Early in the game, James looked at agent Rich Paul sitting courtside and told him he wasn’t coming out. Nothing was going to keep James off the floor in what some Cleveland fans feared could have been his last game with the franchise. “Best receiver in the NBA,” Korver said of James. It was the first Game 7 in Quicken Loans Arena history, and Cleveland fans were on edge from the start. A loss would not only have ended the Cavs’ season earlier than expected and their reign as three-time conference champs, but it would have pushed James closer to free agency.

Source: thestar April 29, 2018 19:57 UTC