Manila Bulletin

LeBron’s last game?

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CLEVELAND (AFP) — LeBron James might be playing his ‘’last’’ game for the Cleveland Cavaliers for the second and final time on Friday as the NBA superstar prepares to become a free agent on July 1.

James, who could opt out of his contract after the season, said Thursday he was ‘’living the moment now’’ with the Cavaliers trailing Golden State 3-0 in the best-of-seven NBA Finals entering game four on Friday.

A loss in his eighth consecutiv­e finals would leave James 3-6 in career finals, his first being a 2007 sweep loss to San Antonio.

‘’I just didn’t have the level of talent to compete,’’ James said. ‘’I knew my talent level couldn’t get past Boston or San Antonio.’’

So James departed the Cavaliers in 2010 to form a superteam in Miami with pals Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh and won two titles in four finals in four seasons.

He returned to the Cavaliers in 2014 vowing to end Cleveland’s sports title drought, something he did by beating the Warriors in 2016 after 52 seasons since the 1964 NFL Browns won a title.

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