CLEVELAND: It didn’t matter if fans had a ticket for the Cavaliers’ official watch parties at Quicken Loans Arena Sunday evening in downtown Cleveland.
Fans filled the Q, despite the disassembly begun by the Republican National Committee to prepare for the Republican National Convention. Staff workers replaced comfy chairs already removed with folding chairs.
They hung out outdoors filling lines as they waited for beers and bodies dotted the openings of the parking garage across from the arena as Cleveland sat ready to explode.
But the Cavs needed to do work before that could happen.
The crowd on hand reacted to every pass, every bucket and every mistake as Akron’s own LeBron James, teammates Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love went about the business of the night.