OAKLAND, US: Five facts about Sunday’s (Monday in Manila) decisive final game of the best-of-seven NBA Finals between the Cleveland Cavaliers and defending champion Golden State Warriors:

1. Only two of the past 31 NBA Draft top picks have won an NBA title with the team that drafted them, San Antonio’s Tim Duncan and David Robinson. But if Cleveland wins the crown, 2003 top pick LeBron James and 2011 top pick Kyrie Irving of the Cavaliers would double that total.

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