Cleveland in finals

CLEVELAND (AP) -- As his teammates danced and carried on while wearing baseball caps and T-shirts proclaiming "Champions," LeBron James walked around in a daze with a smile etched across his face.

"This is like a dream," he said, shaking his head. "This is probably the best feeling that I've ever had in my life."

An entire city felt the same.

For the first time in a long time, championship-starved Cleveland has something to feel good about.

The Cavaliers, once the punch line to jokes and Michael Jordan's favorite foil, are Eastern Conference champions -- and on their way to the NBA finals.

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Cleveland did what many thought would never happen. They defeated the Detroit Pistons 98-82 to win the best of 7 seven series 4 games to 2.

The celebration is ongoing in Cleveland, but for Detroit, souls searching will be happening in the off season, but will this be enough to bring them back to the finals next season? Both Cleveland, and to a lesser extent the Chicago Bulls put them to the test this year. Can they answer the call next season with the team they now have? It will be an interesting off season, no doubt about it.

A fan can also make an argument that Detroit got caught in their own mind set. What that means is Detroit played all season long that they thought, no matter how badly the game was going, they could always come back and win. Well, they found out that was not always true, especially when it mattered the most, the Eastern Conference Finals!

Give Cleveland credit. They are in the finals because of their desire to be there, and not just Detroit's losing. They held the Pistons to just 36% shooting! They out rebounded them by 20. Seventeen of those rebounds were offensive rebounds.

The real difference in the game was the fact that Detroit made 10 more free throws, and 6 more threes than Detroit did.

King James came very close to a triple double. He had 20 points. Fourteen rebounds, and 8 assists.

Next up for the Cavs' are the San Antonio Spurs.