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27+11+11! A triple-double record in the finals, James returns to the championship given to the Cavaliers!

11:22pm, 26 May 2025【Basketball】

On June 19, 2016, the dome of the Oracle Arena in the Auckland trembled in the sound waves. When LeBron James knelt down and beat his chest after the final whistle, venting his obsession with tears and roars, the entire basketball world was witnessing: this was not an ordinary reversal, but an epic miracle cast with steel and undead belief! 48 hours before the game, Cleveland fans were still praying for miracles. No one believes that a team that fell behind 1-3 in the Finals can complete the reversal, not to mention that the opponent is the Warriors who set a 73-win legend. But James' eyes were burning with flames: "I came here to make it impossible to become the first champion in the team history. "

The sound of the Oracle Arena could overturn the roof. Curry used his signature chasing three-pointer to declare his dominance in the first quarter, but James crushed the defense like a bulldozer - Green made a dunk with his back single, and made a quick stop jump shot through the bottom line. He scored 6 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists in the first quarter. He used his all-round performance to bite the score at 22-23. But the situation changed suddenly in the second quarter, and Meng Zhui Meng Green suddenly transformed into "Meng Zhui Meng Curry" and scored 4 three-pointers in 4 minutes. The 17-point firepower in a single quarter allowed the Warriors to open the gap 49-42 in the first half. The camera swept across the Cavaliers' bench, and Tyron Lu's tactical board was shocking: "Do they think we will leave the court on their knees? Tell them that there was no surrender in the Cleveland dictionary! "

In the locker room, Tyron Lu's scolding penetrated the soundproof wall: "LeBron, you have to play better! Defend Green, play aggressively, don't make any mistakes! If we want to win, we have to rely on you! "When he slammed the door out, James stared at the tactical board, and veteran James Jones nodded slightly: "He was right. "

With a stoke, the Cavaliers returned to the court. Irving was like a poisoned dagger, wandering between the Warriors' defense - facing Thompson's close defense, he dribbled the ball under his crotch three times in a row, throwing the ball in the moment he lost his balance; James turned into a defensive meat grinder, and when Barnes thought that a layup was inevitable, a black shadow rushed from behind, nailing the ball to the rebound with a "splash"! In the counterattack, he grabbed the rebound and pushed it directly, and the tomahawk dunk made the basket buzz. At the end of the third quarter, the score of 75-75 made the sound of the Oracle Arena crack for the first time. Warriors fans looked at each other: Why did this Cavalier, who should have been dying, suddenly grow steel and iron bones?

The game has 2 minutes and 47 seconds left, and a fatal twist has come. Iguodala cut off James' pass and rushed to the basket like lightning. If this ball is entered, the Warriors will almost secure the victory. But everyone ignored the figure running from the bottom line: James was like a lit rocket, and the 40-foot distance was only 3 seconds. At the moment Iguodala made a move, his palm almost touched the ceiling, and "Century Chase" made the ball fly out of bounds! The Oracle Arena suddenly quiet, as if time was pressed.

53 seconds! Irving took over the baton of fate. At 45 degrees on the right, he and Curry played the ultimate showdown: they changed directions and shook half a step. At the moment Curry's fingertips were about to touch the ball, his wrist trembled lightly - the parabola drawn by the ball was like a lightning bolt that splits the dark clouds, passing through the net "swish"! 92-89, the moment the Cavaliers overtook the score, James opened his arms and roared, as if he wanted to roar all the 52-year champion desires. At this moment, the air in the Oracle Arena solidified, and all cameras were aimed at Irving's raised arms. In the slow motion, Curry's desperate pounce and ball entry into the net became one of the most classic pictures in basketball history.

In the last 30 seconds, Curry's three-pointer missed, and James caught the rebound and was fouled by Green. When he walked onto the free throw line, his eyes were calmer than ever - one of two free throws, 93-89! At the moment the final whistle sounded, James could no longer hold back and knelt down and covered his face and cried bitterly. Irving rushed into the field like crazy, and Love hugged the man who had been fighting for his hometown tightly. Cleveland's 52-year championship drought finally ended at this moment!

27 points, 11 rebounds, 11 assists, James used his first tie-up triple-double in the history of the Finals to engrave his name on the monument of the God of Reversal; Irving scored 26 points, and that three-pointer worth a thousand gold made him synonymous with "Key Mr."; the Cavaliers' team had 18 offensive rebounds, 14 more than the Warriors, and every fight was a ruthless mockery of "talent theory". On the Warriors, Green had a quasi-triple double-double with 32 points, 15 rebounds, 9 assists, while Curry had 17 points but had 6 fouls. The glory of 73 wins became the background board of the Cavaliers legend at this moment.

When champagne splashed in the Cavaliers locker room, James roared with the championship trophy: "Cleveland, this is for you!" He waited for this sentence for 7 years, and the whole city waited for 52 years. The meaning of this reversal has long surpassed basketball: it tells the world that when the beliefs of a person, a team, or a city are condensed into a rope, any seemingly insurmountable mountain will eventually tremble and collapse in the sound of footsteps. The lights of the Oracle Arena are getting dimmed, but the flames of the 2016 Finals G7 will always burn in the history of basketball - that is the most exciting declaration of victory written with sweat, blood and never bowing your head!