A Look Back: Love, Tristan, JR and the Rest of the Cleveland Cavaliers’ Top Plays of the Finals

May 4, 2016; Cleveland, OH, USA; The Cleveland Cavaliers bench, including forward Kevin Love (0), guard Iman Shumpert (4), guard J.R. Smith (5), and center Tristan Thompson (13) celebrate Cleveland Cavaliers guard Mo Williams
May 4, 2016; Cleveland, OH, USA; The Cleveland Cavaliers bench, including forward Kevin Love (0), guard Iman Shumpert (4), guard J.R. Smith (5), and center Tristan Thompson (13) celebrate Cleveland Cavaliers guard Mo Williams
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May 4, 2016; Cleveland, OH, USA; The Cleveland Cavaliers bench, including forward Kevin Love (0), guard Iman Shumpert (4), guard J.R. Smith (5), and center Tristan Thompson (13) celebrate Cleveland Cavaliers guard Mo Williams
May 4, 2016; Cleveland, OH, USA; The Cleveland Cavaliers bench, including forward Kevin Love (0), guard Iman Shumpert (4), guard J.R. Smith (5), and center Tristan Thompson (13) celebrate Cleveland Cavaliers guard Mo Williams

The key to winning a ring is surrounding a player like LeBron James with the right pieces. Here are some of the Cleveland Cavaliers’ role players’ top plays in the NBA Finals.

Just a couple months after winning the NBA championship, it still feels like a dream to Clevelanders and LeBron James fans.

This is in part because it had been 52 years since the city won a major sports title and in part because it takes a lot to win a NBA championship. You need the right coach, the right players and the right mindset.

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Of course, it always helps having a player like LeBron. But you need to surround him with the right pieces and fortunately, owner Dan Gilbert and general manager David Griffin did just that.

So to celebrate these role players and this two-month anniversary of Cleveland’s championship, here’s a look back on some of the top plays from Kevin Love, Tristan Thompson, J.R. Smith and the rest of the team.

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