LeBron James has already been in the league 12 years. Can you believe how quickly times fly by. It’s already been an amazing career but he’s still getting it done. Just recently he overpowered Boston. Just affirming some people’s thoughts that the Cavs will cruise to the NBA Finals.
He’s done a lot in 12 years. What would be his defining moment? His first ring? One of his MVP’s? Well Dave McMenamin of ESPN.com asked. And you’d definitely go ‘Oh right! I get that’ when you see his answer.
James came into the TD Garden and put up 45 points on 19-for-26 shooting along with 15 rebounds and five assists. The Heat won by 19, went on to win the series in Game 7 and finished off their season by beating the Oklahoma City Thunder in the Finals, securing James his first of back-to-back NBA championships.
“It was a defining moment, not only for myself but for our franchise and my teammates,” James said following shootaround Thursday as he was prepping to play his first playoff game back in Boston since 2012, only this time as a member of the Cleveland Cavaliers. “We were counted out by mostly everyone, and for us to come in with the performance that we had, it allowed us to go on throughout that season.”
“I’ve got a couple of them, but that’s definitely one that’s up there, just knowing the circumstances and the previous year losing the Finals and having the motivation to get back and redeem ourselves and being put in a position where not only the franchise at the time but myself hadn’t been so successful in my career, and to be able to come here in a win-or-die situation and get that victory was pretty huge,” he said.
That was definitely one of the greatest performances I’ve seen in my lifetime (I’m 18 so chill). To single-handedly carry the Heat. Beating the Celtics, the team that kept him down for years. That was something to behold. That was for sure a defining moment.
But. Is it just me. Or is it kind of weird that he didn’t pick a Cavaliers moment? Not stirring anything I’m just wondering why pick a Heat moment? I mean that was a herculean performance no doubt. Just saying.
