LeBron James has produced many highlight plays over the course of his eight career NBA Finals appearances, but longtime manager Maverick Carter thinks what he did in Friday’s Game 4 stands head and shoulders above the rest.
On Saturday, Carter called James’ self alley-oop off the glass in the third quarter of Cleveland’s 137-116 victory over Golden State his “greatest play ever” in the Finals, per ESPN’s Dave McMenamin.
Maverick Carter says LeBron's alley-oop to himself was James' "greatest play ever" in the Finals. Maybe offensive. Still had the G7 block
— Dave McMenamin (@mcten) June 10, 2017
While the famous chasedown block of Andre Iguodala in Game 7 of last year’s Finals alluded to above probably takes the cake considering the stakes of that moment, the self-oop was perhaps an equally impressive feat of awe-inspiring athletic ability, grace, power, and innovation.
Lebron alley oop to LEBRON ?? pic.twitter.com/d4wq6PbRWY
— Abdul Memon (@abdulamemon) June 10, 2017
Of course, James has had many other iconic Finals plays over the years. But it’s hard for Carter, or anybody else for that matter, not to be a prisoner of the moment with that insane sequence.
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