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Originally Posted by Victor Cruz
I mean, whether it's Haslem,/Ilgauskas/Bosh, Chalmers, or Mo Williams, I don't think it matters hugely. His supporting casts in Cleveland were good supporting players. Obviously he had no one close to Wade back then and that's certainly made a huge difference, but I think if you put this LeBron on those teams with better shooting and much more mental maturity, you see a difference result a large % of the time. It wouldn't have mattered against the Spurs most likely but the losses to Orlando, Boston, and certainly Dallas do(es)n't happen with this LeBron.
You're crazy. LeBron played INSANE against Orlando. You could take Bron's best playoff series of his career or MJ's best playoff series of his career, and it still wouldn't matter. The Magic still would have won. Bron's supporting cast just gave him nothing. Here are Bron's game-by-game stats for the series:
Game 1: 49 points, 6 rebounds, 8 assists (20/30 FG, 3/6 3P, 6/10 FT)
Game 2: 35 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists (12/23 FG, 1/3 3P, 10/12 FT), hit buzzer-beating 3 to win
Game 3: 41 points, 7 rebounds, 9 assists (11/28 FG, 1/8 3P, 18/24 FT)
Game 4: 44 points, 12 rebounds, 7 assists (13/29 FG, 4/10 3P, 14/18 FT), hit 2 FTs with 0.5 seconds left to send game to OT
Game 5: 37 points, 14 rebounds, 12 assists (11/24 FG, 0/2 3P , 15/19 FT)
Game 6: 25 points, 7 rebounds, 7 assists (8/20 FG, 2/8 3P, 7/11 FT)