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114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. RES. 509 

Congratulating the Cleveland Cavaliers for winning the 2016 National 

Basketball Association Finals. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 22, 2016 

Mr. BROWN (for himself and Mr. PORTMAN) submitted the following 

resolution; which was considered and agreed to 

RESOLUTION 

Congratulating the Cleveland Cavaliers for winning the 2016 

National Basketball Association Finals. 

Whereas, on June 19, 2016, the Cleveland Cavaliers defeated 

the Golden State Warriors by a score of 93 to 89 in Oakland, California, in a decisive game 7 to win the 2016 

National Basketball Association (referred to in the preamble as the ‘‘NBA’’) Finals; 

Whereas the Cleveland Cavaliers have captured the first NBA 

Finals victory in franchise history and have at last 

brought the Larry O’Brien Championship Trophy to 

Cleveland; 

Whereas the Cleveland Cavaliers became the first team in 

NBA Finals history to win a series after trailing 3 games 

to 1; 

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Whereas LeBron James, who averaged 29.7 points, 8.9 assists, and 11.3 rebounds during the NBA Finals, led all 

players from both teams in the respective statistical categories of total points, rebounds, assists, steals, and 

blocks and was named Most Valuable Player of the NBA 

Finals for the third time in his career; 

Whereas LeBron James became the third player in NBA 

Finals history and the first since 1988 to record a tripledouble in game 7, scoring 27 points, grabbing 11 rebounds, and making 11 assists in leading his team to victory; 

Whereas Kyrie Irving, who played a critical role through the 

2016 NBA Finals, scored 26 points in game 7 and hit 

a crucial three-pointer with 53 seconds left to play in the 

game; 

Whereas every member of the 2015–2016 Cleveland Cavaliers 

team, including Matthew Dellavedova, Channing Frye, 

Kyrie Irving, LeBron James, Richard Jefferson, Dahntay 

Jones, James Jones, Sasha Kaun, Kevin Love, Jordan 

McRae, Timofey Mozgov, Iman Shumpert, J. R. Smith, 

Tristan Thompson, and Mo Williams, played an integral 

role in bringing the NBA Championship to Cleveland; 

Whereas head coach Tyronn Lue and his entire team of assistants and team staff worked together to put the Cleveland Cavaliers players in a position to win the 2016 NBA 

Finals; 

Whereas General Manager David Griffin and the entire Cavaliers basketball front office have worked to assemble a 

championship team and create a culture and environment 

that fosters the very best performance and the highest 

success; 

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Whereas owner Dan Gilbert has helped build a first-rate, 

championship sports franchise in the city of Cleveland; 

Whereas, prior to June 19, 2016, the 3 major sports franchises in Cleveland had not won a championship since 

1964; 

Whereas on June 19, 2016, LeBron James completed his 

goal of bringing an NBA Championship back to northeast Ohio, and the Cleveland Cavaliers ended a 52-year 

championship drought for the city of Cleveland; and 

Whereas the 2016 Cleveland Cavaliers have brought pride 

and elation to Cleveland and the entire State of Ohio by 

winning the 2016 NBA Finals: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 

2 (1) congratulates the Cleveland Cavaliers for 

3 winning the 2016 National Basketball Association 

4 Finals; 

5 (2) recognizes the contributions and achieve6 ments of all the players, coaches, and staff who con7 tributed to the 2015–2016 season; 

8 (3) applauds the fans of the Cleveland Cavaliers 

9 who have never given up hope in the pursuit of their 

10 first ever championship; and 

11 (4) directs the Secretary of the Senate to trans12 mit for appropriate display an official copy of this 

13 resolution to— 

14 (A) the owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers, 

15 Dan Gilbert; 

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1 (B) the coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers, 

2 Tyronn Lue; and 

3 (C) the leader of the Cleveland Cavaliers, 

4 LeBron James. 

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