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percentage (to that point).

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Seven players averaged at least 22 points and
posted a 56-plus effective field-goal percentage that
season. Golden State had three of them (Curry,
Durant and Thompson).

Durant's first season with the Warriors was perhaps

the most seamless integration of a new superstar in
NBA history.

Everyone's games seemed to complement each

other perfectly. And they peaked at the exact right
moment.

The Cleveland Cavaliers' Game 4 victory in the

Finals was their only blemish in a 16-1 postseason.
They were a whopping plus-230 over those 17
games, the best raw point differential for a single
postseason in league history.

From the moment Durant announced his intentions

to join Golden State through the title-sealing Game 5
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against Cleveland, the final result of 2016-17 felt
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