How A Single Moment Changed LeBron’s NBA Career Forever

[@Davivd2]

You could also title this video: "The moment Paul Pierce Learned What Fuck Around And Find Out Means",

[@youngminpark3173]

I'm happy for Bosh. He kept his head down and played his heart out without care for the spotlight. The Heat won rings because of him. He was underrated, might always be underrated, but I have no doubts that he will be remembered as one of the all-time greats.

[@kristianolliviere9045]

Bosh knew who he was!!!! I wish I can be like that and not let getting less attention bother me

[@James-ki5ix]

The 2012 pacers team was led by danny Granger not Paul George,the only reason George got his chance to one up was the next season when Granger got hurt pretty much ending his time with the pacers

[@steviewadley3881]

Paul pierce is like Isaiah thomas to LeBron James to Michael Jordan. Greatness

[@Kiddingyoumust]

no. no. he is not.

[@shandobombs]

Miami spent most of 2012 playoffs without Bosh too

[@skywalker2676]

Ppl forget that too. And bosh was gettin outperfomed a lot

[@okita_souji_alter]

Yeah see he shouldve mentioned that in the vid. Completely slipped my mind

[@AmiriHipHop]

Bosh played in 14 of the 23 games that the Heat had in the playoffs that year and he averaged 31 minutes a game. I wouldn't describe playing 61% of the games at 31 MPG as "Missing most of the playoffs". It's a good chunk, but saying he missed "most" of it is a stretch.

[@MikeBeltMikeBelt]

@@AmiriHipHop thats a lot to miss lol clown

[@AmiriHipHop]

@@MikeBeltMikeBelt I literally said it's a good chunk. But it's not "most of the playoffs" like boy boy boy is trying to say. 39% of anything is not "most" of it.

[@AirRusher1992]

For Paul Pierce, the reality for him is that he needs to realize that he held a 2-3 in Playoff series against LeBron, including the one that features Ray Allen in 2014, 13-17 overall, and even better Allen (and Rondo as well) has more title than Pierce.

[@j.l.howlett6843]

Miami LeBron team and Lakers (2020) LeBron team was better than that Celtics so what did you expected to happen

[@AirRusher1992]

@@j.l.howlett6843 It's just that I have had enough of Paul Pierce's antics and this should remind him that he along with KG and Allen are the main reason why there were superteams everywhere so he should admit that eventually.

[@j.l.howlett6843]

@@AirRusher1992Paul pierce yes he is very salty and you are right but he at that period of time was ending his prime and still gave LeBron the business he was much better shooter than bron, kg was also kind of old whereas wade and Bosh was at their peak condition

[@AirRusher1992]

@@j.l.howlett6843 In addition, he gets to witness his old Boston running mate Ray Allen wins a title with LeBron in 2013 and frankly he shouldn't be salty about that knowing the Celtics did Allen dirty for attempting to trade him prior to his departure for Miami. I'm glad Ray did the right thing.

[@younglove3362]

@AirRusher1992 Get out of your feelings.

[@SuperNASCARrocks]

Game 6 in that playoff series is one of the best all around performances we’ve ever seen from not just LeBron, but any individual player. LeBron was locked in.

[@andycanoy863]

Ultra Instinct Lebron

[@11DowningStreet]

watching the game is magical. i swear this mf missed one shot and never missed again 😂😂 he was stupidly locked in

[@andycanoy863]

@@11DowningStreet On fire with a 99 offensive consistency rating

[@malikwilson7387]

@@11DowningStreet Game 5 2021 Kevin Durant against the Bucks was better .Durant dropped 48 on the number 1 Defense with no Harden

[@JonCom3dy]

Great video. Now we need a sequel video about the 2016 finals when Klay said what he said

[@abdoulm.sorofino2642]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="828">13:48</a> “inexperienced Thunder Team”. Yes they were all young but they went to the western conference finals in 2011. The KD led OKC Thunder already have a deep playoff run the year prior to their nba finals run. Young ≠ inexperienced.

[@MikeWazowski34]

I remember watching that series and as a Celtics fan thinking to myself "Ohhh shit we're going to beat Miami after being down 2 games" and then Lebron happened to turn to beast mode.

[@MikeWazowski34]

If the Heat lost the series back in 2012 against the Celtics, "Erik Spoelstra would possibly get fired". 2024-2025 season about to start and Spoelstra is still Miami's coach

[@Kiddingyoumust]

... well they didnt lose, so not sure what your point is.

[@vanjanja]

Wow such a heartwarming story, I'm on brink of LeCrying 🤣

[@steviewadley3881]

Paul pierce will never credit for LeBron greatness.

[@younglove3362]

He does it all the time. 🙄

[@EAZYMONEYSNIPER7]

Paul Pierce has been a hater but has also given LeBron his flowers too

[@malikwilson7387]

​@@EAZYMONEYSNIPER7OK Leflop cheerleader

[@malikwilson7387]

@steviewadley3881 yall never Give Paul Pierce his credit 😊

[@younglove3362]

@@EAZYMONEYSNIPER7 Hater = A person saying things you don't like about your favorite person, place, or thing. Got it. 🙄

[@brucelau2023]

Not to mention Miami spent most of the 2012 playoffs they were without Chris Bosh for the majority of that postseason

[@brucelau2023]

I mean quite honestly if the Celtics actually did beat the 2011-2012 Miami Heat , Erik Spolestra definitely would have gotten fired and this Miami big 3 would have disbanded

[@limonator8280]

There’s no way in hell the Celtics would have beat the Thunder in 2012 😂

[@christopherbastien1120]

Another thing people never bring up Celtics didn’t have Jeff green .I believe because of heart surgery . I strongly believe if we had him for that series we would have won .

[@MikeBeltMikeBelt]

cause he was not a consistant player

[@HighWoody]

Lebron could have more rings with Miami if he trusted pat riley.

[@jacobbarajas2746]

Prime example of how the Association predetermines the outcomes of the games. Watch the game and just look at how the referees give call after call to Miami while stiffing Boston.

[@Venusdemilotmnt]

Both LeBron and Jordan could and did single handeledy take over games by themselves. It's like a switch went off and it's game over for the opposing team.

[@arielsantos3060]

The death stare of doom 😆

[@nothembajozi2862]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="60">01:00</a> "He is dead to me". I'm sure Lebron needed tons of therapy to get over Ken saying that about him.

[@manuelbarros4898]

Or, as Pierce would put it: “LeBron would have never been as great if it weren’t for me.”

[@hagi-o8t]

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[@ogog9228]

Lebron has quite literally never performed that bad in his whole career those finals. Wade would have been fmvp & definitive best player in 2 seperate finals up to that point.

[@Sheluvsgustavo]

Paul pierce did not say that to lebron😂

[@phengmoua2389]

Man. If only LeBron played more like that, he would have been the greatest player of all time lol

[@Clay-u6h]

Paul peirce ❤

[@chanendlerbong]

Till this day 12 years and now 14 seasons later this is easily the greatest game ever in Lebron's career

[@darkangels119]

well yeah… it will always be his greatest game. He was in the prime of his career with the pressure at an all-time high. Its not like he would ever surpass that

[@GaryTurbo]

Then Dirk Nowinzki said it

[@jlui21]

-- Lebron is one of the best. But I still have MJ and Kareem ahead of Lebron.

[@mcroboto]

Hold on, this is a falsehood, unselfish lebron is not a thing. In Cleveland before the trade to Miami he was the guy and he did take the final shots even though he wasn't ready for that stage. His career took of and he received recognition when Cleveland had head coach Mike Brown and they nearly ran the East. That is the backdrop for Paul Pierce who was pretty much the opposite side of the spectrum he was set to ve the head player for boston but in time he was not handed the keys right away. With so much opportunity or time of possession for lebron he was featured more prominently then his contemporary. The Miami side it was well documented that after the loss to Dallas in the finals lebron stopped pressuring Spo to run the offense through solely him and Wade, even wade interviews made mention of how LBJ kinda wanted things ran a certain way when he arrived and his attempts to get Pat Riley to coach the team. This video has its pros but LBJ single moment didn't when them this series. Yes he was clutch but the team as a team won, not LBJ snapping one time for the one time.

[@antoniohorta5656]

Its a great story, and truly the moment that LBJ became a man. That being said, PP talked alot of shit , but never said that. "Air quotes" from a non-existant sideline NBA reporter.

[@Nut_Kun]

Ace video mate

[@lazyhusband]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="313">5:13</a> LeFlop

[@depekthegreat359]

That was the motivation for LeBron James which made him a superpower during the playoff series and he silenced those fans who doubted him whether he would be an NBA champion despite winning a few conference titles in his career,good friends!!!👍

[@Dirtymindedboi]

What of i say mj better then lebron in this video

[@sh4mg0d]

Not ridiculous, just don't let certain Bron fans see this 😭

[@3rr1k_]

nobody mentioned mj, get off mjs meat

[@younglove3362]

Who cares? Jordan fans are delusional.

[@jlui21]

-- Lebron is a great player. But also he's only 4-6 in the Finals. For a career, it's a Top 3 career behind MJ and Kareem.

[@Miles-mb7gz]

2/10 rage bait

[@mcmoslares]

Like if you watching in 2025

[@RSpeller-ym6jj]

So because Paul Pierce decided to not be careful with what came out of his mouth and talk smack to LeBron, the latter went ballistic and led the Heat to the next two wins and a trip to the NBA Finals. That’s why they said we should be very careful with what comes out of our mouths because there’s the power of words: they can help, but they can also hurt.

[@ShrapNello]

...and just a couple dozens of games like that in the play offs more and he makes my top 10.

[@darkangels119]

His 2018 playoff run as a whole is enough to put him there, not to mention some of his games against the Golden Era Pistons when he was the only above average player on the Cavs. But believe what you want

[@MyHandleIsGreat]

Here before 10 mins CAN I GET A PIN

[@tingaling77]

No

[@rgzaragoza6365]

first

[@AirRusher1992]

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[@AirRusher1992]

1st

[@thomash8501]

LeBum sucks