CLEVELAND (AP) — Daniel Gibson slipped an expensive gold chain over his head and touched its dangling diamond-studded medallion.
Looking up at the crush of cameras, he took a deep breath and exhaled.
"I can smile again," he beamed. "It feels pretty good. Winning is a precious feeling."
The losing streak — so long, so embarrassing, so hard to stop — is over.
Finally. Barely.
Nearly two months after it started innocently, the Cavaliers stopped their NBA-record skid at 26 games Friday night with a 126-119 win in overtime against the Los Angeles Clippers, who did all they could to extend Cleveland's winter misery.
The Cavs, who had become a national joke as the losses piled up, won for the first time since Dec. 18 and just the second time in 38 games. They had to go an extra five minutes to ensure they didn't set the mark for the longest skid in pro sports history.
They'll gladly settle with tying the NFL's Tampa Bay Buccaneers for the worst streak among the four major sports.
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