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Cavs vs. Raptors Game 3: What We Learned

By Jackson Flickinger

May 5, 2017; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James (23) reacts after being fouled by Toronto Raptors guard DeMar DeRozan (10) during the first half of game three of the second round of the 2017 NBA Playoffs at Air Canada Centre. Mandatory Credit: John E. Sokolowski-USA TODAY Sports
May 5, 2017; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James (23) reacts after being fouled by Toronto Raptors guard DeMar DeRozan (10) during the first half of game three of the second round of the 2017 NBA Playoffs at Air Canada Centre. Mandatory Credit: John E. Sokolowski-USA TODAY Sports /
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May 5, 2017; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James (23) pulls in a pass against the Toronto Raptors during the first half of game three of the second round of the 2017 NBA Playoffs at Air Canada Centre. Mandatory Credit: John E. Sokolowski-USA TODAY Sports
May 5, 2017; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James (23) pulls in a pass against the Toronto Raptors during the first half of game three of the second round of the 2017 NBA Playoffs at Air Canada Centre. Mandatory Credit: John E. Sokolowski-USA TODAY Sports /

4. LeBron is finding new ways to disrespect opponents

James found a way to disrespect the Raptors in the first two games of the series. In Game 1, he had the incident with the beer girl and in Game 2 he spun the ball in Serge Ibaka’s face repeatedly before hitting a three.

LeBron had to be a little more creative in Game 3. Toronto Raptors head coach Dwane Casey took exception to some of what James was doing in the previous games and called for the Raptors to fight, even some punches “below the belt”.

However,  despite the increased physicality in the game, the only punches delivered below the belt came from LeBron.

James decided that he was going to beat the Raptors single-handedly with his left hand.

LeBron went into his bag of tricks à la Larry Bird with destroying a team with his left hand. It is reported that Bird once scored 22 of 47 points in a game with just his left hand to prove a point.

Was James doing the same thing? No one knows.

What we do know is he went to it down the stretch of a road playoff game.

If dominating with his off-hand wasn’t enough, James asked notorious Raptors’ fan and brand ambassador Drake where they were going to get drinks, after just beating his team three straight times

That’s cold-blooded.

“Free smoke, free smoke.”