With 21 points at halftime, with three 3s, as well as passionate and aggressive defense, the Cleveland Cavaliers were just beginning to stretch a lead before halftime, and LeBron was displaying a beastliness that was required to get them to that point. He alone is actually required to lead to his team to the NBA Finals every year simply because of public belief that his greatness should bring him there, and for the sixth year in the row, he’s delivered.
This spectacular feat is accompanied by these recent accolades:
- 4th in all-time postseason points
- 2nd all-time in postseason games played
- 3rd all-time in assists
- 6th all-time in threes made
- 12th all-time in rebounds
- 26th all-time in blocks
- 5th all-time in steals (3 away from tying John Stockton for 4th)
- 6th all-time in minutes played (a game away from passing Shaquille O’Neal for 5th all-time)
- 8th and lone player not from the 60s-70s Celtics dynasty to reach six straight NBA Finals
LeBron finished with 33 points, 11 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 blocks, a steal, a putback, got to the line for seven attempts, and made three of six threes, As he said to Doris Burke postgame, “I had to be in attack mode from the beginning”.