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LeBron James Reveals What He Was Thinking Before 2012 Explosion vs. Celtics

With California governor Gavin Newsom issuing a statewide stay-at-home order, LeBron James needed some way to pass the time. So he hopped on Instagram Live and ’90s TV shows, sneakers and the new album from The Weeknd.

When the person running SportsCenter’s Instagram account brought up LeBron’s legendary 2012 Eastern Conference Finals Game 6 performance against the Celtics, he gave an interesting bit of insight into how he approached the game.

“My mentality was like, if we lose, Pat Riley may break us all up,” LeBron said. “And I don’t want that.