After an exhausting, historic season, LeBron James and his Cavaliers have finally hit their playoff spurt. They rattled off four straight against a Pacers’ team that relied on Paul George for virtually everything.
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Throughout that series, Tyronn Lue called on LeBron James to be the leader. He had him step up, and his minutes went sharply up because of it. James averaged 43.8 minutes per game which is the most of any player this postseason. Coincidently, Paul George was second at 43.0. These two superstars went at it, but James ending this series in four was just what Lue needed.