Worst game of LeBron's career?

[Prometheus]

After watching tonight's Heat/Jazz game, I'm compelled to say that this was the single most pathetic regular season performance of LeBron James's career. He made no attempt to get to the basket, played lazy defense even by this year's standards, and just appeared to not give a shit. It's like his soul was possessed by Andrew Bynum for the night. His final numbers for the game:

13 points on 4-13 FG, 1-6 3FG, 4-6 FT
5 assists
7 rebounds
5 turnovers

These are terrible numbers for a player of his stature, and having watched the game I can say that he was even worse than the numbers indicate. Normally I shrug off a bad regular season game by a great player, but this was bad enough that I honestly like LeBron less because of it. Allen Iverson was a low-IQ chucker, but he poured his heart and soul into every game and Sixers fans knew they would get their money's worth. Watching tonight's game, I couldn't shake the impression that LeBron just doesn't give a shit about his fans. If you appreciate how blessed you are to live such a rich and luxurious life just for playing a game, how blessed you are to be a famous icon of sports, you need to put your heart into every game. Is there any more room on the Durant bandwagon?

[navy]

You just started watching basketball this year I see.

[dabigbaws]

8 pts in the finals doe

[Prometheus]

8 pts in the finals doe

I said worst regular season game for that exact reason lol

[KendrickPerkins]

But he turns it up in February doe?

[dabigbaws]

I said worst regular season game for that exact reason lol

only read title.

[sbw19]

Not counting his rookie season and some playoff performances, I'd say this one is right up there.

[pauk]

Certainly ranks up there, its not just the shooting being off, but the rest of his game, even the passing.

[Prometheus]

But he turns it up in February doe?

Yeah, normally that's what I'd say, but I'm thinking of all the fans who spend a ton of money to see these athletes play live, and how those athletes owe it to those fans to play like they give a shit. That's why I brought up Iverson. It's just the regular season, but it's still basketball, and if basketball made you a millionaire you need to show some god damn passion. Tonight was a special kind of pathetic.

[nycjeff45]

set my clock to wake up for this game, what a wasted effort...

[Joyner82reload]

He once had 4/8/6 5 turnovers on 2-13 shooting...

[Patrick Chewing]

I think the balding is getting to him

[gyu]

His worst game ever is when the Rockets locked him up in the 08-09:
http://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200902260HOU.html

21 points (7/21 shooting), 1 rebound, 0 assists (first time ever), 1 steal, 2 blocks, 3 turnovers.


HOUSTON BABYYY :applause:

[russwest0]

:oldlol: :oldlol: :oldlol:

Have you not seen some of his Finals performances?

[SavageMode]

6/24.

[LeGOAT]

Thank god you posted this op :bowdown: . I was wondering why there was no discussion about Lebron performance in an epic battle vs the Jazz

[SavageMode]

Regular season Lebron losses are the only thing keeping Kobe fans sane. :roll:

[coin24]

Bran declining already:roll:
Dat longevity:oldlol:

[pauk]

But you have to give credit to Jazz defense aswell, they were double-triple teaming him to hell & soon as he blew by anyways they would foul him (no shooting foul), playing the passing lanes amazingly by deflecting/stealing his passes, forcing only shots around 3pt line and that was completely off for him & he then ofcourse refused to settle for those, he couldnt post up without seeing at least 2 guys, he got rid of it and got some "hockey assists" sometimes & all 5 turnovers were passes which would have ended up to a wideopen guy all the time if they werent stolen, so they dodged a bullet a bit there considering how close the game was.

[rhowen4]

gordon hayward outplaying the best players in the game

(no i didn't watch either game)

[Warfan]

Bran declining already:roll:
Dat longevity:oldlol:

:facepalm

[Joyner82reload]

But you have to give credit to Jazz defense aswell, they were double-triple teaming him to hell & soon as he blew by anyways they would foul him (no shooting foul), playing the passing lanes amazingly by deflecting/stealing his passes, forcing only shots around 3pt line and that was completely off for him & he then ofcourse refused to settle for those, he couldnt post up without seeing at least 2 guys, he got rid of it and got some "hockey assists" sometimes & all 5 turnovers were passes which would have ended up to a wideopen guy all the time if they werent stolen, so they dodged a bullet a bit there considering how close the game was.

LeBron having to face double and triple teams? Boo hoo, Durant faces that every game, almost every possession

[MichaelCorleone]

6/24.
6/24

[TOUCH MY BODY]

Shout out to white boy Gordon for shutting down Bran :pimp:

[KendrickPerkins]

Insecure LeDragic stanz in dis thread doe.

[Kingwillball]

He once had 4/8/6 5 turnovers on 2-13 shooting...

When ? Cause he has had at least 10 points in a game for many years now.. In fact well over 500 hundred straight games.

[Joyner82reload]

When ? Cause he has had at least 10 points in a game for many years now..

Rookie or 2nd year.

It was obviously a long time ago, and you could argue given his talent level now vs then that this is his worst game, but purely statistically speaking, that was his worst game ever in the regular season.

And his worst postseason performance wasn't the Finals. He posted 12/9/9 with 10 turnovers on 2-18 shooting vs Boston one year and his team only lost by 4. And they lost the series in 7. :lol

[MadSolar]

6/24.
Lebron went 2-18 from field With 10 TO's

Cavs 72 Celtics 76
2008 Playoffs

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/boxscore?gameId=280506002

[KendrickPerkins]

Lebron went 2-18 from field With 10 TO's

Cavs 72 Celtics 76
2008 Playoffs

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/boxscore?gameId=280506002
:roll: :biggums:

[Boomerang]

Lebron went 2-18 from field With 10 TO's

Cavs 72 Celtics 76
2008 Playoffs

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/boxscore?gameId=280506002
:milton

[The-Legend-24]

Lebron went 2-18 from field With 10 TO's

Cavs 72 Celtics 76
2008 Playoffs

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/boxscore?gameId=280506002
:roll: :roll: :roll:

[dynasty1978]

Lebron went 2-18 from field With 10 TO's

Cavs 72 Celtics 76
2008 Playoffs

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/boxscore?gameId=280506002

AND he followed that game with a 6-24 of his own, shooting a combined
8-42 (19%) in Games 1-2. :banana:

[MadSolar]

:roll: :roll: :roll:
I forgot about game 2 he also went 6-24with 7 TO's
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/boxscore?gameId=280508002

[MadSolar]

AND he followed that game with a 6-24 of his own, shooting a combined
8-42 (19%) in Games 1-2. :banana:
I just posted right under :lol

[The-Legend-24]

I forgot about game 2 he also went 6-24
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/boxscore?gameId=280508002:lol:oldlol:





8-42 (19%) in Games 1-2. :banana:
:roll:

[Boomerang]

AND he followed that game with a 6-24 of his own, shooting a combined
8-42 (19%) in Games 1-2. :banana:
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EmelgcEw7Y4/UMi-XlSFnxI/AAAAAAAAASw/huVUrZ5PNYw/s320/close+laptop.gif

[Joyner82reload]

Lebron went 2-18 from field With 10 TO's

Cavs 72 Celtics 76
2008 Playoffs

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/boxscore?gameId=280506002

That was probably the worst series an MVP quality player has EVER had

12/9/9 with 10 turnovers on 2-18 shooting and team loses by 4
21/5/6 with 7 turnovers on 6-24 shooting and team loses by 14
21/5/8 with 2 turnovers on 5-16 shooting and team wins by 24
21/6/13 with 5 turnovers on 7-20 shooting and team wins by 11
35/3/5 with 4 turnovers on 12-25 shooting and team loses by 6
32/12/6 with 8 turnovers on 9-23 shooting and team wins by 5
45/5/6 with 2 turnovers on 14-29 shooting, but allows past prime Paul Pierce to drop 41/5/5 on 13-23 shooting and LeBron's team loses by 5

36% from the field, 23% from 3, 5+ turnovers per game and his team loses in 7 despite winning the series in overall points by +11

[tpols]

That was probably the worst series an MVP quality player has EVER had

12/9/9 with 10 turnovers on 2-18 shooting and team loses by 4
21/5/6 with 7 turnovers on 6-24 shooting and team loses by 14
21/5/8 with 2 turnovers on 5-16 shooting and team wins by 24
21/6/13 with 5 turnovers on 7-20 shooting and team wins by 11
35/3/5 with 4 turnovers on 12-25 shooting and team loses by 6
32/12/6 with 8 turnovers on 9-23 shooting and team wins by 5
45/5/6 with 2 turnovers on 14-29 shooting, but allows past prime Paul Pierce to drop 41/5/5 on 13-23 shooting and LeBron's team loses by 5

36% from the field, 23% from 3, 5+ turnovers per game and his team loses in 7 despite winning the series in overall points by +11
Thats why I laugh at Bran stans when they complain about Cleveland.. they werent the best supporting cast but they were passable because they had top defenses and rebounding in the league, Their offense sucked but everything else was good. It could keep them in games even when James was off.

[DMAVS41]

Thats why I laugh at Bran stans when they complain about Cleveland.. they werent the best supporting cast but they were passable because they had top defenses and rebounding in the league, Their offense sucked but everything else was good. It could keep them in games even when James was off.

I agree with this to an extent...

Lebron put up 27/6/8 on 48%TS in that series

Kobe put up 26/5/5 on 50.5% TS in his series against the Celtics

Lebron averaged a little over 5 turnovers per game.
Kobe averaged 4 turnovers per game.

So I agree that Lebron's teams were better than we give them credit for at times, that was still a pre peak Lebron facing a team that did virtually the same thing to Kobe...and Kobe definitely had the better team.

Also, Lebron doesn't get near enough credit for his defense in 08 on that team...he improved and already elite defense in the playoffs while on the floor.(2.5 points better per 100 possessions)

Kobe's team actually got slightly better defensively when he was on the bench (2.1 points better per 100 possessions)

[VIntageNOvel]

what was his stat at opening night,
isnt MCW had like 7 steals from him?

http://wac.9ebf.edgecastcdn.net/809EBF/ec-origin.philly.barstoolsports.com/files/2013/10/mcw-lebron.png

[Sarcastic]

He's still coasting.

[tpols]

I agree with this to an extent...

Lebron put up 27/6/8 on 48%TS in that series

Kobe put up 26/5/5 on 50.5% TS in his series against the Celtics

Lebron averaged a little over 5 turnovers per game.
Kobe averaged 4 turnovers per game.

So I agree that Lebron's teams were better than we give them credit for at times, that was still a pre peak Lebron facing a team that did virtually the same thing to Kobe...and Kobe definitely had the better team.
But Pau got punked.. put up 15/10 to KG's 18/13 and dropped off from 19/8 regular season. Odom was just about average for his standards.. and the rest of the team kinda sucked. Derek Fisher, sasha vujajic, radmonovic playing the next most minutes...

Kobe's second option was definitely better than Bron's but Bron had a well rounded team. When you account for Kobe's second option playing like shit it makes it that much closer for comparisons involving how they went out vs the C's

[Prometheus]

what was his stat at opening night,
isnt MCW had like 7 steals from him?

http://wac.9ebf.edgecastcdn.net/809EBF/ec-origin.philly.barstoolsports.com/files/2013/10/mcw-lebron.png

:oldlol: :roll: :oldlol: :roll: :oldlol:

This literally might be the best thing I've ever seen!

[Black Mamba's B]

6/24.
5 rings

[Hamtaro CP3KDKG]

That was probably the worst series an MVP quality player has EVER had

12/9/9 with 10 turnovers on 2-18 shooting and team loses by 4
21/5/6 with 7 turnovers on 6-24 shooting and team loses by 14
21/5/8 with 2 turnovers on 5-16 shooting and team wins by 24
21/6/13 with 5 turnovers on 7-20 shooting and team wins by 11
35/3/5 with 4 turnovers on 12-25 shooting and team loses by 6
32/12/6 with 8 turnovers on 9-23 shooting and team wins by 5
45/5/6 with 2 turnovers on 14-29 shooting, but allows past prime Paul Pierce to drop 41/5/5 on 13-23 shooting and LeBron's team loses by 5

36% from the field, 23% from 3, 5+ turnovers per game and his team loses in 7 despite winning the series in overall points by +11
Lebron was even worse in the 07 finals and he was IIRC 2nd in MVP voting
he avged 35% shooting and 6turnovers yet his team only lost by double digits once and that was -11. Lebrons always had a load of help defensively/rebounding in Cleveland

[DMAVS41]

But Pau got punked.. put up 15/10 to KG's 18/13 and dropped off from 19/8 regular season. Odom was just about average for his standards.. and the rest of the team kinda sucked. Derek Fisher, sasha vujajic, radmonovic playing the next most minutes...

Kobe's second option was definitely better than Bron's but Bron had a well rounded team. When you account for Kobe's second option playing like shit it makes it that much closer for comparisons involving how they went out vs the C's

I agree with all that...but Kobe still had a better team. It's not like the Cavs were doing anything either. I'd take both Gasol and Odom in how they played in that finals over anyone the Cavs had. Although West did play pretty well...he'd still be behind those two guys.

And you can't ignore Lebron's impact on the defense either...I totally agree the Cavs defense was better, but Lebron was a part of that.

[HOoopCityJones]

Lebron stans Ghost right now ....

[redboy]

don't let your insecurities get to you

[russwest0]

LeBron in 2015:

http://i.imgur.com/66INrtS.png

[Prometheus]

I already saw that picture in the other thread.

Honestly russwest0, you try too hard.

[ImKobe]

Pick one out of the 4 he didn't win in the 2011 Finals.

[russwest0]

I already saw that picture in the other thread.

Honestly russwest0, you try too hard.

Where?

[kamil]

I hate LeBron*, but... everyone has an off day. I wouldn't expect him to play at his usual level every single day. I think many of you are exaggerating things.

[Nick Young]

LeBron in 2015:

http://i.imgur.com/66INrtS.png
that piece of shit looks 45 years old.

[russwest0]

that piece of shit looks 45 years old.

LeBron has the aging cycle equivalent to that of a lion

[BuffaloBill]

what was his stat at opening night,
isnt MCW had like 7 steals from him?

http://wac.9ebf.edgecastcdn.net/809EBF/ec-origin.philly.barstoolsports.com/files/2013/10/mcw-lebron.png


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