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Sunday night was very special for LeBron James.
On the one hand, he achieved his fourth title as NBA champion and took his fourth Most Valuable Player award of the Finals.
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Then he took his phone and called his mom.
With the bulk of his six-foot-plus body resting comfortably on the floor of a hallway in the NBA bubble in Orlando, Florida, and smoking a Red Auerbach-style victory cigar, James spoke on FaceTime with his mother. Glory.
In the conversation he recalled the path they have traveled together.
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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LeBron James: "There's nothing that can stop me"
"Everything you've been through, everything I've seen, there's nothing that can stop me," James told Gloria, who raised him as a teenager in Akron, Ohio.
The moving moment was recorded by a handful of NBA journalists.
Among them, Shams Charania from The Athletic and Stadium, as well as Ben Golliver from The Washington Post.
Gloria James gave birth to their son as a 16-year-old single mother in 1984. LeBron's father has never been involved in the NBA star's life.
"I hope I continue to make you proud, Mom," James said.
The first player in league history to be recognized as the Most Valuable Player of the NBA Finals with three different teams.
The 17-year NBA veteran won the honor with the Miami Heat in 2012 and 2013, and then again with the Cleveland Cavaliers, in 2016.
James' four NBA Finals MVP awards are behind only Michael Jordan, who has six.
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