LeBron James was officially welcomed back to Cleveland Thursday night. The Cavs held their first home game at the Q that included a pre-game concert with Kendrick Lamar and Imagine Dragons. Kevin Hart was on hand to introduce Kendrick, and that doesn’t even include the pomp and circumstance for the player intros.
It felt like the finals. Ultimately it may have been too much too soon because the Cavs ended the night losing to the Knicks. Let’s review shall we:
LeBron’s walk into the arena included a familiar sidekick, former teammate Damon Jones.
Damon Jones is really out here playing Jerome to LeBron’s Morris Day pic.twitter.com/6eLwsQXYRV
— Jill Munroe (@StilettoJill) October 30, 2014
Kendrick:
Usher sang the National anthem – he owns a minority piece of the team.
The Powder toss became a participation activity.
Chalk toss is BACK RT @darrenrovell At each seat tonight at Cavs game (H/T @Emac_FS) pic.twitter.com/AErMpGiLgU
— Jill Munroe (@StilettoJill) October 30, 2014
Cavs fans throw confetti as LeBron tosses his chalk in the air pic.twitter.com/jfMfHJNpXT
— darren rovell (@darrenrovell) October 31, 2014
The stands were filled with some of your fav celebs. In addition to Kevin Hart and Usher, Justin Bieber, David Beckham, Michael Strahan, Spike Lee, Johnny Manziel and his Brown’s teammate Joe Hadden and more.
And people were mad when the Miami Heat held their pre-season pep rally in 2010… Not one, not two…
