Lebrons performance in the 2016 finals 3-1 comeback

Published 2024-05-22 10:45

Lebron displayed an excellent performance LeBron James averaged 26.3 points, 9.5 rebounds and 7.6 assists in 21 games in the 2016 playoffs. He won his third Finals MVP award and his third NBA championship.

He started off strong averaging 23 points, 7 assists, 9 rebounds, 2 steals and 1 block against the 8th seed Detroit Pistons winning the series 4-0.

They went back to back going 4-0 against the Atlanta Hawks averaging 23 points, 8 assists, 9 rebounds, 3 steals and 1 block.

They then won 4-2 against the Toronto Raptors 26 points, 7 assists, 9 rebounds, 2 steals and 1 block.

Then they face the Warriors in the NBA Finals a team seen as pretty much unbeatable over a 7 game series with a record of 73-9 the best in NBA history. They had 4 superstars consisting of Stephen Curry the greatest 3 point shooter of all time Klay Thompson a debatable 2nd best 3 point shooter of all time and an excellent defender, Harrison Barnes a good 3-D player, Draymond Green a 4 time all defensive team player and the 2017 DPOY, and Andre Igoudala a multiple time DPOY candidate.

The series started off as many expected 2 blowout games going to the warriors the most one sided start ever in the finals with Draymond Green scoring 28 in game 2, in game 3 Lebron and Kyrie Irving dominated with 32 points, but in game 4 Curry scores 38 points to send the lead to 3-1 at this point no one believed in the Cavaliers could do it, as teams who went down 3-1 in the finals were 0-32 nut they didn't let that affect them as they won game 5 with 41 point games from both Lebron and Kyrie, capitalizing on Draymond Green being suspended after a dangerous foul on Lebron in game 4, in game 6 Lebron drops 41 points again to lead them to a 3-3 series forcing a game 7, and then in game 7 they did it they completed the 'impossible' with a 93-89 win where Lebron got a 27 point triple double to win the Cavs their first ever title in the most dramatic way possible.

He averaged 29.7 points, 11.3 rebounds and 8.9 assists while shooting 49.4 percent from the floor and 37.1 percent from deep in the finals.

depositphotosLebron was the first person in NBA history to average a triple double in the NBA finals. The series finished with 10 assists, 12 rebounds and averaging 33 points.averaging. In the finals he had 82 field goals in under 300 minutes played and 208 pts . He also had 13 3 pointers and 62 defensive rebounds. He averaged nearly 30 points per game in this series and over 11 rebounds per game. He made over 31 turnovers in total during this series with 16 blocks.

 

References: (1) ESPN, (2) NBA website, (3) Sports Illustrated, (4) ESPN, (5) Basketball Reference
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