Welcome back to "By the Numbers." In this blog post, I will show the repeating numbers of the 2017 NBA Finals featuring "King James", and how history will ALWAYS repeat itself. Here we go! In the 2012 NBA Finals , the Miami Heat (With LeBron and co.) lost Game 1 , then won 4 in a row ( starting in Game 2 ) to win the Championship. The Cavaliers would have to win 4 straight games ( starting in Game 4 ) to win these Finals. The total number of days between Thursday, June 14th, 2012 ( Game 2, 2012 NBA Finals ) and Friday, June 9th, 2017 ( Game 4, 2017 NBA Finals ) is 1,821 days. Take 1821 , and flip it to 1281 . 1281's divisors add up to 1984... 1984 was the year LeBron James was born . Game 4 will be LeBron's 216th career playoff game, and Game 7 would be his 219th career playoff game... 219 , and flip it upside down...reminds of 612, which also reversed is 216 again. It's the Cavaliers 47th season, and to win these Finals, they have to ...