The Golden State Warriors defeated the Boston Celtics to win their fourth NBA championship in the last eight years and their first since 2018.
In game six in Boston, the Warriors triumphed 103-90, clinching the series 4-2.
They are also the first club to move from the league's weakest team to a title in two years, having completed 2019-20 with a dismal 15-50 record.
For the first time, Stephen Curry, who was twice the most valuable player during the regular season, was named NBA Finals MVP.
In the six games, the 34-year-old averaged 31.2 points, with 34 points, seven assists, and seven rebounds in the triumph on Thursday.
Golden State won the NBA title for the first time in four years, with Andrew Wiggins scoring 18 points and Jordan Poole 15 points. They also won the title in 2015 and 2017, but lost in the finals in 2016 and 2019 before missing the playoffs the last two seasons while rebuilding their roster.
Curry and Klay Thompson were both injured throughout the 2019-20 season, while Kevin Durant left as a free agency in 2019.
Thompson scored 12 points on Thursday, and both have played major roles for the San Francisco-based team in each of their recent championship victories.
Curry, the Warriors' seventh overall draft pick in 2009, remarked, "We found a way to simply get it done."
"You always have doubts, but you know how long it will take to come back here because you know how difficult it is to win at this game."
The Celtics were up 14-2 after four minutes and 22-16 late in the first quarter before the Warriors launched on a 21-0 run to take a 37-22 lead with just over ten minutes left in the half.
Curry hit three three-pointers in the opening six minutes of the third quarter to increase Golden State's advantage to 72-50. He started pointing to his ring finger with a nod of his head.
"We worked on this for ten or eleven years, and it matters a lot when you get to this point because you know how to win," Curry added.
"Everyone who has been a part of it understands what it means. "This one touches you in a new way."