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Cavaliers’ Lucky Charm Teeters on Six Chairs

CLEVELAND — On Sunday afternoon, Gary Borstelmann will load six wooden chairs into the back of his Chrysler minivan and set out for Cleveland from his home in New Smyrna Beach, Fla. He expects that the 1,200-mile drive will take two days, but at least he will have the company of his personal assistant, Patricia Murphy, and his pet turtle, Frick.

“It used to be Frick and Frack,” Borstelmann said last week in a telephone interview. “But Frack didn’t make it through last winter.”

Borstelmann’s ultimate destination is Quicken Loans Arena, where the Cleveland Cavaliers are scheduled to play the Golden State Warriors on Tuesday night in Game 6 of the N.