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Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501
Didn't see the special. Saw the game live in a bar. It was one of the most dominant performances I've seen from any player in any sport. Against Detroit, LeBron decided he was going to take over the game and he didn't care if anybody else got the ball. In big situations, that's exactly what you want out of your hall of fame guy.
He shows a reluctance to be that guy in that situation more than I've seen from an MJ, Kobe, Dirk, or Durant. Nobody expects that kind of all-world 4th quarter performance every night, but to be in the conversation with Jordan, he has to be unapologetic about going in Detroit mode and demanding he get the ball in those moments. If there's one thing we learned from his reaction to "the decision," it's that he's a bit too self-conscious about what other people think. He shouldn't care if he's viewed as a ball hog in big moments and he shouldn't care how people react if he takes a big shot and misses. When it was a close game with 1 or 2 minutes left, in Chicago, you knew that ball was going to MJ and you knew he was going to pull it off for you. With LeBron... you really don't know who's going to be taking shots.
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I'm pretty sure I can provide youtube evidence of lebron taking over in the clutch multiple times in the playoffs. Before two years ago, people said the exact same thing about Dirk being unclutch/soft/etc. completely forgetting the clutch layup he hit to knock off the spurs in game 7 IN San Antonio.
Two years ago, the game where the heat came back from like 15 down in the last 3 minutes, after wade scored that initial 4 point play, I think Lebron scored all but one basket, including the 15 foot dagger over luol deng to seal the win.
Right before that series, in the closeout against boston, lebron scored the last 11 points of the game, 2 huge threes, a tough layup and foul, and the steal from pierce that he hammered home. Boston was up in that game until Lebron happened.
Last year, even if you ignore the 40 point 20 rebound game against Indiana and the surgical destruction of game 6 against boston, you still have the HUUUGGGE 3 in game 7 in the 4th.
Game 2 or 3 of the finals, Thunder making a comeback, lebron hits a tough bankshot from the left side with a minute left that I believe was the last shot either team made that wasn't free throws.
Game 4, when Lebron came back the cramps and hit that 3, that pretty much killed the thunder right there. The thunder didn't score any more meaningful points after that. That was the dagger.
And that's just what I remember off the top of my head for Miami.
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TL;DR:
The whole Lebron isn't clutch/can't play in the 4th quarter thing is as ridiculous as the idea that kobe IS clutch or that Dirk isn't clutch.