All the best memes and jokes from the Warriors' NBA Finals win
This time they didn't blow the 3-1 lead. Golden State beat Cleveland to clinch the NBA championship in Oakland on Monday night, in doing so avenging last year's epic collapse that spawned a million memes.
That makes two titles in three years, with an NBA regular-season record for wins sandwiched in between -- so Warriors fans are now officially cleared to talk dynasty.
Kevin Durant was brilliant with 39 points for Golden State, but Monday's NBA Finals finale didn't disappoint on the comedy front either.
During the second quarter, Warriors forward David West and Cavaliers forward Tristan Thompson got heated -- and veeery close to one another, which led to this slapstick screen-grab.
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But Game 5 was just getting warmed up.
A scary moment turned into a comedy session in the third quarter when Warriors guard Klay Thompson nearly took an ugly fall but was saved by teammate Draymond Green.
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With disaster avoided, the internet quickly got to jokes.
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And of course, folks couldn't not bring up Kevin Durant joining the Warriors to form a superteam last summer.
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The Warriors' fan base, which is heavy on the Silicon Valley set and bandwagon riders, didn't escape roasting either.
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Ultimately though, it was the Warriors celebrating their second title in three years as fans celebrated and confetti fell.
Sam Laird is Mashable's Senior Sports Reporter. He covers the wide, weird world of sports from all angles -- as well as occasional other topics -- from Mashable's San Francisco bureau. Before joining Mashable in November 2011, his freelance work appeared in publications including the New York Times, New York Times Magazine, Slam, and East Bay Express. Sam is a graduate of UC Berkeley and UC Santa Cruz, and basketball and burritos take up most of his spare time. Follow him on Twitter @samcmlaird.
