'I hope I continue to make you proud mom.'
Back on Sept. 30, 2019, the Houston Rockets played the Shanghai Sharks of the Chinese Basketball Association in a preseason game that was the first official action of the 2019-20 NBA season. Over a year later, that long, strange journey came to an end whenAfter a shutdown in March due to the, the league resumed play in July, finishing the final three-plus months of the season inside a bubble at Disney World.
That all changed in the Finals when the lack of pageantry and atmosphere couldn't be ignored. In particular, the celebrations after the Lakers won were quite eerie, with the players' yelling and screaming echoing in the empty arena, and photos being taken in front of screens instead of an adoring crowd.
There were a few family members in attendance, but even those numbers were limited due to the bubble situation, which led to players celebrating virtually. Chief among them was, whose family stayed at home. So there he was, on the floor of the locker room, FaceTiming his mom to soak it all in. LeBron James FaceTimes his mother Gloria after winning his fourth title: “Everything that you had been through, everything that I had seen, there’s nothing that can stop me. I hope I continue to make you proud, Mom.”
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