lebron james played for miami heat before the cleveland cavaliers.
lebron james played for miami heat before the cleveland cavaliers.
who did lebron james play for before the cleveland cavaliers?
miami heat
following the emergence of the trayvon martin case, nba players including lebron james, dwayne wade, chris bosh, and other miami heat players at the time posed for a picture in hoodies, the outfit that trayvon martin was wearing when murdered. in december 2014, lebron james and other cleveland cavaliers including kyrie irving wore black t-shirts featuring the quote "i cant breathe" following the death of eric garner who was put in a choke hold by a new york police officer. since then, lebron james has been in public disputes via twitter and instagram, shaming donald trump and news analyst laura ingraham who openly told lebron james to "shut up and dribble", suggesting that lebron is only good for his athletic abilities. lebron then went and turned that slogan "shut up and dribble" into the title of his showtime series that aired in october of 2018. the show focuses on athletes who are shifting the narrative of what it means to be a black athlete in the sense that nowadays more and more athletes are speaking up on political and racial topics going on in the unites states.
race and sports
this season's finals marked the first time in nba history in which both teams entered game 7 with the same total points scored through six games (610 points each). the cavaliers defeated the warriors 93–89 in game 7 to win the series 4–3. game 7 was close, with 20 lead changes and 11 ties. this was the only game in the series to have a final margin of fewer than 10 points. at halftime, the warriors were ahead 49–42. in the second half, the cavaliers outscored the warriors 51–40 as the warriors failed to score a basket during the last 4:39 of the game. in the closing minutes of the 4th quarter, lebron james delivered what became known as "the block" on a layup attempt by andre iguodala with the score tied at 89 and 1:50 remaining in the game. kyrie irving made a go-ahead 3-point field goal over stephen curry to give cleveland a 92–89 lead with 0:53 remaining in the game. before kyrie irving's 3-point field goal, both teams were tied at 699 points scored apiece in this series. immediately after irving's 3-pointer, golden state brought the ball up-court, opting not to call a timeout, and although golden state got a preferred switch and matchup of curry on kevin love, love made arguably "the biggest defensive stop of the entire nba season", and forced curry into a contested 3-pointer, which he missed. after lebron james hurt his right wrist on a dunk attempt in which he was fouled, he nearly clinched the title for the cavaliers by making one of two free throws with 10.6 seconds left in the game. the cavaliers fouled draymond green with 6.5 seconds remaining. stephen curry received the ensuing inbounds pass, pump faked and shot a three-pointer over cavaliers guard iman shumpert. the attempt missed, and was rebounded by marreese speights of the warriors who attempted a three-pointer as time expired and missed. love immediately hugged the finals mvp lebron james. draymond green led all scorers with 32 points, including 6 of 8 from three-point range to go along with 15 rebounds and 9 assists. stephen curry and klay thompson added 17 and 14 points, respectively. lebron james led all cavaliers with 27 points and became only the 3rd player ever in nba history to record a triple double in an nba finals game 7 by adding 11 assists and 11 rebounds. kyrie irving added 26 points for cleveland.
2016 nba finals