How Lebron James Transformed Into a GOAT Finals Performer: A Breakdown (2007-2012)
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This is how Lebron turned into one of the greatest finals performers of all time.
The finals are coming up soon.
Let's look back at how Lebron evolved to be come an NBA champion.
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You know the Raptors are winning the Finals right?
No its warriors n curry 2019 finals MVP
Lebron is trash 🗑. Kd n curry is better than bron
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Should’ve showed that Mavericks finals vs how they MURDERED the Mavs, in the following season opener. I knew from that game, they were gonna win the chip. They showed complete growth.
I remember that . Mans had like 36
They beat them by like 40
LeBron was out for revenge
Thats so crazy how lebron improved faster than the time it took for part 3 of the greatest playoff series to come out
tough
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2007 spacing was so bad, my eyes hurt
playing varejao sasha hughes at pg and gooden will do that..smdh...
Asmosis Jones English please
@Viper 47 yeah 2011 heat might have been worse
Viper 47 so Mario charmers??
It's not as bad as it seems. Looking at the stats from that year, they had like 4 dudes shooting at least 35 percent from 3 off like 2-3 attempts per game.
last time i was this early dom still made videos about the celtics and bulls playoffs series🤧
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Those are his best videos ever made
He will never finish that series, he said it earlyer this year
Man Tyson Chandler was so important on that 2011 mavs team. I'm still upset that Marc Cuban was cheap
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That Mavs team could've competed til 2013 with Tyson & Dirk. All they needed was to sign a wing scorer to replace Butler & move Marion to the bench. Broke up that team way too early.
@@CREOLEHEAT Yep Tyson covered all of Dirks deficiencies, he was the perfect compliment like Klay is for Steph...Yeah Mark Cuban was dumb...I think he thought he was going to improve the team with that money he saved on Tyson but he didn't
I remember back then when I was like 10 people use to make jokes about lebron not having a ring .
I was like 13
2009 lebron was a complete monster literally flying through the air 2012 lebron was a monster as well except that he was a reliable shooter
Low Distortion
Not in dis finals series
2012 Bron was polished, no weaknesses
@@86SuperRay Only weakness was crumbling under pressure like in 2011
Fresh C keyword:2012
2013 Lebron was better
This is what Mark Cuban was explaining to Skip in 2012 in First Take which is why people should give Mavericks more credit for the way they guarded the 2011 Heat. They’re game plan worked beautifully. They beat them as a team, same as 2014 Spurs
that 2014 spurs team was horrifyingly good
LeBron should have won in 2011 but Dirk was hell bent on victory.
@@ExistentHope Yeah,people say he disappeared on em due to overall PPG, but people forget that Dirk didn't take not a damn game to 7 on postseason. Won 4-2, then swept Lakers, then kept rolling. They just weren't understanding the mentality that season.
@@ExistentHope and LeBron wasn't the only star either, Dirk was just Dirk Lmao
I think it was more bron didn’t play well than mavs guarding him bc the following season the heat blew out the mavs by like almost 40. Bron was a different monster. 2012-2018 bron would prob sweep or beat that mavs team in 5
I wish you would’ve broke down game 1 of last years finals
He will next video. Notice it says 2007-2012
Lebron quit, also could've called Time-Out when JR Smith got the ball, didnt ofc
dashon T it hurts me watching that game after all that LeBron did for the cavs to keep them in that game and still lost
@@LoganBrock4 didnt know he had one and also was tired from carrying that shit of a team
@@LoganBrock4 You REALLY said LeBron quit when he was shouting his ass off at JR to pass it? Make your bias less obvious.
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Suddenly I'm remembering an earlier video:
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Being in the East was both a blessing and a curse...weird logic how it'd actually be better for his legacy if he simply choked 1st round a lot rather than win the ECF & face GSW. You're right he's played lights out since his 2012 in the finals tho
Kacey R. No it wouldn’t have been better for his legacy, what are you talking about
@@dandunt356 hes saying it would have been better for him to lose in the first or second round to preserve his finals record
KingJayJay No it wouldn’t have been better because making it to the finals is always better than losing in the first or second round.
@@JayWak Exactly. Then again, him making 8 straight finals is brought up all the time too. Or being the leading scorer in playoffs history. Confusing
@@dandunt356 Making it to NBA finals isnt better than losing in 1st rd. If you lose to the same. For ex if cavs got swept in 1st/2nd rd vs Spurs instead of finals its no different.
its ok dom, just take me away from finals studying
this is in a way FINALS studying
After the first 2 finals, balled out of control. Anyone bringing up his record, remember overall context...and him having 3 FMVPs (2nd all-time) and already the playoffs leading scorer
Dom2k always great at providing full context & poking holes in cliche narratives
Darrel Kirtsch but why is it fair to completely ignore his two failures?
lebron did choke 6 finals with overrated stats, kobe,mj,magic,bird curry and durant are way better only ppl under 20 think otherwise
@@cortezmauricio56 If you're under 20, yet mention Curry/KD not Wilt, Kareem, etc You're also a GSW fan clearly (Raiders pic). LeBron not only buries them statistically, but also has more FMVPs and season MVPs than literally everyone you named besides MJ
@@darrelkirtsch6767 you kids don't even mention them either lol ive been watching nba more then you since you started watching in 2012 because of lechoke james lol hes stats mean nothing when hes choked 6 finals
That intro is all types of wrong with the predictions lol
Might as well add Finals 2016 too cuz, yenno...heh 3-1 come back 😎
YEEESSSSIRR You already know cuz 😎
But is also 3 and 1 against that same team. Plus a 3-6 in the Finals is not goat material to me.
LeGoat
Uchawi Beatz yes he’s 1-3 because the first time he lost he lost the 2nd and 3rd best players on his team and after he Leclutched a ring down 3-1 draymond cried in the car begging the traitor kd to come join him because they couldn’t beat lebron without him. 2011 is the only finals lebron didn’t do everything he could to push his Team over the top
@@th12906 still doesn't explain why he faded in the 2011 Finals or got swept in the 2007 finals. Listen I like LeBron but some people are delusional. They like to put this narrative that he's a clutch performer and the GOAT. As long as MJ exist I am never putting LeBron as a great finals performer. To me he hasn't even surpassed Bird or Magic
Great Video man. The intro had me dead tho knowing what happened in the 2019 finals
Those who hate bron will acknowledge his greatness when he retires
dionysis e Facts, people did it with Kobe and they’ll do it with LeBron
Never liked lebron but over the years I came to respect his game , truly one of the best to ever do it
@@likemikegenerationx2 he aint kobe. Nigga passed MJ and no one cared.
dionysis e Same with KD
@@BeingWokeTV which one you calling very overrated? Every superstar at one point or another was overrated before.
Hey Dom, please break down the rest of LeBrons incredible finals run, maybe lebron vs the spurs defense in 2013 & 2014 and please man break down the incredible performances of lebron against the warriors, 2015, 2016, 2017 & 2018 game 1 where he lebron was on this incredible one man run through the east & then faced the warriors in game 1 in oakland and nearly stole 1 on the road if george hill wouldve hit his FT or jr scores the ball
DuckRulezz 2013 first 3 games he was trash! 18, 17 and 15 points luckily chalmers had a good game 2, and Wade woke up in game 4, then Bron scores like 9 points in garbage time of the 4th after they had a big lead, like he did in 2014 score many of his points after the Spurs were already up to make it look like he actually was a factor and he did a poor job facilitating giving Bosh only 10 shots per game.
Kristion nah, he was trying to get them back in the game
Thomas Sankara og you always have the ball and don’t play defense the shit is easy to get since 2016/17 ask Westbrook and Harden. It started to become easier to get in 2014/15. Anyone paying attention to triple doubles around the nba knows this. But again I’m not a fan boy
Thomas Sankara in game 4 in 2013 Lebron was shooting and scoring with 22 seconds left and a 13 point lead thats stat padding and its a disgrace. Kobe did it game 1 vs Magic. Game 4 of 2013 is Lebron 1st ever +25 game vs spurs in finals in 8 games and game 1 Kobe 1st ever finals game
@@kristion9774 boii you play until the buzzer. You're the same type to get mad at people that score at the end when there is no defense
It’s a crime for Dom to only have this many subscribers
Even when he loses in the finals he usually played the best...2015 and 2018 specifically. Only 2011 is on lebron. All his other finals losses he was either under manned and had no business being there or injuries
Everybody like to forget in 2015 kyrie played 1 finals game and Love didnt play any games
@@dibo43288 Actually Kyrie was dealing with injuries from the bulls series. Played only 2 games in the hawks series on limited min. He essentially took bench players to the finals that year. 3 times he did that and they led to finals losses. 3 of his finals losses are really accomplishments if you look at it with context
Khal Drogo23 he took 32.5 shots per game just to avg 35 points that’s fucking trash in 2015! That’s worse than Harden, Westbrook and Iverson efficiency wise.
He dominates the ball cant play in a system or off the ball so he will get the most assists and the warriors want team assists not individual assist and they lead the nba in team assist! Lebron teams never even finished top 5 in team assists! Defensive rebounds are uncontested in this era and they shooting all those 3 pointers that brick to the perimeter so rebounding is easier than ever for a wing.
Warriors beat him with small ball lineups and faced him with them. Dudes all 6’8 and under. That’s some disrespectful as shit to even try shows they have no respect for Lebron! No one over 6’8 played 13 minutes per game for The warriors in 2016 and in 2015 after game 3 Bogut played 3 total minutes! They didn’t respect Lebron with those small asss lineups. They would never face prime Jordan with small ball lineups.
They were injured in 2016 Curry missed 7 playoff games, Iggy and Bogut got hurt and Draymond missed a game.
And the dude went down 3-1 to a team Durant had down 3-1 with their best player playing injured and out of shape! Shits embarrassing when Cavs were preseason favorites to win the title immediately following their 2015 title loss.
Luckily the nba, the warriors, and Kyrie 3 consecutive 30 point games made sure he won that title.
2017 and 2018 Durant was way better. You dudes value losing! His stats weren’t impactful! He disappeared in overtime of game 2 of 2018 and committed suicide on his own shooting hand and got sympathy. Smh.
Khal Drogo23 he used free agency and team changing to insure he made every nba finals except the 2007 and his teams were preseason favorites to win every title from 2011-2016 but he unperformed in the regular and in the finals because he can’t play in a system and burns himself out because he doesn’t properly utilize his teammates at the best of their abilities so they rarely win as many games as they should to remain favorites.
All he knows is drive and kick, call for a pick, all to get a layup or shoot a 3 rarely uses the in between or post up game. Can’t set screens and move off ball to score on cuts and catch and shoots and free his players with screens and back picks so they can score. Won’t let them create for themselves or him. Won’t let the coaches implement a system so the role players can shine and have a defined role. If he could do all of that he would’ve won titles without changing teams in free agency back in 2009 and 2010 instead of getting upset by lower seeds in the east and would be better than 3-6 with 2 game 7 victories where he faced elimination in game 6 in 2013, and elimination in game 5 of 2016.
@@kristion9774 I understand your hate but tone it down some bro
Imagine making the finals 8 years in a row, getting injured along with 3 other important teammates on a team that has missed the playoffs every year since 2012 (and subsequently missing the playoffs), and people call you a bum
They still sucked when he came back
@@johndavis9321
When he was with the Lakers?
@@TheSHIELDCap yea
team still sucked with him on it but its cool, the team sucks and the west is a strong conference, dont know how people use this season to shit on lebron
“You’re guarding the greatest player on earth and you have no clue where he is” that had to be a scary feeling
Amazing video. Great to see you breakdown footage ever since that 06 Wade Finals video, these new types of videos have all been really dope
Korzemba Vs Dom 2k make it happen.
Good analysis. Shows how much the league changed over those 5 years and how much more valued shooting became
Do Wade 06 Finals. Since this was my homie last season playing.
Looking back, that 2006 Miami Heat team was loaded! Alonzo Mourning backing up Shaq. Gary Payton coming off the bench. Jason Williams I think at the point. And D-Wade - enough said. I expected D-Wade to be great the moment I saw him beat UK almost by himself in the Elite 8 before he was drafted by the Heat
@nabil Chowdhury - If you know anything about basketball, you play to win (I'm almost quoting a certain head coach). Is that your argument man? Then what was the excuse of the rest of the so called young teams according to your take? If that 2006 Miami Heat team was way out of their prime man, they wouldn't have won the title. Your take is a bit out of its prime man. And surely weak!
When it is the Third Quarter and the score is still in the 30s. How I miss this era of people actually playing defense Lol
Nowadays we be in the 80s points by the half if any good team play the suns Lol
Ger Yang had nothing to do with defense. It was the pace of the game because everyone was just iso’ing unless you were someone like the dantoni suns or pops spurs.
No
People already hating
Thank you!
People forgot that in 2011 it wasn’t clear whose team it was; after that series, Wade assured Lebron it would be LeBron!s team going forward and that changed everything
Still doesn't excuse the fact that they lost to a team with one real superstar and role players
He scored 8 points in one game and was the third leading scorer on his team.
rafikz77 he still choked
Skip Bayless MJ got bailed out by Paxson, Kerr and Armstrong ....
KokuTenko so? MJ had playoff games vs where he disappeared as well
it’s insane watching this video 4
years later and hearing the giannis thing at the beginning of the video. looked at the date and could only think about how kawahi ended up getting the raptor that 0-2 comeback
as someone who some may call a "lebron fan", he was actually a more complete player with miami than what he was with his first stint with the cavs, since during that initial stint, he wasn't the most reliable jump shooter nor did he have the best post game, but thanks to training with hakeem in the 2011 offseason and spoelstra letting him spend more time in the post, that's when he arguably became a more complete player
This video validates the points Mark Cuban made in his debate against Skip Bayless. The Dallas Mavericks don't get the credit they deserve for their defensive strategy in the 2011 finals.
Bruh why are people still hating on Curry for the 2016 Finals, but no one has even mentioned Dame shooting terribly and blowing 3 straight games where they had big leads?
Dame didn’t win a MVP or 73 games. And as you say: in-game leads not a series lead
Because at face value it does seem like it's all his fault, but in reality his performance was a small part of the perfect storm impacted by events such as Bogut's injury, which opened the paint to Lebron and Kyrie, his previous injuries in that same post season which he was slightly rushed out of, and even the loss of the back of the only "Lebron Stopper" the warriors had
Thank you for this video cause as a die hard LeBron fan I really can see Bron’s greatness grow through out the years and can truly see why The King is one of the GOATS...
aren't you getting tired of riding every damn team he goes to? im a lakers fan and i want him to leave, he shouldn't have signed, smh.
slim shady Na i go where ever he goes and you being a lakers fan u should be honored he Bless ya teams with his greatness and ima remember to hit ya up on here when he bring ya ungrateful asses a ring...
@@slimshady9268 you stupid bitch shut the fuck up the Lakers have of the deepest team and its because he joined us I'm glad he came to the Lakers I was losing hope
@@gaspackmarlee5889 he's a dumb bitch fuck him
Such a sad era of NBA when we already know the championship winner. Well watch basketball for the love of the game until it the league becomes able to knock off the Warriors.
@@Luis-ud6ln Yes. MJ should have been going up against the 2000 Lakers or GSW, not the Suns, Blazers, etc. Not enough competition
John Harris Facts, MJ bulls were the warriors of that era, they were just way better than every other team since the Lakers, Celtics, and Pistons got old or injured
lebron did choke 6 finals with overrated stats, kobe,mj,magic,bird curry and durant are way better only ppl under 20 think otherwise
cortezmauricio56 “Overrated stats” lol let me know when somebody else replicates his stats then Raiders fan🤣
@@felipe5955 lol only loser fans under 20 care about stats lol mr.3-6
Goat finals performer being 3-6. haven't listened yet. I just know dome is gonna make a good case no matter what.
Marco Warren mj ain’t even top 10 by that logic
3 finals mvps (tied for 2nd most all-time), 2nd in Finals scoring, and playoffs leading scorer boi
@@bill11ringsrussell66 he has a positve finals record tho lmao what
JJ Barea carried the Mavs to a championship✊🏽🇵🇷💪🏽
LeBron has always has solid mechanics on his jumper, but he would change his form every year. He stopped doing this once Ray Allen joined the Heat and advised him/worked with him on his jumper. This is something the coaching and development staff of a team is supposed to address. I'm not sure what the deal with his FT shooting is, but once his mid range game finally took off it was over for the league.
Regarding LeBron's free throws... his knees and his arms are out of sync with each other when he shoots them. Not only that, but his heels tend to drop to the ground just as he's releasing the ball, thus doing the free-throw equivalent of a fadeway and killing his energy transfer. The RUclips channel "Scot Shot Basketball" has couple of really good videos demonstrating this.
2012 and 2013 LeBron was in another level on offense and defense. The Cavs won 50 games that year and 60+ the next. That wasn't a scrub team he just ran into teams who played team ball.
More of these! This one was sick af!
lebron did choke 6 finals with overrated stats, kobe,mj,magic,bird curry and durant are way better only ppl under 20 think otherwise
cortezmauricio56 I’m from LA. So KB my GOAT!
cortezmauricio56 pass the blunt
@@itsDuhTruth lechoke james lol
LeBron James career is the perfect underdog story. Someone could make a movie about his career and they wouldn’t have to change a thing for the audience to root for him.
Great vid by the way
Briggs Lyons underdog story? Those Miami teams were stacked and so was Cleveland until Kyrie was traded. Not to mention he was a number 1 pick and super hyped since high school. He’s never truly been an underdog. He’s always been the most physically gifted player on the court.
This is what Mark Cuban was saying during an interview. People focus so much on Lebron's shortcomings they forget how great the Mavs defended him here.
Hey Dom, could you take a look at the 2004 Finals with the Pistons vs the Lakers? I've always been interested in how they pulled off that upset!
Kobe bricking shot after shot wanting to be the fmvp is the story of that 04 finals. Sad to watch
Ur highkey blowing up
Giannis going to finals...
GSW winning 4th chip...
God this did not age well lol
I don’t understand why people act like JJ Barea outplayed him when he was being guarded by Mike Bibby
Dom : I can’t wait for Anttetekumpo to start his finals Career against the Warriors
Also Dom: If you guys want to see the Warriors win their 3 tittle here’s seat geek .
Lmao no type of hope Dom 💀
Armando Arellano Dom2k aka Mr No Chill
That definitely didn't age well😂
Break down Kobe saving Shaq in the Finals please, or their whole consecutive Finals run either or lol
mean while dom 2k counted out the raptors lol shows him
We need the 2013 - 2018 part too
Lebron trash 🗑
Man that intro aged well
Wow! Good job man fantastic video. Great editing, great commentary! 👌
0:23 Slapped that headband right off
Damn so that’s why the bucks blew that 2-0 lead
Quality content Dom 🙏🏾
0:22 his headband
@15:45 why he sh** like that? LOL, I'm in tears laughing
You for sure are the best nba RUclipsr that I know of
Dom2k with yet another fire video!
Man thanks for the video I've been waiting on a good video about how the mavs played bron that finals . Great breakdown
That comment about the Warriors winning 4 out of 5 did not age well 🤨 Dom curse confirmes
This is so funny seeing Dom saying that the warriors would easily win against the bucks and then it turns out none of that happened 😭
Do a 2004 pistons and lakers finals breakdown or way Westbrook can improve in the postseason breakdown
Well for westbrook he really needs. A reliable fucking shot and to improve his shot selection and passing selection. While he did terrible offensively he did make smarter passes this season compared to last year
Westbrook probably isn't gonna change a ton
Those sweet ad transitions 👍
7:00 points per game percentage?
More heat 🔥don’t know how we ain’t at a mil yet
We not gonna talk about how steph has controlled the 2010s
😂 keep dreaming
He’s about to get his 4th ring
5 straight nba finals on a winning record
GSW fan since 2010 on the most dominant team in the nba, all his rings are tainted
_Ufearme you act like bron wasn’t on stacked teams
0:29
Kawhi Leonard: *Hold that beer*
It's crazy a good part of his legacy comes from playoffs but almost more so finals performances.
You literally got my favorite intro on entire ytube
0:32 *insert Draymond’s “NOPE!”*
do a video of how the 76ers went from the East worst team only to get #1 picks that got hurt before stepping on the court, to Eastern Conference contenders
Didn't mention the fact he was outscored by Durant in 2012
Durant is a fuckin beast mane
Still lost in 5 lmao
So why were the spurs such a tough match up even though the 2012-13 heat was the best version of the team
Their defense was on point and Their offense was efficient.
Only one year away from the Beautiful Game Spurs.
Could you talk about the 2004 finals and about how the piston defence affected the lakers
Do a Jordan version of this video
Dom, you tried to do that smooth ad intro but I got you this time... THIS TIME 👀👀
Dom one of the biggest things i noticed was just how bad KD was at using his length on defence. A lot of those clips he was in great defenisve position to make a great contest but just let Bron score so easily
19:26 Textbook utilization of PnR, the hesitation dribble at the three point line gets the defender to go over the screen and causes confusion with Nick Collison opening up the lane for him to drive. Also, LeBron in general was more looking to score and this opened up other opportunities. Having Battier helped too. Thunder didn't really force the Hezt out of their normal alignment unlike the Mavs.
Break down the 2014 nba finals
Goat
Great analysis, but Dom:
It’s pronounced “NoVitzki”.
German W’s sound like V’s.
Here is my breakdown of LBJ finals:
2007: It was baby Bron vs the Spurs dynasty. They were straight up not winning this. Bron played fairly poor at times but even if he played up to his season standards they still would have lost.
2011: He choked. Lebron haters love bringing this up to pull LBJ down, but trust me, we know. He choked and this was the Finals that got away for Lebron. Had the Heat won and LBJ won finals MVP (although there is a good chance Wade could have won it even if LBJ played better) and gotten a 3 peat there would be little stopping Lebron from being considered 1B to Jordan's 1A, but sadly time travel isn't possible at this time so this will always be that ugly thing on LBJ's resume.
2012: Got the job done, played fairly well and got MVP.
2013: Got the repeat playing a bit better vs a very defensively competent team.
2014: The Spurs, especially Green and Kawhi, turned into aimbots and seemingly not able to miss a shot. Green shot 45% from 3 and Kawhi in the final 3 games I think shot 67% from the field. That's unbelievable. Lebron didn't play bad, the Spurs were just hitting every shot.
2015: His 2 best teammates got hurt and it kind of robbed him of a title. Despite Kyrie and Love being hurt LBJ almost single handedly took it to 6 games. Had they not gotten hurt I 100% believe the Cavs win this in 5 or 6 games. LBJ was just playing at an unreal level and if he shot the ball more efficiently (he put up insane averages but shot the ball at under 40% efficiency due to being the only major threat on the field) it is possible he could have dragged the Cavs to the title.
2016: This is the defining moment of Lebron's legacy. He was playing fairly so-so for the first few games then Klay trashed talked him to the media and Lebron, with help from Kyrie, willed the Cavs to a championship. This is the series that effectively put LBJ in the GOAT conversation status, as much as some don't want that. He promised to bring Cleveland a championship and with his back against the wall vs the greatest team ever record-wise he delivered. Got MVP as cherry on top.
2017: He averaged a triple double vs the best team of all time. Had the Warriors not added Durant this series could have gone very differently. It's a shame that a performance like that ended up in a loss.
2018: Much of the same as the year before. Against the greatest team of all time plus they were down another star with Kyrie getting traded out plus trades near the deadline not working out as well as they thought plus his main help in Kevin Love was often injured. Put up all time great stat lines.
It's sad honestly had a few small things had gone differently, like if LBJ didn't choke and/or if the greatest team ever didn't assemble to counter Lebron, LBJ could have a winning record in the finals, including possibly 2 3 peats like Jordan, and he would be considered Jordan's equal. He is still #2 all time for me though but it's a shame for what could have been.
The 2016 finals was a pretty even matchup tbh. Both teams had 3 allstars, Lebron-kyrie was simply a better duo than the Splash bros, i believe thats why they won
@ The fact that the Cavs had Lebron pushed the match up in the Cavs favour. I'm still to this day very surprise that the Cavs had to come back from 3-1 and win in 7 rather than beat the Warriors in 5 or 6 games, since that's what the Cavs likely would have won by if Kyrie and Love weren't both hurt.
But anyway, there was no way Lebron was going to lose that series. Even when down 3-1. The guy took that series by the balls and bent destiny to his will.
@@scottwill19 Lebron had kyrie avg 28ppg, more than anyone on GSW. he was crucial to cavs too. sadly he left them & so did lbj
@ obviously Kyrie was a big help, but that's what Kyrie was. Help.
Lebron was the heavy lifter.
@@scottwill19 Same can be said about Shaq, Mj, Kareem in their titles but its extremely rare for the 2nd best player on a title team to avg. It cant be ignored; guys like magic, pippen, kobe(when 2nd fiddle to Shaq) never avg 28ppg in those series
2011-2012 season. I think that season showed LeBron at his very best. His 2012 Finals performance was spectacular. And LeBron's game 7 from the 2013 Finals was another defining moment of his career. From the game 7 of the 2016 NBA Finals, I think when fans saw LeBron block Andre Iguodala's shot during the late stages of that game, there was no question Cleveland was going to win.
man this just shows how the defense was much better just a few years ago except the okc lol
Is there a part 2?... Lol but in all serious thanks dom for the upload.
7:12 Mav's genius D
I fully agree
But what is his record in the final
I can't hear you Dom
3/9
I’d never thought ‘07 was bad, I just didn’t think it was good either but ‘11 was truly terrible
Not as much hate as I thought I was going to see I’m impressed RUclips comment sections
20:45 dom was bout to call lebron the goat and changed it up real quick lol
0:34
Kawhi : hehe boi
Damn didn’t even give bucks or raptors a chance😂😂😢
*Jason Terry has appeared*
Lol before he said seet geek thought he was gonna say like the vid lol.
Now make a video on how Kobe Bryant transformed into a GOAT finals performer......................
NVM Kobe's numbers went DOWN in the finals, and he almost always played worse than his regular season averages. But somehow his fans think he is clutcher than Lebron and shows up for big moments LOL
Kobe was a great performer in the finals. Like Lebron in 2011, 2004 and 2008 Kobe just fell into the defensive plan. However in 2010 he fell into the plan a little, but he was on the boards like a beast ans played solid defense. Set his team up as well.
Spicy p for finals MVP