On Sunday night, before a roaring Golden State home crown, Lebron James used Game 7 to showcase his nearly superhuman abilities, as he led the Cleveland Cavaliers to its first championship in franchise history.
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Meanwhile, the Warriors, who won an all-time NBA record 73 games during the regular season, also became the first NBA team to blow a commanding 3-1 lead in the NBA Finals.
“I came back for a reason”, James said during the post-game interview. Against all odds. I don’t know why we want to take the hardest road.
Cleveland hadn’t won a championship in a half-century, and the Cavaliers were coming off a 33-win season.
James and the Cavaliers returned to Cleveland on Monday where they were greeted by thousands of fans.
Game 7 drew the highest television rating for the NBA Finals since Michael Jordan’s last championship.
The Ultimate Warrior shirt is an obvious shot at the Dubs, who won an National Basketball Association record 73 games during the regular season before entering the playoffs as the prohibitive favorites.
Long-suffering OH basketball fans rejoiced Sunday as their team defeated the defending NBA champion Golden State Warriors 93-89.
“It sucks”, said Draymond Green, who led the Warriors with 32 points.
He was brilliant against the Warriors, averaging 29.7 points, 11.3 rebounds, 8.9 assists, 2.6 steals and 2.3 blocks to win MVP honors.
The Browns announced last February that they’ll soon unveil a statue of legendary running back Jim Brown outside First Energy Stadium.
Fans saw a thriller after six lopsided prior outcomes in the historic series.
James, who delivered on his promise to win a title for his home state in his second year back with the Cavs after four years with the Heat, will ride with teammates on floats. He had grown up hearing about the legendary Cleveland Curse-Red Right 88, The Drive, The Fumble, The Shot, and Jose Mesa choking during Game 7 of the World Series in 1997, the year he was two, but it wasn’t until he watched “Believeland” that he felt those devastating losses deep in his soul.
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It’s not just the city of Cleveland that’s happy with LeBron James and his comeback Cavaliers. “He had a freaking triple-double in game seven of an NBA Finals”. Game 7 of the 2016 NBA Finals reminded NBA watchers that history only prevails for so long. “It sucked to watch them celebrate and we wish that would have been us, but at the end of the day, you congratulate them for accomplishing what they set out to do”.
