CLEVELAND (AP) -- Carried onto the floor by an emotional ovation building for years, LeBron James is back where he began.
He's home.
Introduced to a deafening roar from Cleveland fans, James was welcomed back Thursday night by a city desperate to end a championship drought that's about to turn 50 years old. James came back to try and end it, and his journey is underway.
At 8:08 p.m. all was right in Cleveland again.
That when James, the last starter announced, walked onto the floor in a Cavs uniform for a regular season game for the first time in four years.
Nearly four months since proclaiming ''I'm coming home'' and shifting the NBA's balance of power, James is again playing in front of family, friends and the Cleveland fans who had their hearts broken when he left for Miami four years ago.
This is a homecoming like no other.
''None of us should take this moment for granted,'' a relaxed James said following Cleveland's morning shootaround at Quicken Loans Arena. ''This is probably one of the biggest sporting events ever. I don't feel it, but I know it is.''
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