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#恭喜金州勇士奪得2015年NBA總冠軍

勇士105-97騎士

從一開始季後賽開打不被大家看好能奪冠，到至今他們努力堅持走到這一步奪得隊史睽違40年的第四冠。

這支由Stephen Curry所領軍的勇士真的值得大家尊敬。

即便Klay Thompson後面三場打得非常糟糕，但是Curry他還是發揮他的領導力帶領勇士連勝騎士三場，最終逆轉系列戰奪得總冠軍。

Curry的重要性不言而喻，就如同克里夫蘭的LeBron James一樣，都是有著無可取代性。

他讓騎士在系列戰得不斷包夾他，而他就是有這樣控球與組織的能力去突破騎士防守，不管是自己得分或是替隊友創造機會，如果沒有他，勇士的進攻基本上就會停擺。

而Andre Iguodala當然也是球隊的獲勝x因子，但如果沒有Curry在那替所有人承擔非常強大的防守壓力，我想也沒有辦法表現這麼優異。

最後勇士能連贏三場，無非就是其他人像Iguodala、Green這兩人掌握了Curry替他們創造的表現機會，這也使得騎士防守戰術失效。

至於LeBron James，他確實是偉大的球員，強悍的戰士，無奈我認為除了傷兵問題外，總教練David Blatt的執教功力真的有些爭議的地方，在表現上遠遠不如在我心裡有新軍神的Steve Kerr。

在用人上，騎士過於保守，且Shawn Marion這名老將在本季就要退休了，也不給予他上場證明自己做最後一搏的機會去證明自己，我認為很可惜。

#球員數據

勇士
S. Curry-25分6籃板8助攻3抄截
A. Iguodala-25分5籃板5助攻2抄截
D. Green-16分11籃板11助攻3抄截
K. Thompson-5分5籃板
S. Livingston-10分3籃板
F. Ezeli-10分4籃板

騎士
L. James-32分18籃板9助攻
T. Thompson-15分13籃板
T. Mozgov-17分12籃板
J.R. Smith-19分5籃板
M. Dellavedova-1分4籃板
I. Shumpert-8分3籃板

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Rondo帶頭角色球員殺出！防守打出高專注力，睽違十年紫金終於再度的封王🏆。

■洛杉磯湖人４－２邁阿密熱火

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首先我得說，Goran Dragic真的是硬漢，他與Jimmy Butler都是，在今日不顧自己生涯處在合約年，他仍決心忍痛帶傷上陣，只可惜熱火這場並沒有因為他的回歸而越燒越旺，反而其餘人體力上似乎已經漸漸耗盡，也被今晚渴望勝利、積極度強烈的湖人給輾壓過去，正式結束了這個賽季。

有別於上一場湖人除了LeBron James、Anthony Davis和KCP在線上，其餘人幾乎都不在狀況內下，這晚上半場老將Rajon Rondo就火力全開，在板凳上跳出形成一把鋒刃。

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Rondo打得相當自信滿滿與堅決，這場宛如回春讓大家看到他過去刁鑽犀利的突破能力，真的是智慧滿滿的傢伙，透過對於場上的驚人洞察力，今晚只要熱火防守有隙縫產生，他就是毫不猶豫的殺進去，且就連三分砲也有所貢獻，他的跳出絕對重重打擊熱火士氣。

上半場6投6中拿下13分4籃板2助攻(全場19分4籃板4助攻)，是從1997年後開始，第四位總冠軍賽能有這樣表現(至少6投以上且100%命中率)的球員，另外三位分別為Toni Kukoc(1998年)、Lamar Odom(2008年)、Danny Green(2014年)。

而KCP延續上一戰下半場的發揮，此戰上半場也有15分的貢獻，不管在外圍、突破、籃下都有攪局力，只要他或Green一個人能早點跳出來，對於湖人幫助是非常巨大的。

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Anthony Davis這場克服上一戰腳踝痛的問題，雖然沒有過往巨量的得分表現，但他在防守端的價值無人可取代，尤其今晚湖人每個人在人盯人上都拚勁十足，搭配AD他的禁區敏捷補防的嚇阻力，熱火這場在進攻端陷入很大麻煩(自身狀態也不好)。

至於LeBron James此戰依舊無可挑剔，上一戰他就打出不可思議的表現(40分71.4%命中率)，只可惜JB做出相同回應，但今晚在隊友可以跳出下，他打得是輕鬆許多，整晚展現全能風采就已足夠，以28分14籃板10助攻拿下大三元，也是他季後賽生涯第28次大三元，差歷史之最的Magic Johnson(30次)只剩兩場，且今晚僅1次失誤，表現真的無話可說。

Frank Vogel教練今年在調度上也是湖人贏球亮點，當然還是有讓人討論空間，但我認為已經算是相當完美，這場將Alex Caruso拉到先發，一開始就提升外圍防守的專注力，顯然是帶來效果的，而這裡也得說，Howard與McGee實在展現很棒的職業態度，即使無法上場，也是樂在其中不停在場邊帶著熱情為隊友加油。

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熱火方面Jimmy Butler真的氣力用盡了！

JB真的在體力上消耗很大，而在第二節當比數拉開後，心態也真的會更加疲憊，整個系列戰他的表現已經證明自己有踏進超巨的水準，就看熱火未來如何幫他增添更多戰力。

搭配現在這些年輕人，如果Dragic也有留下，熱火未來幾年都會是東區最強的球隊之一，很期待明年熱火可以再變多強！

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而Erik Spoelstra教練會有人說過於操先發，導致後繼無力，但我認為沒辦法，在Dragic受傷下，真的已經把所有能打出的牌都盡可能打出去了，今年能培育出這麼多年輕人，Spoelstra教練絕對功不可沒。

最後恭喜湖人奪得冠軍！這冠軍真的意義很大。

時隔十年了，對於我們經歷許久低谷的湖人迷來說，真的很感動。
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H&M, HÀNH ĐỘNG CỦA CHÚNG TA VÀ VỊ THẾ QUỐC GIA.

Mesut Özil, cựu cầu thủ của Arsenal, từng đăng một bài thơ bằng tiếng Thổ Nhĩ Kỳ nhằm chỉ trích các quốc gia Hồi giáo đã không lên án Trung Quốc đàn áp người Duy Ngô Nhĩ. Bài thơ ngay lập tức khiến cộng đồng mạng Trung Quốc rúng động, CCTV dọa cắt hợp đồng, Liên đoàn bóng đá Trung Quốc chỉ trích thẳng mặt Özil, người hâm mộ EPL tại Trung Quốc dọa sẽ tẩy chay giải đấu này… Đứng trước sự đe dọa của thị trường lớn nhất thế giới, gần như ngay lập tức, Arsenal đã phải đăng đàn “bào chữa”, xin lỗi người hâm mộ Trung Quốc, đại diện EPL lên tiếng đính chính “không đưa thể thao vào chính trị…”. Có thể vì nguyên nhân này mà Mesut Özil đã bị Arsenal loại khỏi đội hình thi đấu, phải sang Thổ Nhĩ Kỳ “dưỡng già” và giờ thì mờ nhạt giữa làng bóng đá thế giới.

Năm 2019, chủ tịch chuyên môn của Houston Rockets, Daryl Morey đăng tải dòng tweet ủng hộ người biểu tình Hong Kong, phản đối Trung Quốc. Và cũng rất nhanh, huyền thoại bóng rổ Yao Ming tuyên bố cắt đứt quan hệ ngoại giao với Houston Rockets, các đài truyền hình Trung Quốc dọa sẽ cắt đứt hợp tác với NBA… Đứng trước việc “túi tiền” có thể bị thiệt hại nặng nề, các siêu sao bóng rổ hàng đầu của NBA như LeBron James, James Harden phải lên tiếng xin lỗi người hâm mộ Trung Quốc. Phe biểu tình Hong Kong đốt áo của những siêu sao này và nói: “Họ hèn hạ trước Trung Quốc”.

Thực tế, EPL hay NBA, thứ mà họ quan tâm là tiền và Trung Quốc lại rất dễ dàng giải quyết được điều đó.

Karl Marx có một câu một câu nói rất nổi tiếng rằng: “Nếu lợi nhuận lên tới 300%, thì có phải treo cổ, các nhà tư bản cũng sẽ làm”.

Cách đây gần tháng, H&M có những động thái lên tiếng về vấn đề nhân quyền tại Tân Cương, thông qua việc ngừng thu mua bông từ Tân Cương, tố cáo chính quyền Trung Quốc ngược đãi người dân Tân Cương… Và “nước đi này mình nhầm, cho mình đi lại nha”, đứng trước làn sóng tẩy chay của người Trung Quốc, H&M phải đăng tải bài viết đính chính, cam kết đầu tư lâu dài tại Trung Quốc, luôn tôn trọng Trung Quốc, không đại diện và lên tiếng về các vấn đề chính trị nội bộ.

Người hâm mộ Trung Quốc nói gì về bài đăng của H&M: “Ăn đồ Trung Quốc nhưng lại đập nồi Trung Quốc”.

Nhân quyền và dân chủ, nghe thì có vẻ hay và đạo lý đấy, chung quy lại vẫn chỉ là một chữ tiền.

Google, Facebook từng bị phía chính quyền Mỹ lên án kịch liệt vì hai đơn vị này luôn bày tỏ tham vọng thâm nhập vào thị trường Trung Quốc, bất chấp việc sẽ phải đặt server riêng, đội ngũ kiểm duyệt riêng thị trường Trung Quốc. Còn Microsoft thì mặc kệ những lời chỉ trích từ trước đến nay, đã và luôn làm thực hiện việc kiểm duyệt phần mềm, ứng dụng… theo yêu cầu của nhà chức trách Trung Quốc. Microsoft còn chấp nhận là “cái gai trong mắt” những người chống Trung Quốc tại Mỹ, vì hậu thuẫn Tiktok.

Các cụ có câu: “Mạnh vì gạo, bạo vì tiền”. Câu nói này dường như luôn đúng ngay cả trong chuyện chính trị. Hàn Quốc từ một nước nghèo khó, chấp nhận cúi mình, và giờ thì họ không ngại “cà khịa” lại Nhật Bản. Trung Quốc, từ một thời bị liên quân 8 nước chi phối, từ hình ảnh Đặng Tiểu Bình cúi đầu khúm núm trước Jimmy Carter, giờ đã dám “vỗ ngực” và không ngần ngại trước phái đoàn Mỹ tại Alaska.

Nếu bắt buộc phải đưa ra sự lựa chọn giữa Trung Quốc và Việt Nam, phải thú thực mà nói, họ sẽ chọn Trung Quốc. Nhưng, cán cân vẫn có thể đổi chiều, gió vẫn thể thổi ngược. Như trong chuyện tranh chấp quần đảo Senkaku với Nhật Bản, Trung Quốc không thể bắt ép các thương hiệu quốc tế điền tên quần đảo này - phía Trung Quốc gọi là Điếu Ngư vào trong bản đồ của Trung Quốc, vì Nhật Bản là một quốc gia hùng mạnh, có tiềm lực kinh tế và là một thị trường không hề thua kém.

Trung Quốc, theo chiều dài lịch sử từ khi độc lập đến nay, đã đòi lại được Hồng Kông, Macao… tham vọng của họ tiếp theo sẽ là Đài Loan, Điếu Ngư, Sacotra - vùng tranh chấp với Hàn Quốc và cả Trường Sa, Hoàng Sa của Việt Nam nữa.

H&M bị người Trung Quốc mắng thẳng mặt vì là một gã hai mặt. Và giờ đây, H&M cũng đang bị người Việt tẩy chay với một thái độ tương tự như vậy, nhưng hành động của H&M với Trung Quốc là đính chính, thừa nhận, khúm núm, còn với Việt Nam thì sao? Không bài viết, không xin lỗi, không giải thích… tóm lại là không gì cả.

Vì chúng ta là một thị trường nhỏ bé? Vì chính chúng ta “nhanh quên”? Vì chúng ta dễ tha thứ? Vì chúng ta sính ngoại hay vì một điều gì khác.

"Mỗi dân tộc khi tham gia vào dòng chảy toàn cầu đều phải khẳng định vị thế trên bản đồ thế giới. Mỗi người Việt định vị được bản thân như thế nào trước cuộc đời, thì nước Việt Nam định hình trước thế giới như thế".

Có lẽ ít lâu nữa, những câu chuyện về H&M sẽ bị lãng quên theo nhiều cách, và rồi nhiều người sẽ tặc lưỡi cho qua và bơ đi. Nhưng câu chuyện chủ quyền, không dễ quên như vậy. Người Việt có thể "lãng quên" chuyện tẩy chay H&M, nhưng phải luôn ghi nhớ việc bảo vệ chủ quyền dân tộc.

Việt Nam đang trong một hành trình định vị vị thế quốc gia. Đó là một hành trình, có khi đơn giản chỉ là việc làm thế nào để các thương hiệu quốc tế tự nguyện truyền tải những thông tin đúng đắn về chủ quyền quốc gia. Mà không phải chọn giữa bên này, bên kia, không phải vì "tẩy chay" mới làm.

Đó là một hành trình rất dài, cần những người vững tâm và yêu nước.

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Allen Iverson finally shook his shadow and shook up the NBA Finals.

Hounded by unheralded Tyronn Lue, Iverson scored seven of his 48 points in a one-minute span of overtime as the Philadelphia 76ers stunned the Los Angeles Lakers with a 107-101 victory in the opener of the NBA Finals.

Iverson scored 30 points in a scintillating first half, letting everyone know that the 76ers were going to be more than another pushover for the powerful Lakers. His late flurry silenced the Staples Center and unceremoniously ended Los Angeles' run at a perfect postseason.

"Anybody that bet on it, some broke people out there," Iverson said. "I'm glad nobody didn't bet their life on it 'cause they definitely would be dead right now."

Instead, the Sixers -- double-digit underdogs -- are very much alive as they again displayed their heroic heart.

"Our guys just try hard," Sixers coach Larry Brown said. "This is kind of unexpected but it's neat."

In between Iverson outbursts, Lue stymied the NBA Most Valuable Player for nearly 20 minutes, using his quickness to prevent Iverson from even getting the ball, let alone shoot it. He had spent the last two practices impersonating Iverson and apparently got pretty good at it.

"I just try to deny him the ball as much as possible, because when he does get the ball, the best penetrator in the game is going to be hard to stop," Lue said. "We were trying to keep the ball out of his hands as much as possible."

"He was holding me the whole time," Iverson said.

But the third-year reserve let his guard down for just a second and it cost the Lakers. Iverson's two free throws pulled the Sixers within 99-98 with 1:46 remaining and the Lakers called a timeout.

Lue drove and threw up a wild shot as he fell out of bounds. The Sixers rebounded and Iverson ran out in transition. With Lue nowhere in sight, he drilled a 3-pointer that gave Philadelphia the lead for good at 101-99 with 1:19 left.

"That was really the knife that wounded us," Lakers coach Phil Jackson said.

Rick Fox spoiled a solid game by throwing away a pass and Iverson made a step-back baseline jumper for a 103-99 lead with 47 seconds to go.

Kobe Bryant, who shot poorly and could not defend Iverson, hit a baseline jumper with 33 seconds to play. But Eric Snow, whose runner late in the fourth quarter saved the Sixers, made a similar shot to seal it with 10 seconds left.

On the eve of his 26th birthday, Iverson made 18-of-41 shots and 9-of-9 free throws, adding six assists and five steals. Playing his first NBA Finals game, his explosion offset 44 points and 20 rebounds by Shaquille O'Neal as he won the duel between the league's last two MVPs.

The Lakers rallied from a 15-point third-quarter deficit only to blow a five-point overtime lead as they lost for the first time since April 1, a span of 20 games. They had come into this series as huge favorites, having romped through the postseason with 11 straight wins by an average of more than 15 points.

"I'm kind of relieved it's over in some ways but but it does put some pressure on us to get a win on our home court," Jackson said. "We've got to go out on Friday night and find a way to get this series tied up."

The Sixers came in with no one expecting them to win a game, let alone the series. But they used their trademark toughness to do in just one game what the weak knees of the Western Conference could not do in 11 -- beat the Lakers.

"They thought we were gonna get swept and that was like a slap in the face to us," Iverson said.

Game Two is Friday at Los Angeles. Philadelphia is trying to knock off the defending champions and win its first title in 18 years.

"Now it's a series," O'Neal said.

However, Philadelphia may have to try a little harder. Guard Aaron McKie, who did a superb job of defending Bryant, suffered a chip fracture of his right ankle but is probable for Friday.

Both Iverson and O'Neal abused a series of defenders. Iverson sent starter Derek Fisher to a permanent seat on the bench and also had his way with Bryant before Lue came on.

"You can't take anything away from Tyronn Lue," Iverson admitted. "A lot of guys go out against a player that's named MVP of the regular season and won't give it his all, act like he's scared. But he gave his team a great lift."

O'Neal met some resistance from Mutombo but manhandled Matt Geiger and Todd MacCulloch at the end of the third quarter. He made 17-of-28 shots but just 10-of-22 from the line.

Most of O'Neal's offense came against single coverage from Dikembe Mutombo, who sat down with foul trouble for most of the third quarter but still contributed 13 points, 16 rebounds and five blocks.

His presence allowed Philadelphia to swarm to Bryant, who had an awful game with just 15 points, on 7-of-22 shooting, and six turnovers.

"They got into Kobe's body, and bodied him on the dribble, stripped the ball when he picked it up," Jackson said. "He really didn't clear himself for shots very easily tonight."

Snow scored 13 points and injury-hampered Matt Geiger provided an unexpected 10 for the Sixers, who shot 48 percent (40-of-83) and missed just two of 25 free throws, which came at the worst possible time.

O'Neal's dunk off a feed from Bryant with 1:57 left in the fourth quarter gave the Lakers a 94-92 lead, their first since midway through the second period.

Snow answered with his first running jumper and the Sixers had a chance to take the lead when Mutombo rebounded a miss by Snow and was fouled with 34 seconds to go. But he missed both after Philadelphia had hit its first 19 from the line.

Bryant and Snow missed, sending it to overtime, where it looked like the Lakers were ready to win. O'Neal threw in a hook, Bryant spun for a layup and O'Neal split a pair from the line for a 99-94 lead.

The Sixers looked dead when Raja Bell found himself trapped in the lane with the shot clock running down. But he pivoted and threw in a scoop shot with his left hand with 2:19 remaining, sparking the comeback.

Fox scored 19 points for the Lakers, who were playing for the first time in 10 days and shot 44 percent (40-of-90).

At the start, it looked like another Lakers landslide. A 16-0 burst capped by Bryant's first basket gave Los Angeles an 18-5 lead with 5 1/2 minutes to go -- and perhaps allowed complacency to set in.

"We watched games that they played when they jumped out on guys and guys just packed it in and stopped playing," Iverson said. "But we've been like that before. We've been in games where we started off slow and ended up winning."

Iverson scored 10 points in the rest of the period, then opened the second quarter with a jumper over Bryant for a 24-23 lead.

The Lakers still held a 38-36 lead midway through the second quarter when Jackson was hit with a technical foul for arguing a non-call against Mutombo.

Iverson made the foul shot, Geiger hit two jumpers to give the Sixers the lead at 41-40 and Iverson took over from there as he scored Philadelphia's last 15 points of the half, mostly off his trademark crossover dribble.

His 3-pointer gave the Sixers a 56-48 advantage before O'Neal hammered home a miss by Bryant in the final second.

At intermission, Iverson had 30 points on 11-of-24 shooting, lighting up Bryant, who was 2-of-10 for four points with five turnovers.

"Allen really stepped it up," Brown said. "His first half was about as good as it gets."

It continued in the third quarter, as Iverson fed Jumaine Jones for an alley-oop slam, sank a jumper and dropped a layup over O'Neal for a 64-54 lead. He took a steal in for a layup and hit a fading corner shot before Eric Snow's three-point play gave the Sixers their largest lead at 73-58 with 5:23 left.

But with Mutombo on the bench, Philadelphia could not fight off O'Neal, who overpowered Geiger and MacCulloch and muscled Los Angeles back into it. He scored 14 points in the final 5:10 of the period, and with Lue shadowing Iverson, the Lakers pulled within 79-77 entering the final period.

Philadelphia led by as many as seven points early in the fourth quarter, when Mutombo picked up his fifth foul and again sat down before returning less than a minute later as Geiger fouled out.

Michael Jordan got the start and provided one more lasting moment. But it was all Kevin Garnett at the finish.

The 52nd NBA All-Star Game was Jordan's last and filled with firsts as the Western Conference exhausted the Eastern Conference 155-145 in a double-overtime thriller.

Given a surprise start as Toronto's Vince Carter stepped aside, Jordan appeared to make yet another of his seemingly endless series of game-winning shots. The superstar swingman of the Washington Wizards threw in a high-arcing jumper from the right baseline over Phoenix's Shawn Marion that gave the East a 138-136 lead with 4.8 seconds left in the first overtime, bringing a roar from the Philips Arena crowd.

"I didn't think it was going to go in, but it went in," said Marion, who was victimized for a game-winning shot by Jordan in Phoenix last season.

"I thought it was the game-winner, but anything can happen in an NBA game," Jordan said.

Anything did. A foul call on a three-point attempt put Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant at the line for three free throws with one second to go. Bryant made just two free throws to tie the game.

"The first thing when Kobe got up, he said, 'I can't believe he called that,'" said Indiana forward Jermaine O'Neal, who committed the foul.

Bryant's free throws forced an unprecedented second extra session, which belonged entirely to Garnett.

The 7-footer of the Minnesota Timberwolves -- who played shooting guard earlier in the game -- took the smaller Carter into the low post for three straight jumpers. He added a foul shot for a 145-138 lead with 3:38 remaining, and the West never trailed again.

"It looked like old 23 crept back in the building and was trying to take the game, but for the most part, we hung together and won," Garnett said.

Garnett collected his first All-Star Game MVP award as he scored 37 points on 17-of-24 shooting and added nine rebounds and five steals. His points were the most in an All-Star Game since Jordan scored 40 in 1988.

"The All-Star Game is not about individual," said Garnett, an unselfish superstar. "It's totally a group effort. It's a time for you to share stories, good times, emotional times with your teammates."

Jordan, who turns 40 in eight days, gave Garnett some stories to share. He started very slowly and even missed a dunk in the first quarter. But he became the all-time leading scorer in the All-Star Game late in the third quarter and finished with 20 points on 9-of-27 shooting.

"I think I got a chance to enjoy some good young company tonight," Jordan said.

Some of that company joined Jordan on the Eastern Conference. Guards Allen Iverson of Philadelphia and Tracy McGrady of Orlando -- both of whom offered their starting spot to Jordan -- scored 35 and 29 points, respectively. But it wasn't enough to prevent the East from dropping to 32-20 in the all-time series.

"I was going to try to forget my jersey in the locker room," McGrady said. "That way (Jordan) had to start and go out there."

Bryant scored 22 points and Steve Francis of Houston added 20 for the West, which erased an eight-point deficit in the last two minutes of regulation and blew a seven-point lead in the last two-plus minutes of the first overtime.

San Antonio's Tim Duncan had 19 points and 15 rebounds and the Lakers' Shaquille O'Neal had 19 and 13. It was the sixth overtime All-Star Game and the first since 1993 in Utah.

Although the first quarter was the lowest-scoring opening period in 50 years and the first half the lowest since 1976, the game fell three points shy of the highest-scoring contest, another overtime affair in 1987.

The pace seemed to quicken a bit after a halftime ceremony in which Jordan was serenaded by Mariah Carey, who wore No. 23 jerseys of Chicago and Washington while performing three songs, including "Hero."

"I thank you for your support," a visibly humbled Jordan said to the crowd. "I leave the game in good hands."

"The halftime ceremony was something I'll remember for a long time," said Francis, who was playing in his second All-Star Game. "I felt like he was talking to me when he said the NBA was going to be in good hands."

McGrady took the third quarter into his hands, scoring 17 points to give the East a 93-86 lead. With 2:04 to go in the period, Jordan sank two free throws to move past Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (251 points) as the all-time leading scorer.

The West overtook the East at 102-100 on a dunk by Shaquille O'Neal with 8:14 to go, but McGrady responded with a three-pointer. Three jumpers by Jordan and a drive by Iverson pushed the lead to 116-106 left and tightened the MVP race.

It appeared to be Jordan's when he flipped in a left-handed shot on 7-footer Dirk Nowitzki of Dallas for a 120-112 lead with 1:58 to play. But he missed shots on three consecutive possessions, allowing the West back in it.

"I wanted it to be a competitive game," Jordan said. "It was a fun ending anyway you look at it."

Bryant had a chance to win it when he was fouled with 17 seconds left but split the pair, and Marion partially blocked Jordan's jumper at the other end.

Despite eight overtime points from Iverson, the East looked dead when Francis hammered home a lob for a 135-128 bulge with 2:09 remaining. But McGrady and New Jersey's Jason Kidd scored four points each as the East surged to a 136-135 edge with 33 seconds left. A free throw by Shaquille O'Neal tied it.

"It's easy to come in with the attitude that you are just going to run down the court and jump around and not play hard, but that's not what it is about," Iverson said. "I think the fans deserve more than that."

The fans got a huge treat when Carter -- who had been criticized for keeping his starting spot -- stepped aside for Jordan in a classy move.

"This is a storybook ending for Michael," Carter said. "I'm sure I'll have another opportunity to be in the All-Star Game, and this is how it's supposed to be."

"I felt like he had taken a beating and he shouldn't have," Jordan said. "I think he was being very respectful."

But Jordan missed eight of his first 10 shots, and the poor shooting was contagious. The East held a pedestrian 23-18 lead after one period and the West held a 55-52 halftime edge.

Vilified when he left and celebrated when he returned, LeBron James had spent the past two seasons lugging his city’s championship dreams like a bag of rocks. The weight had only grown more cumbersome — the weight of history, of disappointment, of missed opportunities.

James could feel it all on his sturdy shoulders.

On Sunday night, before a dazed and defeated crowd at Oracle Arena, James delivered on the grandest stage of his superhuman career, leading the Cleveland Cavaliers to their first championship in franchise history with a 93-89 victory over the Golden State Warriors in Game 7 of the N.B.A. finals.

“I came back for a reason,” James said. “I came back to bring a championship to our city.”

James collected 27 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists to punctuate one of the most remarkable individual performances in finals history. James, who was named the finals’ most valuable player, got ample help from his teammate Kyrie Irving, whose 3-pointer with 53 seconds remaining gave the Cavaliers the lead — and an improbable title.

Improbable because the Cavaliers became the first team to rally from a 3-1 series deficit to win a championship. Improbable because the Warriors, after setting an N.B.A. record with 73 victories in the regular season, had spent months making the case that they were the most dominant team since Dr. James Naismith first affixed a peach basket to a wall.

And improbable, above all, because of Cleveland’s ragtag history as an also-ran. Not since 1964, when the Browns won the N.F.L. championship, had the city claimed a major sports title.

James, who grew up in nearby Akron, has forever changed all of that. He stuffed the series with thunderous dunks and fadeaway jumpers, blocked shots and glowering expressions, towing his teammates along in his ferocious wake. James won two championships with the Miami Heat, but this was his first with the Cavaliers — and his first for Ohio.

Not even the Warriors, who were pursuing back-to-back championships in a repeat of last year’s finals matchup, could slow his march.

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