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NBA FINALS

Cavaliers beat Warriors

in thrilling Game 7
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ERIC RISBERG The Associated Press

Andre Iguodala, Draymond Green and Stephen Curry couldnt finish

their historic season as the Golden State Warriors lost Game 7 of the
NBA Finals to the Cleveland Cavaliers on Sunday.

Lebron James denied Golden

States bid for a second straight
NBA title Sunday night and
brought Cleveland its first in
any major sport since 1964.
The Cavaliers held off the
Warriors 93-89 to become the
first team to come back from a
3-1 deficit in the Finals.
James had 27 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists. Draymond Green had 32 points, 15

rebounds and nine assists for

the Warriors.
Golden State won an NBArecord 73 games in the regular
season, then fell short in the
playoffs. The Warriors went
scoreless in the last three minutes of Game 7. Regular season
MVP Stephen Curry struggled
with missed shots and turnovers.
James delivered on a promise
from two years ago to bring a
championship to his native
northeast Ohio. Clevelands last
was when the Browns won the

NFL title 52 years ago. It was

the first for the Cavs in franchise history.
Cleveland! This is for you!
James said in his postgame
interview before being announced as the Finals MVP.
For the talented and deep
Warriors, it was a heart-breaking end for a 2015-16 season
that started 24-0.
The 73 wins, Currys unanimous MVP and the memorable
comeback in the conference
finals will all be a footnote now
after the Warriors became the
first team ever to lose the finals
after taking a 3-1 series lead.
The Warriors will now be part
of a debate they hoped to avoid:
the best teams that failed to win
a championship.
For more Finals coverage,
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Obamas end Yosemite

visit, lift off from Castle
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ANDREW KUHN akuhn@mercedsunstar.com

President Barack Obama waves while walking to Air Force One with his family at Castle Airport in Atwater on Sunday. The president and his
family were greeted by hundreds of people before flying out of Castle Airport on Air Force One after returning from a trip to Yosemite
National Park in the Marine One helicopter, below.
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First family late to leave national park after morning of hiking

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President even gets in workout at recreation center beforehand

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Bee Staff and News Services

ts a national treasure too

beautiful to rush. President
Barack Obama and his
family got a late departure
from Castle Airport in Atwater
on Sunday because they were
busy taking in Yosemite National Park during the morning and
early afternoon.
The Obamas initially had
been scheduled to depart Atwater at 2 p.m., but didnt take
off on Air Force One for Washington, D.C., until nearly 3:20
p.m. A couple of hundred people a much larger crowd than
Jesus Martinez, 39, of Merced
lifts daughter Evelynn Vega, 10, so
she can see Air Force One on the
tarmac of Castle Airport in
Atwater on Sunday.
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greeted the familys arrival at

Castle on Friday evening, security staff said crowded outside
fencing to get a glimpse of the
Obamas and see Air Force One
lift off.
Though hiking lay ahead, the
president still left the Majestic
Yosemite Hotel at 7:54 a.m. for
a workout in the Yosemite recreation center, according to the
media pool traveling with him.

(Bravo, Mr. President you

didnt miss a workout during
your Fathers Day weekend
here.)
After joining his family back
at the former Ahwahnee Hotel,
the Obama motorcade left at
10:06 a.m. for a five-minute
drive along the Merced River to
Happy Isles for a hike, presum-

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