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The emotion of the Cavs’ first NBA championship will last forever (Ball Don’t Lie)

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Published June 20, 2016 at 2:45 PM
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They still had a shot at it. [ Follow Dunks Don't Lie on Tumblr: The best slams from all of basketball] LeBron James had just played volleyball with Andre Iguodala's soul, and Kyrie Irving had just dotted the eyes of the back-to-back and unanimous NBA Most Valuable Player, and Kevin Love had just made the play of his life , and still, the Golden State Warriors had a shot at it. Trailing by four with 6.5 seconds left, the Warriors' odds were long, but the math has tended for two years to tilt Golden State's way, and with two of the greatest shooters ever on the court and the intensity of the moment at a fever pitch, you'd forgive the Cavaliers and their fans if they didn't feel their lead was totally safe until the final buzzer. And then, Stephen Curry's last 3-point try — just like nine of the 13 that had come before it — went awry, and Marreese Speights rebounded it and lumbered to the corner for a shot that wouldn't be worth four points even if it went in, and it was safe, it was real, it was un real, and it was over. For the first time ever, the Cavaliers were NBA champions, and suddenly, all that weight that every Cleveland sports team and fan had borne for a...

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