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MVP LEBRON, CAVALIERS END CITYS 52-YEAR TITLE DROUGHT

BELIEVE IT, CLEVELAND

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Cavs guard Kyrie Irving goes for a

loose ball during the second half.

James
& Co.
pull off
Game 7
thriller
Associated Press

OAKLAND, CALIF.

LeBron James and his relentless, never-count-themout Cavaliers pulled off an

improbable NBA Fina ls
comeback, and Cleveland is
title town again at long last.
Ja mes del ivered on a
promise from two years ago
to bring a championship to
his native Northeast Ohio,
and he and the Cavs became
the first team to rally from
a 3-1 finals deficit by beating the defending champion
Golden State Warriors 93-89
on Sunday night to end a 52year major sports championship drought in Cleveland.
James almost single-handedly carried the Cavs back
into this series and finished
with 27 points, 11 assists
and 11 rebounds as the Cavs
captured their first championship in franchise history
and gave their city its first
major sports winner since
the Browns won the NFL title
in 1964.
CLEVELAND! This is for
you! James bellowed in his
postgame interview before
being announced as the NBA
Finals MVP.
An emotional James fell to
the floor when this one ended
with a second win in six days
on Golden States imposing
home floor, surrounded by
his teammates. Only seconds earlier, he went down
in pain with 10.6 seconds left
after being fouled by Draymond Green while going for
a dunk, then came back out
to make the second of two
free throws.
Kyrie Irving scored 26
points to cap his brilliant finals, including a 3-pointer
over MVP Stephen Curry
with 53 seconds left.

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Cavs forward LeBron James, center, celebrates with teammates after Game 7 of the NBA Finals on Sunday night against the Golden State Warriors in Oakland,
Calif. The Cavaliers won 93-89, completing a comeback from a 3-1 series decit.

Valley fans revel in victory

By WILLIAM K. ALCORN
alcorn@vindy.com

NIKOS FRAZIER | THE VINDICATOR

Abby Rowe and Chris Lewis watch in disbelief during the nal
seconds of Game 7 at Elliott Hassays home in Youngstown.

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PLEASE RECYCLE

Youve earned the celebration LeBron

James, Kyrie Irving and the Cavaliers
enabled Sunday.
At the Magic Tree in Boardman, the
nal minute provided a snapshot on how
to deal with angst.

nedy, both of Canfield, watched the

game in Eisenbrauns basement Fan
Cave.
We j u m p e d u p a n d d o w n
screaming and hugging. I didnt
c r y, but my e ye s wel le d up. I
think Ill cry when they interview
LeBron, she said.
Eisenbraun said she called her dad,
Allen Blake, whom she said is the reason that I am the way I am about Cleveland sports.
Eisenbrauns grandmother, Thelma
Blake of Warren, a huge Cavs fan, has
been waiting her whole life for a sports
championship to come to Cleveland.
See FANS, A4

GOP convention media liaison

credits Valley roots for success

A SURVIVORS JOURNEY

By DAVID SKOLNICK
skolnick@vindy.com

YOUNGSTOWN

Dave ONeil,
deputy press
secretary for
the Republican National
Convention,
says, Its unusual to grow
ONeil
up as a Republican in Youngstown.
But the influence of his fa-

ASSOCIATED PRESS

APPRECIATING IDORA

JOHNSON WINS OPEN

From a single light socket to a

building full of artifacts, the Ameys of
Caneld are following their retirement
dream and bringing the community
together to remember Idora Park.
LOCAL, A3

Dustin Johnson won the U.S.

Open at Oakmont on Sunday for
his rst major title. Warren native
Jason Kokrak nished tied for
37th, 13 shots behind Johnson.
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Sports editor Ed Puskas tells fans:

REPUBLICAN PARTY

today

More than 250 people packed into

the Jewish Community Center Sunday to see Henry Kinast: A Suvivors
Journey From Ruin to Redemption.
Kinast, 86, was born in Lodz, Poland,
and is the last living Holocaust
survivor in the Mahoning Valley.
LOCAL, A3

Elliott Hassay of Youngstown got his

wish, finally.
The Cavaliers ended the Cleveland
Curse.
At halftime of Sundays Game 7 of
the NBA Finals, with Cleveland down
seven points to the Golden State Warriors, Hassay said he believed in the
curse and wished it would end.
I want a championship. I pray for a championship. It doesnt
matter which team.
Someone has to do
it, said Hassay, who
watched history made
and the curse broken
Hassay with several friends at
his home.
I cant even believe it, said Heather
Eisenbraun moments after the Cavaliers won the 2016 NBA title by a 93-89
score.
She said before the game she would
be angry if the Cavs lost but would cry
if they won.
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