TORONTO -- For LeBron James, it's six straight trips to the NBA Finals.

Maybe this one will end Cleveland's long wait for a championship.

James scored 33 points, Kevin Love had 20 points and 12 rebounds, and the Cavaliers advanced to their second straight finals by beating the Toronto Raptors 113-87 in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference finals Friday night.

The Cavs will be seeking to end Cleveland's 52-year championship drought, the longest by any city with at least three professional teams. No Cleveland team has won it all since the Browns blanked Baltimore 27-0 to win the NFL championship in 1964.

"This city has been craving a championship," coach Tyronn Lue said. "We have the right team and we have the right talent."

James, who grew up in nearby Akron, is well aware of what a championship would mean to Cleveland.

"I know our city deserves it, our fans deserve it," James said. "But that gives us no sense of entitlement. We've still got to go out and get it. We've still got to go out and prove ourselves."

The Cavaliers will face the winner of the Golden State-Oklahoma City series on Thursday.

Cleveland would open at home against the Thunder but would be on the road against the 73-win Warriors, who trail 3-2 against Oklahoma City heading into Saturday's Game 6.

"We're still not satisfied at all," Kyrie Irving said. "There's still a goal at hand that we have to accomplish and I know these guys are going to be ready for it."

It's the third finals appearance in team history for the Cavaliers. Cleveland lost to Golden State in six games last year and got swept by San Antonio in 2007.

James broke the 30-point barrier for the first time this post-season and finished with 11 rebounds and six assists.

"We needed LeBron to set the tone for us early and I thought he did that," Lue said.

James played in four straight finals with Miami before returning to Cleveland. He will be the eighth player in NBA history to appear in six consecutive finals and the first who didn't play for the Boston Celtics.

"He's just a great player," Lue said. "He's a proven winner. He's always won over the course of his career. To go to six straight finals is unbelievable."

James got there by taking down a Toronto team that set a franchise record with 56 wins and reached the conference finals for the first time in 21 seasons.

The Cavaliers came into Friday's game 0-4 at Air Canada Centre counting the regular season and playoffs, but looked much more like the team that handed the Raptors a trio of lopsided losses in Cleveland this series.