LeBron James 2016 vs GSW - Greatest Individual Finals Performance of All-Time

[Fudge]

:bowdown:

I wish we can all re-live that moment as soon as the buzzer sound.

Jesus Christ. Possibly the greatest Finals celebration. The greatest post game Finals moment, actually.

The man. The myth. The legend.

Greatest individual playoff/finals series EVER.

[Magic 32]

Not in game 1

Not in game 2

Not in the first half of game 3

Not in game 4

Not in game 7

So this is the greatest individual finals performance of all-time....because of 2 games?

[Trollsmasher]

fvcking leking, m8

[inclinerator]

LeGend

[FireDavidKahn]

Not in game 1

Not in game 2

Not in the first half of game 3

Not in game 4

Not in game 7

So this is the greatest individual finals performance of all-time....because of 2 games?
He led ALL THE MAJOR CATEGORIES throughout the entire Finals...

FIRST TIME EVER DONE

I don't even have to bring up leading his team to the win when he was down 1-3 to the best regular season team in history

[rezznor]

http://i.imgur.com/Mb9RJWy.jpg

[Butters]

Leads both teams in everything.

One of the greatest ever, more people will appreciate what he's accomplished when he retires.

[kamil]

Not in game 1

Not in game 2

Not in the first half of game 3

Not in game 4

Not in game 7

So this is the greatest individual finals performance of all-time....because of 2 games?

LeBron* fans dont use logic. Save your breath.

[Fudge]

It'll start to sink in after a few days.

Give it time.

This was the greatest Finals performance ever. You all know it, too.

[tmacattack33]

It was pretty amazing.

The best ever would prob have to bet MJ vs Phoenix or Shaq's vs Philly.

This would be up there in the top 5 though. Lebron's OKC series was also nice.

[jlip]

They just showed a stat that said that Lebron scored or assisted on 50% of all of the Cavs points in the Finals.

[Meticode]

Not in game 1

Not in game 2

Not in the first half of game 3

Not in game 4

Not in game 7

So this is the greatest individual finals performance of all-time....because of 2 games?
Led both teams in PPG, RPG, APG, SPG, BPG.

49% FG%, 37% 3P%, 11.3 RPG, 8.9 APG, 2.3 BPG, 2.6 SPG, 29.7 PPG

[RoundMoundOfReb]

Superb thread. We are all witnesses.

[Odinn]

From an earlier thread in the day. (ESPN insider request: Is Lebron James having best finals ever?)

Shaq had 3 consecutive historical finals. If you want to highlight the competition they faced, Shaq still has that series in 2000 against the Pacers which he was the only decisive force on his team. And it was the time Shaq getting criticized by media just like LeBron.
I don't think Jordan's 1992 finals can be compared to these, but his 1991 and 1993 finals performances were huge as well. Magic got humbled by him. And 1993 Suns were a great team. Jordan scored 40+ points in 4 straight games while winning 2. That's how competitive were the Suns. Jordan needed to score 55 to win against them.

And there's still Magic's performance in 1987 against the Celtics. Even though the Celtics basically without a bench, 26/8/13 against them counts. Kareem's 1980 finals usually gets overlooked because Magic's legendary game 6 performance but it still deserves recognition at this point.


There were similar finals series with equally or more impressive numbers with the drama. The thing is, they didn't happen in internet age. That's all. At least for me. That's how I see the situation.

Tho, let's be clear. I'm not trying to discredit LeBron's legendary series. Surely one of top 10 finals performances ever. Quite possibly top 5.

[West-Side]

I particularly enjoyed his bricks in game 3 before Kyrie saved the team and him ball hogging on 7 straight possessions in the 4th while missing all 4 shots just before Kyrie hit the TITLE winning 3.

[Fudge]

I particularly enjoyed his bricks in game 3 before Kyrie saved the team and him ball hogging on 7 straight possessions in the 4th while missing all 4 shots just before Kyrie hit the TITLE winning 3.
Meltdown!

LMAO

[West-Side]

Meltdown!

LMAO

#Facts

[ninephive]

I agree. Congrats to Lebron and Cleveland. What an epic series. What an epic comeback. What an epic story.

[Fudge]

Give it time. It'll all sink in.

LeGendary.

[NBASTATMAN]

UP THERE WITH MJ AND SHAQ:bowdown:

[DirkNowitzki41]

Greatest final performance of all time. Greatest player of all time? Quite possibly.

I'm going to love this offseason. Suck my dick lebron haters