10 Revenge Championships in NBA History

2016 Finals: Cleveland Cavaliers 4-3 Golden State Warriors

Andre Iguodala (L) LeBron James (R)

2015 Finals: Golden State Warriors 4-2 Cleveland Cavaliers

The 2015 Finals for me had some of the greatest performances of LeBron James's career. Despite Kevin Love being out for the Finals and Kyrie playing just one game, the Cleveland Cavaliers pushed Golden State Warriors to six games. James carried the team on his back but eventually ran out of gas as the Warriors wrapped up proceedings with relative ease.

With a lot of grumblings about an undeserved title for the Warriors with all the injuries, they went nuclear the following year to set the all-time record at 73 wins, while the Cavs won 57 games. Golden State bulldozed through the first two rounds but then had to play a grueling 7 game series against the Oklahoma City Thunder, which they won by the skin of their teeth while the Cavs coasted through the East.

In the Finals, the Warriors took a seemingly unassailable 3-1 lead, but the tables were about to turn pretty quickly. Draymond got suspended for Game 5, Bogut went down with a knee injury in Game 5 and Iguodala suffered back spasms in Game 6. On top of that of course, Curry was hampered by the MCL sprain he suffered in Round 1.

The Cavs couldn't care less of course as James and Irving led the historic comeback with Kyrie Irving hitting the shot of shots in the last minute of Game 7 to put the Cavs up for good. James would win Finals MVP, leading all players in every major statistical category in one of the greatest Finals performances we've ever seen.