LeBron James.
LeBron James.
Dude makes utter ridiculousness look completely normal at the best of times, but this one will almost certainly make his already tough-to-crack highlight reel.
James and the Cleveland Cavaliers are battling an extremely game Indiana Pacers in the first round of the NBA Playoffs, with game five going down in Cleveland a short while ago.
The game was tough and hard fought and close right up until the final seconds.
And then LeBron James reaches into his mightily talented ass and pulls yet another one out.
Firstly, with ten seconds remaining and the score locked at 95 each, James stops a would-be game-winning Pacers drive dead in its tracks by swatting the ball away from Victor Oladipo like it was a street-side charity mugger.
THE SWAT! pic.twitter.com/FkVbiDxD0K
— NBA (@NBA) April 26, 2018
NO THANK YOU GOOD BYE.
One timeout later and Cleveland pulls the ages-old “just give it to LeBron” play, and the 33-year-old delivers with a rim rattling buzzer beater from approximately seven miles downtown.
KING. JAMES. 👑 pic.twitter.com/at3WfXuzWU
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) April 26, 2018
What the fuck.
It looks even more ridiculous from a court-side angle.
From inside The Q….#ThisIsYourTime#WhateverItTakes pic.twitter.com/pCZC7o64gg
— NBA (@NBA) April 26, 2018
Though he’s done it countless times before in his illustrious career, James was no less hyped as hell in the immediate aftermath of his latest piece of outrageous on-court conduct.
There were, to borrow a phrase, absolute scenes inside the Q.
👑👑👑 #WhateverItTakes #ThisIsWhyWePlay #NBAPlayoffs pic.twitter.com/xFgOvSVxoq
— NBA (@NBA) April 26, 2018
Interestingly enough, the game-winning shot was taken from almost exactly the same spot on the court as the one he famously took in 2009 to down Orlando.
https://twitter.com/World_Wide_Wob/status/989324740828581888
On a long enough time line, greatness apparently just winds up repeating itself.
Sunrise, sunset, LeBron doing LeBron things.
The Cavs now hold a precarious 3-2 lead in the best-of-seven series.
