the last time the cavs won a championship was 1976.
the last time the cavs won a championship was 1976.
when was the last time the cavs won a championship?
1976
the football sports team are the "cavaliers", named after the mascot of the school with uniform colors being red and black. in 2011, lake travis high school became the first football program in texas to have won five straight state championships. in the 2007 season, lake travis won its first ever football state championship against highland park 36-34. in 2008 lt defeated longview 48-23 in the championship game. in 2009 lt had another undefeated season, once again beating longview (24-17) in the 2009 texas 4a championship game. in 2010 lt reached the uil 4a state championship game at cowboys stadium in arlington. in that game lt defeated the #3 ranked denton ryan raiders 27-7; giving the cavs their fourth consecutive state championship, making them the only 4a or 5a texas school to accomplish this feat. in 2011, the cavs again went undefeated, and defeated waco midway 22-7 in the state championship game. lake travis became the first texas football program to win five consecutive state titles. in 2016 the cavaliers won their sixth state championship.
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looking to go up 3–1 and take complete control of the series, the bulls went up 37–29 early in the second quarter. however, the cavs scored 16 unanswered points to go up 45-37 before settling for a 49–45 halftime lead. the bulls dominated the third quarter, outscoring the cavs 23–12. they led by as many as 11 points before settling for a 68–61 lead heading into the 4th quarter. led by j.r. smith and timofey mozgov, the cavs would rally, opening the 4th quarter on a 19–5 run to take an 80–73 lead with just under 5 minutes to play. with just under 40 seconds to play, lebron hit two consecutive free throws to put the cavs up 84–79. butler hit a three on the bulls' next possession, cutting the deficit to 84–82. the cavs were forced to burn three consecutive timeouts as they were unable to inbound the ball. once they inbounded the ball, james tried to burn the clock down as he was double teamed by rose and dunleavy. however, james swung his arm at dunleavy and committed an offensive foul, giving the ball back to the bulls with 14 seconds remaining. rose tied the game with a layup to even the game at 84–84 with 8 seconds remaining. james rushed down the court and tried to score the go-ahead layup but was blocked. the ball went out of bounds with 1.5 seconds remaining. on the cavs' final possession, matthew dellavedova inbounded the ball to james. james fired a jumper over butler that went through the hoop as the buzzer sounded, giving the cavs an 86–84 win. the cavs regained homecourt advantage as they evened up the series at 2–2. james led the team with 25 points (10/30 shooting) while rose led the bulls with 31 points on 11/23 shooting.
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