If there is one thing more important to newly-crowned NBA champion LeBron James than bringing historic titles to his beloved Cleveland Cavaliers, it’s his family. 

The international superstar, who last night almost single handedly ended a 52-year major sports championship drought in Cleveland, ensured his children were by his side for his post-game press conference.

He clutched his one-year-old daughter Zhuri in his left arm as his two sons Lebron junior, 12, and Bryce, 9, flanked him on either side.

If there is one thing more important to newly-crowned NBA champion Lebron James than bringing historic titles to his beloved Cleveland Cavaliers, it’s his family

He took a page out of rival Stephen Curry’s book and ensured his children Lebron James Jr (left), daughter Zhuri James (center) and his son Bryce Maximus James were by his side for his post-game press conference

Bryce seemed unable to take his eyes off the glistening gold trophy placed in front of his father while camera-shy Zhuri turned into her father’s chest away from the flashes

 Lebron junior (left) was calm and composed with his arms on the table and he even cracked a smile when his father talked about his joy

‘I’ve had the goal for two years since I came back to bring a championship to the city,’ said an emotional James, who returned to the Cavaliers in 2014 after a four-year stint with Miami that included a pair of NBA championships.

‘I gave it everything that I had. I poured my heart, my blood, my sweat and my tears into this game.’

Bryce seemed unable to take his eyes off the glistening gold trophy placed in front of his father while camera-shy Zhuri turned into her father’s chest away from the flashes. 

Lebron junior was calm and composed with his two hands on the table and he even cracked a smile when his father talked about his joy. 

‘Right now it’s just excitement. It’s not even relief,’ said James. ‘It’s just excitement for us as a team, as a franchise, as a city, as a community.

‘To be able to continue to build up our city, to continue to be an inspiration to our city, it means everything. I’m happy to be a part of it.’

Then the impossibly cute Zhuri turned her head to face the cameras, bringing a wide smile to her loving father’s face. 

James speaks to media with his children Lebron James Jr (left) and daughter Zhuri James (right) following the 93-89 victory against the Golden State Warriors

James has previously spoken about how important his children are to him and his wife Savannah

James pretended the smoke a cigar as he held his daughter Zhuri and the glistening gold trophy

James has previously spoken about how important his children are to him and his wife Savannah.

The 31-year-old was brought up by his teenage mother Gloria without knowing his father, and has since been a determined family man. 

‘I wanted to be a part of the statistics that breaks the mode of fathers running out on their kids,’ he told Cleveland.com before the game.

‘That was something that I obviously went through and I knew from Day One that wasn’t going to be me.’

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Bed time? Riley let out a big yawn as her father continued to answer questions about the game

This year a deflated Stephen Curry was without his daughter as he answered questions

He described being a father as like leading a team and said he sees right through his children when they’re up to mischief.

‘The best part of fatherhood is seeing your kids in you,’ he said, ‘the things you thought you were sneaking away with and now you see your kids trying the same thing.’

This is not the first time NBA players have brought their children into press conferences.

Last year losing finalist Stephen Curry’s 3-year-old daughter, Riley, stole the spotlight from the Golden State Warriors star and NBA MVP during his news conference after a 110-106 victory over the Houston Rockets. 

LeBron James and his wife Savannah in 2013. The 31-year-old was brought up by his teenage mother Gloria without knowing his father, and has since been determined to be a family man

When the final buzzer sounded last night to end what was the closest game of the Finals, an emotional James dropped to the floor before he was mobbed by his teammates.

James led Cleveland in the championship-clinching win against the Golden State Warriors with a triple-double as he recorded 27 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists en route to being named the Most Valuable Player of the NBA Finals for a third time.

The win ends decades of heartbreak for the city of Cleveland, which had not won a professional sports championship since the 1964 Cleveland Browns of the National Football League.

LeBron James and the Cavaliers have won the city’s first championship to end Cleveland’s 52 years of hurt in an epic battle against Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors

James delivered on a promise from two years ago to bring a championship to his native northeast Ohio, and he and the Cavs became the first team to rally from a 3-1 finals deficit

James holds the Larry O’Brien Championship Trophy after defeating the Golden State Warriors 93-89 in Game 7

The back-and-forth game lived up to its billing as it was tight throughout and included 20 lead changes while no team was able to pull ahead by more than eight points.

Facing elimination in each of their previous two games, James carried the Cavs back from the brink as they became only the third team to force a Game Seven after falling behind 3-1 in the championship round.

For the Warriors, who had a record 73 wins during the 82-game regular season, Sunday’s defeat marked the first time since November 2013 that they have lost three consecutive games.

‘It wasn’t easy what we accomplished, and it’s not an easy pill to swallow what we didn’t accomplish,’ said two-time league MVP Stephen Curry, who had 17 points in the loss. ‘So got to just take the good with the bad.’

After a record smashing regular season the Warriors could not cap off the campaign with a second successive title, unable to deliver the knockout punch after going up 3-1 in the best-of-season series.

The Warriors were ultimately undone in the series by the disappearance of their high-octane offense, a suspension to defensive stalwart Draymond Green, a season-ending injury to rim-protecting center Andrew Bogut and defensive specialist Andre Iguodala dealing with a balky back.

‘Just an incredible run that obviously didn’t end the way we wanted it to,’ said Warriors head coach Steve Kerr. ‘It’s been an incredible two-year run. We’re disappointed that it didn’t go our way at the end, but that’s life.’

When the Warriors raced out to a 3-1 series lead the Cavs were left for dead by many impartial observers who expected the Golden State to run away with the series.

But with their backs against the wall, a Cavaliers team that once seem overmatched never gave up in their quest for a maiden NBA title.