TORRANCE TRIBUNE June 25, 2015 Page 3 Warriors Come Out Golden KIDS BOWL FREE! 7 Days a Week – 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. KIDS SUMMER MENU $5.50 (plus tax) your choice of: Grilled Cheese Peanut Butter & Jelly Slice of Cheese Pizza Hamburger Hot Dog Apple Juice or Skim Milk Apple Slices or French Fries Register at www.kidsbowlfree.com/palosverdes For more information please call Charlotte at charlotte@pvbowl.com; or 310.326.5120 By Adam Serrao It was only a matter of time before the Cleveland Cavaliers came back down to earth. Like oil separating from water, the Golden State Warriors and the Cavs were simply two distinctly different teams that maybe didn’t even belong together. Golden State had perhaps one of the best regular seasons of all time. Winners of 67 games, the Warriors were not only the best team in the entire NBA, but also led the league in both total offense and total defense, as well. The Cavaliers, on the other hand, were playing on borrowed time. With injuries plaguing the team it was sure to not be long before the series dragged on, the team got tired, and LeBron James would simply run out of gas. Last Tuesday night at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, all of those things happened. With a 105-97 victory, the Warriors took Game 6 and the series away from the Cavaliers to win their first title in 40 years. As the Warriors gathered at center court to celebrate the championship that they had just won, a feeling was emanating around Cleveland and Quicken Loans Arena that was beginning to become all too familiar. Silence from the crowd. If you’re a sports fan in Cleveland, chances are you haven’t had all that much to get loud about over the last 50 years. Last Tuesday night was no different. LeBron returned to the Cavs last summer after four years spent with the Miami Heat, all but promising to finally bring home a championship to Cleveland, but as head coach of the Cavs David Blatt put it, “Not every story has a happy ending.” Despite LeBron’s efforts, Blatt was right and this one did not. “It doesn’t mean it was a bad story,” he continued. “It was not. It was a good story.” Perhaps good, but not good enough to finish the season off with a win and certainly not as good as Golden State’s. In stark contrast, Warriors head coach Steve Kerr had an altogether different view of the finals. “Pure joy,” he said of his emotions as champagne dripped off of his now soaking wet suit. “We were fortunate in a lot of ways,” Kerr admitted, “and maybe No. 1 was health.” Kerr was right. While his team’s players missed a total of only 15 games all season long due to injury, the Cavaliers were plagued by it, almost as if it were a disease running rampant throughout their locker room. Kevin Love himself missed a total of 15 games in the playoffs alone. Unfortunately for the Cavs, that was the story of the NBA Finals and despite LeBron’s best Atlas impersonation, they ended exactly how we thought they would. “We ran out of talent,” said a remarkably brash and honest James, undoubtedly still riddled with emotion immediately following his team’s series loss. “We had 14 assists and I had nine of them,” he continued. “I don’t enjoy that. That’s not winning basketball.” That is why his team lost. He simply didn’t have enough help. James unquestionably decided to return to Cleveland knowing full well that Kyrie Irving was the point guard and that he might be able to attract other big names to the team, like Kevin Love. Love went out for the year in the first round against Boston and Irving was officially done for the year after the first game against Golden State in the Finals. Even still, many held out hope. The Cavs were up 2-1 in the series with Game 4 in Cleveland. At that point, Matthew Dellavedova was still a hero and LeBron was paving out his legacy as one of the greatest Finals players of all time. Then, just as expected, LeBron and the Cavs ran out of gas and the Warriors won three games in a row to take the series. A combination of coaching adjustments from Kerr and his staff and longevity in the face of a team who had none wound up winning the series for Golden State. The series MVP, Andre Iguodala, was inserted into the lineup and the Warriors never lost a game thereafter. “After the first three games we decided to start Andre,” Kerr explained. “He was doing by far the best job on LeBron but he was also contributing in so many other ways.” “Iggy”, as they call him, not only stepped it up on defense, but also became one of the team’s best scoring options. “He was great the entire series,” said Golden State small forward Draymond Green. “Not just when he started starting. He was great the entire series. He saved this season for us.” James attempted to will his team to victory and toward a series win, but it turned out that he simply couldn’t do everything all by himself. Two triple-doubles and an average of 35.8 points, 13.3 rebounds, and 8.8 assists wasn’t enough to beat the league’s best team. LeBron needed help. That fact was evident from the percentages that he put up. James shot 39.8% from the floor and only 31% on three-pointers. Normally, those would be absolutely horrible numbers, but James has been getting a pass in lieu of his lack of team. His team’s numbers were so horrible that they aren’t even worth mentioning. Well, maybe just one. With James on the sideline in the Finals, his team failed to hit even one Tartars Sneak Away With Softball Title By Adam Serrao All is officially said and done in boys’ baseball for the year and when it comes down to it, no team in the boys’ league did as well as the girls in their own league. It wasn’t easy, but the Torrance Tartars softball team came away with their first CIF title in 24 years after beating Highland three Saturdays ago. Torrance and Highland are no strangers to extra inning games and are certainly no strangers to each other, either. Just last season, Highland kicked the Lady Tartars out of the playoffs after a 12-inning first-round bout that saw Torrance hang their heads after a 5-4 defeat. Well, Torrance was finally able to get their revenge. It took 13 innings this time, but the Tartars were finally able to pull out the victory. With a 1-0 win, head coach Don Glavich and the Lady Tartars won the CIF Southern Section Division 4 title for the first time since 1991. It took every ounce of effort that the Torrance softball team had in them, but at last they were able to exact revenge by beating Highland to attain their CIF crown. Britny Jumalon was the hero for the Lady Tartars, coming through with a game-winning, walk-off single to score Abby Yamamoto in the bottom of the 13th inning to finally end the game. “Coach told me before I went up to bat that if it was in my zone to go ahead and rip one,” Jumalon said of the moment that eventually saved the Save up $1 to 7,000with AAA Travel and Oceania Cruises Save up $1 to 7,000with AAA Travel and Oceania Cruises Travel like never before and save with Early Booking Savings up to $7,0001 plus Your World On Sale amenities2 featuring: • Free pre-paid gratuities per person • Free unlimited Internet • Up to $500 shipboard credit Travel like never before and save with Early Booking Savings up to $7,0001 plus Your World On Sale amenities2 featuring: • Free pre-paid gratuities Ask about per person our new lower • Free unlimited Internet fares and 50% off deposits • Up per to stateroom $500 shipboard credit Ask about our new lower fares and 50% off deposits on select voyages3 per stateroom on select voyages3 These limited-time offers are valid on select 2015 and 2016 sailings to: These limited-time offers are valid on select 2015 and 2016 sailings to: • Alaska Europe South Pacifi c Asia • Caribbean Mediterranean South America • Caribbean • Mediterranean • South Africa America • South Africa • Alaska • Europe • South Pacifi c • Asia Hurry – you must book by June 30, 2015! 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