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Originally Posted by AdumbGuy
Did you ever watch the 48 special game against Detroit? Detroit - best defense in the league - detroit?
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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.