Don't Write off a Champion

Cavalier - A gentleman trained in arms and horsemanship.  Or, having or showing no concern for something serious.  Perhaps that second definition, more associated with term is why the Cleveland Cavaliers have never won a championship.

Until last night.  And what a game it was.  After being down 3 games to 1 and headed back to california, everyone thought it was over.  I remember hearing what LeBron James said, we have to come home anyway.  We might as well come home with a win.  And that they did.  They destroyed the warriors in Game 5.  Though some would say it was largely in part because Draymond Green was suspended because James cried about Green's behavior in game 4.  No.  When you go 73-9 and are the leagues best 3 point shooting team, you don't lose when one guy is out.  Not that bad. You lose when James and Irving both go off for 41 points.

Long story short, when sports writers will probably make a movie about this, the Cavs won game 6 and took it back to California for Game 7.  And what a Game 7 it was.  Tied or back and forth within a shot or two the whole game, and with a minute to go tied 89,  Kyrie Irving dropped a 3 ball right over Steph Curry.  Cavs up 3.  To go up 5, James is going in for the clincher 2 points and is cleanly fouled but goes down hard.  10 seconds left and he isn't getting up.  Clutching his right arm, he does and pulled off a Kerri Strug landing and nailed 1 of 2 free throws to put the Cavs up by 4 and all but clinching the game. But it's the Warriors, but this onslaught in the final seconds was more than they could overcome.

It was nice to see Curry stick around and show some class congratulating the Cavs.  As was as Draymond Green.  To see players who worked so hard come up so short.  No one expected them to lose. But they did so with grace.  At least till they were off camera.  But honestly, those emotions, You can't blame Klay Thompson for leaving the floor immediately.  And as much as I wish James wouldn't have talked about God they way he did.  That's his story.  That's his relationship with God.  And I know from what I hear from those in Cleveland and Akron what James does for the young people there.  And if this championship inspires them and enourages them to go for it and helps James continue his philanthropy, who is to say it isn't God working in him?

Well done Cavaliers.  Well done Golden State.  You couldn't have asked for a better way to end the season.  Unless you are a Warrior fan.  But hey, you were 73-9!  That's incredible!