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Our favorite moments since Game 7

The Cavs have won, and the celebrations are fun

Clinton Yates @clintonyates
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NBA NBA Playoffs LeBron James Cleveland Cavaliers Cleveland J.R. Smith

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    2:24 PMWhen the horn finally sounded, the celebration in Cleveland was on full tilt. My buddy in Cleveland sent me a video of an entire bar just deciding to sing the national anthem after the the Cavaliers beat the Golden State Warriors, 93-89, on Sunday to win the NBA title. And of course, the memes following the win have been spectacular. Here are some of our favorites. Most of them involve J.R. Smith, because well, he’s J.R. Smith.

    You have to wonder at what point the shirt was ever on, after the initial removal. The idea of Smith walking around half-naked with a bottle of bubbly the instant he left his tremendous press conference is not hard to imagine. Alas, he didn’t, but we wish he did.

    Speaking of which, let’s take this moment to remember when Smith was playing in China and quite literally breaking dudes’ ankles.

    As for the gawd James, he started his expert-level trolling early. On the plane, he was rocking a hat that featured Kermit the Frog sipping tea.

    After that, he graduated to the second level. This T-shirt is amazing.

    Not to be outdone, of course, was Nike, which dropped this extremely poignant commercial that perfectly captures the emotion of what it was like Sunday night.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWGgMbcTbFk&feature=share

    Good for Cleveland. Space Jam 2 is about to be lit.

    Clinton Yates is a tastemaker at Andscape. He likes rap, rock, reggae, R&B and remixes — in that order.