LeBron James Tops NBA’s All-Time Playoff Scoring List, Cavs Beat Celtics

James exchanged words with a fan late Sunday night after the Boston Celtics stormed back from a 21-point deficit in the third quarter and shocked the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals. For the first time in National Basketball Association history, the same two teams will play three times in a row in the postseason’s final round.

The Finals begin on June 1st, with two games in Oakland, before the series moves to Cleveland.

James scored 34 points to go with six assists in Game 4, recovering from a 11-point, 4-of-13 shooting night he endured in Cleveland’s stunning Game 3 loss.

James had been saying that he felt like the Cavs needed to go through some adversity after a blistering 10-0 start to the postseason. Golden State will practice again Saturday then take Sunday as its last off day ahead of Thursday’s Game 1 at Oracle Arena.

Despite his claim that the Celtics “definitely need more” talent, Thomas celebrated the strides made by the Celtics this season, including earning the No. 1 seed in the East and advancing to the conference finals before bowing to the Cavaliers in five games.

“It’s the Eastern Conference finals”. Cleveland limited the Celtics to 41 percent from the field and 29 percent from beyond the arc. “He’s a guy who said he wanted us, and he has us starting next Thursday and you know he’s a guy who brings it every single night, so now with the way the Finals went down past year if I were in his shoes, I would want the same thing”. “We have to execute offensively. I just have to keep going and figure out what I’ve gotta do to come back at the highest level possible”.

To be fair, LeBron was reasonably accountable for his abysmal performance after the game, repeating “I didn’t have it” while giving his teammates credit for lifting him up.

CLEVELAND (AP) – Kyrie Irving gritted his teeth, tightened up his left sneaker and hopped to his feet.

But if Games 3 and 4 are any indication, it won’t be easy. His turnovers are relatively low, 2.5 per game.

Manu Ginobili was swept away by the emotions of a sold-out home crowd serenading him with chants of “Manu, Manu” and rising as one for a standing ovation in the closing minutes of the Western Conference Finals.

What Thomas is telling the Celtics is that he’s willing to put his contract talk on hold while the Celtics bring in another player to help them win a championship. Stats & Info takes a look at some of the most notable rubber matches in sports history, including the upcoming Finals series between the LeBron’s Cavs and the Warriors.

Everyone wants to say, “Ah, man, this is boring” and this that and the other, but you usually don’t appreciate something until you don’t have it anymore.

The last pick in the 2011 National Basketball Association draft, Thomas has emerged as an All-Star in Boston.

“You can’t (think about it)”. It’s one more team that you probably would’ve thought would’ve been a contender. Ainge can look at Thomas’ words and take them at face value. “I couldn’t have made everybody (else) in the West better”.

“We value all the guys that are going to be free agents”, Popovich said. “Because they got a tough group over there”. Some bad fortune which happens to all of us at some point in our lives and we don’t get to be the last team standing.