LeBron James Responds To Kevin Durant Question With Incredibly Cocky Answer

The team finally got a win in game four, but they still have a steep hole to climb out of. Tristan Thompson had almost as many rebounds in Game 4 (10) as he had in Games 1-3 combined (11). However, James stunned everybody Friday night when he went off the backboard to himself for a dunk.in a Finals game.

"You see it in the park so much and stuff growing up". For LeBron, it culminated in a 4-0 Spurs sweep of the Cavs and a failure to reach the Finals in any of the three seasons that followed. And just a few weeks ago, people were convinced that he was. A loss would have meant a Game 7 on the road for the Bulls. With New York up 3-2 in the series against Houston, the Knicks trailed by two in the closing seconds, but had the ball with a chance to win. "I prepare myself, I'm going to go out and do my job and live with the results".

The 1995 Orlando Magic had beaten Jordan and the Bulls, and led by Shaquille O'Neal and Penny Hardaway, appeared on their way to becoming the next dynasty in the National Basketball Association.

There's more: Bleacher Report crunched the numbers and found that James averaged 21.3 minutes in the first halves of Games 1 and 2, which is more than he averaged in any of the Cavs' three previous playoff series this season. The Cavs scored the most points in a half and recorded the most made 3s in a half in Finals history (13-for-22). This after combining to go 31-for-104 on 3s in the first three games of the series.

And why would James go to the Western Conference? Then, Durant hit the game-winning 3-pointer in the Warriors frantic Game 3 comeback and Pierce doubled down on his statement.

In a testament to Big Shot Bob's career, his Game 5 performance in the 2005 Finals as a member of the San Antonio Spurs against the Detroit Pistons often doesn't make the very top of his list of clutch plays. "This was as close to a 48-minute game as we played in the postseason".