Basketball fans around the world know what this time of year means — the NBA finals are here in full swing, seeing who’s best in a series of seven games between the East and West.

Unfortunately for fans of the Cleveland Cavaliers, this series was a letdown after the third game and now they must wait once more for a title shot.

Game 6 of the NBA Finals 2015 series provided the Golden State Warriors with the opportunity they needed to secure their first NBA Championship title in 40 years.

Stephen Curry and Andre Iguodala each scored 25 points during the game while Draymond Green shot a triple-double to lead the Warriors to victory Tuesday, June 16.

“I’m kind of speechless,” Curry said in an interview with Tom Withers. “This is special. To be able to hold this trophy and all the hard work we’ve put into the season, this is special. We’re definitely a great team and a team that should go down in history as one of the best teams top to bottom.”

Though Cleveland’s luck with sports has run short and the Cavaliers, Browns and Indians have a combined total of 144 seasons without one gaining a title win, not all is lost with this series.

During the NBA 2015 series, the Cavs won two of the six games played which are the only two games the Cavs have won during a finals series since the start of the franchise.

“Doesn’t matter if I’m playing in Miami or playing in Cleveland or on Mars,” Cleveland’s LeBron James told Withers. “You lose in the finals, it’s disappointing. We ran out of talent. We gave everything we had.”

James finished Game 6 with 32 points, 18 rebounds and nine assists.

The motto of this year’s Warrior team, “Strength in numbers,” truly showed after they jumped from 51 wins in the regular season to a franchise-record 67 then returned to the court to take Game 1 and Games 4-6 of the finals series.

The final score of Game 6 was Golden State Warriors – 105, Cleveland Cavaliers – 97.

The Cavaliers stumbled during the fifth game of the NBA Finals series Sunday, June 14 against the Warriors.

Curry led the way in points for the Warriors, scoring seven 3-pointers and 37 points in total. James scored 40 points during the game.

James also had 14 rebounds and 11 assists.

“He has the ball in his hands a lot,” Curry said in an interview with Antonio Gonzalez, while referring to James. “Don’t get discouraged if he makes shots. He’s going to. Over the course of 48 minutes, we hope we wear him down to make it very tough on him.”

The game ended with a final score of 91-104, allowing the Warriors to take a 3-2 lead in the series, putting them just one win away from their first title since 1975.

This was the second loss in a row during the series against the Warriors.

Game 4 found the Cavs facing the Warriors, just off a two game win-streak for the Cavs.

Despite this win-streak, the Warriors defeated the Cavs 103-82 to even out the series.

Curry scored 22 points for the Warriors, as did Iguodala during the game June 11.

James seemed to drop the ball some as he only managed to score 20 points, which is 21 points lower than the average amount of points he has scored each game this series.

The Cavs scored 4 of the 27 attempted 3-pointers throughout the game and we outscored the first quarter 31-24. The Warriors outshot the Cavs 23-18 in the second and 27-12 in the fourth.

“Offensively we were terrible,” James said in an interview with Withers after the game. “Sometimes your offense just doesn’t show up.”

Timofey Mozgov led the game with 28 points for the Cavs but with the All-Stars Kevin Love and Kyrie Irving missing due to injury, there was not enough firepower for the Cavs to win.

Despite the Cavs being tired from multiple games against the Warriors and players being injured, Coach David Blatt made an encouraging statement to Withers.

“We’re in a three-game series for the NBA Finals,” Blatt told Withers during an interview. “We’ve got to go back to the drawing board, go back to work, play the best basketball we can and try to win this thing.”

Tuesday, June 9 brought the third game and the second win of the series for the Cavs at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, allowing the Cavs to take a 2-1 lead in the series.

During Game 3, James scored 40 points and Matthew Dellavedova added another 20 to the board as the Cavs fought to defend the court from the Warriors.

A large struggle for this came during the fourth quarter of the game when Curry found his shooting touch and went on a scoring flurry after the Cavs only led by 10 at the end of the third.

After all was said and done and the Cavs were outshot by the Warriors 36-24 during the fourth quarter, the Cavs successfully claimed their second series win with a score of 96-91.

As of the end of game 3, James had played a total of 142 of 154 possible minutes, scored 123 points and taken 107 shots, all while Love and Irving are out with injuries.

“I’m trying to do whatever it takes,” James said in an interview with Withers. “It’s the finals, and it’s whatever it takes. This is a totally different challenge.”

The Cavs evened the playing field 1-1 after Game 2 ended Sunday, June 7.

The Cavs and Warriors were playing equally, battling it out to see who the team to beat really was.

However, after staying only a couple points ahead for the first, second and third quarters, the Cavs slipped slightly and the Warriors regained the three point difference.

The fourth quarter ended with a 87-87 score, sending the game into overtime where the Cavs scored eight points and the Warriors scored five.

Game 2 of the NBA Finals series found the Cavs and the Warriors facing off in overtime for the second time.

The final push of the Cavs brought the score to 95-93, landing them their first finals game win in franchise history.

James finished the game with 39 points, 16 rebounds and 11 assists. He had assistance from Mozgov with 17 points and 11 rebounds, J.R. Smith with 13 points and Dellavedova with nine points.

Warrior MVP Curry only scored 19 points and had six turnovers.

“Shots I normally make I knew as soon as they left my hand that they were off. That doesn’t usually happen,” Curry said in an interview with Gonzalez. “Mechanically, I don’t know if there is an explanation for it, just didn’t have a rhythm and didn’t find one the whole game.”

Klay Thompson attempted to pick up some slack from the backcourt by scoring 34 points for the Warriors but the team went 8 for 35 from long range.

The 95-93 win for the Cavs evened out the game with a 1-1 series.

The first game of the NBA Finals series was close, as the Cavs and the Warriors faced off for the first time since the Playoffs began.

The game ended with a 108-100 score in overtime, allowing the Warriors to gain an early lead in the series.

At the end of the fourth quarter, both teams sat at 98 points. The Cavs scored two in overtime while the Warriors held strong and scored an additional 10 points.

Curry ended the game with 26 points and eight assists while leading the way to deflect shots taken by James throughout the game with the rest of the Warriors. A total of 44 points from James were shut down by the Warriors during Game 1.

During overtime the Cavs took a hit as Irving limped to the locker room. He did not return to the game and is out for the remainder of the series.