Official LBJ thread: Clutch in Miami 1-9?

puffyusaf#2 wrote:^didn't even realize that... Damn now that is a stat

puffyusaf#2 wrote:The Spurs have proven they can only go as far as TP goes. But that too is a shocking statement.

How many times have the Lakers the Lakers lost with HCA under Kobe's watch?

puffyusaf#2 wrote:^That is still crazy on all accounts.

Now, I have heard several times that it is "the time" for Lebron throughout his career. The first Finals was easily dismissed because it was his first. However, each year after that he had the "Ok, now is the time" moment and failed. Even so, each time it was dismissed afterwards as some other issue outside of Lebron. No one talks about last years finals, the games against Orlando where they got beat with HCA or the losses to Boston in the playoffs. Tonight, I expect him to put up big numbers like 40-8-8 and the Heat lose. It has been his MO for his career, in my opinion, put up the big numbers in the close-out game and no one will question what you have done.
Will the media excuse him if he puts up big numbers and lose?

Doc Brown wrote:To go along with that, I think this one is funny as well.....



Kobe should have had 2 or 3 MVP's by then (compared with Lebron's stats)....

2002-2003 - 30/7/6
2004-2005 - 28/6/6
2005-2006 - 35/5/5

lakers_09tv wrote:Kobe should have had 2 or 3 MVP's by then (compared with Lebron's stats)....

2002-2003 - 30/7/6
2004-2005 - 28/6/6
2005-2006 - 35/5/5

Alex Goligoski
@gollygoose33
what a gutsy performance by lebron #not

Nick Bonino
@NickBonino
We get it Lebron, it doesn't hurt when you're running around but it looks unbearable when the cameras are close up during the timeouts.

Blake Wheeler
@BiggieFunke
I wonder what kind of face LeBron would make if he took a slapper off the laces?

James chose to work out with one of the best, Hall of Fame center Hakeem Olajuwon. "I've talked to him three times since the postseason started," James said.
He spent a week in Houston working with Olajuwon on post moves. Now, driving to the basket or posting up, James is nearly unguardable. Of his 42 made field goals against Oklahoma City, 35 have been in the paint, including 29 at the rim.

"Staying in the post will get you easy buckets," James said, relaying the instruction Olajuwon delivered. "He also tells me to continue to have fun. That's the thing he noticed with me this year. He's seen me have a lot of fun, and I give a lot of thanks to him for allowing me to go down there and work with him for that week."
Last season, James was criticized for not being a clutch player in the Finals. In clutch time against the Thunder — the final five minutes of a game when neither team leads or trails by more than five points — James ranks first, with 14 points, shooting 4-for-7 from the field and 5-for-6 on free throws.

Last year, after Game 6, after losing, once again, I was very frustrated," James said. "I was very hurt that I let my teammates down, and I was very immature.

"Like I said, last year I played to prove people wrong instead of just playing my game, instead of just going out and having fun and playing a game that I grew up loving and why I fell in love with the game.
"So I was very immature last year after Game 6 towards you guys and towards everyone that was watching.
"One thing that I learned, and someone taught me this," James said, "the greatest teacher you can have in life is experience."