lebron just had the best finals game in nba history.

[Keno]

http://bkref.com/tiny/psxgF

his game tonight recorded a 42.5 gmsc which surpassed duncan's 40.8 back in 03. his last game is also on the list which is now 3rd. if he wins this series, knowing the context, this will be the best finals performance in nba history. undisputed goat if it happens.

[warriorfan]

stat padded by mass uncontested defensive rebounds and points in the paint with no bogut and injured iguodala

lebron is lucky that ezeli is a human piece of garbage as well

[oarabbus]

stat padded by mass uncontested defensive rebounds and points in the paint with no bogut and injured iguodala

lebron is lucky that ezeli is a human piece of garbage as well


Ezeli was a ****ing all-star compared to Harrison Barnes today

Idiot wants the max :facepalm

[plowking]

I'm honestly tossing and turning as to who I want to win.

This place is going to be unbearable regardless. Jesus...

[Nilocon165]

I'm honestly tossing and turning as to who I want to win.

This place is going to be unbearable regardless. Jesus...
Just root for the cavs dude. Cheer for something different to happen for once

[SpaceJam]

He could surpass it next game too!

Y'all know he loves them Game 7's

KING

[warriorfan]

Ezeli was a ****ing all-star compared to Harrison Barnes today

Idiot wants the max :facepalm

Ezeli wasn't even rotating, players were getting clear paths to the rim and he literally looked like Speights out there

Barnes was a bigger choke though, 0/8 and over half of his shots were open gym status...then on top of that he didnt even bring it on defense...what a piece of shit

[DirkNowitzki41]

I'm honestly tossing and turning as to who I want to win.

This place is going to be unbearable regardless. Jesus...

I'm not a Cavs fan.. nothing like it, but seeing LeBron winning it for Cleveland after all the shit thats happened would be incredibly epic. Not to mention potentially coming back from 1-3 with 2 of his best finals games of his career against a 73 win team.. can it honestly be written better than that for him and Cleveland?

Warriors winning it is just flat out boring, and would honestly just kill the fun of the NBA. Just my opinion, and I dont expect everyone to agree, but I dont like watching a team chucking out crazy threes to win championships. Underdogs and teams who actually go through adversities are easy to root for.

So go LeBron and go Cavs. Never rooted for a team this hard other than my Mavs.

[raprap]

Top 5 goat win or lose.


Still 31 years old :bowdown:

[raprap]

I'm not a Cavs fan.. nothing like it, but seeing LeBron winning it for Cleveland after all the shit thats happened would be incredibly epic. Not to mention potentially coming back from 1-3 with 2 of his best finals games of his career against a 73 win team.. can it honestly be written better than that for him and Cleveland?

Warriors winning it is just flat out boring, and would honestly just kill the fun of the NBA. Just my opinion, and I dont expect everyone to agree, but I dont like watching a team chucking out crazy threes to win championships. Underdogs and teams who actually go through adversities are easy to root for.

So go LeBron and go Cavs. Never rooted for a team this hard other than my Mavs.
:cheers:

[AI09]

Lebron bringing one to the land

[Nilocon165]

He could surpass it next game too!

Y'all know he loves them Game 7's

KING
So weird seeing you as a Bron fan now

It's like a heel turn

[SpaceJam]

So weird seeing you as a Bron fan now

It's like a heel turn

I had an epiphany bro.

Watching Bron absolutely DOMINATE tonight, I had to question why I'm actually hating on this dude, greatness is greatness. Who was I kidding, nothing I can say or do would bring this man down.

I've been born again.

BRON.

I ask the King for forgiveness

[Nilocon165]

I had an epiphany bro.

Watching Bron absolutely DOMINATE tonight, I had to question why I'm actually hating on this dude, greatness is greatness. Who was I kidding, nothing I can say or do would bring this man down.

I've been born again.

BRON.

I ask the King for forgiveness
:applause: :cheers:

[MiseryCityTexas]

Ezeli was a ****ing all-star compared to Harrison Barnes today

Idiot wants the max :facepalm

Harrison Barnes has an easy task of having to guard one of the greatest players in NBA history. Of course he's gomnna struggle playing against Lebron. If the Warriors played against the Houston Rockets instead of the Cleveland Cavs, he woulda had a string of great games. Barnes always kill the Rockets in the clutch.

[SexSymbol]

Most of the all time greats had a game on this level or better

[Keno]

I had an epiphany bro.

Watching Bron absolutely DOMINATE tonight, I had to question why I'm actually hating on this dude, greatness is greatness. Who was I kidding, nothing I can say or do would bring this man down.

I've been born again.

BRON.

I ask the King for forgiveness

lol

[SexSymbol]

I had an epiphany bro.

Watching Bron absolutely DOMINATE tonight, I had to question why I'm actually hating on this dude, greatness is greatness. Who was I kidding, nothing I can say or do would bring this man down.

I've been born again.

BRON.

I ask the King for forgiveness
People hate him because of bitch ways that he formed two superteams, his character, how he treats other people. LeBron is quite clearly the trump of the NBA

[plowking]

I'm not a Cavs fan.. nothing like it, but seeing LeBron winning it for Cleveland after all the shit thats happened would be incredibly epic. Not to mention potentially coming back from 1-3 with 2 of his best finals games of his career against a 73 win team.. can it honestly be written better than that for him and Cleveland?

Warriors winning it is just flat out boring, and would honestly just kill the fun of the NBA. Just my opinion, and I dont expect everyone to agree, but I dont like watching a team chucking out crazy threes to win championships. Underdogs and teams who actually go through adversities are easy to root for.

So go LeBron and go Cavs. Never rooted for a team this hard other than my Mavs.

I agree with you on a lot of points.

I would hate seeing a team as good as GSW lose though. So good the entire season and now had injuries really bite them in the ass. But Curry is my favourite player in the league at the moment, so hard to root against, but Bron is a former Heat player that I like now too.

Lots of things to root for from both sides as an impartial fan. I think it'd definitely be more epic if Bron and the Cavs pull it off. The only problem is people would shit on Curry and act like he is overrated, when he really isn't.

[SpaceJam]

People hate him because of bitch ways that he formed two superteams, his character, how he treats other people. LeBron is quite clearly the trump of the NBA

It's one thing to hate his character

But to completely disregard the game he had is ridiculous

The dude had a 41/8/11/4/3 game. People are trying to down play this?! It was arguably the greatest finals game

[SexSymbol]

It's one thing to hate his character

But to completely disregard the game he had is ridiculous

The dude had a 41/8/11/4/3 game. People are trying to down play this?! It was arguably the greatest finals game
His last game was better imho, considering bogut is out for this game and Iggy cannot move at all

[TheMan]

As a die hard Bulls fan, I'm far from being a LeBron/Cavs fan but I'm hoping they get it done.

Epic comeback and would destroy the GSW "Greatest Season Ever" BS

[Gileraracer]

As a die hard Bulls fan, I'm far from being a LeBron/Cavs fan but I'm hoping they get it done.

Epic comeback and would destroy the GSW "Greatest Season Ever" BS


Agenda is obvious :oldlol:

[rezznor]

stat padded by mass uncontested defensive rebounds and points in the paint with no bogut and injured iguodala

lebron is lucky that ezeli is a human piece of garbage as well
warriors fans don't get to complain about injuries :no:

[Hoopz2332]

:bowdown: :eek:

[3ball]

:bowdown: :eek:



*Contested shots occur when 1 or more defenders leaves their feet to contest shot*




JORDAN - Game 4 of 1993 Finals





CONTESTED SHOTS (18)





1) catch-and-shoot jumper, midrange (0:20 (https://media.giphy.com/media/l46Cg7Wd6tWYWsWVa/giphy.gif))
2) catch-and-shoot jumper, midrange (0:31)
3) post-up turnaround jumper, midrange (0:37)
4) post-up turnaround jumper, midrange (0:48)
5) triple-threat pull-up jumper, midrange (0:55)
6) drive to rim via triple threat (1:02)
7) transition drive to rim (1:11)
8) drive to rim via triple-threat (2:09)
9) post-up turnaround jumper, midrange (2:48)
10) catch-and-shoot jumper, midrange (3:04)
11) pull-up jumper via triple-threat, midrange (3:13)
12) coast-to-coast and1 dunk (3:23)
13) pull-up jumper via live-dribble, midrange (3:53)
14) coast-to-coast and1 layup (4:05)
15) drive to rim via triple-threat (4:27)
16) pull-up jumper via triple-threat, midrange (5:39)
17) drive to the rim via live dribble (6:16)
18) drive to the rim via triple-threat (7:14)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dwcaYkGTTE





UNCONTESTED SHOTS (3)




1) drives thru 3 awaiting paint defenders for uncontested dunk (1:58)
2) pull-up jumper via triple-threat, midrange (5:46)
3) coast-to-coast layup (6:03)






LEBRON - Game 6 of 2016 Finals





CONTESTED SHOTS (9)





1) pull-up 3-pointer isolation, live dribble (2:37)
2) transition drive to rim (3:02)
3) catch-and-go drive to rim (4:00)
4) pull-up 3-pointer via screen, live dribble (4:56)
5) pull-up floater in paint, live dribble (5:18)
6) offensive reb putback (5:43)
7) pull-up jumper via screen, live dribble (5:49)
8) post-up turnaround, midrange (6:36)
9 pull-up 3-pointer, live dribble (8:12)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJEG7fcUn-s





UNCONTESTED SHOTS (7)




1) transition dunk (1:08)
2) post-up turnaround, in paint (1:25)
3) open dunk in transition (1:39)
4) drive to rim via screen and live-dribble (2:05)
5) cut to rim for dunk (3:43)
6) transition alley-oop (4:09)
7) receives pass for open layup (6:08)



Key differences in the defense:

The OP shows that Lebron took less contested shots (where a defender left their feet to contest), and more UNcontested shots (where no defenders leave their feet).. Don't be surprised that more of Lebron's shots were uncontested - today's offenses keep 3-4 players standing behind the 3-point line on every play (spacing), so the defense is stretched out and can't make timely rotations most of the time.

Otoh, teams in previous eras didn't use 3-pointers to space out defenders, so defenders were bunched up together and only needed to take a couple steps to provide help - this makes it look like defenders are standing around, but how much do the Celtics defenders in the gif below NEED to move in the gif below??... With no 3-point shooting to spread them out, standing around is all they need to do.. Today's defenders would play the SAME WAY if there was no 3-point shooting:

https://media.giphy.com/media/10RuiINsEB5SHm/giphy.gif

[AirBonner]

Better than Ordan :bowdown:

[3ball]

Better than Ordan :bowdown:



*Contested shots occur when 1 or more defenders leaves their feet to contest shot*




JORDAN - Game 4 of 1993 Finals





CONTESTED SHOTS (18)





1) catch-and-shoot jumper, midrange (0:20 (https://media.giphy.com/media/l46Cg7Wd6tWYWsWVa/giphy.gif))
2) catch-and-shoot jumper, midrange (0:31)
3) post-up turnaround jumper, midrange (0:37)
4) post-up turnaround jumper, midrange (0:48)
5) triple-threat pull-up jumper, midrange (0:55)
6) drive to rim via triple threat (1:02)
7) transition drive to rim (1:11)
8) drive to rim via triple-threat (2:09)
9) post-up turnaround jumper, midrange (2:48)
10) catch-and-shoot jumper, midrange (3:04)
11) pull-up jumper via triple-threat, midrange (3:13)
12) coast-to-coast and1 dunk (3:23)
13) pull-up jumper via live-dribble, midrange (3:53)
14) coast-to-coast and1 layup (4:05)
15) drive to rim via triple-threat (4:27)
16) pull-up jumper via triple-threat, midrange (5:39)
17) drive to the rim via live dribble (6:16)
18) drive to the rim via triple-threat (7:14)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dwcaYkGTTE





UNCONTESTED SHOTS (3)




1) drives thru 3 awaiting paint defenders for uncontested dunk (1:58)
2) pull-up jumper via triple-threat, midrange (5:46)
3) coast-to-coast layup (6:03)






LEBRON - Game 6 of 2016 Finals





CONTESTED SHOTS (9)





1) pull-up 3-pointer isolation, live dribble (2:37)
2) transition drive to rim (3:02)
3) catch-and-go drive to rim (4:00)
4) pull-up 3-pointer via screen, live dribble (4:56)
5) pull-up floater in paint, live dribble (5:18)
6) offensive reb putback (5:43)
7) pull-up jumper via screen, live dribble (5:49)
8) post-up turnaround, midrange (6:36)
9 pull-up 3-pointer, live dribble (8:12)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJEG7fcUn-s





UNCONTESTED SHOTS (7)




1) transition dunk (1:08)
2) post-up turnaround, in paint (1:25)
3) open dunk in transition (1:39)
4) drive to rim via screen and live-dribble (2:05)
5) cut to rim for dunk (3:43)
6) transition alley-oop (4:09)
7) receives pass for open layup (6:08)



Key differences in the defense:

The OP shows that Lebron took less contested shots (where a defender left their feet to contest), and more UNcontested shots (where no defenders leave their feet).. Don't be surprised that more of Lebron's shots were uncontested - today's offenses keep 3-4 players standing behind the 3-point line on every play (spacing), so the defense is stretched out and can't make timely rotations most of the time.

Otoh, teams in previous eras didn't use 3-pointers to space out defenders, so defenders were bunched up together and only needed to take a couple steps to provide help - this makes it look like defenders are standing around, but how much do the Celtics defenders in the gif below NEED to move in the gif below??... With no 3-point shooting to spread them out, standing around is all they need to do.. Today's defenders would play the SAME WAY if there was no 3-point shooting:

https://media.giphy.com/media/10RuiINsEB5SHm/giphy.gif

[ShawkFactory]

From an all-around standpoint and significance factor its definitely up there.

It's bold so say #1 of course, with Jordan in 1993 and Elgin Baylor being the clear favorites. But top 5? You could certainly make a reasonable case.

Did everything at an elite level. Made jumpers, cut to the basket, attacked the rim, rebounded, passed wonderfully, wreaked havoc on defense. All-around amazingly well-played game.

[Mr Feeny]

Certainly the best finals game post Jordan.
Lebron is arguable the 2nd best finals performer of all time.:applause:

[AirBonner]

*Contested shots occur when 1 or more defenders leaves their feet to contest shot*




JORDAN - Game 4 of 1993 Finals





CONTESTED SHOTS (18)





1) catch-and-shoot jumper, midrange (0:20 (https://media.giphy.com/media/l46Cg7Wd6tWYWsWVa/giphy.gif))
2) catch-and-shoot jumper, midrange (0:31)
3) post-up turnaround jumper, midrange (0:37)
4) post-up turnaround jumper, midrange (0:48)
5) triple-threat pull-up jumper, midrange (0:55)
6) drive to rim via triple threat (1:02)
7) transition drive to rim (1:11)
8) drive to rim via triple-threat (2:09)
9) post-up turnaround jumper, midrange (2:48)
10) catch-and-shoot jumper, midrange (3:04)
11) pull-up jumper via triple-threat, midrange (3:13)
12) coast-to-coast and1 dunk (3:23)
13) pull-up jumper via live-dribble, midrange (3:53)
14) coast-to-coast and1 layup (4:05)
15) drive to rim via triple-threat (4:27)
16) pull-up jumper via triple-threat, midrange (5:39)
17) drive to the rim via live dribble (6:16)
18) drive to the rim via triple-threat (7:14)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dwcaYkGTTE





UNCONTESTED SHOTS (3)




1) drives thru 3 awaiting paint defenders for uncontested dunk (1:58)
2) pull-up jumper via triple-threat, midrange (5:46)
3) coast-to-coast layup (6:03)






LEBRON - Game 6 of 2016 Finals





CONTESTED SHOTS (9)





1) pull-up 3-pointer isolation, live dribble (2:37)
2) transition drive to rim (3:02)
3) catch-and-go drive to rim (4:00)
4) pull-up 3-pointer via screen, live dribble (4:56)
5) pull-up floater in paint, live dribble (5:18)
6) offensive reb putback (5:43)
7) pull-up jumper via screen, live dribble (5:49)
8) post-up turnaround, midrange (6:36)
9 pull-up 3-pointer, live dribble (8:12)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJEG7fcUn-s





UNCONTESTED SHOTS (7)




1) transition dunk (1:08)
2) post-up turnaround, in paint (1:25)
3) open dunk in transition (1:39)
4) drive to rim via screen and live-dribble (2:05)
5) cut to rim for dunk (3:43)
6) transition alley-oop (4:09)
7) receives pass for open layup (6:08)



Key differences in the defense:

The OP shows that Lebron took less contested shots (where a defender left their feet to contest), and more UNcontested shots (where no defenders leave their feet).. Don't be surprised that more of Lebron's shots were uncontested - today's offenses keep 3-4 players standing behind the 3-point line on every play (spacing), so the defense is stretched out and can't make timely rotations most of the time.

Otoh, teams in previous eras didn't use 3-pointers to space out defenders, so defenders were bunched up together and only needed to take a couple steps to provide help - this makes it look like defenders are standing around, but how much do the Celtics defenders in the gif below NEED to move in the gif below??... With no 3-point shooting to spread them out, standing around is all they need to do.. Today's defenders would play the SAME WAY if there was no 3-point shooting:

https://media.giphy.com/media/10RuiINsEB5SHm/giphy.gif
Ordan didn't have the defensive impact that Lebron had. Lebron dominated both sides of the ball against a 73 win team in ways that Ordan never did. Keep dreaming.

[Magic 32]

Lebron is arguable the 2nd best finals performer of all time.:applause:

http://cdn.smosh.com/sites/default/files/2015/08/first-week-hall.gif

[Mr Feeny]

http://cdn.smosh.com/sites/default/files/2015/08/first-week-hall.gif

Glad you agree :lebronamazed:

More 40 point finals games in 3 days than Kobe had in 20 years:roll: