LeBron James is LeBron James is LeBron James, forever and always. You remember that on nights like Monday’s Game 4, when he scored 44 points, the type of 44-point game where you read the box score, double-check his points total, and say out loud to no one in particular, “Wait, really!?”
LeBron James is LeBron James because he really makes it look effortless. He scored 44 points on 17-of-28 shooting, and he still mentioned being bothered by his seven turnovers in the on-court interview after the game concluded, a 111-102 Cleveland Cavaliers’ victory over the Boston Celtics that tied the series at two. Dude. You scored 44 points on 28 shots. You’re allowed to turn it over.
LeBron James is LeBron James because he’s breaking records virtually every game. Monday brought one: most field goals made in NBA postseason history. It was bound to happen — James also leads the league in playoffs minutes — but it’s still remarkable. But if that record doesn’t impress you, how about this one? Not only does James have six 40-point games this postseason, but the rest of the league combined has only five.
LeBron James is LeBron James because he played right into what the Celtics’ defense wanted, and broke them anyway.
“Well, he’s going to go after whoever he wants to go after,” Brad Stevens told reporters afterwards. “But at the end of the day, we’ve gone through it a lot. I think one of the things that sometimes we all get consumed with is the points he scores on that switch. If it’s eight but it keeps you from rotating and you can still guard the three-point line, then sometimes you just have to pick your poison. It’s obviously been more effective to switch than not, but at times you have to make that up and change that up, just by the numbers.”
The Celtics picked their poison. Their poison was James, and he scored 44 points in a victory. Can he do this two more times with only one day off in between each game? If the Cavaliers slip up in Game 5 or 6, can James do it three more times? It’s worth wondering about, but it’s also hard to bet against him.
LeBron James is LeBron James because even his kids are making highlight plays. OK, this has nothing to do with James playing basketball. I don’t care. Shut up, haters. This tweet is adorable.
Great scene in Cavs locker room. LeBron was FaceTiming his daughter, Zhuri. She asked to see Kevin Love. Someone brought the phone over to Kevin and she said “good game!”
Kevin responded, “Not me, that was your Dad.” #Cavs
— Hayden Grove (@H_Grove) May 22, 2018
LeBron James is LeBron James because we look at a 44-point game, and then notice his five rebounds, three assists, and one steal, and wonder why he didn’t do more beyond scoring. Not in a judging way — James clearly did enough to get the win. It’s just surprising when he doesn’t flirt with a triple-double in the postseason. It’s so far from our consciousness.
LeBron James might not be LeBron James anymore one day — no longer basketball-playing destruction in human form, no longer a player in his 15th season doing things that are totally un-15th-season-like, no longer a guaranteed Finals run no matter how lousy the players around him are. (These Cavaliers are pushing that last one to its brink.) But he’s LeBron James now, and you best know it.
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