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Lakers Announce Injury Update For LeBron James Before Tonight’s Game All rights reserved. Will Mike Davis have over 150 total yards vs. the Bears? While LeBron won an epic scoring duel with Paul Pierce, 45-41, it was the Celtics that prevailed and eliminated the Cavs to advance to the 2008 Finals, where they won their 17th NBA championship. While the Los Angeles Lakers didn’t get the job done in Friday night’s Game 5 loss to the Miami Heat, LeBron James had arguably his best game of the 2020 playoffs and one of his best performances in Finals history. Certain Data by Stats Perform. Privacy Policy | Terms of Use | Ad Choices. ESPN’s Kevin Pelton went through the numbers after last night’s game and noted that LeBron’s game-score, according to Basketball-Reference, was his best of the entire 2020 playoffs while also ranking as one of the best performances in his Finals career. Thursday’s game will be the 12th time that a LeBron James team has held a 3-1 lead in a playoff series. https://lebronwire.usatoday.com/2020/10/10/lebron-james-had-one-of-his-greatest-finals-performances-in-game-5/, Jimmy Butler, Duncan Robinson do the work to extend NBA Finals to 6, LeBron James once again the target of insults from President Donald Trump, JaVale McGee captures intimate moment between LeBron James and Larry O'Brien trophy, LeBron's 'More Than A Vote' features new ad starring Dame Lillard, Golden State Warriors expected to have interest in Lakers Dwight Howard, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope plans to opt-out of contract, become free agent, Anthony Davis plans to opt-out of final year to re-sign with Lakers, Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. James shared the workout scene with his daughter on Friday afternoon. Team: Los Angeles Lakers. Not only was his best friend and former agent Rob Pelinka running the Lakers, his presence as an advisor for Lakers owner Jeanie Buss was also a key. But before Johnson decided to step down, he was the man in charge of the Lakers when LeBron James decided to come to the franchise in the summer of 2018. Will Tom Brady and the Bucs convert a 4th down play vs. GB? LeBron James profile page, biographical information, injury history and news While we do not have plus/minus data for Jordan, we do for both Bryant (+214 in 48 games) and Duncan (+236 in 49 games), who both trail LeBron (+287 in 40 games) when it comes to closeout games. Of his 31 closeout wins, 25 of them have come on the first attempt; with the other six coming on the second try. Which WR will have the most receiving yards Monday? Los Angeles Lakers legend and former team president Magic Johnson's decision to step down at the end of the 2018-19 season is undoubtedly one of the hallmark moments of the team's journey to the 2020 NBA Championship. LeBron has lost only two series in his career in which his team had a chance to close the series and failed. LeBron was also watching one of favorite movies while getting the workout in, The Godfather. However, the series-clinching win hasn’t always come in Game 5. Sign up for the LeBron Wire newsletter to get our top stories in your inbox every morning. He also has a new workout partner, who has been a popular presence on his Instagram Story after returning home from the bubble: his daughter Zhuri. Throughout his career, LeBron has found a way to close out series quickly as to not give his opponents hope that they can come back and swing the momentum of the series in their favor. Copyright © 2020 NBA Media Ventures, LLC. But they followed up each of those four losses by closing out the series the very next game. Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Jimmy Butler and LeBron James This is the detail of NBA games in which Jimmy Butler and LeBron James played against each other, including head-to-head record, stats average, game highs and game-by-game data both in the Regular Season and Playoffs. Closeout Game Stats Comparison. LeBron James Playoffs Game Log. LeBron James' 39.1 game score tonight was his best of the 2020 postseason, per @bball_ref. That’s a 31-9 record in closeout games. Game 6 of the Finals is set for Sunday night. LeBron Raymone James Twitter: KingJames (King James, LBJ, Chosen One, Bron-Bron, The Little Emperor, The Akron Hammer, L-Train) Position: Power Forward and Point Guard and Shooting Guard and Small Forward Shoots: Right 6-9, 250lb (206cm, 113kg) . — Kevin Pelton (@kpelton) October 10, 2020. LeBron James' 39.1 game score tonight was his best of the 2020 postseason, per @bball_ref. The Cavaliers are 9-0 in closeout games since LeBron returned to the team in 2014. — Kevin Pelton (@kpelton) October 10, 2020. Opponent Shots By Closest Defender (+10 FT). Both came during his first run with the Cavaliers. The Lakers won the 2019-20 NBA championship in convincing fashion on Sunday, powered by stifling defense and LeBron James' triple-double with 28 points, 14 points and 10 assists. It's his fourth-best in a Finals game, trailing Game 6 in 2016 (42.5), Game 1 in 2018 (41.3) and Game 5 in 2016 (39.2), all against the Warriors. LeBron was excellent last night and Anthony Davis had a great statistical game as well, the Heat just had more in the tank to beat the Lakers in last night’s Game 5 to stay alive in the series. To put that number into perspective, here are the closeout game records from a few other all-time greats that have played in at least five NBA Finals and 40 closeout games in their playoff careers. LeBron was 8-5 in closeouts during his first stint in Cleveland and followed that up with a 14-4 mark in closeouts during his four-year run in Miami. “For Kobe, I know... Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James has been away from the basketball court for less than a week after winning the 2020 NBA Championship and he's already back in the gym. No LeBron team that has been up 3-1 has ever had to face a Game 7 let alone lose a series. LeBron’s game-score of 39.1 was the best of the playoffs and ranked 4th in his best Finals games behind some of his great performances against the Golden State Warriors. Who finishes with more receptions Sunday? Trail Blazers score, takeaways: Dame Lillard fuels upset over LeBron James, Los Angeles in Game 1 This marks the first postseason appearance for the Lakers since 2013 LeBron James shot 15-of-21 from the field and 4-of-6 from the foul line in Friday’s loss to the Heat, tallying 40 points, 13 rebounds, seven assists, three steals and six 3-pointers in 42 minutes. That covers 26 series. Thursday’s game will be the 12th time that a LeBron James team has held a 3-1 lead in a playoff series. The three legends that we just compared LeBron with have also won at a higher rate in closeout games compared to their overall playoff career – but none have a bigger leap than LeBron. They have gone on to win the series each of the first 11 times. Yahoo Sports - NBC Sports Network. Falcons at Vikings, O/U 55.5 total points. Well, for LeBron James, his teams actually have a higher winning percentage in closeout games than they do in overall playoff games. However, the series-clinching win hasn’t always come in Game 5. NBA.com is part of Turner Sports Digital, part of the Turner Sports & Entertainment Digital Network. They have gone on to win the series each of the first 11 times. In fact, LeBron teams are 7-4 in Game 5 when holding a 3-1 series lead. From the very beginning, Kobe was an instrumental part of the Lakers' culture. Two years later, in LeBron’s third playoff appearance, the Cavs trailed the Celtics 3-2 in the East Finals and won Game 6 at home to force a Game 7 back in Boston. Of course, LeBron has lost playoff series over that span – we can dig into his numbers in elimination games at another time. And a 0.775 win percentage. It's his fourth-best in a Finals game, trailing Game 6 in 2016 (42.5), Game 1 in 2018 (41.3) and Game 5 in 2016 (39.2), all against the Warriors. © 2020 Verizon Media. All rights reserved. According to Anthony Davis, every time Bryant would see the Lakers, he would tell them that this was their year to win a championship, according to Silver Screen and Roll. Born: December 30, 1984 in Akron, Ohio us That includes six of LeBron’s NBA record 11 career playoff sweeps. After the Cavaliers rallied to win Tuesday’s Game 4 to take a 3-1 lead in the Eastern Conference Finals, the question on everyone’s minds has been: Will the Cavaliers close out the Celtics in Game 5 to advanced to their third straight NBA Finals? But heading into Thursday, LeBron and the Cavs will look to close out another series and return to the NBA Finals.

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