The NBA Finals begin Thursday night in Oakland, a city in northern California. Last year, the Cleveland Cavaliers defeated the Golden State Warriors to win the NBA championship. It was the first major title for a Cleveland sports team since the 1960s. The year before, Golden State, based in Oakland, defeated Cleveland for its first championship since 1975. This year, the two teams will meet again for a chance to find out which one is really the best. Cleveland is led by one of the NBA’s all-time great players, LeBron James. He is playing in the Finals for the seventh-straight season. He is the first player to do that since the 1960s. The Golden State Warriors have Steph Curry, the league’s Most Valuable Player last year, and Kevin Durant, one of the NBA’s best players. The series is “best of seven,” which means the first team to win four games will be champion.
Title: Star-Filled Teams Face Each Other in NBA Finals
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1901/NBA_finals.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Star-Filled Teams Face Each Other in NBA Finals' data-article-id='2418'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='9604'>The NBA Finals begin Thursday night in Oakland, a city in northern California.</span> <span data-start-time='9604' data-end-time='17792'>Last year, the Cleveland Cavaliers defeated the Golden State Warriors to win the NBA championship.</span> <span data-start-time='17792' data-end-time='26292'>It was the first major title for a Cleveland sports team since the 1960s.</span> <span data-start-time='26292' data-end-time='37563'>The year before, Golden State, based in Oakland, defeated Cleveland for its first championship since 1975.</span> <span data-start-time='37563' data-end-time='46354'>This year, the two teams will meet again for a chance to find out which one is really the best.</span> <span data-start-time='46354' data-end-time='54104'>Cleveland is led by one of the NBA’s all-time great players, LeBron James.</span> <span data-start-time='54104' data-end-time='60000'>He is playing in the Finals for the seventh-straight season.</span> <span data-start-time='60000' data-end-time='64875'>He is the first player to do that since the 1960s.</span> <span data-start-time='64875' data-end-time='76938'>The Golden State Warriors have Steph Curry, the league’s Most Valuable Player last year, and Kevin Durant, one of the NBA’s best players.</span> <span data-start-time='76938' data-end-time='84854'>The series is “best of seven,” which means the first team to win four games will be champion.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1901/NBA_finals.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=8759 data-hint-location='76938' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1901/the_first_team_to_win_four_games_will_be__blank_.m4a'>The first team to win four games will be <span class='blank'>champion</span>.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='champion'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1901/the_best.m4a'><span>the best</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1901/champion.m4a'><span>champion</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1901/advanced.m4a'><span>advanced</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1901/defeated.m4a'><span>defeated</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=8760 data-hint-location='0' style='display:none;'><div class='question' 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