![]() Even after recovering from 2013’s Achilles injury, he limped into 2015 as a broken replica of what he once was, with his Lakers in full rebuild. By the time Kobe Bryant hit his mid-30s he could no longer pull the Lakers to greatness the way he once had. The finish has been coming for two years. ![]() The city was used to this kind of thing by now. Surrounded by almost no one, he nearly pulled the Cavs to a championship on his own. In the end, Cleveland did not win the title that has eluded the city for 50 years. Try as he might, James was unable to single-handedly push the Cavs to the last two wins they needed. With only one piece of the vaunted ‘Big Three’ left, Cleveland was hopeless against the Warriors. Irving went down in the Finals against Golden State. First Love went down, dislocating his shoulder in the first round of the playoffs. They won the Central Division and had the second-best record in the NBA’s Eastern Conference. James formed a bond with guard Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love to give the Cavaliers an offense as strong as any in the league. Hardly the revival he imagined.īut then they won 18 of their next 20. Cleveland started the calendar year with six straight losses that dropped their overall record to 19-20. As hard as he worked to reinvent himself as the beloved local son home at last to lead Cleveland to a championship, he struggled to get the Cavs started. Early in his time back with the Cavaliers, it seemed as if James might ruin everything.
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