Only the LeBron-Kyrie-Love Big 3 could have erased a 3-1 deficit on the 2016 Warriors | Why They Won 

The Block(LeBron) The Shot(Kyrie) The Stop(Love) The Big 3 did anything there

2016 was a great year for basketball. From Kobe, Warriors 73-9, OKC bigs last time playing and blowing a 3-1 lead and Cleveland this is for you!!!

Kevin Love’s defense on Curry in crunchtime was literally world class. He gave it his all.

Kyrie and Lebron surrounded by shooting and guys that bought in to their role it was a match made in heaven.

When people say Kyrie should've gotten finals MVP or that Steph was better than LeBron, that stat line was all you needed to know. LeBron is the only player to ever lead both teams in a playoff series in points, rebounds, assists, steals, and blocks. There were players whose main roles on the team were just to score, just to rebound, just to play make, or just to defend. Nobody did more than LeBron. He didn't do it in the first round against a fringe playoff team either. He did it in the NBA finals against a two-time consecutive and first unanimous league MVP on a 73-9 team, the best record in NBA history, to bring the first major professional sports title to an entire city in over half a century by being the first and only finals team to ever succesfully come back from a 3-1 deficit.

CLEVELAND THIS IS FOR YOU!!!

2016 NBA Finals was legendary. Maybe the best Finals of all time. It had everything. Drama, suspensions, epic blocks, alleyoop dunks, clutch 3's, elite coaching. The superstars played like superstars. The role players stepped up. Everyone's stats went up. It was CRAZY

Man that was the greatest finals I’ve ever watched.. Lebron and Kyrie was unbelievable. And to do it against the best team ever smh

The Block. The Shot. The Stop. First Team to Come Back From a 3-1 Deficit in the Finals + Beat the 73-9 Warriors = Greatest Championship of All Time 🏆

Outside of LeBron and Kyrie, I absolutely loved JR Smith. He was such a "hold your breath" asset. Dude definitely made that team more dramatic with his wild but timely shot selection.

The bubble is the hardest championship 🏆, no homecourt, everybody got the same amount of time to rest

Kyrie Irving & LeBron James were one of the best duos in the NBA and the best Cavs duo in team history. They played so great off each other and their game complimented each other so well...Kyrie and LeBron were so fun to watch during their time with the Cavs!

The 2016 Finals and 2006 Finals are my favorites. Greatness at its finest.

Summer 16 along with the best nba finals ever. Take me back

People really don’t talk about what almost happened after both the block and the shot when kyrie drove and bron almost ended the finals with a poster! Imagine the block shot and poster being defining plays omg

Very well put together video ,Thanks

I can't believe Kyrie just had to blow the team up

2016 was a goated year for everyone man..

Block by James. LeBron James with rejected. Greatest block in NBA history. Backed up one of the clutchest three point shot, courtesy of Kyrie.

Can’t believe this was 7 years ago already

Bein from da land this ring still get me feeling a typa way when I think about it’ll never get old

Honestly if love and kyrie dont get hurt. I believe they beat dubs 2015 chip that gave dubs confidence that they didnt really have yet as 2016 proved. Bad luck for cavs cursed franchise.

Cause only one player ever could lead both finals teams in points, assist, steals, blocks, and rebounds. Every other player gets praised for doing less on the basketball court that’s a crazy thing

Here’s where I disagree: when the Warriors were relatively healthy, the Warriors were up 3-1, and that’s with Steph playing on a bad wheel. Everyone remembers that Draymond got suspended for game 5, but no one remember that Bogut got hurt early in game 5 and missed the remainder of the series. Iguodala also played the second half of the series injured… this isn’t an attempt to put an asterisk on the Cavs title. They earned it. But, the narrative surrounding that title has become how Herculean an effort and amazing accomplishment it was to come back from the 73 win Warriors team after going down 3-1. The truth is, the Warriors were a shell of that team by the second half of that series. The Warriors lost the battle of attrition, similar to how the Cavs lost it the previous year with Kyrie and Love both injured. If both teams are healthy, the Warriors win that series in maybe 5 games but definitely 6. The Cavs victory isn’t what the narrative suggests

This was likely one of the top five finals all time.

Fast break genius is a little much, but for me he's the most interesting playing of all time because his skill set is so odd. Even now his leaping ability is so oddly great for his age. He has had so few injuries it's unbelievable. The way he plays he should be injured more, but his raw strength & muscular build has made him so sturdy. I think he has benefitted from not being shifty and being a more north to south player. Being shifty leads to so many ankle and knee injuries. Being big but well-proportioned has kept him away from the typical big man injuries. When Lebron scores, let's say 24 points today, it's from everywhere and you barely know he's in the game. It'd be 6 buckets down low, 3 in the mid range and 2 three pointers. If you broke it down further it'd be 3 dunks on a fast break, 2 offensive rebounds, 1 slash then he'd go 3/7 from the mid range and 2/6 from beyond....out of his team's 100 possessions I was going to guess 20 shots per game.....his career average is 19.7

Lebron and the cavs became generational heroes wining this series. It was incredible what they did.

ESPN do more of this please

this series pretty nice

This still haunts the warriors today

People focus on Draymond getting suspended 1 game. But folk forget Bogut went out the rest of the series. Warriors had 0 rim protection and rebounding advantage after that. Thompson dominated the glass, and LeBron abused the lane. That was the real difference maker.

This is the most impressive championship in sports history

More content like this. We don’t watch Television at all. We 100% consume all content through everything but cable. All your shows must be offered in segments and in there entirety on this channel. We desperately want and need way more content made for this platform just like this series. You all are really like 2 or three years late if not more than that, but better late than never. Tighten up. Oh, and give this guy a raise (whoever he is) he does a fantastic job. Him and all the folks who produced and edited this series; the effects, everything are on point. A master class in content creation even though it’s 5 years too late.

Don't forget JR Smith's game 7 3rd quarter quick 8 points in the nba finals

Best ring ever it was really amazing and vs a 73 win team bron the goat

Actually only a knee injury to Curry, Back for bogut and Suspension for Draymond.

@2:15 Funny mustache LeBron. That month was hilarious.

GSW was just 1 game shy from becoming the undisputed best squad of all time, they still one of the best

Legacies are defined by how high a mountain you climbed. No doubt, this was by far one of the most difficult championships of all NBA history to defeat a 73 win team coming from 3-1 and to lead in every statistical category is legendary. Lebron may not have the most rings but this ring outweighs many other rings.

Suspension of Draymond Green change the momentum of the finals..

Cavs fan here but not mentioning Draymond's game 7 performance is crazy

“LeBron’s impressive resume,” without Shaq or Phil on the bench

@9:12 Don't wanna hear any GOAT conversation anymore

Tired of hearing that Draymon Green suspension as an excuse , esp from Stephen A. He was still able to play two games after . LOL. Plus the only reason the warriors beat the Cavs the first time was because Kyrie and Love were both injured for the whole series. Yet Lebron still managed to win two games. Losing Kyrie and Love for a whole series is 100x worse than losing Draymond for 1 game.

72-10 + championship is a record that should not be broken its as simple as that, gsw would break the history books if they ever won that series and would tarnish MJ and Lebron's legacy if they ever won that series

Love was guarding Curry like "I don't wanna go back to a bad team"

Love also missed game 3 and came off the bench for game 4 of the 2016 finals bc he was dealing with a concussion

Greatest NBA finals performance of all time by a team..... down 3-1 and to win 3 in a row over a 73 win team to win it all....

The goat

You mean the big 2, kyrie and bron

2016 one of the best years in my lifetime

Stephen curr eu sou fã ❤❤❤

The best comeback of the NBA. CLEVELAND THIS IS FOR YOU!!!!

I wish kyrie didnt leave cavs at that time and keep the champ core together maybe they win 1 more chip 😢 kyrie x lebron duo is awesome and the best

Cavs, OKC, and Spurs were the only threat for the Warriors. Too bad OKC choked while Spurs did not follow through their regular season success.

Yo k love on that Steph shot is underrated

Pat Bev trying to stop Kyrie by grabbing his shorts at 4:45 is comical.

Good job ESPN... this thread is interesting

hater or not you can't deny that this sht is probably one if not the toughest ring in NBA history

GOAT

only the goat player stand a chance against the goat team and best record ever!

LeBron stepped over Draymond proving Draymond (he was on good behavior in the series until that point), which led to the 1 game suspension for Game 5 and that created a momentum shift in the series. Bogut also got a series ending injury in Game 5.

most controversial finals

It was Kyrie-lebron. Take Loves name out of the description,

Harrison Barnes, the Real MVP

What I think a lot of people miss about that series is how terrible Harrison Barnes was. Sure, they replaced him with KD the next year - which was a significant upgrade. But even someone as good as Wiggins currently is would have drastically changed the results.

That's why he's the goat

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It was the black jerseys!💯

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Had Steve Kerr breaking clip boards

we have not had a 7 game finals since then 😢

It was also Anderson Varejao’s curse LOLOLOL

Still one of the best lebron lead team, the 15-16 cavs.

LeBron and Kyrie beat the best team in the history of the NBA. That’s when LeBron became the GOAT

Cleveland bron was unstoppable .

This video is for you!!!!!

The bubble for me is the hardest

Not 2010, its the all time..

Nobody talks about Richard Jefferson 🤔😆

Where them M'f___ haters at.🤔👀🥴👑🐐😎😱 Um just saying...⚔️.

Love averaged 8.5ppg and 6.8 rpg on 36% shooting from the field and 26% shooting from 3. Don't mention him in the same sentence with Lebron and Kyrie when it comes to winning this title.

Yeah getting Draymond suspended was easy

People dont realize one inportant part of the finals... That Harrison Barnes being a terrible shot. It allowed Lebron to play roaming defense since he knew Barnes wasnt going to shoot the ball. It allowed him to back off and help on defense. Hence the reason why the warriors Upgraded. 😅 wild they went from Peashooter Barnes to a fricking Nuke in KD. After that bron knew he had no chance. But i givw him credit cause that secons final meeting between them he balled out till Jr hit us with rhat meme

Hmm… I wonder if it had anything to do with the suspension of Draymond… it’s almost like momentum was lost, and both Bron and Kyrie had to play perfectly to beat them with him. If the suspension doesn’t happen, Warriors in 5. Fight me

I believe that team wouldve repeat it against the Warriors 17 with no KD. Now that mightve enticed Kyrie to stay. Which they could’ve had a shot to three peat. Barring no injury.

Facts

Sad story

Refs. Lebron provoked but did not reprimanded.

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This series is what sealed the fake “LeBron vs Curry” debate gs Curry fans made up. Them going to get KD to beat LeBron was just the icing on the cake you can’t beat em join em.

Let’s tell them the real reasons: Curry playing on MCL and ankle injuries Bogut getting hurt in game 5, missing 6-7 Barnes couldn’t throw a rock into the ocean games 5-7 Green getting suspended for that soft tap after someone stepped over him, in the finals

2016 Warriors is the greatest team to not win a championship . 2016 Cavaliers is the greatest champion . LeBron is the MVP of the finals all time .

And after that they recruited KD

Lebron. Raymond. James. i’m not even remotely his biggest fan but wow. this guy. this guy is so ridiculous. delivered again and again. breaking expectations again and again. if this man did not flop like he did he would be Goat LMAO.

This was prolly one of the most scripted series of lebrons whole career!

Why they won?? 1.Draymon got suspended due to altercation with lebron who started it. 2Bogut got injured at the start of game 7.

Lebron James is the goat

That will forever be Lebron James greatest title he did it on his own in Cleveland with a aging Star in K Love an a under performer PG in Kyrie irvin

You mean only Draymond Green punching Lebron in the groin could have led to the 3-1 deficit being erased lol. Lebron and the cavs should have won in 2015 anyway so it evened out and the warriors still had game 6 and game 7 so kudos to Cleveland