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2007 NBA Finals Game 1 Spurs vs Cavaliers Full Game Highlights
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- Опубликовано: 14 авг 2024
- Some of the best plays (and every basket) from the first game of the 2007 NBA finals. NOTE I added some good defensive plays from Tim Duncan in the post and tried to get every Lebron James shot, turnover, assist and block. Obviously had some spurs favoritism with these highlights, but nonetheless wanted to show Lebron's performance from his first NBA finals game as its now part of NBA lore (He played in like 40 finals games up to this point). I own nothing.
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Lebron James 4-16 14 Points 7 Rebounds 4 Assists & 1 Block (11:58)
Tim Duncan 24 Points 13 rebounds
Tony Parker 27 Points 7 Assists
Spurs 85 Cavs 76
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This was the first Finals game where Mike Breen, Jeff Van Gundy, and Mark Jackson were all commentators. 13 years later they are still doing the same amazing job. Kudos to those guys!
16 years later and 2/3 fired :/
I remember Stephen A. Smith saying before this series that the Spurs don't want to face the Cavs because of the greatness of LeBron James. The Spurs then proceeded to shut down LeBron in this series holding him to 22.0 PPG 7.0 RPG 6.8 APG on 35.8% FG, 20.0% 3pt, and 5.75 TOV. Spurs truly don't get the credit they deserve. One of the more underappreciated dynasties in the NBA.
That man was 22😂 them stats are GREAT! lol stop that that cavs team suck
@@dyamihuntsberry3292 right? I thought bro was being sarcastic when he was listing those stats lmao
@@deliciouscorn2663 he got to be😂bc at 22? Thats pretty good against that team
At 22 yrs and playing with a high school team that's pretty fucking impressive!
@@deliciouscorn2663 22 ppg while shooting just 36% from the field, including 20% from 3pt line and 69% at the free throw line are great stats???? 🤦🤦🤦 And dont bring uo his age he wasnt a rookie anymore this was his 4th year in the league.
Damn !......LeBron got his first field goal in the middle of the 3rd quarter ! You gotta be kidding me ! lol
Spurs had better coach, playoffs experience, better players, better disciplined players and smarter players. Lebron averaged 6 turnovers in the NBA Finals shot 36% fg, Ilgauskas shot 35% from the field. We all know what Kobe did in the playoffs as a 22 year old. (Sentinel from X-men) DESTROYED! Kobe as a 22 year old, his team didn't lose a single game as a ROAD team in the playoffs, (8-0) with a squad of only 2 all stars.
@@Trancymind Because he had a prime fucking Shaq, the best player in the game
@@markakula6090They did it with only 2 all stars in their squad as a 22 year old Kobe. Very very impressive.
Before anyone says anything about LeBron, just look at the Spurs' defense when he gets the ball. There is literally never 1 person guarding him.
ensayofr if u know basketball and u actually watched this finals they forced lbj teammates to play they forced lbj to the corner forced and basically dared him to shoot witch in 07 he wasn't a great consistent shooter at all and the Cavs ran nothing but pick n rolls. gerg popavich knew wht he was doing nothing Cavs coulda did
Like I said, it was never ever one on one. How is it one on one if Tim Duncan blocked it? I think you're the one smoking if you think that was one on one.
One shot
Greg Dowe stop it, it was plenty of one on one match ups. He either settled for shots mainly or passed the ball. Great defense by the Spurs, great rotation on defense, and just great chemistry.
not an excuse for being the only person to simultaneously shoot under 40% FG with 5+ TOpg in an NBA Finals
Some people forget how good Parker & Duncan were.
Who ever thought back in 2007 that the Cavs had a chance in this series 😂😂😂.
Lebron scored 3 points in the 1st half but his teamates scored 35 points but were only down 5. He definetly had good role players
Facts LeBron fans don't want you to know
Bro, people hide these facts, Ilgauskas was a hell of a player
@@rohan_3128 exactly he was a two time allstar 7'2
Shhh no Lebron carried the team
so? good role players are not enough against one of the greatest teams of all time lol
22 year old LeBron was just shut down by this experienced spurs team forcing him to shoot the jumper. If he wasn't the only legitimate scoring threat they had, Cleveland could've forced this to at least 6 games. They had an ugly second half until the end of the fourth, but only lost one of the four games by double digits in this series. Just too much pressure on a 22 year old guy to carry a team that's an offensive liability, besides himself, but an asset on defense.
Nah. This was a sweep plain and simple. Tony Parker went ballistic this series. I'm not sure any team could have beaten the Spurs that year.
Juwan Davis and your point is?
The series wasn't as bad as everyone tries to make it out to be, it may have been a sweep, but the Cavs were very alive for most of the series.
Jay MacDonnell ???
Age isn't an excuse for him to have played this bad. Had LeBron actually played better he could've taken a game or two in this series
In GM 1 in 07 nba finals vs cavaliers,the San Antonio Spurs defense held LeBron James in his first NBA finals debut to only 14 points,neutralized by Bruce Bowen
6:20 dude look at francisco elson.. the guy is 7foot and look how fast he out runs EVERYONE
i miss this type of reffing; they let the game be much more physical and entertaining. Now the refs cheat make crappy calls for money.
True, it takes 10 minutes for 10 seconds many unnecessary calls
Yes refs did good...not like this year:
No contact = foul
Contact = no foul
No they don’t. Watch playoff basketball. Watch this finals.
LOL you know this game was set up by the refs right, refs bet on spurs to win this series
That 07 Cle squad wasn't that bad of a team. Cavs probably lose in 6 had LeBron averaged at least 5 more points. They probably could've shocked the world had Larry Hughes lived up to his contract.
that team was ass they did shit as soon as lebron left
they were terrible
Young Draco What the fuck? I love LeBron but he was garbage lmao.
22 ppg, 35.6% FG, 69.0% FT, 5.8 TPG.
dude they sucked stop it
You say that in retrospect cus you hear the names & think they were better then they was... bro that team had no business being in the nba finals! Lebron is just that damn good
If you swap lebron for jordan in these finals, at the same age, the way that cavs team was defending, he's winning this series
I always marvel at watching the impact of GoaTD on both sides of the ball. Good Lord! The man always gets disrespected with that BS greatest PF of all time lamestream media narrative, the man is a GOAT
wow Duncan was a monster.
Dwayne wade the year before carried his team to victory. So no excuses here about Lebron not being ready. He just wasn’t as good but media doesn’t want to admit that. Lebron was only able to increase his stats the last few minutes to get some points and assists once the Spurs had a comfortable lead and eased up on defense.
You gonna compare shaq, wade, GP, Zo, White Chocolate, UD, James to that sorry ass lineup with lebron and the Cavs? Just say u hate lebron.
@@jamalhenderson320 Those guys did absolutely nothing in that Finals Series. Wade carried those dudes. Check the stats.
This Cavs team actually wasn't so bad. But they were too young and inexperienced vs a all prime Spurs team. I mean both teams were playing incredible defense. Cleveland only lost by 3 in Game 3 and lost by 1 in game 4. They really weren't that bad, they just couldn't pull it off in crunch time.
Homecourt of cavs. Too bad they lost. They are not bad, but take out Lebron they are bad 😂
Ilgauskas was an all star caliber in 2007.
Some things never change (LeBron choking in the finals and getting swept)
🤣🤣🤣
Much better series than given credit for.
People always say Lebron carried a bunch of nobody to the nba finals but in actuality they carried him. If they relied on him they would have lost by 30 or 40 points or Worse!!! I guess the blame should go to the stupid coach who let Lebron play all those minutes. Lebron definitely always got the special treatment by coaching staff and media. If any other player is as unproductive they bench they ass and sub in someone else. If the coach of the Cavs would have done his job correctly, he would’ve sat Lebron for a lot more minutes. Lebron was holding the team back and the game would have been more competitive if they subbed him out and the Cavs might have even stole one
🤡🔫
Parker was a beast in this series.
A young lebron taking a cleveland Cavaliers for the first time in years against a dynasty team and people just hating go check video of 22 old jordan against pistons or even Kobe as a co pilot with shaq or even young shaq against rockets.
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Facing two 0.500 teams and the Pistons without Ben Wallace. Mj would win easy if that’s how easy he had it like Lebron in 2007.
lol @ 21 year old Kobe played hurt & still came up big in the finals lol. Stop the excuses Bron choked in this finals then in 2011 got to the finals with 2 superstars & choked AGAIN lol.
J Black What? Bruh you fucking stupid
You sound fucking stupid Kobe averaged over 30+ Points in both sweeps against Sacramento and San Antonio.
LeBron just wasn't a good enough shooter back then. They gave him there's and long twos but he didn't knock them down consistently.
Smh this Finals and 2011 is a big reason why alot of us don't have him over MJ.Great player but MJ NEVER had a bad Finals like 2007 or 2011.1996 was MJ's "worst" Finals and it wasn't even that bad
Lebron didn't choke this finals tho. He did his best. He was only 22 years old and was still developing vs a dynasty that had already won 3 Championships. Yall n1ggas make absolutely no sense lmao
He sure choked in 1989 and 1995. I don't blame u if you hold the 2011 finals against LeBron. His stats were so bad that they were worse than this one vs the spurs when he was less talented and less experienced so he definitely underperformed. But using this finals to say that's why he's not better than jordan is disingenuous af
@@sportstalkonly1442 MJ NEVER choked in the Finals that's facts!In 1989 and 1995 he wasn't in the Finals and I'm sure that's the point you're making.When MJ made it there he never lost in 6 tries....Bron has 6 LOSSES and definitely choked in 2011
@@jaymoney6233 idgaf if it was in the finals, the first round, the second round, the conference finals. The finals are apart of the playoffs and the n199a choked. Shut that dumb4ss sh1t up
@@jaymoney6233 and Jordan playing weak a22 competition
Damn Lebron played pretty rough!!!!! His shot just looks like a brick when it leaves his hands.
this finals tell u that letting was operated no d terrified to shoot the ball kahwi had a better performance in his first finals
Tony parker was very fast in his prime
gonna miss the big 3 😞🏆
Genaro Sanchez the best big three in my heart :) #GSG .. its just nice that they are asembled by destiny and not by free agency lol
This team had no business being in the NBA finals... lebron is such a freak of nature he legit put this team & city on his back
With 3 points in the first half
The Cavs played a 41-41 Wizards team, a 41-41 Nets team and a 53-29 Pistons team who were without Ben Wallace to get to the Finals. It’s not a miracle at all that the Cavs were able to make it to the Finals.
This is 100% false. In the 1st round, Lebron didn't play well in that series, his supporting cast did. In the 2nd round , Lebron played just above average performance. Vs Pistons he played a legendary series. Vs Spurs Lebron played like Kobe did vs Pistons in 2004 with their best player Wallace in their squad.
2:29 YES TD!! THAT's help defense!
LeBron team mates picked up the slack, I thought it would have been the other way around: all this time I was under the impression that LeBron didn't have enough support in those 2007 Finals but upon further review it was the other way around...., who would of thought?! I got to give credit to the spurs Defense who said it's going to have to be everyone else but James that beats us.....good strategy.
You should watch Game six of the Pistons Cavs series. LBJ's teammates also picked up the slack in that game too to close out the series. The 07 Cavs weren't half as bad as people love to remember. They were a really good defensive team and were able to stay in most of the games in this series because of there defense. Had LBJ gone off at all they could of won some of those games but the Spurs closed the lane with doubles, limit his transition pts and forced him to shoot jumpers and he couldn't adjust.
Blueblur 22 thats straight facts
That’s why you can’t listen to everything that the media says
I always gave bron a pass for the 2007 finals because people always said he played with bums and that he was carrying them
I will admit that he didn’t have the best supporting cast but they were no where near bums💯 if anything bron lost them the finals
The most they lost by was 11 and they lost a game by 9 while bron only had 14 points
In game 4 they even lost my 1 and bron had decent numbers but he shot 10-30
Can’t give you a pass for getting swept and averaging 22 on 35 percent from the field
@@teejaytv3821 no lebron didn't lose them the finals. He lost because he didn't have a good team and was playing vs a dynasty that won 3 championships before he even faced them. Gtfoh with your nonsense.
@@blueblur2273 and u should give context. Lebron led the cavs in points rebounds assists and steals that series.
@@sportstalkonly1442 Completely irrelevant! We're not talking about whether LBJ was the best player on the team were talking about if he had any help and the fact is he did. Those guys came through in Game 6 to close out the series.
As for the Finals, LBJ struggled all throughout the Finals that year yet every single game except Game 2 was close. They were close because his teammates were playing lockdown defense. Had LBJ played against the Spurs like he did against the Cavs they could have easily pushed that series past 4. Wade the year before practically had no help in the Finals yet he still carried his team to a championship against a Dallas team that defeated the "dynasty" Spurs team you're talking about. Not one of Wade's teammates averaged over 15 pts yet Wade was still able to carry them to a chip. Had LBJ played the same exact way Wade did instead of choking then the Cavs possibly win that series. You LBJ fans have your heads so far up LBJ"s a$$ you try to make every excuse for him. Every time he loses it's because he didn't have enough help. Smh.
Lebron at 22 carried the cavs team to the finals without superstar.
Carried lmaooooooo
@@waylenwaddlefinsup9876 🤫
I remember the only series Lebron played great was vs the Pistons. The rest of the 3 series he underperformed in 2007.
The spurs DID NOT OVERPOWER the cavaliers. Lebron played bad. 22 ppg and shot 35%. The last two games were won within 3 points. Zyndranus ilgauskaus played great and had 10 reb. a game and one game he had 10 OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS an nba record. Game 1 lebron had only 14 pts and played 44 minutes. All he needed was 10 more to win that game. I'm not saying he choked. He just underperformed and his team had great defense. The team held duncan to 18 ppg with 44% shooting as a big man. 4 players averaged in double digits on the cavs. Boobie gibson, sasha pavlocic, and drew gooden all played better than they did in the regular season, the only one who didn't play as good was james. He went from 27.3 on 48% shooting in the season to 22.0 ppg on 35% shooting. He kept taking ill advised shots and was playing much more passive than how he played against detroit the previous round. Sidenote larry hughes was injured. Had he been healthy the cavs would have had an even closer series.
You are right, and you didn't even mention the TO. bigz held dunkn at a very low per and points (even through he wasn't that great offensivly either) and the rest of the role players played a lot better than they actually performed in reg season. Mike brown tried and managed to keep the score at low levels which it would be better for the cavs.actually if you look at all
games you would see that they were pretty close. So, I do believe LeBron was the reason for the sweep. If he had play as he did with the pistons, cavs could be able to steal one or two games from spurs
Give 100% credit to Spurs coaching staff and Spurs smart defense.
This and the 2018 finals I give bron a pass for, and 2015. Same can’t be said for 2011
LeBron’s oesnt serves a pass for this series and especially not 2018. Lebron choked in this series while his teammates carried him
The only player after Iverson who bring a garbage team to the final 22 years old the young goat
Iverson had a legendary coach who had a squad that had players that were well known to defend. McKie, Mutombo, Snow, Bell. Lebron had all star ilgauskas and a good supporting cast. His supporting cast played really good in the eastern conference playoffs. The 2007 NBA Finals felt like a #1 seed vs #8 seed western conference 1st round matchup. Pretty much what happened next year in 2008 1# seed Lakers (Kobe & Gasol) vs #8 seed Nuggets (Carmelo & Iverson) it was a sweep 4-0. The Nuggets NEVER lead at the end of each quarter throughout the series.
Those Passes
By Tony Parker😱
0:38 & 6:20 & 6:40
Are Beautiful‼️
Damn this was 10 years ago
the finals series We all learned who LeBron James really was
VINCE SAVAGE Even when he was 26-27 in 2011 he choked when he had better talent
@@jalenwoolfolk2131 Exactly
@VINCE SAVAGE Magic was 21 and led Lakers to a game 6 Finals win on the road to win it all NO EXCUSES but then again that's all most Bron fans are about
@@jaymoney6233 so one game where magic played great and had a stacked team vs a series where lebron had nobodies and was young carrying a team to the finals vs a dynasty?
@@sportstalkonly1442 You should be Bron's publicist with all these EXCUSES!!MJ went up against the Bad Boys in 1989 and was young but why don't you use the same apologetic tone for him as you use for Bron and who cares how young he was, he was old enough to compete.There is no sympathy at all, especially for someone who was ARROGANT as Bron was early on but hadn't WON anything as far as rings.
Damn lebron got exposed.
The Spurs forced Bron to be an inefficient jump shooter in this series, in addition to directing the entire defense at him whenever he tries to attack. San Antonio successfully forced LeBron's teammates to try and step up and beat them.
Of course, since it was practically a one man offense in Cleveland, it didn't work.
Cleveland was not a “one man offense” you retard
You should have included lebron bricking jumpshots and turnovers lmfao
its all included every Lebron turnover, every Lebron shot and every Lebron block
This whole video shows no highlights from Lebron, other than his free throws lol
all four fgs made 8:40 9:35 11:04 11:16
he just didn't play well 10:21
yes he no 🐐 😂
+spursfan746 had the time to look all that up 😂😂
Jordan wasnt great enuff to do so he need phil jackson ,pippen n grant
InanimatedTV
Jordan didn’t play two 0.500 teams and the Pistons without 4x DPOY Ben Wallace like Lebron in 2007. Way different when you play Birds Celtics and Isiah’s Pistons.
@@nobodytouchesmj9780 Exactly why do Bron fans fail to mention who MJ was playing with and who he was playing against in those series
@@jaymoney6233idk bro🤦🏾♂️ their delusional
LeBron didnt have enough help huh?! No it was the other way around LeBitch didn't help out enough!!!
porque no ponen cuando anoto leBron en ese juego .
the hell was that? 4:56
🤣🤣🤣
Nervousness personified is what that was 🤣🤣🤣
lecrying james had no d overrated was scared to shoot
Rïley † stfu you dont even watch basketball i bet eaither.
Spurs easiest ring.
Jordan took a worse team than the 2007 Cavs to 6 games against a much better team than the 2007 Spurs in the 1989 Pistons. The 1989 Pistons were 15-2 in the playoffs, tied for the 2nd-best playoff record ever in the 4-round format.
The 2007 Spurs had lost 4 playoff games in the West alone before sweeping the Cavs in the Finals. In the 1989 and 1990 Playoffs, the Pistons were 22-2 against non-Jordan teams.
1989 ECF best scoring teammates
Hodges 12.0 ppg on 45%
Cartwright 10.5 ppg on 41%
Pippen 9.7 ppg on 40%
Grant 9.3 ppg on 50%
2007 Finals best scoring teammates
Gooden 12.8 ppg on 50%
Gibson 10.8 ppg on 44%
Pavlovic 9.8 ppg on 36%
Varejao 7.5 ppg on 67%
The Cavs were also ranked 2 of 30 in rebounding, as opposed to the Bulls' 22 of 25 rank in rebounding. The 2007 Cavs held Duncan to under 45% FG in the Finals, the 2nd-worst shooting series in Duncan's Finals career after 2005.
The 2007 Cavs clearly had far superior defensive and rebounding help than the 1989 Bulls, holding the Spurs to 85 or less in 3/4 games
And remember, MJ played great in the 1989 ECF
(30-6-7-2 on 46%)
unlike LeBron in the 2007 Finals
(22-7-7 on 36% FG and 5.8 TOpg)
badly outplayed by Tony Parker
(25-5-3 on 57%)
Video - Tony Parker Schools LeBron's Defense - 2007 NBA Finals
LeBron played so poorly, that he was the only player in Finals history to shoot under 40% FG (35.6%) with 5+ TOpg (5.8 TOpg) in an NBA Finals. The only person to average more TOpg in an NBA Finals is Magic Johnson with 6.0 TOpg in 1983, but he also had 12.5 apg when no one else has reached 11.5 apg in an NBA Finals. Despite LeBron's all-time historically bad performance, the 4 games were only decided by a margin of 6 PPG.
so MJ was doing way more to create those opportunities for his teammates, and was far more responsible for whatever production they had than LeBron for his teammates, and MJ was playing against a way better team. Keep in mind 3 of 4 games of the 2007 Finals were in single digits despite LeBron's negligible contribution on both offense and defense.
Had you replaced LeBron with prime Jordan in 2007, the Cavs would have swept the weak East 12-0, maybe 12-1 if they got unlucky
- two 0.500 teams
- Pistons with no 4x DPOY Ben Wallace or Larry Brown
and beat the Spurs in 5 or 6 games, with Jordan shutting down Tony Parker along with playing great offensively being the difference.
Nobody Touches Jordan You don't get enough appreciation
Jordan didn't make the 1989 Finals because he played a better team than the 2007 Spurs in the ECF, and was in a much tougher conference than the 2007 East.
The 2007 Cavs only made the Finals because they played in a very weak conference. If every team in the conference is bad, of course a bad supporting cast will make the Finals by default. This also applies to teams like the 2001 Sixers, 2002 Nets, 2003 Nets.
It's much more impressive to take a 15-2 playoff team to 6 games in the ECF, after beating 2 50+ win teams to get there, than to beat easy competition for 3 rounds only to get swept in the Finals against the only good team you faced.
The 2007 Cavs are the only team since the 1987 Lakers to beat two 0.500 or worse teams to make the Finals, proving how easy of a path it was. For reference, Jordan only faced two 0.500 or worse teams in his entire playoff career, the 07 Cavs matched that in one single playoff run alone.
then they beat the 2007 Pistons without 4x DPOY Ben Wallace who had left. the East declined so much in 2007, that the Pistons had the 1-seed with a 53-29 record. This is the 3rd-worst record for a 1-seed in the 4-round format, after the 2003 Pistons and 2002 Nets. and as expected, the Cavs were swept when they finally faced a legitimate team in the Spurs.
had Jordan faced two 0.500 teams and the Pistons without Ben Wallace, the 2007 Cavs with Jordan would have easily made the Finals and beaten the Spurs for reasons mentioned in the 1st comment.
Nobody Touches Jordan and another thing y r u comparen pretty. much the worst finals team since 01 sixers to bulls just stop we all know mj is goat
+Gabriel Morales
Hay muchas errores en lo que tu has escrito. Te respondería en español, pero tengo que escribir en ingles para que los otros en este sección de comentarios puedan entender.
The 1989 Bulls that I was comparing had no all-stars besides Jordan. That includes Pippen and Grant who were not yet all-stars and just average role players in their 2nd year. As the first comment showed, even with Pippen and Grant, Jordan's teammates played worse against the 1989 Pistons in the ECF than LeBron's teammates against the Spurs in the 2007 Finals.
The 2007 Spurs were 16-4 in the playoffs and 12-4 against non-LeBron teams. The 1989 Pistons were 15-2 in the playoffs and 11-0 against non-Jordan teams. 15-2 is tied for the 2nd-best playoff record in the 4-round format after the 2001 Lakers' 15-1. And the Pistons' 2 losses came at the hands of Jordan himself.
The 1989 and 1990 Pistons combined were 22-2 against non-Jordan teams in the 89 and 90 Playoffs but the 2007 Spurs had 4 losses in one Playoffs alone.
You said that LeBron's teammates had a good FG% because of his passing, but Jordan did a much better job on offense (and defense) in the 1989 ECF than LeBron in the 2007 Finals against a better team than the 2007 Spurs.
MJ played great in the 1989 ECF
(30-6-7-2 on 46%)
unlike LeBron in the 2007 Finals
(22-7-7 on 36% FG and 5.8 TOpg)
So Jordan, in fact, created much more opportunities for his teammates in the 89 ECF than LeBron in the 07 Finals, but his teammates still had worse production (on defense as well as offense). The 1989 Bulls were clearly a worse supporting cast than the 2007 Cavs on both offense and defense.
Yes, Jordan did not get to the Finals at age 22 because that was only his 2nd year coming off a broken foot where he missed almost the full season. and LeBron was in his 4th year in an incredibly weak Eastern Conference. Much different circumstances.
The 2007 Cavs are the only team since the 1987 Lakers to beat two 0.500 or worse teams to make the Finals. For comparison, Jordan only faced two 0.500 or worse teams in his *entire playoff career* yet the 2007 Cavs matched that in one playoff run alone.
Then they beat a watered down Pistons team that was not close to the 2004 and 2005 teams that made the Finals under Larry Brown. The 2007 Pistons had no 4x DPOY Ben Wallace who left, and they had the 1-seed with only a 53-29 record.
That is the 3rd-worst record for a 1-seed in the 4-round format after the 2002 Nets and 2003 Pistons. If every team in the conference is weak, of course a weak supporting cast, like the 2007 Cavs, will make the Finals by default. It was a significantly easier and less impressive accomplishment to make the Finals in 2007 under such easy circumstances.
Jordan never had the luxury of playing in that weak of a conference, so of course he wouldn't make the Finals earlier in his career since he was under much tougher circumstances. In the 1989 Playoffs alone, Jordan beat two 50+ win teams before losing to the 63-19 Pistons. In Lebron's entire first run in Cleveland from 2003-2010 he beat only one 50+ win team, the 2007 Pistons without 4x DPOY Ben Wallace, who likely would not even reach 50 wins if they played in a legit conference.
Lastly, the 2007 Cavs are not the worst supporting cast to make the Finals since the 2001 Sixers. The 2002 and 2003 Nets had worse supporting casts than both Iverson's Sixers and LeBron's 2007 Cavs. The 2003 Nets are the last team to make the Finals with a record under 50 wins (49-33).
Richard Jefferson and Kenyon Martin, the 2 best teammates that Kidd had on those Finals teams, never averaged 10 ppg or 13 ppg respectively in a playoff series without Kidd's passing. So whenever they played well with the Nets, it was only because Jason Kidd's passing made them play well in the first place.
The Nets also had much worse defensive help than the 2007 Cavs, as they were a top 10 worst defense in 2001 before Kidd joined them. Their rebounding was so bad that Kidd had to lead them in rebounding for the 2002 Playoffs as a PG. Magic is the only other PG to do that on a Finals team and he is 6-9.
However, like the 2007 Cavs, the 2002 and 2003 Nets only made the Finals because they also benefited from a weak Eastern Conference. The 2002 Nets (52-26) and 2003 Pistons (50-32) have the two worst record for a 1-seed in the 4-round format with the 2007 Pistons (53-29) being the third-worst.
Nobody Touches Jordan the point is that we all know mj the goat so y r u comparing and lbj is great as well
spurs superior defense
5:00 am I the only one that heard that? 😂
Duncan Donuts
this just make me feel sad that LB did not have a decent coach to enlighten him back in the days.
No lebron didn't have the skills
Mike Brown was/is a good coach. It was the team around LBJ that was trash
@@antangelonethe team that was 4th in defensive efficiency??🤦🏾♂️
the original big 3
Spurs team younger will dominate the warriors
Erin Smith not at all KD, Steph, and Klay would be a nightmare for they ass. LeBron wasn't a good shooter then, and clearly didn't have a good enough team for the Spurs.
You clearly dont know defense
@@jrula8347ion kno bro they gotta make them shots i would say you put khawi on this 07 team then its a real matchup
This series proves the sun's crybabies would've lost the series to the Cavs in 6 games!
Lol that 23 from the Cavs is trash
Larong buko pa si james😅🤣
4 qtr looks like spurs Vs heat beating ass
Lebron was trash in this series. Choked. Honesty, no denial.
D-G he was only 22 leading a team with barely any all stars!
@@DaRealYungRayHis age makes no difference. That was his 4th season in the league and his 3rd All-Star selection by that time. So he should get a pass for playing so terribly in the Finals but get all the credit for his team making it through the playoffs too get there?
D-G yes but when you look at it just think about it. A lot of pressure on you to help your team win. That cavs team was decent but wasn’t supposed to be in the finals
And he had a good team he underperformed heavly
@@DaRealYungRay "wasnt suppose to be in the Finals"? Are you serious? ......so who was suppose to be in the Finals that year?
This series proves that Lebron is NOT A GOAT
This comment proves your idiot asshole!
Abe Brima you right he a dumb ass this man took nobody team to finals who really think they go beat spurs
And 13 years later his jumper still pissy.
Lol u check his shooting lately?
@@jamalhenderson320 lately lol
@@ryu8488 yea lately.. i doubt its pissy now, so 13 years ago is irrelevant.
This is not the Apex James if you put the Prime Bron here this series will go to Game 7 this team Gooden, Ilgauskas, Gibson was better than 2017 CAVs. If not because of that studid idiot JR Smith Bron wouldnt got sweep again in the NBA finals.
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A lot of misses in this vid.
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lebron is the worst player on the field