In the opening highlights on the JumboTron before the Cleveland Cavaliers announce their starting lineups, a video montage shows exaggerated versions of the players walking around the city, with buildings and landmarks being only a fraction of the players’ enhanced sizes.
Finally, when LeBron James crawls out of his legendary 110-foot billboard, you appreciate the imagery: The Cavaliers really are larger than life in Cleveland.
An appropriate picture, since one of the themes revolving around the Cavs this year is “XL”, as the Cavs celebrate their 40th anniversary in the league. And they’re doing it big.
While they’ve only been to one NBA Finals in the last 40 years, basketball has taken over the predominantly football- and baseball-dominated city, thanks in part to two larger-than-life figures in LeBron James and Shaquille O’Neal.
With the Browns and Indians floundering in mediocrity seemingly year after year, the fans have rallied around the Cavs in hopes of finally landing the city’s first championship in 46 years.
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