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Lakers Dominate Heat To Win NBA Title And LeBron’s Fourth Ring
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AMANDA
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Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James (23) holds up four fingers after winning his fourth NBA championship after game six of the 2020 NBA Finals.
LeBron celebrates win with J.R. Smith and Quinn Cook.
Crown him King for a fourth time.
It’s not one, not two, not three but four NBA champi- onship rings for LeBron James, who is long past com- peting for his spot on the NBA’s Mount Rushmore.
It’s Michael and LeBron. The other goats are grazing in a different pasture.
The Lakers' championship odds were slipping through the cracks after the Heat stole Games 3 and 5. James brought the pain in Game 6, driving with force to the rim time and time again. After scor- ing 40 points in the Lakers' eventual Game 5 loss, he only needed 28, 14 rebounds and 10 assists to seal the deal on Sun- day night. The Lakers beat the Heat 106-93 in a game that was out of doubt early, with the Lakers leading by 28 at half-
time.
It was James' 11th triple-
double in the NBA Finals, three more than Magic Johnson, who retired with eight. For ref- erence, Michael Jordan has zero — triple doubles in the Fi- nals, and losses in the Finals, too.
The Lakers were dominant from start to finish. They burst the Heat bubble early, turning an eight-point first quarter ad- vantage into a 28-point lead entering halftime. Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra made a grave error, sitting stretch-five Kelly Olynyk the entire first half and most of the third quar- ter.
Championship Jimmy Butler never walked through the door Sunday night. After 47 minutes in Game 5, he was a step slow on defense, and not as aggressive offensively in
Miami’s elimination game. He finished with 12 points, eight assists, and seven rebounds. There were no Heat heroics on Sunday night.
Instead, championship Rajon Rondo made an ap- pearance, earning his second NBA championship ring 12 years after winning his first in 2008. Rondo was acting to- tally different: He blew by But- ler on a number of occasions and finished with 19 points on 9-of-11 shooting, including three-of-four from deep.
LeBron James Shares Post-Championship FaceTime With Mother
LEBRON JAMES AND HIS MOM, GLORIA
LeBron James is a cham- pion once again and he helped the Los Angeles Lakers earn the 17th championship in a tumul- tuous season. While the Lakers were going wild in the locker room and players like J.R. Smith and Dwight Howard were on Instagram live, Le- Bron stepped out for a mo- ment to FaceTime with his mother.
Reporters captured Le- Bron on the phone with his mom, Gloria James, as he puffed on a celebratory cham- pionship cigar.
LeBron then thanked his mother for raising him and say- ing how much he thanks her for everything she went through in doing that.
“I ain’t s—- without you. What I go through is nothing compared to what you went through.” James said to his mother.
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