CLEVELAND, Ohio – An enchanted and astonishing season in which the Golden State Warriors bum-rushed their way into the NBA elite and mesmerized crowds throughout the country with a barrage of three-pointers and playground-approved layups came to a conclusion Tuesday night as Stephen Curry walked off the court at Quicken Loans Arena holding a shiny, gold Larry O'Brien trophy and hearing chants of "MVP."

INDEPENDENCE, Ohio — Before he made a decision that would alter the NBA landscape for the second time in four years, canonize him in his home state and make Cleveland the center of the basketball universe, LeBron James first sought out the approval of his two sons, LeBron Jr. and Bryce Maximus.

LOS ANGELES, California – Doc Rivers' shell-shocked team was in a film session Tuesday, trying to do the one thing that had proven so difficult in recent days: focus on basketball. Rivers, the Clippers' fatigued but resilient head coach, decided it was time to break the news: their controversial owner had been banned from the NBA for the rest of his life.

NEW YORK – The NBA banned Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling for life and fined him the maximum $2.5 million Tuesday for "deeply offensive and harmful" racist comments that sparked a national firestorm in the United States.