USC Football Players React To Cleveland NBA Finals Victory

USC football players past and present took to social media to cheer Lebron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers’ NBA Finals victory over the Golden State Warriors Sunday night.

The NBA Finals finished in exciting fashion Sunday night as Lebron James’ Cavaliers bested Steph Curry’s Warriors 93-89 at Oracle Arena. Naturally, sports fans around the country were glued to their televisions, including USC football players taking in the action.

The Trojans, from current players to past greats, took to Twitter to offer congratulations to James and comment on the Game 7 thrills.

Here’s a look at some of the Twitter reaction from the USC side of things…

Soma Vainuku, decked out in a Cavs jersey, had undoubtedly the most excitable reaction:

LETS GO!!!!!!!!!!!!! pic.twitter.com/P9vvHR8dxI
— Soma Vainuku (@somavainuku) June 20, 2016

Meanwhile, Alex Holmes considered plans to join the festivities somehow:

The vast majority of Trojans sent Lebron and the Cavs messages of support and praise:

Respect to Cleveland. Bron'nem. Kyrie. Usher Raymond. T Lue!
— Dominique Byrd (@TheRealDByrd) June 20, 2016

CLEVELAND!!!!!!!! Lebron deserves it all.
— Randall Telfer (@RandallTelfer) June 20, 2016

Congrats Cleveland
— Zach Banner (@ZBNFL) June 20, 2016

Respect for Kyrie and what he Did because this is a team Game and he contributed greatly But Lebron put up Historic Numbers #LebronMVP
— garçon (@iman_marshall8) June 20, 2016

Ultimate respect to @KingJames & @KyrieIrving they dominated the series!!!!
— DK (@DevonKennard) June 20, 2016

History, Congrats to the Cavs ! Well deserved
— BoodahTvcker?️ (@BThree4) June 20, 2016

Lebron is really the GOAT! He came back from 3-1 and won for his hometown
— Michael Hutchings (@CaliHutch_17) June 20, 2016

#WITNESS
— Taylor McNamara (@tmcnamara88) June 20, 2016

I'm so happy for Bron @KingJames #welldeserved #NBAFinals #CavsVsWarriors
— Steve Smith II (@SteveSmithII) June 20, 2016

Respect to @KingJames legacy!
— Terrell Thomas (@TerrellThomas24) June 20, 2016

GREATNESS!!#LetsgoBRON
— Dion Bailey (@dbailey_18) June 20, 2016

#KINGJAMES sealed his legacy #congrats to my big bro #TLUE
— LenDale White (@thereal_lendale) June 20, 2016

Malik Dorton was less enthusiastic about the Cavaliers win, looking at the Warriors’ loss critically:

Golden state gave away a championship ?
— Malik Dorton (@theeEliteMalik) June 20, 2016

As could be expected with so many Los Angeles-natives in cardinal and gold, there was plenty of Laker talk on social media as well:

I'm over here sitting here like woah woah woah I'm a lakers fan ??? pic.twitter.com/cJlea5rZfF
— Antwaun Woods Sr. (@AntwaunWoods_) June 20, 2016

I'm still a Lakers Fan !
— Hayes Pullard lll (@HayesPullard) June 20, 2016

Laker Nation it's our time now! Let's get it!
— JuJu Smith-Schuster (@TeamJuJu) June 20, 2016

Let's Get It LakeShow
— Toa Lobendahn (@T_Lo55) June 20, 2016

Let's not get too excited Bron Bron! I applaud you but you got a lil more work to do buddy?!! Still #TeamMamba ????? pic.twitter.com/5XY88wn0to
— Chris Hawkins (@CHawk_4) June 20, 2016

On the other side of the spectrum, New York Giants corner Terrell Thomas trolled his Knicks friends:

To: My NY family....

JR Smith and Iman Shunpert has a ring before Melo#Knickstape #Loveyall
— Terrell Thomas (@TerrellThomas24) June 20, 2016

Finally, Adoree’ Jackson noted the end of basketball season…

Time for my avi to retire, basketball season over ?
— Adoree' Jackson (@AdoreeKnows) June 20, 2016

…while Antwaun Woods put into emoji what every football fan was thinking. It’s all about football now:

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— Antwaun Woods Sr. (@AntwaunWoods_) June 20, 2016

USC Football Players React To Cleveland NBA Finals Victory

USC football players past and present took to social media to cheer Lebron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers’ NBA Finals victory over the Golden State Warriors Sunday night.

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