LeBron James 2016 NBA Finals MVP ● Full Highlights vs Warriors ● 29.7 PPG! ● 1080P 60 FPS

they were the best in the east all season long the cleveland cavs dominated in the playoffs when he catches a step off the block you're right the concern is not him scoring the basketball catching on the block inside nice move from james lebron james four of five from the field attacking the basket as he's done all post season he has eight points [Applause] [Music] love inside and that's one of the things he's been able to do a year ago i am much more relaxed now mike we'll see as this wears on you know doris all the players have talked about that as james drives inside on a beautiful finish curry picks up smith iguodala guarding lebron james [Music] james the spin move boy makes it look so easy knocked away good health defense from james [Applause] the cavs have had some stretches in these playoffs where they have been superb defensively as james again gets inside a veteran of nba finals games one of the best in the nba as james hits his first back in irving wide open that time hits the three-pointer he's got 11. some of the officials who are still have great decision-making capabilities like our steve jaby and somehow incorporates that position with as many camera angles as we have now i don't know about all that mike and i don't know about the full referee [Applause] james jump shot is good kevin love with nine rebounds james pulls up that's a three rattles it home after player in the third [Music] james floats it up and thompson throws it down james mazzily picks him up on the switch seven on the 24. james blows past him lefty lay up and cleveland back up one [Applause] livingston the last two years have been dynamic kevin love that's a two-pointer for love 16 points green gets up on kevin love barbosa is guarding lebron james the mismatch finds thompson the runner rolls off the rim but thompson is an outstanding cutter james sets and connects the three-pointer let's get that intel 360. james dunn for the night one assist shy of a triple-double warriors take game one [Applause] they've been tied at one game apiece after two games in game one 45-10 advantage for golden state irving banks it in [Applause] linux from the pull-up james the rebound james hasn't scored yet he's old for floor alley up to thompson quality offense your big man running coast to coast getting a high percentage loud pass from lebron cavs up by a two four in the game thus far nine points already shot clock down to seven i'm on chumperton shepard sets and hits james again posting up [Applause] gets inside an easy layup for lebron james's first points at one end and then the drop step baseline around green for the easy layup green inside the barns barnes smacked away by channing frye you could hear the smack from here at midcourt dellavedova on the drive inside the james for the flush he's got a bigger driving gap takes it uses his body to get all the way to the basket shots in his next two [Applause] james left-handed banks it in not dangerous leaving him in with three oh he's a guy you can trust you can certainly trust him and you take him off of kyrie irving when you coach always left guys in even if they have fouls like that you know games oh what a crossover and finish lebron james the freight train finals it was the lowest field goal percentage in a win on the road in finals history when they shot just 33 percent to cavs and one here at oracle james powers his way to the basket again he's grabbing his jersey just didn't seem like much as draymond green gets it blocked by lebron james serendipity for leandro barbossa off what looked to be a turnover jefferson the drive going to travel as thompson turned to shoot james puts his head down and drives hard to the basket with authorities putting the big on the floor the warriors nothing you can do to be able to play both ends and let's listen their best players just haven't played well enough james puts up a three knocks that one down finals against oklahoma city and two in a row [Applause] here against cleveland in the finals to cleveland only elimination games are must-win situations play thompson an air ball so curry and thompson each with air balls to start james goes at green lay-up is good and then the quick attack could outfit some teams the nba has seen in a couple of decades irving on a beautiful feed from james and offensively how many times we've seen the first two games no man movement a ball movement you got to take care of basketball curry turns it over j.r smith fakes throws it back to jefferson into james irvin james thought about a long three iguodalas in the game and jade banks it in attacks iguodala outstanding defender but doesn't give him a chance to use his hands and a beautiful sky hook the game's the tip off shortly after nine following countdown [Applause] james to the basket left hand and lays it in iguodala's on james now curry back on irving curry with two fouls as deserving have nice back door and james throws it down and to me that's how he can be utilized more coach we agree cutting chance of mvp and as james hits the second one shot clock is turned off steve kerr steve kerr talking so glowingly about him before the game they played one year in arizona together meanwhile james rattles in and the lead is back to 16. blocked by james but the effort getting back into the they continue to do an incredible job defensively on five to shoot james steps back jumper it's good in his career as barnes misses badly thompson to james james fires away and hits a three largest lead of the night the patience on the offensive end elevates locked and loaded lebron james kyrie irving fighting over the top of the screen there's a better shot by curry james he's been hot from outside that continues he's got to play better turns it over james keeps his dribble somehow irving back to jade oh he throws it down out angle this looked like it was going to be a toss law pass out of bounds lebron james still has the athletic ability catches throws it down mama there goes that man that's a long distance alley-oop slam one way or the other james 11 of his 22 have come here in this third quarter as he hits that one [Applause] [Music] [Applause] livingston tied up shot clock winding down and he draws the foul on shumpert john livingston is such a clever player it would have had to be i wouldn't need a trampoline to be able to jump over the rim here comes james shot clock turned off inside jefferson jefferson throws it down his first miss of the night i like this lineup too for the cavs lebron james playing the point guard position i don't agree with that i agree as a technical foul though physical tone james to the basket and a foul [Applause] [Music] blew right by green and a chance for a three-point play as the lead balloons irving green picks him up james open lays it up and in against portland lost game three they lost game three in oklahoma city as well in the conference finals before that great comeback as james drills another lebron james 30 points nine rebounds six assists continuing to stay with that one full pick-and-roll curry darning james backing in there's the double team can't get to the go tips it in with the left hand they lose by 33 come back and win by 30. [Applause] coach staff gave us a great plan great game plan and we executed it uh for 48 minutes for game four and the starting on ups once again richard jefferson second straight game in the starting lineup first so last game it was instead of it was chanting fry count it and a foul barnes tough fall away shot an excellent defense by love james to the basket banks it in and i love this play eliminates the help of draymond green by sealing his body and documentary event not just the o.j simpson story but what about race celebrity violence and the criminal justice system shot clock down to five back out j.r smith way downtown got it barnes thompson and curry stolen by james and james lays it in green was yelling to klay thompson anticipation again of lebron james active hands getting to the pass lane in the right play by lost back up top j.r smith bumped by curry and misses the shot rebound james passes out to kevin love steps back behind the line and hits the three first three games including game three when the cavs are up by as many as 20. james nice pivot left-handed scoops it in look to shoot that much green inside stolen by james excellent outlet pass to smith for the finish there's a lot of contact both both ways right from the opening tip they've let them play for the most part james hits a three but look at that cushion mike that is just that's a warm-up shot off the dribble [Applause] curry is on lebron james feeds richard jefferson inside the adjustment rolls around and drops in when thompson was the screener and left him wide open james pulls back james has seven assists so far this is a two-pointer drills it don't give him the call irving goes up top to james back to shepherd shepherd has a good open look in and out james the rebound back up and in livingston took a shot in the mouth curry gets free shuffer right up on him shot clock winding down curry to the basket blocked by james seven tenths of a second remaining [Applause] james started by the young mcadoo james drives pass him in an easy two livingston with his second field goal [Applause] irving's clear path to the basket layup he missed it james on the follow picks up james goes right at him stops lost it gets it back james across the lane finds irving underneath for the bank shot great luck from james take a moment that was outstanding work done by security i want to give this league a lot of credit to security around this league that was picture perfect way of handling this situation lebron james drives in left-handed layup james will bring it up 104.95 james goes right to klay thompson and throws it down finals no one's ever come back from 3-1 kyrie irving will dribble it out and the golden state warriors with a huge win on the road take a commanding 3-1 lead in these nba finals one assist shy of a triple-double kyrie irving had 34 but a heartbreaking loss for the cavaliers as curry welcome to oakland california we're all set for game five the great ones what do they do when they feel like they've been disrespected they elevate their game they need him to attack attack attack and it starts tonight i think that's a fair bet james the irving three-pointer and kyrie irving knocks it down but because of the versatility even in those pick-and-roll he sniffers out he sniffs out the action that they're running and he automatically switches as lebron knocks down the long ball booting some fourth quarter minutes well he really did this is what i was talking about when you really miss draymond dream because tristan that is [Music] lebron james straight on knocks down his second three-pointer and they've tied the game nice comeback from the cavaliers after they trailed by seven and this place was erupting barnes had two good games and cleveland misses that one no small lineup in there mcadoo is the tallest player he's playing in the five james drives and easily finishes and no shot blocking in the game [Applause] james and semi transition gets into the gap gets to a strong right hand barbosa misses the initial help through five or four plus and james goes one for two [Applause] shot clock turned off no fouls to give james jumper again lebron james irving drives well defended ball knocked away by barnes iguodala ahead to curry shepherd in pursuit blocked by james rejects it out of bounds good hustle defensively chase down block by lebron good job not giving up on the play tristan tops on the rebound dave puts his head down drives and finishes doug and jalen and sage lebron james drives kicks it back out shuffler jumper with a good look james the rebound and the putback to it a great step ever done thompson again with 23. james steps back his jumper has been working tonight does again now seven of 13 from the field now the key is who's going to shoot did they knock it into the shooter or is it varajal going to be we saw that earlier james with 18 as well space gives him some room james knocks it down green type of play they put two on the ball space does a good job catches it finds the next pass the wide open harrison barnes james the drive james the finish as james drives kicks it out the low [Music] [Applause] james fakes james drives james finishes and the foul and a chance for a three-point play to tie the game puts his head down and has an appointment with the rim clearly contact in the big time finish by james a chance for the three-point play by the way speaking of stat guys our statistician dave free vermont connected to the people paying their check [Music] james irving bogan with a bit of a shove james with four to shoot he's gonna have to knock up a three and does lebron james with his third three-pointer probably turn down the initial shot then as the clock winds down pull-up jumper two-pointer not that time deflected taken by iguodala off to the races drive past irving gets inside layup blocked by james back iguodala with a good push and james block of the game 12-17 [Music] three-point cavaliers lead love finds james who got free in an easy two can't connect james grabs another [Applause] [Music] irving steps into the three knocks it down kyrie irving from downtown tremendous tremendous career thompson misses thompson tristan that is the rebound he fouled him again he pushed him down low right there lebron james with the left hand [Applause] livingston seven points off the bench steve carratel and his team continue to move without the basketball irving again from downtown back on james [Music] now mcadoo switches on they floated into thompson tops a tough catch goes back up and banks it in tristan thompson look at klay thompson who he's guarded through these playoffs james harden in the first round against houston regarding damian little james steps back he tries another three that's good lebron james from downtown against the great ones you got to give up something this good defense by sean levinson gives a little ass space when he elevates jefferson stay ready because we're gonna need you if you're the cavaliers james jump shot again all night long he's been hitting from the perimeter [Applause] [Music] [Applause] james against rush leans in trying to draw the foul got him up count it and one 40 points for lebron james and the lead balloons to 15. performance he's had you talking about all-time great performance offensively lebron james still getting it done and if the series were to end right now facing elimination their season on the line what a road victory for the cleveland cavaliers as the nba finals will return to cleveland on thursday night the only thing that matters is what happened in between these four lines uh our guys uh understood that this was i mean it's the final countdown you know we had to come out mentally focused mentally prepared mentally sharp our culture staff gave us a great game plan and we executed as we get set for game six starting lineups and some changes andrew bogut out with the knee injury andre iguodala and green so fired up felt so bad about having to sit out kyrie irving on him there thompson chased by lebron james poked away from behind then releases and curry has to back off as james throws it down turning the ball over hands by james the advanced pass and the finish cleveland off to a great defensive start four minutes all right that's great defense by richard jefferson set the screen to roll to get him on him and he did a great job contest james against curry backs it in eight nothing that strength and that ability to score no nonsense not messing around harrison barnes stripped and stolen by kyrie irving irving fakes drives james on the throw down much like here in the early going tonight [Applause] james down low back up top j.r smith for three thompson comes off j.r smith for sue thompson way short james thompson running it finishing the outlet this is a foot race that's a guy that wants to see a game seven beautiful basketball james has iguodala follow him again on the attack close to the goal left-handed lays it in i'm going to retire his number at the end of the first [Applause] james to thompson oh what a pass from lebron james 31-9 clock and not execute you got to continue to do the things that put you in the position if you're the cavs james puts up the three and nails it lebron james from downtown in and out but i'm putting steph curry into pick-and-roll action and forcing him to defend alley-oop to thompson that won't go jefferson the rebound james the crossover the lamb off the glass lebron james absolutely devastating in transition thompson now just three of 13. kyrie irving misses tristan thompson hauls in the rebound his 11th of the game finds james here tonight he's missed 14 straight shots blocks the shot there good recovery from barnes j.r smith hits the three way downtown [Applause] irving finds thompson james on the attack left-handed once again lays it in ferry gets away from irving pass inside stolen by irving throws it ahead to smith smith alley up to james wow and it was such a good move he was coming out high five and kyrie irving after that move and he stuck his hand out at a slow start golden state didn't score as james lines it up and hits afraid lebron james his second three-pointer it makes you feel bad oh you're not doing your job when you look at guys make plays and you're talking about what's inspired all of us you know we are so happy to have them with us here tonight and i give credit to espn and to tnt of tristan thompson green went for the steal lost his balance james gets to the paint puts up the shot and puts it in james got to get it off just doesn't tie and comes up short curry the rebound green down the other end james right there blocked by james nba finals for lebron james look at the effort getting back in the picture blocking the shot of you can't just leave tristan thompson out there on an island irving misses james offensive rebound back up and in curry oh came close to valley out there shot clock winding down james has to put it up puts it in smith inside jefferson irving fakes the three to james leia banks it in timeout golden state and the cavs finish it off and force a game seven after trailing 3-1 in the series j.r smith for three [Applause] trying to stay in front falling away it's good team holding on to this 11 point lead in the final home game of the season for the cavaliers james flukes it up and tops and throws it down curry playing with five fouls defending lebron james throws it inside again to thompson it's bedlam here in cleveland curry blocked by james in these nba finals and that was a tough six foul call that's the first ejection of curry's career jr smith again the limit in the playoffs once you hit seven it's a one-game suspension [Applause] mcadoo's in the game james jones gets off the bench he's going to come in james finishing touches on a magnificent performance another dazzling performance when facing elimination [Applause] and there's the buzzer game seven sunday night in oakland how in the hell if you go 30 plus years without getting a finals game that don't make no sense but uh i'm happy to see you man much love and respect and uh i'm happy he was able to witness this in front of these fans we really appreciate it oracle arena is alive and roaring as we get set for game seven there's the starting lineup screen up to wazily who misses from point blank range james comes out of the pack fakes drives on barnes left-handed banks it in and curry got sloppy with a dribble and jefferson picks up the aaron ball james to jefferson jefferson goes right at draymond green packful in this series curry leans in can't hit rebound james again j.r smith releases and lays it in beautiful pass [Applause] curry helps out smith pass right through the hands of curry james the two-handed slam curry had that steal but it slipped through his hands and lebron james takes advantage [Applause] he's just too overpowering keep your size on him [Applause] other than curry rebounding numbers plus eight for cleveland james drives in hard nice adjustment with the left hand don't overthink as ty lue said at the quarter break attack a great use of slithering by green leading the break greens pass stolen by james and moe williams all alone lebron james had four steals in game green guarding james now thompson picks him up on a switch james behind the back kicks it out shepard jumper count it and one chance for a four-point play to head to livingston off of his leg lost it fifth turnover for golden state james drives curry has to get out of the way and james gets the friendly roll short rebound knocked out of shepherd's hands iguodala curry drives again left-handed blocked by james rejected out of bounds he's done that a couple of times in these finals and the two of them lebron big time defensive plays as you know [Applause] james on the drive fouled layup counted and won well good show by curry and then james with a little shake and attack dolla fakes shut off nicely by jefferson barbosa shot blocked by james rebounding advantage [Applause] listen you got to go down with these guys thompson nice soft touch that time using the left hand draymond green playing back well off lebron james curry with the three fouls picks him up j.r smith tries another three that's good j.r smith with a couple of pockets [Applause] curry tries to deny james gets it shot clock winding down into love and love lays it in as the shot clock expires his second foul underrated part of game seven that gives his team a chance to regroup [Applause] james james looking to post up sean livingston backs in tough fall away shot it's good they go to love iguodala is on him shot clock back to five james drives gets in the paint puts it up and puts it in the basketball he's making plays for you you got smaller guys on you you got to capitalize that time he does right on cue mark shot clock's been winding down many of the cavs possessions here to start the fourth james drives down the lane running shot banks and it's good james has not made a three today it's the first free throw well i'm cleveland and you're going to switch that pick-and-roll i'm coming back down and running the same exact action let's see if you do it again to cleveland his team down by two with just under five and i have to play to shoot azealia again goes back up on him james steps back for three puts it in lebron james from downtown irving drives hop step inside floats it up misses rebound taken by iguodala curry back to iguodala up for the layup oh blocked by james lebron james with the rejection wow his third block of the game as we come up on a minute and a half remaining [Applause] irving and curry one on one irving puts it up it's good kyrie irving from downtown can go in the backcourt in the last two minutes to get it but they've got to manage this clock they don't want to go early irving drives to james misses the jam but foul miss or make here from james rattles in the second four-point game timeout golden state shepard trying to stay with curry catches one dribble steps back puts up a three won't go rebound tip taken by spades final seconds it's over it's over cleveland is a city of champions once again the cavaliers are nba champions time to celebrate a title and the emotions for lebron james who delivers on his promise to come home and bring a championship to his beloved hometown [Applause] we had shots all night down [Applause]

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Length: 33min 45sec (2025 seconds)

Published: Sun Jul 03 2022