--- title: Cavs Lose NBA Finals, Rihanna Reacts with LeBron, KD Memes description: Rihanna spilled her feelings on the Internet after the Cavs and her beloved King James lost the NBA Finals to the Golden State Warriors. canonical: https://time.com/4816227/rihanna-nba-finals-memes/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-06-13T14:43:32.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-08T09:07:03.116Z og:title: Rihanna Expresses Her Feelings in Memes After Cavs Finals Loss og:description: Queen of the memes og:url: https://time.com/4816227/rihanna-nba-finals-memes/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltccc5a16ff4d4b8af/6988d16ebc6cfc92be3e1cdd/rihanna-nba-finals-memes.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: 2017 NBA Finals - Game One og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Rihanna Expresses Her Feelings in Memes After Cavs Finals Loss twitter:description: Queen of the memes twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltccc5a16ff4d4b8af/6988d16ebc6cfc92be3e1cdd/rihanna-nba-finals-memes.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Rihanna Proved She Was Queen of the Memes After the Cavaliers Lost the NBA Finals > Sponsored content. 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Did he notice?  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jun 13, 2017 2:43 PM UTC [Rihanna](http://time.com/4762629/rihanna-queen-met-gala-2017/), longtime LeBron James stan and all-around bad gal, had a lot of feelings after her beloved King James and [the Cleveland Cavaliers lost the 2017 NBA Finals to the Golden State Warriors](http://time.com/4815940/nba-warriors-cavaliers-game-5-finals-2017/) on Monday night. The _Anti_ singer, who stole the show at the first game of the Finals [by having fun with Golden State player and fellow Roc Nation colleague Kevin Durant](http://time.com/4802935/rihanna-nba-finals/), took the the Internet to air her grievances about the Cavs’ loss but did it in a distinctly Rihanna fashion: [by relying on memes, something she’s confirmed she’s basically the queen of, time and time again.](http://time.com/3846906/rihanna-met-gala/) Her first post riffed on _The Lion King_, positing King James as Mufasa, herself as Simba, and KD as Scar with hilariously pointed results. And in case there wasn’t enough proof how Rihanna felt about the game, her hashtags #LongLivetheKing and #KingisStillKing removed all doubt. Ri was a good sport about the loss, however, even poking a little fun at herself in the process. Her second Instagram about the Cavs’ Finals loss featured [a Crying Jordan meme](http://time.com/4383734/crying-lionel-messi-meme/) that was made from a picture that she had posted of herself celebrating after the Cavaliers won the 2016 Finals. ## Transcript [00:22] [ MUSIC ] For you Kevin, toward the end of the game you [00:25] shot a three, kinda putting the dagger into them. You look [00:27] toward the crowd toward Rhianna. Was that [00:32] on purpose or do you remember that? I don't even [00:36] remember that. [ LAUGH ] Well just to let you know social [00:39] media is buzzing about that. Really? [ INAUDIBLE ] Yes. [00:42] Don't get in that trap? [ LAUGH ] Yeah, I don't get in that. [00:46] [ LAUGH ] I'm cool. Have fun with that. 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