LeBron James brought the Cleveland Cavaliers back to Boston Celtics in the NBA Eastern Conference Finals, scoring 44 points in the Cavs’ victory in Game 4 (111-102).
LeBron “King” James has completely revived the final and disgusted the Celtics, beating several records in passing.
Wednesday’s match 5 looks bright between Cleveland, who has just tied two wins in a row, and Boston, unbeaten in home playoffs.
LeBron James is a giant. The Cleveland superstar disgusted, with its 44 points, Boston, dominated 111 to 102 Monday, and has completely revived the final of the conference East, last step before the NBA finals. For the sixth time since the start of the playoffs, “King James” has surpassed the 40-point mark, the never-seen in his career, at 33, and no player had succeeded since Allen Iverson in 2001 .
Already the best scorer in the history of the playoffs since 2017, he also became in the 2nd quarter the player who has managed the most shots in the finals, exceeding the 2356 achieved by the legendary Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. “It is the result of a lot of work, the Man above us gave me faculties which I try to use the best, I do everything necessary to be the best possible”, has tried to explain the triple champion who hopes to participate in the NBA finals for the eighth time in a row.
“He’s just the best at understanding what needs to be done to win a game, all we can do is make it hard for him,” said Brad Stevens, the Boston coach. Under the leadership of James, the Cavaliers ideally started the game to count 16 points in advance at the end of the 1st quarter (34-18). Well supported by Kyle Korver (14 pts, all before the break) and Tristan Thompson (13 pts), he allowed his team to resist the Celtics who remained threatening to the end.