Magic Johnson, 20 years old, steps in and plays center (he's a point guard) for injured Kareem during NBA finals. Magic scores 42 and hits game winner. Wins finals MVP But I remember this performance by LeBron and watching it live, it was truly unreal!
@tony tonyt ? Had help lol the man scored 25 straight in the 4th or OT 😂😂 his "team" was dog shit, he left Cavs in 2010 with new addition Kyrie, what happened, dead last for all 4 years lol he comes back, theyre 1st or so & won a chip, even on this cavs team he still had them around 1st to 3rd place lmao
did the same thing when they played the celtics and he basically had to go up against R. Allen / P. Pierce / KG / R.Rondo and perkins by himself. The sad thing about that series is after the loss the cav fans and dan gilbert said he quit on them, can you imagine that.. the hurt this guy must have felt because his own city turned on him after he just about callasped on the court giving everything he had to try and win. Made the move to south beach and the rest is history
We all know he is great, but this was the game that made most of us think he could be one of the greatest players ever. It's only a matter of time and rings.
Versions of Lebron 1.) Slim 18 year old Lebron 2.) First Finals Nimble Extremely Good 22 year old Lebron 3.) First MVP grown man Lebron 4.) Evil Miami Heat GOAT Lebron 5.) No Headband 3-1 Lead All Around Lebron 6.) No Headband 33 year old Tank Lebron 7.) ALL TIME LEADING SCORER IN NBA HISTORY even though he isn't a "scorer" with Kareem hating Lebron
The most dominating performance I've ever seen. Scoring 29 of your team's final 30 points to get the victory. That's unheard of. I couldn't believe what had happened even after the game ended.
@KobeBryantfa probably and is the 81 cause still hasn't been beat. But I just looked up the numbers on the box score. Lbj was more efficient for sure, 13 or so less shots. Kobe more free throws and 3s though. I mean both was against. Meh teams but still 61 and 81 is a lot of points regardless
@KobeBryantfa I actually think Kobes 60 in 3 qtrs while out scoring the entire mavs at the time is more impressive than the 81. If he kept playing you could make the argument he would've outscored them hahahahah crazy
Jonathan Mabone They only won bcuz the Pistons coach was overlooking them lookin forward to the Spurs in the finals.He knew damn well he should've had them double Lebron every time he touched the ball and make one of his teammates hit a shot
Ajeje Brazov Thats a dumbass blanket statement. So you telling me he didnt carry this team full of bums to the finals? Its def carrying when you compare his team against the team he beats or loses against. And no one says its a team effort when he loses, everyone says he needs more help which is true. Look at the cavs roster from 2015 finals and tell me if thats a championship or finals team. Yall bron haters are ridiculous
Always lebron needs help huh ? The fact is that I’m Cleveland with kyrie and love lebron had the mosh stacked team in the league. Name one team he beat since Miami that was as talented as his team especially in the east , the east was the biggest cakewalk and y’all have the nerves to talk about kds easy rings. Lebron beat one good team a year when he won the chips and haven’t won without another superstar and allstar on his team
I’m a massive pistons fan my whole life, Lebron devastated me as a kid. I remember watching this game and crying, yelling at the screen “just put the whole team on him.”
Escom 4th year in the NBA straight out of h.s. That's saying something. Kobe & Jordan don't got that on their resume. Also doubt if both were 22 they wouldn't take this cavs team to the finals. Hell no. Lol
@@bob_WRLD Does Jordan get to play a 41-41 Wizard's team without Gilbert Arenas and a 41-41 Nets team that sucked defensively on his path to the Finals like LeBron did in 07? Give Jordan this team that was top 5 defense with a weak path he'd go to the Finals too
Probably just pointing out how young he was... But... lebron>kobe all day! Kobe may have more rings, but only bc of Shaq. And Kobe may be more clutch, but I'd take Lebron on my team 100 times out of 100 over Kobe. And I love Kobe, and I'm not a Cavs fan... so before you toss around that BS, I'll just throw it out there.
15 years later and still the greatest performance I've seen a singular athlete have in my life. This man is unbelievably good. I'm so lucky to have been able to watch his whole career
@@markdorsey5150 His 2018 run doesn’t get enough love either. Game winners every round, 50 points in the finals. Game 2 vs Raptors he was flexing lol, Durant robbed the world
We take this man for granted. Whether he gets 6 or not he's carved his place on mt. Rush more. We will never see another Lebron James just like we will never see another wilt, Jordan, magic, bird, or Kareem. They are all original one of a kind basketball gods in their own unique ways but one thing is consistent and that's that each one ruled this league with an iron fist in their times. Appreciate the man while he's still with us. Coming from a die hard wizards fan who still hasn't got over the mid 2000s series where he carried a sorry ass teams to play the juggernaut known as the spurs by himself.
@Fries most Lebron fans would say the 2012 Celtics game, the 2016 finals game 6, I'd throw in 2013 finals game 7 which just kinda get forgotten he dropped 37 in a game where both teams were under 100. But this game was the moment he took the leap into legend. Duncan said he might be the best in the league after the Finals.
@@geordiejones5618his 2012 game was the best because nobody has played at that level with that much pressure and legit legacy on the line💯losing that game would’ve killed lebrons whole entire legacy
antonio guglielmetti My lord man just watch and appreciate greatness... don’t hate on a player just to lift your favorite player up. You can have a favorite player while also admiring and appreciating what other players do for the game.
Metro Boomin olden days basketball is golden days man... more physical defense... What an energy. Its difficult to see a greatness in a craft longer period other than LeBron. Modern day babies & Migrated babies didn’t understand the greatness...
@@winterwood7985 are you saying Kawhi is better? He's always been on good teams with good coaching. Lebron carried a team for years, something Kawhi never had to do.
@@ChiTownWarrior1 He is a better player in 2020, had PG scored those buckets against Denver he would have settled that. Its for Kobe. Rigged NBA season in the bubble.
That Cavs team was complete trash, people like to say that Paul George should leave the pacers or AD should leave the pelicans to win a chip but they call Lebron a traitor for leaving the Cavs, what they don't understand is that Cavs team was even worse than the pacers or pelicans, he got no help whatsoever so he had to leave to win a chip. If the management just gave Lebron one more good player, didn't even need to be an all star, someone comparable to a CJ McCollum today and he would have won a championship between 07-10.
I don't know. With the exception of the Spurs (Duncan maybe) and the Mavs (Dirk), there haven't been NBA champions that only had ONE superstar on the roster.
Great point. That's what really stood out to me most. He was SO damn quick. Lebron's an all-timer with a Mount Rushmore career, but man, he doesn't move like that anymore. Fun to go back in time to see it. Everybody should be reminded of this kind of stuff.
It’s cool tho bc he understood he wasn’t going to be fast and athletic forever so he figured out other ways to up his game. The Lebron today is a playmaking monster. 6’8 250 pound dude running point guard!
2017 is fading but i'm still here watching this video once in awhile...same with Game 6 Heat vs Boston in 2012 Playoffs and especially Game 7 Cavs vs. GSW NBA Finals 2016...LeBron is the Greatest Basketball player of all time!!!
Luka is a hell of a player probably one of my favorite players right now but let's be honest with you he's not messing with Young LeBron young LeBron was on a completely different level on both sides of the basketball
After Skip Bayless saw this game, only thing he got from this game was that after Bron shot those freethrows at 3:48 he missed a shot... imagine.. Bron scored 29 of Cavs last 30 points with 11-13 shooting, clutch bucket after clutch bucket inlcuding a game tying basket late and eventually a gamewinning basket and thats the only takeaway Skip had from this game.. whether you’re a Lebron fan or not, we should all know that he does anything just to hate on Lebron.
It's a darn shame how Jordan lovers have shaped public opinion against Lebron. They have birthed millions of haters who have no idea how untrue the negative narratives like "he's not a killer" and "he's not clutch" are.
to be fair lebron is clutch until the finals then he does choke...6-24 record in the 6 series he lost...how do you lose 24 finals games and win none of those series?.hes 18-31 in finals games.....dude choked vs dallas he choked vs the spurs twice he choked multiple times vs the warriors in 2015 and 2017 and 2018
Asmosis Jones the reason he loses in the finals is because he makes up so much a his teams. He is rarely ever on the better squad in finals, and he can beat ever team by himself until he gets to the finals.
@@razkable Dallas I'll give you, but . . 2014 - Wade was done avg. 15 ppg that playoffs 2015 - Both Co- Stars were down 2017 - KD joining the Warriors. We basically knew that Cavs that took them 7 with some lucky breaks in 2016, had zero chance. 2018 - Do I even have to explain
@@cpchotdog6189 That's a coaching issue. If you're stars show up, but your role players can't get it together, than that falls on the coaching staff for not adapting, and having an incompetent game plan. We blamed Bucks head coach for not putting Giannis is a better position with his role players to step up against Toronto. I don't see anyone on Giannis saying he choked, and they shouldn't.
I knew LeBron on Nov. 2008, my first time to ever watched an NBA Game...since then i fall in love with him and his game...i tried to watched every Cavs game in TH-cam that i missed since 2003...I watch more than 10 times this video...same feeling from the first time i watched...i still get emotional and it give me chill...LeBron is truly a GOAT...
For all those old heads who say the modern generation wouldnt last in 90s generation. Let this montage be a prime example of how modern NBA players are just in a whole other league compared to the players of the past. Lebron single handedly took down the Pistons who are very much the embodiment of 80s and 90s basketball... They play with a very traditional style of basketball with coach Larry Brown meaning they didn't shoot a lot of 3s, they play physical/ hard nose basketball, and have very traditional roles. Ben Wallace - Physically imposing, and regarded as the best defensive center in NBA history, Rasheed Wallace - Hard nose, archetype stretch 4 with a post game, Rip Hamilton - One of the top most consistent and dependable mid range shooter in NBA history, - Tayshaun Prince - Swiss army knife top tier wing defender and slasher, Chauncy Billups- traditional point guard who can also score and is an efficient 3pt shooter ahead of its time. I say all this because Lebron faced and beat a team that comprised of the ideal 80/90s basketball archetype basketball and obliterated them like they were a JV squad. This isn't even prime Lebron, this is Lebron post 4 years out of HS with no jumper and no real supporting cast. My purpose is to not shit on old generations but to have them understand that each new generation of players become better because they adapt and improve upon the past. Just because Lebron, KD, and Steph are in another class of their own, doesn't mean it tarnishes the stars of yester years like Magic, Kareem, and Bird. Old stars still get their respect for being trail blazers and being the stars in their own right for their respective era.
Well this video is from 2007, a totally different era from todays league. 2000-2009 still had some 90’s residue on it, so to speak. Teams back then still played with passion, pride and didn’t team hop after a loss. The lebron we see here is cut from that cloth. He changed after his “Decision”. He was NOT the same beast we witnessed for the first 7 years of his career. But even so, I hate cross era comparisons because they’re pointless. Would 2016 Steph be just as dominant in 1996? Possibly. He’s quicker, more nimble with unlimited range.. that’d be tough to guard. Would 1991 Micheal Jordan be just as dominant in 2021? Possibly. He was a scoring machine against top tier ranked defenses, imagine what he would do in what some call “the weakest era in NBA history.” It’s a bunch of possibilities but since it’ll never happen, what’s the point in talking about it?
@Warsame Houssein you could make a case that people were hesitant to call Bron the best in the world until 2012 cuz Kobe was winning chips in 09 and 10 and Bron had that meltdown against Dallas in ‘11
jordie tessier nah he had the change against the Warriors in 2016. Choked three straight games and went and joined them lmfao. He will never be mentioned in the same breath as Bron or Larry Bird.
@@juanandrescompressantos3675 the same Michael that said "yeah we lost to the pistons, but I'm still getting paid" lol. If he had social media around him early, the man might be the most hated, not the most loved. This is coming from a fan by the way. I still think Mike is better, but people like you are delusional lol
There are HOF players who rarely get 25 in a game. This dude, in his 4th season, got 25 in a ROW, for his entire team, in the most pivotal playoff game in the most pivotal moment.
Bro. I was 12 years old when this happened. To this day, it’s still one of the greatest playoff performances I’ve ever witnessed. The man was unconscious. Just an extraordinary display of passion and effort. The kid was balling.
3:58 people love to say Lebron plays against bad defense, yet here's Tayshaun Prince (old heads would consider him a great defender on a great defensive team) literally running away from Lebron as he rises up 😂. Nobody wants to contest him in the air, doesn't matter which era 🐐
@@joshuawilliams7653 Nah Prince was a great defender and arguably the best wing/perimeter in the mid to late 2000s. Long arms, moving his feet quick and bothering your shots while not committing silly fouls. That's the only reason why he was on the Redeem Team. He shut down pre-injury 32.1ppg T-mac in 03 first round and made Kobe look like a high school player in 04 finals. The Pistons were still one of the best defensive team even without Ben Wallace otherwise how could they be in the East Finals lol. Because of Prince, Billups and other great role players the Pistons had one of the most horrifying perimeter defense. Just watch the very first assist by LeBron he got triple teamed early in the first quarter smh.
@@hochan5830 There's a difference between good and great. I have a hard time calling a guy a great defender when he never made a defensive 1st team but Tayshaun was really good and presented problems to guys no doubt. And I never said the Pistons weren't a good defense still after losing Wallace but that game 5 LeBron was able to do whatever he wanted, in particular get inside once he got past Prince and Billups because Wallace wasn't there. You don't lose a 4 time DPOY in the tail end of his prime and you're still the same level defense. Good as they were, there was still a drop off without Wallace and that's a big reason the Cavs pulled off the series win.
@@joshuawilliams7653 man i guess if detroit really wanted wallace to stay they shouldve offered more money. Pistons won the 2006 series not because of ben but because on the cavs team only lebron and Z had actually averaged double digits in scoring while pistons had 4 players averaging double digits. however, in 2007 cavs acquired gibson who helped them offensively that is why bron averaged 2 more assists per game compared to the 06 series. I mean sheed did a better job protecting the rim in 07 compared to ben in 06. To be frank 07 pistons were better defensively than the 06 pistons with ben against the cavs, but 06 were better at rebounding averaging 2 more rebounds than 07. And that bulls with ben in 07? yeah they got 4-2 by this same detroit squad. So just stop with this nonsense, i know its embarrassing and it hurts for a contending team with almost all of them at their prime to be beaten by a 22 year old kid with a 20 year old rookie, a 31 year old slow center and a bunch of nobodies.
Watching this, after he captured his 4th ring (and counting) at the age of almsot 36, and realizing what he did here already in 2007 (13 years ago, almost an average nba career long!!) when Luka and all of the other stars of today were starting their first grade.. Man we just need to recognize greatness.
We are gonna see this Lebron in the 2019-2020 season, A rejunenated, fully rested, and with a superstar with him, He is gonna be more motivated this year and we might see alot of performances like this one this year!!!
I'm from the future and yup AD left his team and PG left his team and LeBron came back after a terrible virus outbreak of covid and won a chip at Disney 🌎 with AD and Rondo of all people.
I’m not even a Lebron fan but we can’t act like Lebron didn’t play in different generations this is the early 2000s where people consider the toughest defensive era based off numbers and he is still Ballin !
This was the 07 playoffs so technically late 2000s after hand checking was taken out. I get both sides of the argument in this series for why it should've been hyped and why not but I always go back to the Pistons didn't have their only Hall of Famer Wallace and that was the difference in 06 and 07.
@@joshuawilliams7653 lebron averaged 36 point triple double in his first playoff series at 21 when teams averaged 78 points a game. He is avging 35 in any era
@@joshuawilliams7653 Okay so kobe cant either? Lebron averages 5 more points per game in the playoffs and 3 more assists and rebounds. Kobe would be a bum in the 90s then right if lebron cant avg 35
@@alexyou3233 Lol no he don't. Regular season LeBron is 27-7-7 and post season LeBron is 29-9-7. He don't even crack 30 in the playoffs in this soft era so quit it. Also just cause you don't average 35 it doesn't make you a bum. LeBron has benefitted from playing in an era of spacing and no hand checking. Scoring was tougher and more physical back then because there wasn't an emphasis on the 3 like today. It's not a knock cause LeBron great I'm just stating the obvious. LeBron would probably average then what he does now 25-30 a game but his shot selection would be different. But the beating he'd be taking cause he'd be driving constantly due to his lack of a real post game or mid range would hinder scoring a bit. He ain't like Jordan that can legit take 20 jumpers and be around 50 percent LeBron efficiency lies in his ability to get downhill and be a freight train in the lane but he's not doing that much in the 90s getting tagged every time he does.
In all Honesty, Kobe is my man. Bt when I come back to this game, I gotta give Lebron the edge. Kobe couldnt control the tempo of an entire game at tht age 😮
Triple Whopper wit Cheese TRIPLE OG STATUS you clearly didnt watch the 2000 NBA PLAYOFFS. Kobe was 22 also at the time. In a crucial game 7 against the Portland Trailblazers Kobe led the lakers having 25 pts, 11 rebs, 7 ast while shaq had 16 pts and 8 reb lakers were down 15 starting the 4th qtr. And Game 6 of the 2000 nba Finals in the 4th qtr Phil Jackson said to Kobe that "you handle the ball and make the calls" Watch the remaining minutes of that game and you'll see kobe's gravity pulling 2-3 defenders making shaq wide open or other open shooters to pass. You sir not a true fan of Kobe.
Yeah with a injured old malone, old payton, a fat shaq, kobe dealing with shoulder issues and court issues, two of their main bench players rick fox and devean george injured. Otherwise, it would have been easy for the lakers
This was one of the best performance I liked from LBJ. Going against the best defensive team in the nba that year and to drop I believe 26 points at the end without none of his teammates scoring. This is what u call putting your team on your back. This was the killer everyone wanted to keep seeing in his past years.
Lebron is a Team player, he needed other PAID players to be great too based on their on talents , NOT just 1 man (himself) !!! Why should Lebron have to do all the heavy lifting , what if he is not there ? Somebody ELSE should be stepping up !! It's a TEAM sport !
Fine Strickland the east was weak but still lebron cavs team was way worse then any playoff team without lebron. they wouldnt even made the playoffs if they didnt had lebron on theyre roster so it was still super impressive what lebron did in a weak east but with a super weak team who could only defend well
The only team since 1987 that a team beat two 0.500 or worse teams to make the finals. The 07 Pistons without Ben Wallace tied the 17 Celtics for the 3rd worst record by a 1 seed since the playoffs became 4 rounds.
Grumpy McGrumps without Ben Wallace they still had Mcdyess and Webber instead. And record doenst say anything allot. The pistons at theyre very best in 2007 couldve had a better record then they had just like the cabs last season had a 54-28 record while in reality could had 60+ winning season. The pistons had plenty talent, skill and experience on that team
Dave jahoer at the time the West had the Spurs and no one else while the East had the PGA in Boston, LeBron in Cleveland, Howard in Orlando, Wade in Miami, Arenas in DC, the East was the better conference from 03-04 to like 10-11 when Allen left and Truth and KG went to Jersey/Brooklyn and pretty much ruined the Eastern conference.
Interesting how people say lebron has no bag now, but you could tell he adapted to the times because here he was pulling Kobe moves left and right. Amazing how much his game as evolved through each era.
This is the best instance to prove why Lebron James is the best player in the history of the NBA. Michael Jordan took advantage of the man to man illegal defensive era. See how pistons always had help defenders and zone on Lebron and they still couldn’t stop him. Lebron would average just as many points as Jordan would with double digit assists if he played in the 90s. Based on the fact you had to always commit to the defender, you cannot shadow the paint and then also guard the corner 3. That’s why it’s basically required to have a stretch 4 now in the nba, to beat the zone defense. Lebron faster, stronger, better handles, can jump higher(Lebron’s wing span is longer than Jordan’s by a lot) and better passing than Jordan would have dominated the 90s more than MJ. Lebron in 90s would just outmuscle or outquick any defender, no one man can guard him. Malone and Barkley too slow, Grant hill and Clyde Drexler too small. And then when he’s at the rim he’s jumping higher and bigger and stronger than half of the centers. The centers in the 90s were like 6’10” 6’11”(true heights) and 250lbs. Lebron James 6’7”(true height without shoes) is 250lbs. Simple physics says you have equal weight one one object moving much faster, that object would just move that slow moving object away. Lebron is the true best player in nba history, don’t listen to Jordan sheep. I was a Jordan fan growing up myself, but I saw the light maybe 7 years ago. If you actually know the game of basketball you would see Lebron is just the better player. He can take a bunch of random players further than anybody else. Also I didn’t even bring up the league had less skilled players. Lots of white American born players, that basically barely existed in the 2000s on ward. And finally hand checking was outlawed in 1979, so please don’t let those sheep basketball idiots tell you that myth.
Facts. I still have MJ as the GOAT but Bron needs one more ring and the ultimate scoring title so that when it's all said and done...LeGOAT will be THE GOAT
Boobie Gibson was his second best teammate in that series...he beat that Pistons team damn near singlehandedly. I love the Lakers, but the Kobe vs. LeBron argument is nonsense. Kobe wouldn't have gotten 35 wins out of that team. LeBron got them to the Finals.
+Hamzah Hashmi kobe played in the west and lebron played in the east. you are trying to make the point that the west is better than the east. so by ur logic, kobe always had a better team to deal with the western conference while lebron always had crappy teams vs the crappy east? that cavs team's 2nd best player was larry fucking hughes. put kobe on that cavs team and they struggle to get into the playoffs, let alone beat the allstar squad that was the pistons
Listen man, love him, hate him, or indifferent about him, we all much agree on one thing: scoring ALL of the FINAL 25 points in a game to lead your team to a victory in the playoffs should be regarded as one of the Top 5 most dominant games by a single player all-time! This is amazing to witness! (unless you're a Pistons fan ofc)
Unreal godly shit lebron did at age 22 no nba legends could do half the shit lebron has accomplished that’s why he gets so much hate it’s sad They won’t appreciate the individual Greatness of this man I’m glad I will always Appreciate lebron No matter what unreal to see his career unfold at now almost 37 years old 😭👑🐐
He was 4 years removed from High School at this stage of his career, he really is a one of a kind talent.
Magic Johnson, 20 years old, steps in and plays center (he's a point guard) for injured Kareem during NBA finals. Magic scores 42 and hits game winner. Wins finals MVP
But I remember this performance by LeBron and watching it live, it was truly unreal!
hordolmer Magic was insane! The way he came out and balled like he was a polished veteran (mentally) his rookie year
KoachKrab127 imagine if Magic played 20 years would be Goat
Charles Zhou I was thinking about that the other day. His career was cut short. Would’ve had at least 5 more prime seasons .
Don P yeah too bad there’s nothing perfect
This should be called Lebron James vs the pistons. The guy poured his heart out in this game
@tony tonyt If you call that Cavs team help then lord help everyone without help
@tony tonyt ? Had help lol the man scored 25 straight in the 4th or OT 😂😂 his "team" was dog shit, he left Cavs in 2010 with new addition Kyrie, what happened, dead last for all 4 years lol he comes back, theyre 1st or so & won a chip, even on this cavs team he still had them around 1st to 3rd place lmao
tony tonyt he played like shit? He had 48-9-7 on 18-30. That’s 60% from the field. You my friend, do not know basketball.
I just say the Cleveland Lebron's, pretty much sums up this game.
did the same thing when they played the celtics and he basically had to go up against R. Allen / P. Pierce / KG / R.Rondo and perkins by himself. The sad thing about that series is after the loss the cav fans and dan gilbert said he quit on them, can you imagine that.. the hurt this guy must have felt because his own city turned on him after he just about callasped on the court giving everything he had to try and win. Made the move to south beach and the rest is history
That last play, he has all 5 pistons guarding him, completely ignoring the other cavaliers and he still scores. This performance was amazing.
Greatness !!!!!!
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“He has scored 29 of the last 30 for Cleveland”.
We all know he is great, but this was the game that made most of us think he could be one of the greatest players ever. It's only a matter of time and rings.
Versions of Lebron
1.) Slim 18 year old Lebron
2.) First Finals Nimble Extremely Good 22 year old Lebron
3.) First MVP grown man Lebron
4.) Evil Miami Heat GOAT Lebron
5.) No Headband 3-1 Lead All Around Lebron
6.) No Headband 33 year old Tank Lebron
7.) ALL TIME LEADING SCORER IN NBA HISTORY even though he isn't a "scorer" with Kareem hating Lebron
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Need a slight update 👍 lol
7) LAbron
7.) Pulling Up From 30 feet LABron
8.) NBA champ LAbron
The most dominating performance I've ever seen. Scoring 29 of your team's final 30 points to get the victory. That's unheard of. I couldn't believe what had happened even after the game ended.
Against that Champion Pedigree Pistons team too. Just unreal
Kobe 81!? Or Lebron 61?
@KobeBryantfa probably and is the 81 cause still hasn't been beat. But I just looked up the numbers on the box score. Lbj was more efficient for sure, 13 or so less shots. Kobe more free throws and 3s though. I mean both was against. Meh teams but still 61 and 81 is a lot of points regardless
@KobeBryantfa I actually think Kobes 60 in 3 qtrs while out scoring the entire mavs at the time is more impressive than the 81. If he kept playing you could make the argument he would've outscored them hahahahah crazy
Reading Lebron by Jeff benedict, i had to youtube this game.
LeBron haters avoid this video like the plague LMAO
Trill Cosby trussss 😂😂
Trill Cosby factsss
I hate LeBron and I watch the video. So take this L
LeBron hater here - do you want to eat crows now?
LeBron hater here - shall I make you a bowl of Crows for tomorrow breakfast?
Took a bunch of no names to the finals...people take his greatness for granted
No names???? Those guys shouldn't have been in the league period!!
Jonathan Mabone They only won bcuz the Pistons coach was overlooking them lookin forward to the Spurs in the finals.He knew damn well he should've had them double Lebron every time he touched the ball and make one of his teammates hit a shot
Ajeje Brazov Thats a dumbass blanket statement. So you telling me he didnt carry this team full of bums to the finals? Its def carrying when you compare his team against the team he beats or loses against. And no one says its a team effort when he loses, everyone says he needs more help which is true. Look at the cavs roster from 2015 finals and tell me if thats a championship or finals team. Yall bron haters are ridiculous
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Always lebron needs help huh ? The fact is that I’m Cleveland with kyrie and love lebron had the mosh stacked team in the league. Name one team he beat since Miami that was as talented as his team especially in the east , the east was the biggest cakewalk and y’all have the nerves to talk about kds easy rings. Lebron beat one good team a year when he won the chips and haven’t won without another superstar and allstar on his team
I’m a massive pistons fan my whole life, Lebron devastated me as a kid. I remember watching this game and crying, yelling at the screen “just put the whole team on him.”
They did on that last layup and it still didn't work lmao
@@mrjj216 just shows how good he is at his prime. He still is playing at a high level today but its nowhere near his prime.
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You are in my thoughts in prayers. It seems to only get worse and worse for the pistons
@@imback-ih9gqhe wasn’t in his prime here lmao he was in his prime on the heat maybe
4th year in the NBA. Enough said.
Escom that was the 06-07 season. It was his 4th season
Escom 4th year in the NBA straight out of h.s. That's saying something. Kobe & Jordan don't got that on their resume. Also doubt if both were 22 they wouldn't take this cavs team to the finals. Hell no. Lol
Kobe and Kevin Garnett are also other NBA Legends to come from HS to the NBA just in case you didn't know.
Arthur it was his 3rd season... He started at 03-04 season.
@@bob_WRLD Does Jordan get to play a 41-41 Wizard's team without Gilbert Arenas and a 41-41 Nets team that sucked defensively on his path to the Finals like LeBron did in 07? Give Jordan this team that was top 5 defense with a weak path he'd go to the Finals too
LeBron was only 22...
Probably just pointing out how young he was... But... lebron>kobe all day! Kobe may have more rings, but only bc of Shaq. And Kobe may be more clutch, but I'd take Lebron on my team 100 times out of 100 over Kobe. And I love Kobe, and I'm not a Cavs fan... so before you toss around that BS, I'll just throw it out there.
after these playoffs LeBron will be considered the goat. he's going to drop 40-50 every game
Jordan Sharpe At the age of 22 Kobe had Shaq as his starting center, Lebron had Varejao. Not a Lebron fan but I appreciate his greatness.
Brandon Martinez shaq was winning kobe was on the team at 22
Jordan Sharpe Kobe got carried hard by Shaq... if Bron had Shaq when he was drafted in 03' they would've won the title the next year i guarantee it.
15 years later and still the greatest performance I've seen a singular athlete have in my life. This man is unbelievably good. I'm so lucky to have been able to watch his whole career
Simply remarkable. For me it's Boston Game 6 just cause of the moment and everything surrounding it. But this is up there.
@@markdorsey5150 His 2018 run doesn’t get enough love either. Game winners every round, 50 points in the finals. Game 2 vs Raptors he was flexing lol, Durant robbed the world
Pistons vs. Lebron James
rns
and he tooked em out in 6 LOL
Entire State of Michigan vs LeBron
Bernard Kris Carpentero W
David H Might as well add Larry Brown for his stupidity of not having the team double Lebron every possession
We take this man for granted. Whether he gets 6 or not he's carved his place on mt. Rush more. We will never see another Lebron James just like we will never see another wilt, Jordan, magic, bird, or Kareem. They are all original one of a kind basketball gods in their own unique ways but one thing is consistent and that's that each one ruled this league with an iron fist in their times. Appreciate the man while he's still with us. Coming from a die hard wizards fan who still hasn't got over the mid 2000s series where he carried a sorry ass teams to play the juggernaut known as the spurs by himself.
LeBron is the truth!!😎
How do you feel about him now after his 57 pt game against the wizards!
he is not even better than Tim duncan
@@jonathanfan3709 if you don't think he is better than Tim Duncan then you don't really understand basketball.
@@joshdorrance8821 stop it🤣🤣🤣
I'm only gonna say this once...WE WILL NEVER EVER SEE ANYONE ELSE LIKE THIS MAN EVER AGAIN PERIOD
Amen
Good, because I'm sick of seeing LeFlop.
GOAT JAMES
Only true
I agree !
One of the greatest performances ever. This was legendary.
@Fries most Lebron fans would say the 2012 Celtics game, the 2016 finals game 6, I'd throw in 2013 finals game 7 which just kinda get forgotten he dropped 37 in a game where both teams were under 100. But this game was the moment he took the leap into legend. Duncan said he might be the best in the league after the Finals.
I agree.. this is the greatest.. next is the jordan flu game
@@geordiejones5618his 2012 game was the best because nobody has played at that level with that much pressure and legit legacy on the line💯losing that game would’ve killed lebrons whole entire legacy
I guess the league was soft than too right?? Lol the excuses they give to dismiss LeBron greatness.
He started it
@@antonioguglielmetti2661 he didn't
Alright then he played a part in it
He's not a flopper now but he was
antonio guglielmetti My lord man just watch and appreciate greatness... don’t hate on a player just to lift your favorite player up. You can have a favorite player while also admiring and appreciating what other players do for the game.
I will never forget this game and being in awe watching it. Dominated a whole team by himself.
Yeah trust
This was the clutchest performance eveerrrr.
Who’s here bored af since Corona canceled the league
Metro Boomin olden days basketball is golden days man... more physical defense... What an energy. Its difficult to see a greatness in a craft longer period other than LeBron. Modern day babies & Migrated babies didn’t understand the greatness...
UnnaipolOruvan2015 wtf migrated babies suppos to mean
yup lmao
im dead lol
Indeed my brother
People almost forgot how strong and fast lebron was when he was young, like nobody can stop him on a transition.
Crazy to see cause this is prolly the smallest he's been but the strength was always there hahaha
Don't ever compare Kawhi Leonard to Lebron James ever again.
No one is saying that kawhi has a better career but realize that this is 13 years ago we talking about now
@@winterwood7985 are you saying Kawhi is better? He's always been on good teams with good coaching. Lebron carried a team for years, something Kawhi never had to do.
@@winterwood7985 hes still not better than lebron and if you think he is you're delusional.
@@winterwood7985 Even now in 2020 Kawhi Leonard is not a better player or leader than LeBron James.
@@ChiTownWarrior1 He is a better player in 2020, had PG scored those buckets against Denver he would have settled that. Its for Kobe. Rigged NBA season in the bubble.
That Cavs team was complete trash, people like to say that Paul George should leave the pacers or AD should leave the pelicans to win a chip but they call Lebron a traitor for leaving the Cavs, what they don't understand is that Cavs team was even worse than the pacers or pelicans, he got no help whatsoever so he had to leave to win a chip. If the management just gave Lebron one more good player, didn't even need to be an all star, someone comparable to a CJ McCollum today and he would have won a championship between 07-10.
JAMZ he wouldve atleast won 2 championships
I don't know. With the exception of the Spurs (Duncan maybe) and the Mavs (Dirk), there haven't been NBA champions that only had ONE superstar on the roster.
ComaAlpha There also has never been a player like Lebron before.
Jordan Sharpe Fat Old Shaq and Mo Williams
No way he beats that laker team with kobe I’m the finals hose 3 years you talking about when he was there
This is crazy. Still stands as possibly his most impressive and greatest game of all time 👑👑👑👑
id argue game 6 against the Celtics in 2012. That game had way higher legacy implications.
Nah this game was his best game ever
I remember watching this as a kid and I was like wow Im finna start playing basketball and he been my favorite player ever since
Still one of the GREATEST performances in NBA history... if not the BEST!!!! #Incredible
Jordan nba finals 1998 and won the champion
@@juanandrescompressantos3675 you just love lebron that much that you cant forget to compare him to jordan huh?
Who’s hear after Lebron gets his 4th ring 🐐🐐🐐
Goat James 👑👑👑👑
The king 👑
you already know!
GTHEBEAST2 I am, but he's not the GOAT, he could never be ..ALL STAR Chaser
STOP CALLING HIM GOAT THEY CALL HIM THE KING FOR A REASON
This is the game that made me a Lebron fan you couldn’t deny the greatness
Me too and I’m a cavs fan 4 life
4 years later, straight outta high school...like a senior this is the game where LeBron James, became *KING.*
Preach bro !
There was absolutely nothing they could do to stop him. This is like watching a real life superhero. Still unbelievable to watch this.
He is clutch
Here watching this in 2020 after Kyrie said KD is the only clutch teammate he’s ever had. Ok
Lebron is way more clutch than kd.
Kyrie was still in diapers so that's fair
The nets got eliminated lmao
The greatest playoff performance of all time. Absolutely unreal
Enjoy Lebron before he's gone. I didn't appreciate Kobe's game when he was still playing and now all I do is watch Kobe highlights
This hits different now
Kobe was the best after MJ
This is true
@@Superputazo23 no
@@Superputazo23 no
How many SF/PF sized guys can beat point guards off the dribble with no screens like he was doing.
Great point. That's what really stood out to me most. He was SO damn quick. Lebron's an all-timer with a Mount Rushmore career, but man, he doesn't move like that anymore.
Fun to go back in time to see it. Everybody should be reminded of this kind of stuff.
not many kd
tj ring facts, not as quick but can still be shifty and explosive (17-18 playoffs)
It’s cool tho bc he understood he wasn’t going to be fast and athletic forever so he figured out other ways to up his game. The Lebron today is a playmaking monster. 6’8 250 pound dude running point guard!
Lebron was hello quick in this game. He was like a man amongst boys. Yet he was the youngest out there.
15 years later and this man is still in the league kicking a$$. Legendary stuff. Appreciate greatness!
This was his most dominant game ever to me. He solidified himself after this one
2017 is fading but i'm still here watching this video once in awhile...same with Game 6 Heat vs Boston in 2012 Playoffs
and especially Game 7 Cavs vs. GSW NBA Finals 2016...LeBron is the Greatest Basketball player of all time!!!
Here after Luka’s great playoff performance had to make sure he wasn’t messing with young bron..
He’s not.
well said...
I'm ashamed of commenting but hell no
I'm tripping on the fact that he is already better than Pandemic P and probably Kwai too!
Luka is great.. But this 22 year old LeBron is a different gravy
Luka is a hell of a player probably one of my favorite players right now but let's be honest with you he's not messing with Young LeBron young LeBron was on a completely different level on both sides of the basketball
After Skip Bayless saw this game, only thing he got from this game was that after Bron shot those freethrows at 3:48 he missed a shot... imagine.. Bron scored 29 of Cavs last 30 points with 11-13 shooting, clutch bucket after clutch bucket inlcuding a game tying basket late and eventually a gamewinning basket and thats the only takeaway Skip had from this game.. whether you’re a Lebron fan or not, we should all know that he does anything just to hate on Lebron.
kwalex did he actually criticize LeBron for this after this game, or are you just saying that he would’ve?
@@SupaCam1 oh he did
Of course he's paid to do that. He damn know well LeBron is great.
skip must of jerked off when lebron got swept by the spurs...
It's a darn shame how Jordan lovers have shaped public opinion against Lebron. They have birthed millions of haters who have no idea how untrue the negative narratives like "he's not a killer" and "he's not clutch" are.
to be fair lebron is clutch until the finals then he does choke...6-24 record in the 6 series he lost...how do you lose 24 finals games and win none of those series?.hes 18-31 in finals games.....dude choked vs dallas he choked vs the spurs twice he choked multiple times vs the warriors in 2015 and 2017 and 2018
Asmosis Jones the reason he loses in the finals is because he makes up so much a his teams. He is rarely ever on the better squad in finals, and he can beat ever team by himself until he gets to the finals.
@@razkable Dallas I'll give you, but . .
2014 - Wade was done avg. 15 ppg that playoffs
2015 - Both Co- Stars were down
2017 - KD joining the Warriors. We basically knew that Cavs that took them 7 with some lucky breaks in 2016, had zero chance.
2018 - Do I even have to explain
@@cpchotdog6189 That's a coaching issue. If you're stars show up, but your role players can't get it together, than that falls on the coaching staff for not adapting, and having an incompetent game plan.
We blamed Bucks head coach for not putting Giannis is a better position with his role players to step up against Toronto. I don't see anyone on Giannis saying he choked, and they shouldn't.
@Mookie Über Alles facts g. if rodman and pippen were injured, jordan is not winning against any of the teams he played
His first step, speed burst and spring back in those days were legendary.
skip keeps saying kyrie was lebrons closer... lebron didnt even have another all star on that team in 07
Show Genius yeah no consistent all stars. Only one all star appearance for Z without Lebron
i believe that was steve kerr who said "very jordanesque"
That’s how we knew LeBron was for real. Steve Kerr would know Jordan as well as anybody.
After this game I think everybody knew that down the road lebron was gonna be one of the greatest basketball players of all time
I knew LeBron on Nov. 2008, my first time to ever watched an NBA Game...since then i fall in love with him and his game...i tried to watched every Cavs game in TH-cam that i missed since 2003...I watch more than 10 times this video...same feeling from the first time i watched...i still get emotional and it give me chill...LeBron is truly a GOAT...
Hard to believe that this had happened 10 years ago today .. LeBron was 22 at the time ? Dang .. I mean that's how long it was ?
Damn man 10 years already!
For all those old heads who say the modern generation wouldnt last in 90s generation. Let this montage be a prime example of how modern NBA players are just in a whole other league compared to the players of the past. Lebron single handedly took down the Pistons who are very much the embodiment of 80s and 90s basketball... They play with a very traditional style of basketball with coach Larry Brown meaning they didn't shoot a lot of 3s, they play physical/ hard nose basketball, and have very traditional roles. Ben Wallace - Physically imposing, and regarded as the best defensive center in NBA history, Rasheed Wallace - Hard nose, archetype stretch 4 with a post game, Rip Hamilton - One of the top most consistent and dependable mid range shooter in NBA history, - Tayshaun Prince - Swiss army knife top tier wing defender and slasher, Chauncy Billups- traditional point guard who can also score and is an efficient 3pt shooter ahead of its time. I say all this because Lebron faced and beat a team that comprised of the ideal 80/90s basketball archetype basketball and obliterated them like they were a JV squad. This isn't even prime Lebron, this is Lebron post 4 years out of HS with no jumper and no real supporting cast. My purpose is to not shit on old generations but to have them understand that each new generation of players become better because they adapt and improve upon the past. Just because Lebron, KD, and Steph are in another class of their own, doesn't mean it tarnishes the stars of yester years like Magic, Kareem, and Bird. Old stars still get their respect for being trail blazers and being the stars in their own right for their respective era.
Preach bro !
Well this video is from 2007, a totally different era from todays league. 2000-2009 still had some 90’s residue on it, so to speak. Teams back then still played with passion, pride and didn’t team hop after a loss. The lebron we see here is cut from that cloth. He changed after his “Decision”. He was NOT the same beast we witnessed for the first 7 years of his career. But even so, I hate cross era comparisons because they’re pointless. Would 2016 Steph be just as dominant in 1996? Possibly. He’s quicker, more nimble with unlimited range.. that’d be tough to guard. Would 1991 Micheal Jordan be just as dominant in 2021? Possibly. He was a scoring machine against top tier ranked defenses, imagine what he would do in what some call “the weakest era in NBA history.” It’s a bunch of possibilities but since it’ll never happen, what’s the point in talking about it?
@@rodneymckinnon9075 Ben Wallace wasn't on this 2007 Pistons Roster, so it's not as good as OP's making this Pistons team out to be...
Very true
He refused to let his team lose
Heisman Hopeful unlike James harden
Kevin Lopez lmao in James harden's case HE is the reason why they lose XD
The day he was recognized as the best in the league & still is up to this day 🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️🐐🐐
No he's not lol
Correct. It's 2020 and he's been clearly the best player in the league for 13 straight years since that game and should have AT LEAST 6 MVPs by now.
@@solemagus4761 really :) the goat about to win his 4th at age 35
2007 maybe not. Kobe still at prime.
@Warsame Houssein you could make a case that people were hesitant to call Bron the best in the world until 2012 cuz Kobe was winning chips in 09 and 10 and Bron had that meltdown against Dallas in ‘11
The greatest performance in NBA history hands down it was literally 5v1
Keep posting this video !
This is the only time I saw someone and thought 💭 "He’s as good as Jordan"
KD can never do this
W
周子木 kd would join them at halftime
{Rainy} 😂
uhhh but he just did lmfao, goof
jordie tessier nah he had the change against the Warriors in 2016. Choked three straight games and went and joined them lmfao. He will never be mentioned in the same breath as Bron or Larry Bird.
The best ever. Don't care what anybody else thinks. The greatest athlete I have ever seen.
It's good you don't care because you are wrong LOL
@@tripled8542he doesn't care because he is sure about his opinion and not gonna discuss with deluded haters like u
You didn’t see michael…
@@juanandrescompressantos3675 the same Michael that said "yeah we lost to the pistons, but I'm still getting paid" lol. If he had social media around him early, the man might be the most hated, not the most loved. This is coming from a fan by the way. I still think Mike is better, but people like you are delusional lol
Today is the 10 year anniversary of this epic.
i don't like lebron necessarily since he never let derrick rose get to the finals but i just have to respect greatness 💯
Would've been some amazing playoff series for years Rose vs LeBron if Rose was never plagued with injuries. Man that 2011 year he had was special.
Well now maybe he can take Derrick Rose TO the finals and win a chip together. They need it back tho.
James Johnson 😂😂😂😂
Jordan Scott lmao the respect and disrespect to Rose at the same time🤣
Rose is not the only one
It's crazy to think he took a bunch of role players to the NBA Finals. He was an incredible player at this point in his career.
Keep taking in that Lebron history !
They had a good team that year. No big names beside Bron, but the group worked well together
There are HOF players who rarely get 25 in a game. This dude, in his 4th season, got 25 in a ROW, for his entire team, in the most pivotal playoff game in the most pivotal moment.
Greatness
I watched this game live, I was never a LeBron fan but I started to respect his game after the 2007 season and especially after this series
Bro. I was 12 years old when this happened. To this day, it’s still one of the greatest playoff performances I’ve ever witnessed. The man was unconscious. Just an extraordinary display of passion and effort. The kid was balling.
Keep posting this video !
Tayshaun Prince made all NBA defense 2nd team that year and at 3:52 he cowers in fear and runs from LeBron. He got abused in this game.
lmaoo bron was just much quicker, stronger, and faster than eveybody, Im pretty sure Jordan cant even hold him one on one
@@jeffreyramos7053 yes cause pippen is not there guarding the best player on the other team
Cowers in fear that was a damn travel..
@@joelglaud no it wasn't
Gadget Minus Gadget LMAOOOOOOOOOOO!
3:58 people love to say Lebron plays against bad defense, yet here's Tayshaun Prince (old heads would consider him a great defender on a great defensive team) literally running away from Lebron as he rises up 😂. Nobody wants to contest him in the air, doesn't matter which era 🐐
i know truth be told this era was far more defensive had way more star power than the 90s
He was a solid defender not great like many of them were. But let's remember this Pistons team didn't have their only hall of famer Ben Wallace.
@@joshuawilliams7653 Nah Prince was a great defender and arguably the best wing/perimeter in the mid to late 2000s. Long arms, moving his feet quick and bothering your shots while not committing silly fouls. That's the only reason why he was on the Redeem Team. He shut down pre-injury 32.1ppg T-mac in 03 first round and made Kobe look like a high school player in 04 finals. The Pistons were still one of the best defensive team even without Ben Wallace otherwise how could they be in the East Finals lol. Because of Prince, Billups and other great role players the Pistons had one of the most horrifying perimeter defense. Just watch the very first assist by LeBron he got triple teamed early in the first quarter smh.
@@hochan5830 There's a difference between good and great. I have a hard time calling a guy a great defender when he never made a defensive 1st team but Tayshaun was really good and presented problems to guys no doubt. And I never said the Pistons weren't a good defense still after losing Wallace but that game 5 LeBron was able to do whatever he wanted, in particular get inside once he got past Prince and Billups because Wallace wasn't there. You don't lose a 4 time DPOY in the tail end of his prime and you're still the same level defense. Good as they were, there was still a drop off without Wallace and that's a big reason the Cavs pulled off the series win.
@@joshuawilliams7653 man i guess if detroit really wanted wallace to stay they shouldve offered more money. Pistons won the 2006 series not because of ben but because on the cavs team only lebron and Z had actually averaged double digits in scoring while pistons had 4 players averaging double digits. however, in 2007 cavs acquired gibson who helped them offensively that is why bron averaged 2 more assists per game compared to the 06 series.
I mean sheed did a better job protecting the rim in 07 compared to ben in 06. To be frank 07 pistons were better defensively than the 06 pistons with ben against the cavs, but 06 were better at rebounding averaging 2 more rebounds than 07. And that bulls with ben in 07? yeah they got 4-2 by this same detroit squad. So just stop with this nonsense, i know its embarrassing and it hurts for a contending team with almost all of them at their prime to be beaten by a 22 year old kid with a 20 year old rookie, a 31 year old slow center and a bunch of nobodies.
Watching this, after he captured his 4th ring (and counting) at the age of almsot 36, and realizing what he did here already in 2007 (13 years ago, almost an average nba career long!!) when Luka and all of the other stars of today were starting their first grade..
Man we just need to recognize greatness.
this is when he became king james
We are gonna see this Lebron in the 2019-2020 season, A rejunenated, fully rested, and with a superstar with him, He is gonna be more motivated this year and we might see alot of performances like this one this year!!!
Good call
I'm from the future and yup AD left his team and PG left his team and LeBron came back after a terrible virus outbreak of covid and won a chip at Disney 🌎 with AD and Rondo of all people.
people refuse to watch all of these legendary lebron moments....as they try to argue MJ
The kind of stuff the viewers forget literally because of Skip "haterade" Bayless. Lebron has G.O.A.T. written all over his resume.
@Niko Gambino bitch stfu
I’m not even a Lebron fan but we can’t act like Lebron didn’t play in different generations this is the early 2000s where people consider the toughest defensive era based off numbers and he is still Ballin !
This was the 07 playoffs so technically late 2000s after hand checking was taken out. I get both sides of the argument in this series for why it should've been hyped and why not but I always go back to the Pistons didn't have their only Hall of Famer Wallace and that was the difference in 06 and 07.
@@joshuawilliams7653 lebron averaged 36 point triple double in his first playoff series at 21 when teams averaged 78 points a game. He is avging 35 in any era
@@alexyou3233 No he's not.
@@joshuawilliams7653 Okay so kobe cant either? Lebron averages 5 more points per game in the playoffs and 3 more assists and rebounds. Kobe would be a bum in the 90s then right if lebron cant avg 35
@@alexyou3233 Lol no he don't. Regular season LeBron is 27-7-7 and post season LeBron is 29-9-7. He don't even crack 30 in the playoffs in this soft era so quit it. Also just cause you don't average 35 it doesn't make you a bum. LeBron has benefitted from playing in an era of spacing and no hand checking. Scoring was tougher and more physical back then because there wasn't an emphasis on the 3 like today. It's not a knock cause LeBron great I'm just stating the obvious. LeBron would probably average then what he does now 25-30 a game but his shot selection would be different. But the beating he'd be taking cause he'd be driving constantly due to his lack of a real post game or mid range would hinder scoring a bit. He ain't like Jordan that can legit take 20 jumpers and be around 50 percent LeBron efficiency lies in his ability to get downhill and be a freight train in the lane but he's not doing that much in the 90s getting tagged every time he does.
Simply one of the sickest individual performances ever. And in the playoffs!
This game brings back memories.
I miss this NBA, my 13 year old self really idolized these guys.
Man it sucks being an adult… sometimes.
one of the best performances that i ever see
who's back because Lebron is at it again with his 10th trip to the finals? . Goat Things.
In all Honesty, Kobe is my man. Bt when I come back to this game, I gotta give Lebron the edge. Kobe couldnt control the tempo of an entire game at tht age 😮
SO BECAUSE AT 22 LEBRON WAS BETTER THAT PROVES WHAT? PRIME KOBE BETTER THAN PRIME LEBRON THATS ALL THAT MATTERS
As a kobe fan my entire life . i agree wirh this . kobe was a bettwe scorer but there is a list of things lebron could do that kobe just couldn't .
Triple Whopper wit Cheese TRIPLE OG STATUS you clearly didnt watch the 2000 NBA PLAYOFFS. Kobe was 22 also at the time. In a crucial game 7 against the Portland Trailblazers Kobe led the lakers having 25 pts, 11 rebs, 7 ast while shaq had 16 pts and 8 reb lakers were down 15 starting the 4th qtr. And Game 6 of the 2000 nba Finals in the 4th qtr Phil Jackson said to Kobe that "you handle the ball and make the calls" Watch the remaining minutes of that game and you'll see kobe's gravity pulling 2-3 defenders making shaq wide open or other open shooters to pass.
You sir not a true fan of Kobe.
@@usuitakumi8673 Lebron had 48 lol. Playing on a trash team...
@@nwinsto602 He never said Lebron was better. Sensetive Kobe dickriders smh
All the other 12 cavaliers had to do was lsolations and picks XD
luis pena and defense
They didn't even set picks lol he did this all against doubles
Job is done. 4th ring for the King!!!
Like how is this man not the greatest basketball player of all time
Jordan stans hiding behind rings
Don't forget, this piston team beat the lakers with Kobe, Shaq, Malone, and Payton all on one team
This Pistons team didn't have 4x DPOY Ben Wallace so it was not the same.
Yeah with a injured old malone, old payton, a fat shaq, kobe dealing with shoulder issues and court issues, two of their main bench players rick fox and devean george injured. Otherwise, it would have been easy for the lakers
YourAverageGuy lol the excuses
Everyone knows this. These aren't excuses. If you face a healthy lakers and a healthy pistons, Lakers would kill them.
YourAverageGuy
Excuses 😂😂😂
This is when I said this dude is special. It’s his league now.
this is my favorite game from Lebron. those last 8 shots wear all incredible.
LEBRON better than everyone on the pistons
I’m glad to have been able to see the career of the greatest basketball player ever
swear to God Kevin Harlan and Marv Albert are the same person
For real
lmfao😂
Robert Cabral frrr lololol
Robert Cabral 😂😂😂😂
Connor Murphy Who are you? Are you Me?
Since it aint been any basketball I'm jus watching old LeBron highlights😢
This was one of the best performance I liked from LBJ. Going against the best defensive team in the nba that year and to drop I believe 26 points at the end without none of his teammates scoring. This is what u call putting your team on your back. This was the killer everyone wanted to keep seeing in his past years.
Lebron is a Team player, he needed other PAID players to be great too based on their on talents , NOT just 1 man (himself) !!! Why should Lebron have to do all the heavy lifting , what if he is not there ? Somebody ELSE should be stepping up !! It's a TEAM sport !
people will say that the east were weak in 07 😂😂
Fine Strickland east had a trio in the nets, wizards, a full team with the pistons. It use to go down in the ecf. And the heat was good too
Fine Strickland the east was weak but still lebron cavs team was way worse then any playoff team without lebron. they wouldnt even made the playoffs if they didnt had lebron on theyre roster so it was still super impressive what lebron did in a weak east but with a super weak team who could only defend well
The only team since 1987 that a team beat two 0.500 or worse teams to make the finals. The 07 Pistons without Ben Wallace tied the 17 Celtics for the 3rd worst record by a 1 seed since the playoffs became 4 rounds.
Grumpy McGrumps without Ben Wallace they still had Mcdyess and Webber instead. And record doenst say anything allot. The pistons at theyre very best in 2007 couldve had a better record then they had just like the cabs last season had a 54-28 record while in reality could had 60+ winning season. The pistons had plenty talent, skill and experience on that team
Dave jahoer at the time the West had the Spurs and no one else while the East had the PGA in Boston, LeBron in Cleveland, Howard in Orlando, Wade in Miami, Arenas in DC, the East was the better conference from 03-04 to like 10-11 when Allen left and Truth and KG went to Jersey/Brooklyn and pretty much ruined the Eastern conference.
The fact that people think Jordan is better than this guy is mind blowing
Jordan is 99 overall
Lebron is 98 overall
Jordan is better but he’s not extremely better as people make it seem
Well Jordan is really the better one
🐐 jordan
2011 finals is all I need to watch to remind me
@@officermo3854 one series ?? Bruh
Interesting how people say lebron has no bag now, but you could tell he adapted to the times because here he was pulling Kobe moves left and right. Amazing how much his game as evolved through each era.
This is the best instance to prove why Lebron James is the best player in the history of the NBA.
Michael Jordan took advantage of the man to man illegal defensive era. See how pistons always had help defenders and zone on Lebron and they still couldn’t stop him. Lebron would average just as many points as Jordan would with double digit assists if he played in the 90s. Based on the fact you had to always commit to the defender, you cannot shadow the paint and then also guard the corner 3. That’s why it’s basically required to have a stretch 4 now in the nba, to beat the zone defense. Lebron faster, stronger, better handles, can jump higher(Lebron’s wing span is longer than Jordan’s by a lot) and better passing than Jordan would have dominated the 90s more than MJ. Lebron in 90s would just outmuscle or outquick any defender, no one man can guard him. Malone and Barkley too slow, Grant hill and Clyde Drexler too small. And then when he’s at the rim he’s jumping higher and bigger and stronger than half of the centers. The centers in the 90s were like 6’10” 6’11”(true heights) and 250lbs. Lebron James 6’7”(true height without shoes) is 250lbs. Simple physics says you have equal weight one one object moving much faster, that object would just move that slow moving object away. Lebron is the true best player in nba history, don’t listen to Jordan sheep. I was a Jordan fan growing up myself, but I saw the light maybe 7 years ago. If you actually know the game of basketball you would see Lebron is just the better player. He can take a bunch of random players further than anybody else.
Also I didn’t even bring up the league had less skilled players. Lots of white American born players, that basically barely existed in the 2000s on ward. And finally hand checking was outlawed in 1979, so please don’t let those sheep basketball idiots tell you that myth.
Nothing but facts.
Facts. I still have MJ as the GOAT but Bron needs one more ring and the ultimate scoring title so that when it's all said and done...LeGOAT will be THE GOAT
Titlebreaker LEGOATTTT
This game is fucking OVERRATED
He Played horrible in games 1-4 and 6
Boobie Gibson was his second best teammate in that series...he beat that Pistons team damn near singlehandedly. I love the Lakers, but the Kobe vs. LeBron argument is nonsense. Kobe wouldn't have gotten 35 wins out of that team. LeBron got them to the Finals.
+Manu Ginobilis Bald Spot greatest performance.... ever.
+Manu Ginobilis Bald Spot Kobe played in the west, Lebron the east. Kobe could've easily taken any team in the east to the finals.
+Hamzah Hashmi and lose too
+Hamzah Hashmi kobe played in the west and lebron played in the east. you are trying to make the point that the west is better than the east. so by ur logic, kobe always had a better team to deal with the western conference while lebron always had crappy teams vs the crappy east? that cavs team's 2nd best player was larry fucking hughes. put kobe on that cavs team and they struggle to get into the playoffs, let alone beat the allstar squad that was the pistons
Go look at Kobes teams from 05-06 06-07 that he took to the playoffs in the West, they were worse than this Cavs team fool
This was the game that a truely became a Witness. Been riding with the 👑 ever since 💯
This and his 45 against Boston my favorite lebron games
Listen man, love him, hate him, or indifferent about him, we all much agree on one thing: scoring ALL of the FINAL 25 points in a game to lead your team to a victory in the playoffs should be regarded as one of the Top 5 most dominant games by a single player all-time! This is amazing to witness! (unless you're a Pistons fan ofc)
I remember watching this live and being blown away! It was amazing to watch. Especially him being so young
Yep same. This series made me a fan for life.
Keep posting this video !
"The Most Complete Player of All Time Ever"
29 points of the Cavs' last 30. Absolutely incredible
Greatness !!!
this dude is touching the ball every play....HE WAS THE TEAM...passing, scoring at will. never again will we see anyone like that
Keep posting this video !
Who else still watching in 2019...Had to type Lebron vs Pistons 🏀🏀🏀
Wathing in 2020 after the Lakers Championship..typed the exact same thing!!!! Look at that!!!
Sad that people remember this season as criticism on LeBron for losing to the Spurs in the finals
There's no shame in that especially the story leading up to the finals
Unreal godly shit lebron did at age 22 no nba legends could do half the shit lebron has accomplished that’s why he gets so much hate it’s sad They won’t appreciate the individual Greatness of this man I’m glad I will always Appreciate lebron No matter what unreal to see his career unfold at now almost 37 years old 😭👑🐐
Fr his haters underrate his accomplishments and unrealistically increase their expectations when it’s convenient.
Little did I know as a 12 year old, I'd be watching the guy that would bring me the happiest day of my life as a 21 year old.
Here in July 2024 the guy is still bullying grown men in the Olympics. My god. We are all lucky to have witnessed such extended greatness.