“Game six or seven, we knew, … ‘We have something special,’” Daniels said. “Everybody at that moment was playing really well and we were getting along very well, but we also had two of the best players in the league. … That’s a recipe for another championship. “To know that you’re a part of something like that is something that you didn’t want to take for granted, so everybody would come in every single day working their tails off.” James set the tone. “He’s the first person in the gym every morning and he’s the last person to leave the gym every day,” Daniels said. “It’s unbelievable, the type of work that he puts in.”