Ranking LeBron James Top 5 NBA Finals Games

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Jun 20, 2013; Miami, FL, USA; Miami Heat small forward LeBron James (6) makes a jump shot in the last seconds of game seven in the 2013 NBA Finals at American Airlines Arena. Miami Heat won 95-88 to win the NBA Championship. Mandatory Credit: Steve Mitchell-USA TODAY Sports

2. 2013 NBA FINALS Game 6: San Antonio Spurs at Miami Heat (June 18, 2013)

Final Score: Heat 103, Spurs 100 OT

Key Stats: 32 Points, 10 Rebounds, 11 Assists, 3 Steals, 1 Block

This game will forever be known as the “Ray Allen championship-saving” game as the shooting guard made a corner three to tie the game with seconds to go to send the game into overtime.

But the game wouldn’t have gotten to that point without one of LeBron’s best games of the Finals, carrying the team on his back the entire game on the way to the second NBA Finals triple-double of his career with (32-10-11). James was fired up throughout the game as he led the team’s comeback from a 10-point third-quarter deficit, scoring 16 points in the fourth and giving the Heat a brief lead down the stretch before the Spurs mounted a comeback of their own.

Despite his six turnovers (with two toward the end of the fourth) and below .500 shooting overall, LeBron made the three-pointer that cut the Spurs six-point lead in half with 25.1 seconds to play which later led to Allen’s miracle three and the team’s subsequent win in overtime.

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