In 2018, it was a broken hand that led the Cleveland Cavaliers to the NBA Finals, despite having only one more game to win, but it’s so powerful that it never rests throughout the series. Faced with the Golden State Warriors.
Ultimately, the Warriors were able to wipe out the cabs at that point. But without the infamous JR Smith error in Game 1 at the end of the game, it would have been a little different. As you may have forgotten, at the end of Game 1 of the series, George Hill fired two free throws to give the Cavs a lead.
He could do it first and couldn’t do it a second time. But instead of catching the rebound and taking a bucket, Smith dribbled the ball until time was running out.
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This caused the Cavaliers to lose one game in overtime, and Bron was furious. After that, a player playing at the Los Angeles Lakers entered the changing room, hit the blackboard and broke his right hand.
He even talked about it at a post-match meeting, but never revealed the details behind his broken hand.
“What happened? He did it himself after Game 1. For a variety of reasons I was very emotional. How important Game 1 is to our club, it. Understand what can be done for us. Our way of playing, calling throughout the game, when the game was robbed of us, I became emotional against the Golden State. I was emotional because I didn’t have such an opportunity. I reached Game 1. And I let go of my emotions. I’ve played most of the last three games with broken hands. So it looks like this. “
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Even if you don’t want to reveal the details Brian Windholst King James reported that he broke his right hand due to frustration with the development of the game and the end result.
Sources told me that LeBron James suffered a serious injury to his right hand when he hit the blackboard in the locker room after Game 1. @mctenHe has had two MRI scans and is wearing a soft cast. Lebron did not use the injury as an excuse and kept silent so that the warrior would not know.
— Brian Windhorst (@WindhorstESPN) June 9, 2018
After that, the Cavaliers lost three games in a row and lost to the Warriors in four years. Still, Lebron led his team to the series, and they actually stole most of that Game 1 at the Oracle Arena before JR Smith decided he had another plan.
Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant and colleagues. The Cavs saw Lebron play the final series in that final. King shot 52% off the field, scoring 34 points, 10 assists and 8.5 rebounds per game.