{"id":29527,"date":"2016-11-30T09:36:49","date_gmt":"2016-11-30T14:36:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/120.72.95.94:55167\/assignmentdesk\/site\/?p=25349"},"modified":"2018-05-15T05:50:20","modified_gmt":"2018-05-15T09:50:20","slug":"la-camera-crew-highlighting-cavs-victory-cleveland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/120.72.95.94:55167\/assignmentdesk\/site\/2016\/la-camera-crew-highlighting-cavs-victory-cleveland\/","title":{"rendered":"LA Camera Crew in Ohio Highlighting How the Cavs’ Victory is Changing Cleveland"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cleveland Cavaliers fans celebrate their city while our LA camera crew<\/a> captured how the city has changed since the 50-year curse has been broken.<\/p>\n

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LA Camera Crew Congratulates the Cavs<\/h5>\n

We love rock \u2018n\u2019 roll \u2018n\u2019 basketball! Cleveland, the home of the\u00a0Rock \u2018n\u2019 Roll Hall of Fame<\/a>, is now a big city to talk about when it comes to sports. Our\u00a0LA camera crew made the trip out to film a special feature on the city post-win for\u00a0Turner Sports<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Since the\u00a0Cleveland Cavaliers<\/a>\u00a0won the 2016\u00a0NBA<\/a>\u00a0World Championship, the city has become one of champions. In a city where fans endured year after year of hardship, they never lost faith in their city\u2019s ability to bring home a championship title. Cleveland is now rejuvenated and thriving, hoping for another big win each year since. Over 1.3 million people turned out to celebrate the end of the championship drought, flooding the streets and coming together in a way only sports can do.<\/p>\n

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How History Was Made<\/h5>\n

We talked to Cleveland\u2019s mayor, Frank G. Jackson,\u00a0Lebron James<\/a>\u2019 high school coach,\u00a0Keith Dambrot<\/a>, and other Cleveland diehards about how the 2016 season\u2019s victory broke the 50+ year curse and has changed the city for the better. We even got to shoot interviews of some of the players like\u00a0Dru Joyce<\/a>\u00a0and \u00a0Anthony Lima<\/a>! We asked them how it felt to finally claim the long-awaited name of “champion.” In the words of Lebron James after the big win, \u201cCleveland. This is for you!\u201d<\/p>\n

Turner wanted us to treat this piece as a short film, capturing the details of the city and its people. Photography was a big focus of the day, and catching the emotions running high was incredible to witness. Check out the full piece they put together\u00a0here<\/a>!<\/p>\n

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What They\u2019re Up to Now<\/h5>\n

Since that game, the Cavaliers have not met the same success as they did in 2016. The defense has been lacking, and they\u2019ve only won seven out of their last 20 games. In a revolutionary move, they have decided mid-season to rework their team in hopes of reviving some success for the remainder of the season. Derrick Rose<\/a>, Dwayne Wade<\/a>, and Isaiah Thomas<\/a> are all being traded in a multi-team deal that will bring Rodney Hood<\/a>, George Hill, and a second-round pick to the Cavaliers. Cleveland fans, ever resilient, still wait in hopes these trades will help the Cavs bring back the same fame they brought to Cleveland two years ago.<\/p>\n