Let MLB players live-tweet Game 7 of the NBA Finals for you
Sunday night featured a can't-miss sporting event of epic proportions: Game 7 of the NBA Finals between the Golden State Warriors and Cleveland Cavaliers at Oracle Arena in Oakland.
As you might imagine, quite a handful of MLB players are also basketball enthusiasts, and made their fandom known on Twitter all night.
Before the game, Astros ace Dallas Keuchel made his pick:
I got the Cavs pulling out a close one here in game 7!
— Dallas Keuchel (@kidkeuchy) June 20, 2016
Carlos Carrasco of the Indians, meanwhile, was apparently taking in the craziness at the viewing party in Cleveland:
Downtown Cleveland. Let's Go Cavs! #TurndownForWhat #ALLin216 @cavs #NBAFinals #216 #CLE pic.twitter.com/lWRg42h6vy
— Carlos Carrasco (@Cookie_Carrasco) June 20, 2016
While his teammate, Yan Gomes, was also part of the #AllIn phenomenon going on in the Cleveland area at the moment:
GO CAVS!! #ALLinCLE
— Yan Gomes (@Yan_AGomes) June 20, 2016
Joc Pederson of the Dodgers, a Northern California native, rooted on his Warriors:
draymond lets goooo! #NBAFinals
— Joc Pederson (@yungjoc650) June 20, 2016
Trea Turner of the Nationals was particularly impressed by Kyrie Irving's dominant third-quarter effort:
Uncle Drew is going off!! #NBAFinals
— Trea Turner (@treavturner) June 20, 2016
During the third, Brett Anderson saw fit to tease his Dodgers teammate Trayce Thompson (brother of the Warriors' Klay) a bit:
I bet Trayce Thompson switches to Game of Thrones.
— Brett Anderson (@_BAnderson30_) June 20, 2016
As the drama intensified, other MLBers flooded Twitter with takes of their own:
This game is everything you want in a game 7
— Steven Souza Jr. (@SouzaJr) June 20, 2016
After the Cavs pulled off the thrilling victory, more tweets were tweeted, players -- many of them Indians, naturally -- celebrated with the city:
PARTY AT NAPOLI'S!!!!! @MikeNapoli25
— Jason Kipnis (@TheJK_Kid) June 20, 2016
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
— Trevor Bauer (@BauerOutage) June 20, 2016
Great time to be in Cleveland. LETS GO!!!
— Joba Chamberlain (@Joba_44) June 20, 2016
Inspiring. @KingJames 👑
— Marcus Stroman (@MStrooo6) June 20, 2016
#report with repostapp #lebronjames lo mejor #thebest #usssss @cavs #champions hahahahahha https://t.co/CzcchkOWGE
— Carlos Martinez (@Tsunamy27) June 20, 2016
And James, the Cavs' vocal leader and the Finals MVP, definitely knows what this championship means to the city of Cleveland:
"Our fans, they ride or die. This was for them." #OneForTheLandhttps://t.co/vT0XZDQoxe
— Cleveland Cavaliers (@cavs) June 20, 2016