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Cleveland Cavaliers set up their third straight NBA Finals appearance against Golden State Warriors with a dominant 135-102 win over Boston Celtics.<\/p>\n
Kyrie Irving and LeBron James combined for 79 points at Boston’s TD Gardens to claim the best-of-seven Eastern Conference finals 4-1.<\/p>\n
James, 32, surpassed Chicago Bulls legend Michael Jordan as the all-time leading scorer in the play-offs.<\/p>\n
The Warriors\u00a0swept San Antonio Spurs 4-0\u00a0in the Western Conference finals.<\/p>\n
They were crowned NBA champions in 2015 but were defeated last year\u00a0as Cleveland’s 52-year wait for a major sporting title\u00a0came to an end.<\/p>\n
Game one of the NBA Finals takes place at the Warriors’ Oracle Arena in Oakland on Thursday, 1 June (02:00 BST on Friday).<\/p>\n
King James passes Air Jordan<\/b><\/p>\n
Cavs small forward James hit a three-pointer from the left wing in the third quarter to pass Jordan’s record of 5,987 play-off points, which had stood for 19 years.<\/p>\n
James, who is chasing his fourth NBA title this year, finished with 35 points in the game to set a new mark of 5.995 points in 212 play-off games, while six-time NBA champion Jordan set his record in 179 games.<\/p>\n
He has scored 955 of those points against Boston, the most for any player against any team.<\/p>\n
Victory secures a seventh consecutive NBA Finals for James, winning two titles in four appearances with Miami Heat between 2011 and 2014, before returning to home-town team Cleveland.<\/p>\n
The Cavs also set a franchise record for most points in a quarter in the play-offs by recording 43 in the first quarter of game five against the Celtics.<\/p>\n
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