LeBron heads to 8th consecutive NBA Finals appearance

After 6 Eastern Conference Finals games where the home team had won. After pundits had repeatedly prophesied that LeBron James could not alone carry his team through alone. After the 1st quarter ended with LeBron scoring the lion’s share of the points for the Cavs. After James had more turnovers than assists. And after no 4th quarter had started as close as the 4th quarter of Game 7. LeBron James — the greatest player on the planet — took over as he has always done in moments such as these. But on this night he didn’t do it alone. Jeff Green scored 19, J.R. Smith scored 12 and Tristan Thompson scored 10. Kevin Love was sitting out with concussion protocol, but there would be no asterisk necessary as to why the Cavaliers failed to get it done.

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