The Cleveland Cavaliers held “Hardwood Classics Night” for their game against the Miami Heat on Friday, where they wore their ’80s throwback orange jerseys… and “Rick-Rolled” their own fans at Quicken Loans Arena.
During the Cavs’ player introductions, the usual intro video was being shown for the first few seconds, before a new video appeared with Rick Astley’s 1987 song “Never Gonna Give You Up”. And not only did the new video have the Rick Astley music, but it featured LeBron James and his Cavs teammates dancing and lip-syncing in ’80s costumes.
This is amazing:
We’re bringing back the '80s …
It’s time to get Cavs Roll’d!#ALLinORANGE || #CavsHWC pic.twitter.com/C2zCVNCR3T— Cleveland Cavaliers (@cavs) December 10, 2016
So much going on in that video. LeBron, Kyrie Irving, Kevin Love, and J.R. Smith were great, but Mike Dunleavy Jr. at the :42-second mark may be the funniest part.
The intros were certainly more interesting than the actual game, which resulted in the Cavs blowing out the Heat 114-84.