Courtesy of Florida Sports Information
Pair of Former Gators win NBA Championship
David Lee and Marreese Speights became the seventh and eighth Gators to claim an NBA championship on Tuesday as the Golden State Warriors topped the Cleveland Cavaliers in the NBA Finals. This is the fifth consecutive year a Gator in the NBA has finished the season with a world championship.
Lee proved to be a valuable part of the Warriors rotation in the series, going for 11 points and four rebounds in 13 minutes in Game 3 and nine points and five rebounds in Game 4.
Speights' biggest game came in the Finals opener, totaling eight points and three rebounds.
Speights and Lee mark the fourth time a pair of Gator teammates have won an NBA championship and the first time it has been done with a team other than the Heat.
Florida NBA Champions
1994
Vernon Maxwell
Houston Rockets
1995
Vernon Maxwell
Houston Rockets
2006
Udonis Haslem, Jason Williams
Miami Heat
2007
Matt Bonner
San Antonio Spurs
2011
Corey Brewer
Dallas Mavericks
2012
Udonis Haslem, Mike Miller
Miami Heat
2013
Udonis Haslem, Mike Miller
Miami Heat
2014
Matt Bonner
San Antonio Spurs
2015
David Lee, Marreese Speights
Golden State Warriors
Pair of Former Gators win NBA Championship
David Lee and Marreese Speights became the seventh and eighth Gators to claim an NBA championship on Tuesday as the Golden State Warriors topped the Cleveland Cavaliers in the NBA Finals. This is the fifth consecutive year a Gator in the NBA has finished the season with a world championship.
Lee proved to be a valuable part of the Warriors rotation in the series, going for 11 points and four rebounds in 13 minutes in Game 3 and nine points and five rebounds in Game 4.
Speights' biggest game came in the Finals opener, totaling eight points and three rebounds.
Speights and Lee mark the fourth time a pair of Gator teammates have won an NBA championship and the first time it has been done with a team other than the Heat.
Florida NBA Champions
1994
Vernon Maxwell
Houston Rockets
1995
Vernon Maxwell
Houston Rockets
2006
Udonis Haslem, Jason Williams
Miami Heat
2007
Matt Bonner
San Antonio Spurs
2011
Corey Brewer
Dallas Mavericks
2012
Udonis Haslem, Mike Miller
Miami Heat
2013
Udonis Haslem, Mike Miller
Miami Heat
2014
Matt Bonner
San Antonio Spurs
2015
David Lee, Marreese Speights
Golden State Warriors
