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 CLEVELAND (AP) - Crown them one and all, the kid called King and the Cleveland Cavaliers. For the first time, they're Eastern Conference champions — and on their way to the NBA finals.
Lugging an entire region's hopes with him on every trip to the basket, LeBron James had 20 points and 14 rebounds, and unflappable rookie Daniel Gibson added 31 points — 19 in the fourth quarter — to give the Cavaliers a 98-82 victory in Game 6 against the Detroit Pistons.
Cleveland, a city that hasn't celebrated a world championship since 1964, has the next closest thing. And now the Cavs, who won just 17 games the year before James arrived from just down the Interstate in Akron, will meet the San Antonio Spurs in Game 1 of the finals on Thursday night.
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