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NBA championship – Cavaliers win as LeBron James has game of his life

NBA championship

The Cleveland Cavaliers won the NBA Finals, defeating the Golden State Warriors 93-89 in Sunday’s deciding Game 7.


This is the first major sports championship that a Cleveland team has won since 1964.

In perhaps the biggest game of his career, LeBron James had the game of his life.
James was named Finals MVP after scoring 27 points, 11 rebounds and dishing out 11 assists.
The vote was unanimous, according to NBA Commissioner Adam Silver.

James scored his 16th triple double in the playoffs and seventh in an NBA Finals game — only two other players had recorded triple doubles in a Finals Game 7, according to ESPN.

 

“Cleveland, this is for you!” James, an Akron, Ohio, native, shouted through tears in a post-game interview with ESPN.


James returned to his hometown team in 2014 after an acrimonious split in 2010. He joined the Miami Heat with fellow All-Stars Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade, winning two titles there.
He decided to return to the Cavs in 2014 hoping to end the title drought for Cleveland.
“The people of Cleveland deserve this more than any other people I’ve ever seen or met or felt,” Cavs owner Dan Gilbert said. “No group deserves this more. No fan base deserves this more. I’m speechless and proud of everybody.”
When asked why this championship felt different, James kept his answer simple: “I’m home.”
“This is what I came back for,” he said. “It doesn’t feel real.”

Climbing out of a 3-1 hole

The Cavs have clearly relished the role of underdog.
Cleveland faced a historic Warriors team that defeated them in the 2015 NBA Finals, only to come back and set the record for the most wins in a regular season with a 73-9 record.
Their best player, Steph Curry, had just won consecutive MVP awards and absolutely shattered the record for most three pointers made in a season.


“Everybody counted us out — and that’s when we strive the most,” Cleveland coach Tyronn Lue said. “That’s definitely when I strive the most.”
Lue himself stepped into the head coaching gig in the middle of the season, after former head coach David Blatt was fired.

No team had ever rallied from a 3-1 deficit to win the NBA Finals. In fact, only three teams out of 33 have forced an NBA Finals Game 7 after trailing 3-1. The other two teams are the 1951 New York Knicks (against the Rochester Royals) and the 1966 Los Angeles Lakers (against the Boston Celtics).
But the Cavaliers fought back, tying the series 3-3 after a 115-101 win at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland on Thursday night. James scored 41 points in each of the last two games. He is the first player with consecutive 40-point performances in the NBA Finals since Shaquille O’Neal did it in 2000.
And in the final deciding game, Curry’s three point shooting wasn’t there.
“I didn’t play efficient. I had some good moments, but didn’t do enough to help my team win, especially down the stretch,” he said after the game.
“At home in the fourth quarter, I felt like we could go for that dagger punch,” Curry added. “That’s something that is tough to kind of swallow with the opportunity we had in front of us.”

The Warrior’s recent loss followed another game in which they looked rattled. Curry fouled out in the fourth quarter Thursday night in Game 6. Upset with the call, he threw his mouthpiece into the stands and was ejected. It was the first ejection of his career. On Friday, the NBA announced Curry was fined $25,000 for throwing the mouthpiece.
That frustration was evident Sunday night as well.
“At the end of the day, you congratulate them for accomplishing what they set out to do, and it will be a good image for us over the summer and all next season to remember so that we can come back stronger,” Curry said. “That’s all you can do.”
Source: CNN
In conclusion I would like to say that people like Stephen Curry and L. James should really be the role models me you and our kids look after.
When everyone was saying that Lebron is just lucky and he is not going to be as good as Jordan for instance, he ignored all that and kept pushing. He is now on top. This is the attitude everyone should have in life.  Being a fighter and never give up!
Such stories inspire me and I think it will inspire you too! Have a great day and don’t forget about the Brexit vote on Thursday. Don’t take any big risks or even better take the week off and don’t trade at all. Market is not going anywhere.
Yours,
Vladimir
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Vladimir Ribakov

Following 11+ years of trading experience, trading my own accounts as well as for hedge funds and brokerages, I have decided to fulfill my destiny and to personally mentor Forex and Commodities traders. When I released the “Broker Nightmare” (software that hides trades from brokers) 8 years ago, I found an overwhelming number of frustrated people who genuinely wanted to learn how to trade the Forex market, but instead found themselves scammed and misled. Over the years I have also release other trading systems based on my trading strategies, and met a lot of people on my worldwide Forex seminars. We’ve formed a close Forex community and we meet once or twice a year in various locations in Europe.

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