Watch: Cavaliers pay moving tribute to LeBron James in Saturday’s game

The Cavaliers organization showed a video during Saturday’s game against the Lakers that honored the career of LeBron James.

The first time LeBron James left the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2010, he became an instant enemy. In fact, he perhaps became the most hated man in town, even more so than Art Modell, the man who moved the original Cleveland Browns to Baltimore in the mid-1990s.

But James returned in 2014 and delivered the Cavs their first NBA championship two years later, which made amends for his unceremonious departure in 2010. When he left again in 2018 and joined the Los Angeles Lakers, there weren’t really any hard feelings.

On Saturday, the Lakers visited the Cavs, meaning James made his annual return to his old stomping grounds. During the first quarter of L.A.’s 121-115 win, the Cavs organization played a moving video on the big screen at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse to pay tribute to its greatest player.

James has had a history of putting up big numbers when returning to Cleveland. Although Saturday wasn’t one of those nights (he scored just 22 points on 8-of-23 shooting), his current team gained an important victory to start its four-game road trip on a positive note.