LeBron James always wears a bracelet on his wrist, and the bracelet is engraved with I Promise, which means, I promise.
My best teammate in college is Zhan Mi. The first time she saw me, the meeting gift I gave me was the bracelet of I promise. She said that the bracelet was bought by her aunt in Cleveland . She said she had two and gave me one. After that, we worked hard to win the first championship in the history of our college. Last year, we finally did it in our senior year.
Yesterday, James raised the O'Brien Cup in Oakland. My teammate sent me a WeChat message saying that she was crying loudly in the office. I said, I cried too. Although I am a Paul fan, I am influenced by my teammates. I am very concerned and familiar with James. Yesterday, when I watched the tiebreak in the finals, when I saw the Irving 's three-pointer, I knew that the Cavaliers were going to win. From that moment on, I started to shed tears, until James knelt down and covered his face and cried, holding up the O'Brien Cup, all these touched me deeply. At this moment, I love basketball even more.
This championship of LeBron James surpasses basketball itself and surpasses greatness. It is probably the most touching basketball story of this era. What he experienced in the past 13 years, yesterday, finally made the 52-year curse of the city of Cleveland finally come to an end, and he finally fulfilled his promise.
America is a country that advocates personal heroism, and LeBron James is the symbol of Cleveland. From the moment he entered the league, he was labeled as "Savior of the City". This "cursed" city is James' hometown. He knows how urgent the people here are to win a championship, so that the rain can pass the sky and let more dreams here.
A man bears the label of "city savior", just like Batman saving Gotham City, but LeBron James does not have the so-called special abilities. Although he is the pride of heaven, he has extraordinary talents and stronger bodies on the court, but he is still a mortal, as he himself said: "I am just a child from Ohio." He lived a poor single parent life since childhood, and only basketball allows him to feel the so-called happiness.
So, in 2003, he joined his hometown team, the Cleveland Cavaliers as the No. 1 pick, as the top scorer. At that time, James, who was slightly young, said that his goal was to bring a championship trophy to Cleveland. Even if the pride of heaven can fly and escape on the basketball court and rage the opponent, it takes 81 difficulties to climb to the top of basketball. Thorns are everywhere, year after year, as the boss of the Cavaliers Gilbert said, Cleveland is a cursed city, and even the genius LeBron James seems to be unable to end the curse of the city.
But LeBron James has been working hard all the time, he has been working hard for this initial commitment, he knows how urgent this city needs a championship, he sees the expectant eyes of the fans of KC City. If there is a championship, the city will become vibrant and full of "American Dream."
In the first seven years, LeBron James was in pain because, he could not fulfill his promise. He has always lived in the doubts of the outside world, and never stopped doubts. Because he is the pride of heaven, people always look at him with an almost harsh perspective. He always compares him with Michael Jordan with Kobe Bryant . He wins, and he should win. If he loses, he will be overwhelming criticism. Even in 2007, in front of the Pistons Five Tigers, he almost relied on his own to fight a path and scored 29 points in the last 30 points of the team. That shocking kill, the first time, put Cleveland on the stage of the finals, but the ending was that he was ruthlessly swept by the San Antonio Spurs."The future is yours", but where is the future?
08 Eastern Conference semi-finals, he fought with the Celtics of the Big Three at that time to tiebreak, losing 5 points, and James scored 45 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists in that game. Well, he is like Lu Bu. Even though he is very skilled in martial arts, he cannot resist the concerted efforts of the three Yings. It's like the tragic ending of a heroic epic. In 2009 and 10 years after
, even the 1-second finals won't be able to fulfill the 23 vs24 showdown between the finals and Kobe . When Kobe retired, James said that he regretted it in 2009 that he failed to stage a duel with Kobe, which was a great regret in his career. In the next 10 years, he lost to the Celtics again. At that time, James made a shocking decision, another cursed decision in Cleveland Sports history. He was leaving, he was going to Miami, and he was going to chase the championship with his buddy Wade .
In an instant, LeBron James' heroic image fell overnight in Cleveland. The boss Gilbert "cursed" James, the people in Cleveland, angrily burned his jersey and tore off his poster. Overnight, this once Cleveland hero turned into a traitor. Even his hometown left behind an eternal crime of "defection".
It is difficult for you to understand how strong James is in his heart. In Miami, he was defeated by the Mavericks. James said that he had been playing with anger. The source of anger probably came from the curse of Cleveland. He wanted to prove it to the whole world, but sometimes fate will not pity those who work hard, so God will give great responsibilities to others. He must first suffer his heart and mind, exhaust his muscles and bones, starve his body, and be empty. At least, for James.
htmlThat summer of 011, James, Wade and the Heat players almost locked themselves in the training hall. Every day, they were training to challenge their willpower. They ran back and forth, exhausted again and again, which made James' two consecutive championships. During this period, he experienced difficulties and desperate situations. He was the core of the Heat, but he was surrounded by Wade, Bosh, and Ray Allen. Therefore, the dark guys always used "hugging his thighs" to mock him. Even when he faced the Celtics in the Eastern Conference Final, he had a 2:3 desperate situation. In the sixth game, he reversed the series with 45 points and 15 rebounds in North Shore Garden. Even in 2013, after three-pointers, Ray Allen scored 37 points and 12 rebounds in the tiebreak. That was LeBron James' peak years, but in the following year, he failed to compete with the Spurs. That summer of14, he went home. He said to the people in Cleveland: “I am coming home.”, “I’m back home, I’m just a kid from Ohio, this is where I go, where I run, where I cry, where I grow up. When I left Cleveland, I had a task, that was to find the championship, I got 2 there, Miami knew that feeling, and our city hasn’t felt it for a long time, I’ll try to win more championships until I die, but the most important thing for me is to bring the championship back to Cleveland. This time, I won’t go anywhere.”
boss Gilbert made up with James, and the people in Cleveland felt the light of hope again because of James’ return. This story of going home symbolizes beauty, and it looks like, as long as James can bring the championship to the city, it’s a fairy tale ending.
But at this moment, I waited for two years.
Cleveland is a cursed city.
When the Cavaliers form a new three-tier lineup with James, Irving and Love as the core, everything is moving in a good direction. James is in his thirties, and he cannot do whatever he wants as he did when he was young.
From the playoffs to the finals, from the Big Three to him alone, Love is reimbursed, Irving is reimbursed, and when Cleveland sees the dawn of the championship, dark clouds fall again. James was alone and played an epic performance. His 35.8 points, 13.3 rebounds, 8.8 assists almost made him the MVP of the losing side. He gave all his money, but he had no choice but to lift the O'Brien Cup in Cleveland. James was unwilling to give up, leaving behind disappointed eyes from people in Kerch City.
But James said that winning the championship for Korsch is his mission and he will work hard.
So you see what James did this season, trying to drive his teammates as much as possible. He wants to build the Cavaliers into a strong and tough team. After 13 years of experience, James understands that he alone cannot complete the feat of winning the championship. Basketball is a team sport.
He poured everything into this team, it was really everything. When the Cavaliers were unstoppable 12 wins and 2 losses in the Eastern Conference playoffs, you didn't see James being overjoyed because, he knew, the tough finals weren't coming yet.
Tristan Thompson said that James is a bad guy. He reminded them all the time, getting urgent, making them hungry for the championship at any time. Even though the Cavaliers lost two inexplicable losses in Oakland, what James did was to make his team forget the score of 0:2 and return to home to complete the life-and-death battle.
The third game, the Cavaliers won with great joy. I originally thought that I was on the right track, but in the fourth battle, I seemed to have put all my strength into it, but inexplicably the fourth quarter was , , 1:3. What is left is the law that never in the history of the NBA Finals team can successfully turn the tables in 1:3.
In the fifth game, facing the booing of Oakland fans and the insulting of James' crossing Green, 41 points, 16 rebounds and 7 assists, and the rise of Irving beside him, he also scored 41 points, and the Cavaliers captured Oakland.
The sixth game, facing the elders of his hometown, remembering the champagne smell left by the Warriors at their home court last year, in the locker room of the Quick Loan Center, 41 points, 8 rebounds, 11 assists, he heard the most wonderful voice, which was tiebreaker.
"Trick seven is not pressure, it is an opportunity." James said before the game.
The seventh stop, when the magical feel is no longer there, when Drummond Green's three-pointer came into the net again and again, James was unprecedentedly cautious, so cautious that you seemed to be a little incomprehensible. He used his playing style from the 1980s to 90s to fight against the Warriors in the new century, constantly crushing the inside. He chose to believe and believe in every teammate, so Irving's incredible three-pointer, and JR Smith's redemption-style two three-pointers in the third quarter; he chose to believe that he could win the championship for Cleveland, so in the fourth quarter, when the Cavaliers were behind, he made a three-point foul and scored a three-pointer.
When Irving hit that third in the last minute, he should know that they should win. He faced the devastating dunk of Drummond Green , and when he landed, he got into the palm of his hand. At that moment, he might bet on a career-destroying dunk, probably his inside vent. He lay on the ground in pain, covering his hands, and I saw his I Promise bracelet.
Finally, with Curry's 's three-pointer, Spets' irrelevant move, James looked at the timer that was about to return to zero, and finally, Cleveland waited for this moment. James knelt on the ground, covering his face with his hands and cried. This was probably the most touching moment.
"For two years, I said that I will bring a championship to this city. I gave it all to it, and I poured my heart, my soul, my blood and tears into the game... Cleveland, this is the championship for you." James choked and excitedly said these words, and finally he shouted, Cleveland, this is the championship for you.
Richard Jefferson said he could not bear the pressure like James. A person, carrying the mission and expectations of the entire city, surpasses countless records in this alliance and is comparable to countless celebrities, but what he wants is to bring a championship to his hometown, that's all.
Cleveland's 52-year championship drought is over, and James kisses the trophy like a child. When he arrived in Cleveland, he raised the trophy, which was the spoil he brought to the city. Beyond the trophy, it was the end of the city's curse and the revival, and it was the moment when people had dreams.
I Promise's promise has finally come true.
"They said you are slow, not as explosive as you were in the peak, questioning your motivation, your leadership, your commitment, saying you have no killer instinct, the worst decision when you go home, let your coach be dismissed, Kevin Love can't work with Kyrie Irving , it's impossible to bring a championship to your hometown, etc. But guess what, this has nothing to do with me, chasing greatness, it's for a place of faith, giving my name some respect." James wrote on social platforms.
I Promise, this is the story of LeBron James saving Cleveland, not illusory, but real. It is precisely because of his reality that it is so touching. We are all witnesses of history and we all love basketball. This ending is like a fairy tale, beautiful and charming.
He is a kid from Ohio, but he put the city in the halo of championship.
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