67 games in a season.
 Golden State reached the 2015 NBA Finals and defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers 4–2, to win their first title in 40 years, and the fourth in franchise history.
 Their 83 total wins for the season was the third most for a team in NBA history, they went 83–20 combining regular season and playoff games.
The 2016–17 Golden State Warriors season was the 71st season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and its 55th in the San Francisco Bay Area.
 The Warriors won their fifth NBA Championship, setting the best postseason record in NBA history by going 16–1 .
 They entered the season as runners-up in the 2016 NBA Finals, after a record breaking regular-season in 2015–16.
 With the acquisition of free agent Kevin Durant in the offseason, the Warriors were hailed as a "Superteam" by the media and fans, forming a new All-Star "Fantastic Four" of Durant, Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson and Draymond Green.
 The Warriors broke over 20 NBA records on their way to equaling their 2014–15 regular-season record of 67–15 , their second most wins in franchise history.