"I remember sitting there on the bench having a very real moment of, 'I'll never see anything like this ever again,'"
"And there's never been anything like that ever again, and there won't be, really."
"It was showing the full maturation of his game and the touch at that point and understanding where doubles are coming from and everything,"
"If I'm the Raptors, I'm so happy that he's taking these. But he's just showing them: 'There's nothing you can do.' And, dude, it was awesome."
A string of signature moments defined the season: a buzzer-beating 3 in the first round, a fast-break bank shot to win a second-round game, and a 51/8/8 performance in the Finals opener. In Game 2 of the Eastern Conference semifinals, LeBron produced 43 points, 8 rebounds and 14 assists while committing just one turnover. He relied on precision midrange shooting, going 8-for-12 on jumpers with pull-ups, fadeaways and catch-and-shoots. That efficiency represented his best playoff jumper percentage in a decade per GeniusIQ tracking. The approach exploited defensive doubles and seams and undermined the notion that the Cavaliers were clear underdogs, though the team did not ultimately win the title and LeBron did not earn an MVP that season.
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