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STRENGTH in numbers - it was Golden State's motto and its credo as it brushed aside Cleveland 105-97 in today's Game 6 of the NBA Championship to claim the franchise's first title since 1975.

In the process of winning the series 4-2, it was Aussie centre Andrew Bogut and "sixth man" - and series MVP - Andre Iguodala who best exemplified the truth of it.

Bogut, who became the fifth Aussie behind Luc Longley, Andrew Gaze, Patty Mills and Aron Baynes to win an NBA Championship, showed it was winning that mattered most with his team-first mentality and acceptance of being relegated from the starting five to the bench from Game 4 onwards.

"Whatever it takes," he said.

Similarly Iguodala, a starter for 10 years, accepted the role rookie coach Steve Kerr gave him at the start of the season to come off the bench and provide spark for the Warriors.

When asked to step up and start from Game 4-6, he was ready to go.

All Star power forward David Lee also was prepared to accept a substantially reduced role in a team which proved selflessness is not the sole domain of the San Antonio Spurs - coincidentally where Kerr won his last two championships as a player for Gregg Popovich.

CHAMPAGNE SHOWER: Andrew Bogut enjoys post-championship joy with Klay Thompson, left.

League MVP Stephen Curry led his team to the pinnacle with a 25-point game, matched by Iguodala, but when Curry laid the ball in unimpeded for a 98-85 lead inside the last two minutes, the Cavaliers were cooked.

Iman Shumpert played statue defence on the drive and no Cav came over to try and stop Curry's winner.

Incredibly, J.R. Smith sank a succession of threes to bring the Cavaliers within four at 97-101 but that was the last hurrah of a courageous team which was running on empty after taking its gutsy 2-1 series lead.

It easily could have been 3-0 too, but for Game 1's overtime loss. However from 1-2 down, the Warriors were spurred into action.

Kerr benched Bogut to go small and quicker, and despite Cleveland's best efforts, it always was going to struggle against the year's most outstanding team.

Draymond Green produced a triple-double with 16 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists, Harrison Barnes made key plays, Klay Thompson struggled but nailed a deep corner three which was a further dagger for the Cavs.

"We ran out of talent," LeBron James said after another 32-point, 18-rebound, nine-assist performance for Cleveland in its pursuit of its first NBA title and first championship of any sort since 1964.

"We gave everything we had."

They did too, and went down fighting. But with fellow stars such as Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love sidelined by injury, the Cavaliers' gritty role players gave everything but it never was going to be enough.

CHAMPIONSHIP MVP: Andre Iguodala - came full circle said Kerr.

Words such as sacrifice, team first, we love each other - they flowed freely from the Warriors post-game and it clearly wasn't just rhetoric or cliche.

Kerr was especially happy for Iguodala, whose selfless acceptance of coming off the bench "came full circle" with his MVP success.

For Bogut, who has been to Hell and back - and more than once with injuries - it was the culmination of a journey which began for Aussie fans when he became the nation's historic first No.1 draft choice a decade ago.

It's been a much longer journey though from Melbourne, the AIS, a starring role on Australia's 2003 FIBA World Junior Championship-winning team, college ball at Utah before being drafted by Milwaukee.

When he was traded to GSW for popular Monte Ellis in 2012, it wasn't initially received well but he won over the Oracle Arena fanatics and the Warriors have grown in stature ever since.

He tweeted post-game: "No MATTER what.... The ups and downs.....Frustrations and Adulations... @NBA CHAMPION will be for ALWAYS!!!!!! #nbachampions #godubs"

A nation celebrates with him, while quietly commiserating for Matthew Dellavedova and the Cavaliers who were gutsy in defeat and when healthy again, will live to fight another day.

IS IT JUST ME...?

Or does Cavs coach David Blatt resemble a penguin?

Is Steph Curry chewing on his mouth-guard at deadball situations just gross? Whatever, watch how many kids will be doing that now.

Could Blatt have bought his main rotation more time by finding minutes for vets such as Mike Miller and Shawn Marion? These guys have won titles and while getting no younger, could have given 10-15 minutes of quality each night, which may have preserved some of the other guys.

Was Draymond Green stiff to be called for two travels today when LeBron James travelled so clearly about a dozen times?

Am I alone in thinking James should have snuck the MVP, considering he averaged 36 points, 13 boards and nine assists? Yes, shifting Iguodala from the bench to the starters changed the series from Game 4 onwards and he averaged 16 points, six boards and four assists, plus some decent D on the King. But look again at James' numbers, for all that great D. Now take him out of that Cavs team and what have you got? Replace him with Iguodala in the Cavs and what have you got? Hell, replace him with Curry and STILL the Cavs don't get anywhere near this far. I know it's an unwritten NBA law that a guy on the losing team cannot be the MVP and you can take issue that maybe LeBron was the best player, not the MVP. Andre Iguodala's contribution unquestionably was invaluable and changed the series. So yeah, you can make his case. But James was on a different level.

Was Kendrick Perkins really offering LeBron advice at the sidelines a few times? "That's not a scowl. THIS is a scowl."

Wasn't it great to see two accomplished bigs such as David Lee and Andrew Bogut, relishing the way their team wrapped a championship both played such long-term roles in achieving?

Won't it be fun to see Bogey, Delly, Patty, Aron, Dante and Cam all together in August, wearing the green and gold?