The Cleveland Cavaliers Case Study

The NBA Finals showcased Cleveland not just regionally, but across the world. It shed new light on a city that has been through some rough times in the

In the NBA, it’s no new news that the Cleveland Cavaliers star, Lebron James, and the players in the history of the Boston Celtics organization are big longtime rivals. This rivalry goes as far back as 2007. In 2007 a major shift in NBA History happened when star Lebron James left the Cleveland Cavaliers to go join stars Dwayne Wade and Chris Bosh on the Miami Heat. This happened because star Lebron James felt as if the Cavaliers GM was not helping the team enough, as they could not get past the Boston Celtics in the playoffs. As Lebron went to Miami he was able to win two back to back championships in the four years he was there. This made things worse for the Boston Celtics. Not only were they losing every year to the same team, their team

Three time NBA champion, Lebron James in his interview, “Lebron: I’m coming back to Cleveland” notes that he is returning to Cleveland after his four years in Miami after abandoning Cleveland in 2010. He supports his claim by first stating his feelings for Ohio, and what Ohio meant to him. Secondly, he explains why he abandoned Cleveland, and it was because of winning championships. Lastly, he promises Cleveland that he will give it his all to bring Cleveland’s championship drought to an end. James’ purpose is to prove to Cavalier fans that somewhere in his heart he still has a place for Ohio in order to convince the fans to believing in him once more. He establishes an enthusiastic tone for his fans, and Cavalier

Arron Afflalo added 19 points and Danilo Gallinari had 15 for the Nuggets, who defeated the Bulls for the eighth straight time in Denver.Jimmy Butler had 32 points for Chicago,

The last time the Cavs and Bulls met each-other in the postseason was in 2010 when Cleveland won (4-1) in the First Round. The Cavaliers also won the 2014-15 regular season series against Chicago (3-1). The Wine and Gold are undefeated against Chicago in playoff games at Quicken Loans Arena (3-0). Including the regular season and the 2015 First Round series against, the cavs have won 22 their last 23 games at The Q.

The Bulls would complete this season with a franchise record 61 wins. They would continue their wins as they rolled over the 76ers and Pistons to reach the NBA finals and win over the Lakers. The 1991-1992 season would see the Bulls beat their franchise record with 67 wins and another NBA title as they beat the Trailblazers. Yet again in the 1992-1993 season the Bulls would win their 3rd straight NBA title against the Phoenix Suns. In October of 1993 Michael Jordan decides to retire and this would end the Bulls winning streak until 1995 when he would return from

Despite being grounded at the airport, the Cleveland Cavaliers ended up making the trip to Toronto. The Raptors looked comfortable at home while the Cavaliers didn't look so hot. Toronto's dominant performance led them to a 99-84 victory. If Cleveland wants to prevent Toronto from tying the series, they must work on these three aspects.

James recently publicized his belief that the Cavs needed better performances than the ones they’ve put forth through the early part of the season. Cavs head coach David Blatt backed his star player and praised James’ leadership following James’ comments regarding his team’s effort.

The Boston Celtics' season finally came to an end on Thursday night, as the Cleveland Cavaliers wrapped up a 4-1 series win in the Eastern Conference Finals at TD Garden. The young Celtics reached their first conference finals since 2012 and were led by their second team All-NBA point guard Isaiah Thomas, whose breakout performance led to a discussion of his name being mentioned in the MVP race. Some will look at this Celtics season for what happened in the conference finals against the Cavaliers. The team played their worst basketball at home, losing all three games at the TD Garden, and only played six competitive quarters of basketball (Game 3 and the first half of Game 4).

Going into the season we would not be surprised to see Cleveland against Boston. However, as the playoffs were set to start we thought that there was a very small chance that both the Celtics and the Cavaliers would face off in a rematch of last years Eastern Conference Finals. That thought was strengthened after the Cavaliers struggled into game 7 against the Pacers. Despite this so-called diversity that these two teams have had to experience, here we are with LeBron trying to extend his consecutive NBA Finals appearances to 8, and the Celtics to defy all odds once again and advance to the finals without there star player Irving.

Something is cooking in the city of Philly, the 76ers are moving on to the 2nd round in the NBA playoffs. The sixers beat the Miami Heat on April 24, 2018 causing an uproar in sports again. Many people believed the 76ers were a team that would be gone early on in the playoffs but now things have changed. Philadelphia has become a powerhouse in sports, a better city, and even a new bandwagon target.

The Cleveland Cavaliers that swept the top-seeded Toronto Raptors out of the postseason in dominant fashion looked completely different from the Cavs team that eked out 50 wins in the regular season. And with good reason: The bulk of Cleveland’s postseason minutes have gone to, quite literally, a different team. Through the first two rounds of the playoffs, the Cavaliers have leaned heavily on a five-man lineup that had never shared the court before.

While many thought that the Los Angeles Lakers are done with their offseason moves, recent reports are emerging that the team is interested in getting problematic Nuggets point guard Ty Lawson.

The next four years, LeBron helped the Cavs improve. In the 2006-2007 year, the Cavs beat the Detroit Pistons in the semi-finals but lost in the finals against San-Antonio Spurs. During the years 2007-2008, the Cavs failed to make it to the playoffs. The following year, 2008-2009, they acquired point guard Mo Williams and Shaquille O’Neal. They lost in the second round of the playoffs to the Boston Celtics. In 2010, his contract was over with the Cavaliers. He decided to go to the Miami Heat and made two more lifelong friends, Dwayne Wade and Chris Bosh. That season, in the playoffs, they beat the Philadelphia 76ers, the Boston Celtics, and the Chicago Bulls but lost to the Dallas Mavericks in the championship. The next season, in 2011, the Heat beat the New York Knicks, the Indiana Pacers, and the Boston Celtics. In the championship game, the Miami Heat beat the Oklahoma City Thunder. In 2012, they beat the San Antonio Spurs in the Finals. When his contract expired in 2013, he decided to go back to the Cleveland Cavaliers where everything

Some say that sports are just games but in Cleveland it is a way of life. It may seem crazy but it is the truth. Cleveland sports have gone through good times but also bad times some even hard to watch. Even though some people have not experienced the greatness in Cleveland me being one but in twenty fourteen, Cleveland is starting to turn the corner from troubling times to great times.These last six decades without tasting a championship in any sport has been a terrible feeling. But with LeBron James coming back to the Cavaliers, The browns having one of the best off-seasons in team history, and the Indians who have a strong but also young foundation of talent coming through the ranks of the minor leagues. Their is hope and a bright future