But even Monday morning, if the Raptors flipped on ESPN in their downtown hotel, the microanalysis of James’s magnificent game winner had yet to cease. “I wasn’t watching it, though,” said Fred VanVleet, the Raptors point guard, speaking of the coverage of James’s big moment. Through the first three games of the series, James was averaging 35.7 points, 11.3 assists and 8.3 rebounds. Thanks to his work against Indiana and Toronto, James had become just the third player in history to compile 300 points, 80 rebounds and 80 assists through the first 10 games of a playoff run. Toronto averaged eight steals a game in the regular season; heading into Game 4 they’d compiled just nine in three games.

Source: thestar May 07, 2018 23:48 UTC