Putting down the Detroit Pistons
The Detroit Pistons were the Eastern Conference’s best. After winning an NBA Championship in 2004, the second-best core that the Motor City ever dressed was consistently in the later stages of the postseason. They served as gatekeepers, waiting for someone to knock them off for good.
Sounds like a job fit for a King.
The Cavaliers were tied at two games apiece in the Eastern Conference Finals. With a chance at their first Finals appearance lining up with a pivotal Game 5 in Detroit, many wondered how the overachieving Cavs would fare in the finish of the series.
In a performance unlike anything we may ever see again, LeBron James made sure to remind everyone just how great he is. He didn’t just rack up ten straight points, not just twenty straight points. No, LeBron went off for thirty points in a row to take a 109-107 double-overtime victory on the road before locking up his first of many Finals appearances.
LeBron’s taken down plenty of teams over the course of his career. But his soul-snatching run to finish Game 5 is by far one of his most savage feats to date.