LeBron James says he 'pretty much played the last three games with a broken hand'
Cleveland Cavaliers star LeBron James played the last three games of the NBA Finals with a significant and "self-inflicted" right hand injury following the team's Game 1 overtime loss in Oakland.
Sources told ESPN that the injury was the result of James' punching a blackboard in the locker room after that game.
"I let the emotions get the best of me and pretty much played the last three games with a broken hand," James said following Friday's Game 4 loss to the Golden State Warriors.
James had two MRIs during the series and wore a soft cast when he wasn't practicing, playing or in view of the media, sources said, so as not to give the Warriors a competitive advantage.
He appeared with the cast during his news conference after Friday's game.
Windhorst says LeBron punched blackboard after Game 1
Brian Windhorst explains that LeBron James fought through a right hand injury in the NBA Finals after punching a blackboard after Game 1.
James scored 51 points in the game, going 7-of-16 from the field on shots from 10 feet and out in Game 1. He struggled shooting from such distances in the remaining three games, going a collective 5-of-19. His average shot distance, meanwhile, went from 12.6 feet in Game 1 to 10 feet in Game 2, 9 feet in Game 3 and 4.7 feet in Game 4, per ESPN Stats & Information.
James described that Game 1 loss as "very emotional" for him.
"For a lot of different reasons," he said. "Understanding how important a game is on the road for our ball club, what [winning it] would have done for us. The way we played, the calls that were made throughout the course of that game, and I had emotions that the game was taken away from us. I had emotions that you just don't get an opportunity like this on the road against Golden State to be able to get a Game 1."
http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/...land-cavaliers-played-significant-hand-injury
Did u watch the game? why do u think they have tons of driving lanes that are wide open? Because he bends the defense like no other player in the league. KD stats go up when he plays with Steph, all advanced stats, all efficiency stats; and they go down when Steph doesn't play. Steph is the reason for GS; he's the engine, everyone knows that. The shots he takes and makes are ridiculous and never before been done with this precision and aggression... t macnigga please....
2015-16 regular season led league in points 30.1 per....Ever led the league in scoring? Assists? Offensive rebounds?
I'm asking.When?
Dude has to be hot to hit 30 lol lol ok.How sway? Dude has to be hot to hit 30. T-Mac probably did more damage. Hell Klay got 60 on my Pacers. 60 points? Who does that?
Again, Curry is great. Can kill you in an instant, Sniper status.
Warriors adding Durant would have been like the Lakers or the Celtics adding Jordan in 87. The Bad Boyz Pistons would have never happened.
Fuck Steph.
That's a super team?
Robert Horry got more rings than Michael Jordan. What's your point?Javale Mcgee got more rings than Dirk
Javale Mcgee got more rings than Dirk
Robert Horry got more rings than Michael Jordan. What's your point?
Nigga fuck you. The Warriors are lucky to have gotten soft ass Kevin Durant. This dude really joined the team that beat him smh. It does not get any softer than that.This is the 1 and only time I'll ever respond to you
Your entire COUNTRY produces nothing but charmin soft 4 ply tissue paper hearted ass niggas
The Raptors as an organization
and then Drake who is a part of the Raptors organization
No nigga from a country that soft can ever address me.
Leave hoe.
The Warriors champagne for their championship celebration cost more than a Lamborghini
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The Golden State Warriors are officially the 2018 NBA champions after sweeping the Cleveland Cavaliers in the NBA Finals and the celebration has officially begun. The Warriors celebrated in style, dousing each other with champagne, and according to Darren Rovell that champagne cost Warriors a small fortune.
According to Rovell, the Warriors celebrated the title with “300 bottles of Moet & Chandon champagne — including 150 limited edition Moët Impérial Golden Luminous Magnum Bottles and 150 limited edition Moët Nectar Rose Public School Luminous Magnums.” The total retail value of those 300 bottles is over $400,000, about the price of two Lamborghini Gallardos.
Even in a final blowout loss.... where both teams completely cleared their benches...
Kerr plays every single guy on the team. (like he should)
Meanwhile, Tyronne leaves ONE single guy on the bench for the entire game - Jordan Clarkson.
He gave Clarkson a "DNP Coach's Decision" for absolutely no good reason.
WHY????
That's inexcusable.The season is over. It's garbage time.
What the hell are you 'saving' HIM for?
The guys's an idiot.
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Damn J.R. Smith fucked this entire series up!!!Type shit that should get his ass blackballed from the league.
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No the illegal review was itSo if he doesn't get the rebound, they go in to OT or Golden State has a chance to win the game
JR did not blow the series
This is the 1 and only time I'll ever respond to you
Your entire COUNTRY produces nothing but charmin soft 4 ply tissue paper hearted ass niggas
The Raptors as an organization
and then Drake who is a part of the Raptors organization
No nigga from a country that soft can ever address me.
Leave hoe.
some folks just don't quit.....
damn never paid attention to magic record...or should i say the media didn't highlight it
some folks just don't quit.....
damn never paid attention to magic record...or should i say the media didn't highlight it