2015–16 NBA season

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The 2015–16 NBA season was the league campaign in which the Cleveland Cavaliers, led by LeBron James, captured their first NBA championship with a historic comeback in the NBA Finals.

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2015–16 NBA season canonical 2
2015–2016 NBA season 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf NBA season
allStarGame 2016 NBA All-Star Game
allStarGameDate 2016-02-14
allStarGameHostCity Toronto
allStarGameHostCountry Canada
allStarGameMVP Russell Westbrook
allStarGameVenue Scotiabank Arena
surface form: Air Canada Centre
champion Cleveland Cavaliers
coachOfTheYear Steve Kerr
defendingChampion Golden State Warriors
defensivePlayerOfTheYear Kawhi Leonard
draft NBA Draft
surface form: 2015 NBA draft
draftTopPick Karl-Anthony Towns
draftTopPickTeam Minnesota Timberwolves
easternConferenceChampion Cleveland Cavaliers
easternConferenceRunnerUp Toronto Raptors
endDate 2016-06-19
executiveOfTheYear R. C. Buford
finals 2016 NBA Finals
finalsGame7City Oakland
surface form: Oakland, California
finalsGame7Venue Oracle Arena
finalsMVP LeBron James
finalsResult Cleveland Cavaliers defeated Golden State Warriors 4–3
league National Basketball Association
mostImprovedPlayer CJ McCollum
surface form: C. J. McCollum
nextSeason 2016–17 NBA season
notableEvent Cavaliers became first team to overcome 3–1 deficit in NBA Finals
Cleveland Cavaliers won first NBA championship in franchise history
notableRecord Golden State Warriors set 73–9 regular-season record
numberOfPlayoffTeams 16
numberOfRegularSeasonGamesPerTeam 82
numberOfTeams 30
playoffsEndDate 2016-06-19
playoffsStartDate 2016-04-16
previousSeason 2014–15 NBA season
regularSeasonMVP Stephen Curry
rookieOfTheYear Karl-Anthony Towns
runnerUp Golden State Warriors
salaryCap 70000000
seasonNumber 70
sixthManOfTheYear Jamal Crawford
sportsmanshipAward Mike Conley Jr.
startDate 2015-10-27
teammateOfTheYear Vince Carter
tvPartnerUnitedStates ABC
ESPN
NBA TV
TNT
westernConferenceChampion Golden State Warriors
westernConferenceRunnerUp Oklahoma City Thunder

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Cleveland Cavaliers championshipSeason 2015–16 NBA season
Iman Shumpert championshipSeason 2015–16 NBA season
this entity surface form: 2015–2016 NBA season
2016 NBA All-Star Game season 2015–16 NBA season