Watch The Cleveland Cavaliers Raise The City’s First Championship Banner Since 1964

It probably still hasn’t set in for some Cleveland sports fans that the Cavaliers won the city’s first championship in 52 years a few months ago. If those fans existed and needed something to really let them know that a title came to Cleveland, this should do the trick.

Prior to the Cavs’ season opener against the New York Knicks, the team received its championship rings and watched as the banner signifying an NBA Championship got raised into the rafters while “We Are The Champions” played in the background. The rings were especially wonderful, and as you can guess, they weren’t exactly subtle.

Listen, when you go from 1964 to 2016 without your entire city winning a championship, you get to go big, and the Cavaliers definitely understood that. Another example of how big this moment was came after LeBron James got his ring – no one on the Cavs’ roster understands the city’s desire for a championship than the reigning Finals MVP, and he reacted like a dude who was hyped to help his city break the curse.

James also took the mic and addressed the crowd, saying that it’s “Cleveland against the world.”

But the big moment was watching the banner go into the rafters. If you’re a Cleveland sports fan, the Cavaliers’ Twitter account said it best.

Once the game tipped off, all that mattered was whether LeBron and co. could defend their title. But before that, the city got to have a championship celebration that was more than five decades in the making.