The Most GRUELING Road to the Finals in NBA History 😱 - FULL Playoffs Series

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[@GoldenHoopsProduction]

Current Bron or rookie Bron ? 🤔 who wins a game to 11

[@us2together794]

Remember me when this comment has so many reply’s

[@Victor-qj7os]

Current Bron

[@jasongaines4655]

Rookie bron because he was really young and that’s where the challenges started

[@mattmmixes]

Current LeBron

[@PersonGetsRandom]

Current bron would win cause he is a complete player and still athletic

[@NFGBigBlock548]

2018 Oladipo was so fun to watch man, hope he can stay healthy

[@macchi8882]

He was named as Oladipoints back then

[@70bugs]

This is the exact reason why I hate when people say that Bron can't win the the finals when people are GOAT debating. He would carry teams there, then get beat by the dynasty. MJ was favored in every finals, because the dynasty teams were always in the east WITH mj. He would lose to them in the conference finals, while lebron would always make it to the finals (8 years in a row like wth). Tbh I don't think 6/6 is much better than 4/10, because Bron was able to get to 4 more finals.

[@goosnavslakovic4908]

Bron carried a grand total of two teams to the finals, and no one blames him for losing those. That was in 2007 and 2018. 2015 he had his teammates through the playoffs but they were out for the finals. And hard quotations on 2007 because he had one of the best defenses in the league, and mainly carried the offense. He underperformed in the finals and couldn't deal with the spurs defense. But he still gets a pass for that by 95% of the community. But now you have 3 more finals losses to account for without the "carry" excuse. I don't know how to break this to you, but if you're talking about the greatest of all time, rings are one of the greatest indicators of success, and the greatest accolade in the sport. That's what you are playing for: to WIN. Not for a finalist spot. If you ask players if they prefer 6 finals appearances or two rings, most will tell you they'd take the rings. That meant the job was actually finished and the award was won. Most will play hard until they get their hands on that ring. Don't get me wrong, finals appearances are incredible. Being there 10 times is why bron is undisputed top 5 in the sport. But for greatest? There is no room for blunders. Having such a lopsided record in the finals and less rings than his competitor is a huge blemish on his GOAT case (not his overall career). And MJ didn't face any dynasties when he won because he didn't LET THEM become dynasties. The Utah Jazz were incredibly capable, but he stopped them twice. And like you said, MJ faced them in his conference, which were often times harder than the finals. He toppled the Pistons dynasty, which was one of two that he struggled with. And he prevented the Knicks, Magic, and Pacers from becoming dynasties. He is so highly regarded, not because he defeated the best, but because he was undisputably the best. He WAS the dynasty. That's not his competitors' faults for not being dynasties. MJ was just that good, and then retired multiple times because there was not much for him to prove. Bron is still fighting to prove something.

[@jamesjackson6733]

@@goosnavslakovic4908 hes really not

[@Meshi135]

Lebron should’ve won 3-4 rings in Miami. 2015, Kyrie and Love were injured. KD on the warriors was a cheat. Warriors won a chip before and after KD. 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@ZaquanCamp]

​@@Meshi135 You still not making a point but u see what your trying to say. Point Is lebron carried. We see what happened to curry a d kd once the split up yea curry got another ring but missed the playoffs twice after kd Left. And we see what happenening to Kd. Now lebron on the other hand carried his teams but his final losses will always be yall kryptonite.😂 Miami had a superstar wade that's it. Cavs a Superstar kyrie love ain't that good.

[@Raph1303]

@@goosnavslakovic4908yea you forgot 2008, 2009, 2017 😂

[@jaysouthmusic8230]

This 2018 cavs had no business playing in the finals that year. That’s how crazy and incredible Lebron was carrying that team

[@TH-cq7bj]

whole east was trash

[@saulgood8229]

They were the favorites against every Eastern Conference opponent they played against lol.

[@christybobby7147]

@@saulgood8229 definitely not against Toronto and idk about vs Boston either

[@saulgood8229]

@@christybobby7147 12 writers at ESPN picked the Cavs to win vs. 9 who picked Toronto and 3 writers at USA Today picked the Cavs vs. 1 who picked Toronto. As far as the ECF, 6 writers at CBS picked the Cavs and only 1 picked Boston to win. At ESPN, 19 writers picked the Cavs and 3 picked Boston to win.

[@shuannlewis2216]

​@@TH-cq7bjgo watch the full games not just highlights the east was stack at that series

[@AceBoogie.91]

that whole post season them black jerseys were worn 25/8😂

[@LikeMyProfilePic]

I know right i knew i wasn’t the only one who noticed 😂

[@BLASIANcchj]

put 2018 lebron with any contending team from this year minus the celtics. they winning or nah?

[@piyushrawat6766]

Who stopping Luka , Kai and Bron 😭?

[@editz_for_u_95]

Put 2018 bron on any team that made the playoffs they winning it all. Without bron that cavs team is like wizards level bad

[@JakeyFoxy_Z]

1:40 bro took a journey

[@mattmmixes]

Not to mention he stopped his dribble and started it again

[@ShiftPC]

ur stupid thats clean

[@alittledoseofabsurd7475]

U guys obviously dont hoop

[@MotionMoviesReview]

So u watched this video for 26 minutes and that's all u noticed? Y'all are sad bastards most definitely, wishing you were him and that's ur career. Rubbish!

[@gpac5960]

Lebronto is a real gift. Of course for his basketball but also for making drakes sorry ass almost cry on the sideline🤣🤣🤣

[@MaxHutchings31]

1995 rockets was more gruelling.

[@trendingnews4976]

Nope H.Olajuwon, has prime drexler and has R.Horry

[@EdwardGGaming]

2011 Mavs?

[@Raph1303]

1995 rockets never faced the warriors

[@MaxHutchings31]

@@Raph1303 It was road TO the finals.

[@MaxHutchings31]

@@EdwardGGaming The Mavs had a great run however the Rockets eastern opponents averaged 60.3 wins which the mavs' opponents couldn't match.

[@gachaxstoryline5486]

There’s no way people are hating on 2018 Bron what like this man had like 5 or 10 clutch games and he dropping ridiculous numbers and putting a battle against the warriors

[@timmartin2417]

While hating on this year would be nonsense… it’s the title of this video that is off…the east at this point was just someone had to win it. Props to him though for winning it. It should be 11 mavs if you want “grueling “

[@troyh.2024]

2018 LeThanos should’ve won the ring that year😢

[@jaysouthmusic8230]

Thanks to jr smith and George hill bricking that free throw in that first game

[@3ddant]

Warriors were not losing

[@Kirchoff7]

Oladipo before the injuries was a menace!!

[@tvbeastbeatz87]

3:46 JR HAD SOMETHING 2 PROVE SINCE HE MISSED THE “GAME WINNER” THE NIGHT BEFORE 😯😮😮

[@crystalbernal4235]

ONE MAN SCORING MACHINE. RESPECT AND APPRECIATION GOES TO MR. JAMES. REALLY A ONE OF A KIND.

[@tajmoultrie3045]

Multiple 40 point game double doubles and always one or two assists away from a triple double is insane. Just watching him do every move there is to do on the court and people will hate as bad as to say he don't got no bag to go in. Shit is fuckung crazy watching this man operate and manage to keep his team involved is God tier. Nobody else did or will do it like him ever again in basketball.

[@LyeChoo]

1:53 mans touch surface, im not finna let that slip past

[@gaminggod9682]

anyone realise that the celtics part of the video has the exact same clips cut at the exact same moments as another vid Golden Hoops made (When LeBron took trash to the finals)

[@us2together794]

Love your vids bro! ❤ only if you read your comments you would see this but still, love your vids!❤

[@GoldenHoopsProduction]

@@us2together794 I love you too bro ❤️❤️

[@us2together794]

@@GoldenHoopsProductionthanks, keep on making great content!❤

[@toomuchsauce3119]

that pacers team was NICE

[@philippecosta1952]

I just realized that the block of LBJ on Oladipo (minute 6:00) looks a lot like a goaltending... 😶

[@johnmarvin8048]

Man, 2018 LeBron James is just on another level.

[@Sehaj-nk2gd]

LEBRON WAS BLEEDING. HES THE GOAT< HE PUSHED THROUGH

[@3ddant]

Goat would of won the finals that year

[@jamesjackson6733]

@@3ddant jordan not doing that by himself

[@outstandingpaperchaser]

the ‘97 bulls could not beat the warriors ‘16-“18😂

[@outstandingpaperchaser]

@@3ddantnot even the 93 bulls would’ve beaten curry in 2022, let alone boston then or now😂

[@joshpeveto805]

2011 Dallas Mavs hardest road to the Finals AND Finals win. Change my mind

[@Manizalest0v4r]

i am a fan of golden papi hoops

[@tusharrathi226]

2022 Celtics had the most gruelling road in recent history.

[@gpac5960]

🤣🤣

[@pjheat026]

Jimmy playoff run 2023🔥

[@azenith9283]

2008/10 Lakers? 2011 Mavs??

[@mattmmixes]

2010 Lakers faced a 50 win team in the first round as a first seed toughest conference ever

[@devgreazy1126]

2011 mavs had great depth on their team and so did the lakers with pau and Kobe but 2018 bron had himself a bunch of inexperienced young guys and a washed up Kevin love

[@MuckNoya]

@@mattmmixes2010 Lakers and 2011 Mavs were WAYY deeper than these Cavs lol cmon bro

[@BrandtleeB22]

Both of those teams were much better than this Cavs team.

[@timmartin2417]

@@MuckNoyabut they also went through a deeper conference. I think the title of this video Is what’s misleading.

[@clide07]

2006 lebron 2011 miami heat lebron and cavs 2018 lebron 😊

[@sebastiendacius1613]

We want the next

[@sandeepsingh-gf3xx]

GOAT ❌️ GAOAT ✅️

[@slurpee3507]

prime oladipo is something else

[@DavidLopez-ro6bj]

Lol

[@EdwardGGaming]

Cavs could have been eliminated in Round 1 if not for the non- goaltending call on Victor.

[@nyc1981nyc]

No the 95 rockets had the most grueling road to the NBA finals. They were a 6th seed. Rockets had no home court advantage and faced 3-2-1-1 seeds and faced the mvp of the league. Cleveland had home court advantage in first round and faced a 5th seed and they faced 1-2-2. Only thing Houston had was a best of 5 series in the first round but they went 11-8 including a game 5 (1st rd) on the road and a GM 7 on the rd and they were down 3-1 and came back and won. Cleveland had only two game 7s, one at home and one on the road. Houston became the first and only team in NBA history to win the championship as a sixth seed, and the first to beat four 50-win teams (two of the teams were 60 wins) in a single postseason en route to the championship. The 3 teams in the west was 62 wins-60 wins-59-wins.

[@Raph1303]

Rockets never faced the greatest team of all time and also Olajuwon still had guys he could count on, lebron didn’t

[@timmartin2417]

@@Raph1303this is to the finals not about the finals

[@DominionAnako-bb7ry]

Golden State Warriors and Mavericks

[@timmartin2417]

It’s 11 mavs .. 2018 while he was impressive.. the East year was just somebody has to go the finals and it wasn’t going to be a team led by oladipo lol or I think rookie ? Tatum

[@ryanholsapple6809]

Bro prime Oladipo and the pacers would have ran the east for years if he never got hurt. I mean Sabonis is an all-star now and Turner only got better. That team was a problem

[@christopherpaul7588]

Warriors coming back from down 3-1 to OKC?

[@ctuna3360]

1.Mavs'11 2.Sixers '01 3. Rockets' 95 4. Cavs '07

[@ZaquanCamp]

Damn so many people avoid this video.😂😂😂 And im not even a lebron fan to know he the best player alive at age 40 in the nba.

[@calebgriffin6097]

25:55 so he couldn't survive the 80s/90s?

[@johnrouguine3090]

“Most grueling road to the finals” made me chuckle in the sense that none of those teams were even all that good. The 2024 Dallas Mavericks would beat all three of those eastern conference teams.

[@christopheralmaguer3310]

Fr

[@ziyangjiang4031]

Look at who his teammates are

[@johnrouguine3090]

@@ziyangjiang4031 read the comment again

[@jamesjackson6733]

lukas not gon beat all them by himself most def noy the warriors

[@qinghe6511]

@@ziyangjiang4031and he had wade rose crowder Thomas but traded all them away

[@wrestlingwithjay3770]

Cool

[@jlfein]

LeBronto

[@conduitofthegospeldarrellb9154]

This isn’t nearly the most grueling run… Not even in LeBron career.

[@EternalOwl11]

2022 Celtics had a much tougher road than this lmao

[@CorbanNBA]

More of these please!!

[@rasenganb41vtx]

Need lebron to get 2 more plz

[@3ddant]

2011 mavs had toughest road and actually won the finals

[@malachimichael7416]

Can I get a shout out in the next vid ??? And I a huge fan 🎉

[@Henry-fn1zw]

95 rockets>>

[@ABCD-lj3ij]

This wasn’t a grueling road at all 😭. Just like all of his other cupcake East opponents.

[@jaysouthmusic8230]

We can all agree that they had no business being in the finals that season

[@CJthegreat-ox1mh]

​@@jaysouthmusic8230east sucked

[@Antoine_Devon]

Let’s keep it a buck here. 2011 Dallas was WAY tougher than this. A Portland team with B Roy and Aldridge, the DEFENDING back to back champs the LA Lakers with a PRIME Kobe, Gasol & Bynum, the young big 3 in OKC and then the Heatles.

[@akanatural986]

that Mavs team was better than that Cavs team

[@hoopsfan3437]

How can this be the most grueling road to the finals when they swept toronto in the second round? lol it was a great individual run for Lebron, but thats about it

[@MrGoat7449]

As much as I hate to admit it (I’m a huge Lebron hater) He really is the Goat

[@GoldenHoopsProduction]

@@MrGoat7449 takes one to know one

[@DeMarDeRozan-qn7mh]

lmao whoever made this video gotta be a lebron glazer

[@duffman1876]

The haters told me this was a cake walk for LeBron but in 2024 I'm not allowed to say that about em Celtics 😅🍻🍺

[@krislipumano7806]

facts.. cos it's lebron ... even the 1st GSW championship. you can't say anything to that..

[@jaysouthmusic8230]

How was it a cake walk? They wasn’t even the top team in the east and the roster was a joke. Whoever said that needs to get their eyes checked

[@krislipumano7806]

@@jaysouthmusic8230 haters will ;)

[@finessinit.2110]

This is cap everyone knows Kobe had the hardest road the the finals EVER

[@coopersalvati]

2011 mavs worse

[@kakalola5526]

Funny thing so many travels so many offensive fouls in this rouad wasn't called :) that just show how badd referees are in NBA :)

[@user-mc8yy7qh9d]

15th

[@vintagerustfilmstv7801]

If toronto and pacers match in 2018 the pacer will win 4 - 0 Irving must not traded In your dreams pacer forever garbage then kawhi wins a ring in 2019

[@charliedaniels1491]

finals loss. Lol I'm kidding

[@DemiseHarp]

How was this even a hard road to the finals, let alone the most grueling one ever? The Celtics were led by a rookie because their best two players coming into the season were injured and didn’t even play in the conference finals

[@Lrak003]

You didn’t take into account there other players,regardless if they didn’t have their 2 best players they still out performed other strong teams and you also forgot to consider who was in cavs that year and what was happening to their roster throughout the regular season

[@Ayemhguevarra06]

Haters of LeBron will say tha this was a edit HAHAHA

[@CreativityKILLS10]

2011 Mavs had the toughest road to a ring EVER.

[@sweezy9011]

Weak run

[@Knicksfan2024]

First

[@TH-cq7bj]

I think you got 08/09/10 Lakers playoff run confused with this

[@Yoqhu]

2018 Bron is without a doubt the greatest player of all time

[@thesplasshh910]

2018 Lebron Playoofs is Overrated😂 Lebronze😂 2018 Cavs Lebron Playing Weak Weak 😂😂EaternConference😂😂 Cavs Play Young IndianaPacers Victor Oladipo😂 Playing Weak Weak Raptors Derozan and lowry Playing Rookie Boston Young Jaylen brown Rookie😂 taytum