{"id":729620,"date":"2026-05-09T08:03:33","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T08:03:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/729620\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T08:03:33","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T08:03:33","slug":"superstar-7-year-old-cavs-fan-breaks-down-his-best-dance-moves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/729620\/","title":{"rendered":"Superstar: 7-year-old Cavs fan breaks down his best dance moves"},"content":{"rendered":"

CLEVELAND (WJW) \u2014 The Cleveland Cavaliers<\/a> may be 0-2 in their current playoff series against the Detroit Pistons, but their fans are not giving up.<\/p>\n

One 7-year-old fan showed off his Cavaliers spirit with his incredible dance moves Friday on FOX 8 News in the Morning<\/p>\n

Derek Jackson caught the attention of the Cavs during Game 5 against the Toronto Raptors and was featured on the jumbotron, dancing away.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt was fun,\u201d Derek said when asked what it was like seeing himself on the screen.<\/p>\n

It quickly became a running theme through the game to feature Derek on the jumbotron. According to his grandmother, Shatwan Givens, Derek appeared on the screen about eight times.<\/p>\n

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Check out clips of Derek\u2019s awesome dance moves, plus an interview with the young superstar, in the video above.<\/p>\n

The Cavs are now looking ahead to Game 3 against the Pistons, which will be held in Cleveland on Saturday, May 9 at 3 p.m. Find more playoffs coverage here.<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u00a0For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to Fox 8 Cleveland WJW.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CLEVELAND (WJW) \u2014 The Cleveland Cavaliers may be 0-2 in their current playoff series against the Detroit Pistons,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":729621,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3772],"tags":[7,306,305,193,3846,90460,188,6,2149,476,22771],"class_list":["post-729620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cleveland-cavaliers","tag-basketball","tag-cavaliers","tag-cleveland","tag-cleveland-cavaliers","tag-clevelandcavaliers","tag-derek-jackson","tag-detroit-pistons","tag-nba","tag-the-cavs","tag-toronto-raptors","tag-wjw"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116543580648590966","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/729620","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=729620"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/729620\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/729621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=729620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=729620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=729620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}