{"id":7158,"date":"2016-06-20T20:30:00","date_gmt":"2016-06-20T20:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/2016\/06\/20\/the-return-of-the-king-lebron-brings-nba-trophy-home-to-cleveland\/"},"modified":"2016-06-20T20:30:00","modified_gmt":"2016-06-20T20:30:00","slug":"the-return-of-the-king-lebron-brings-nba-trophy-home-to-cleveland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/the-return-of-the-king-lebron-brings-nba-trophy-home-to-cleveland\/","title":{"rendered":"The Return Of The King: LeBron Brings NBA Trophy Home To Cleveland"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Chris Arnold<\/a><\/span> <\/p>\n

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The Cleveland Cavaliers’ LeBron James holds up the NBA championship trophy alongside teammates after arriving in Cleveland on Monday. Tony Dejak\/AP<\/strong> hide caption<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

toggle caption<\/strong> Tony Dejak\/AP<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Surrounded by his teammates just a few steps off the airplane, LeBron James hoisted the NBA championship trophy and bellowed out a happy roar to a crowd of 20,000 screaming fans. J.R. Smith appeared to have lost his shirt somewhere during Sunday night’s celebrations. Kevin Love was sporting a giant professional wrestling belt. And the party in Cleveland is just getting started.<\/p>\n

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LeBron raises the trophy and screams at the Cleveland crowd from the plane steps https:\/\/t.co\/sBG2eBLAe7<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 The Cauldron (ICYMI) (@CauldronICYMI) June 20, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

It has been 52 years since Cleveland won a major sports title. And that was enough to get a veteran Cleveland sportscaster celebrating like a member of the team. Cleveland.com<\/a> reports:<\/p>\n

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“Austin Carr, the Cavs TV broadcaster and former player in the 1970s, said he was still stunned at the Cavs, who are the first team in history to overcome a 3-1 deficit to win a championship.<\/p>\n

” ‘I still can’t believe it,’ he said after riling up the crowd before the Cavs arrived. ‘I haven’t slept. I feel like I’ve been walking on air for 20 hours.’ “<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

There’s a parade planned for Wednesday in the city. But with the triumphant return of James and the Cavs, Cleveland.com talked to a lot of people who couldn’t wait until then to spill out into the streets and then to the airport to greet their team:<\/p>\n

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“Nick Toler and Cassandra Wheeler of Macedonia said they partied downtown, stopped at Denny’s and got to the airport about 5 a.m.<\/p>\n

” ‘I never realized the city could come alive like that,’ Wheeler said.<\/p>\n

” ‘We had to come down here,’ Toler said. ‘It’s never happened before. We don’t know if it will ever happen again. It’s worth missing a day’s sleep for this.’ “<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

After coming down off the airplane stairway, James walked the golden trophy past the crowd so people could snap photos of it.<\/p>\n

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GOAT level trolling by @KingJames<\/a> #NBAFinals<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/cgrNSq2Hl5<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Walcott (@DJ_illAdvised) June 20, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

It seems though that the trip home from California to Cleveland was too long a flight for the Cavs to make without a pit stop. The team’s plane landed in Las Vegas<\/a> around 2 a.m. PT for some dancing and partying at a casino nightclub:<\/p>\n

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J.R. Smith is the star of the party at XS. pic.twitter.com\/aGJWrH94DT<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Arash Markazi (@ArashMarkazi) June 20, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

But now that the Cavs are home, it’s a safe bet that many fans won’t be getting quite enough sleep for at least another day.<\/p>\n

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Oh you talking teams? The fellas are back in #Cleveland<\/a>. #YBFSports<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/62VHvK8jI2<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 YBF CHIC (@TheYBF) June 20, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

City officials say they’ll soon be announcing more details about the parade.<\/p>\n

Let’s block ads!<\/a><\/strong> (Why?)<\/a><\/p>\n

Source:: http:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/thetwo-way\/2016\/06\/20\/482816286\/the-return-of-the-king-lebron-brings-nba-trophy-home-to-cleveland?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=sports<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\"The<\/a><\/div>\n
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The Cleveland Cavaliers’ LeBron James holds up the NBA championship trophy alongside teammates after arriving in Cleveland on Monday. Tony Dejak\/AP<\/strong> hide caption<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

toggle caption<\/strong> Tony Dejak\/AP<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Surrounded by his teammates just a few steps off the airplane, LeBron James hoisted the NBA championship trophy and bellowed out a happy roar to a crowd of 20,000 screaming fans. J.R. Smith appeared to have lost his shirt somewhere during Sunday night’s celebrations. Kevin Love was sporting a giant professional wrestling belt. And the party in Cleveland is just getting started.<\/p>\n

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LeBron raises the trophy and screams at the Cleveland crowd from the plane steps https:\/\/t.co\/sBG2eBLAe7<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 The Cauldron (ICYMI) (@CauldronICYMI) June 20, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

It has been 52 years since Cleveland won a major sports title. And that was enough to get a veteran Cleveland sportscaster celebrating like a member of the team. Cleveland.com<\/a> reports:<\/p>\n

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\n

“Austin Carr, the Cavs TV broadcaster and former player in the 1970s, said he was still stunned at the Cavs, who are the first team in history to overcome a 3-1 deficit to win a championship.<\/p>\n

” ‘I still can’t believe it,’ he said after riling up the crowd before the Cavs arrived. ‘I haven’t slept. I feel like I’ve been walking on air for 20 hours.’ “<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

There’s a parade planned for Wednesday in the city. But with the triumphant return of James and the Cavs, Cleveland.com talked to a lot of people who couldn’t wait until then to spill out into the streets and then to the airport to greet their team:<\/p>\n

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“Nick Toler and Cassandra Wheeler of Macedonia said they partied downtown, stopped at Denny’s and got to the airport about 5 a.m.<\/p>\n

” ‘I never realized the city could come alive like that,’ Wheeler said.<\/p>\n

” ‘We had to come down here,’ Toler said. ‘It’s never happened before. We don’t know if it will ever happen again. It’s worth missing a day’s sleep for this.’ “<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

After coming down off the airplane stairway, James walked the golden trophy past the crowd so people could snap photos of it.<\/p>\n

\n
\n

GOAT level trolling by @KingJames<\/a> #NBAFinals<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/cgrNSq2Hl5<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Walcott (@DJ_illAdvised) June 20, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

It seems though that the trip home from California to Cleveland was too long a flight for the Cavs to make without a pit stop. The team’s plane landed in Las Vegas<\/a> around 2 a.m. PT for some dancing and partying at a casino nightclub:<\/p>\n

\n
\n

J.R. Smith is the star of the party at XS. pic.twitter.com\/aGJWrH94DT<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Arash Markazi (@ArashMarkazi) June 20, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

But now that the Cavs are home, it’s a safe bet that many fans won’t be getting quite enough sleep for at least another day.<\/p>\n

\n
\n

Oh you talking teams? The fellas are back in #Cleveland<\/a>. #YBFSports<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/62VHvK8jI2<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 YBF CHIC (@TheYBF) June 20, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

City officials say they’ll soon be announcing more details about the parade.<\/p>\n

Let’s block ads!<\/a><\/strong> (Why?)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[221],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7158"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7158\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}