[流言板]ESPN谈詹姆斯全文：湖人&骑士以及詹姆斯最具统治力的赛季

今日，ESPN知名记者Dave McMenamin发布一篇关于湖人球员勒布朗-詹姆斯的长文，并在结尾处提到了詹姆斯回归骑士的可能：ESPN：若詹姆斯今夏有意重返克利夫兰，骑士愿为其敞开大门

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文章标题：湖人&骑士以及詹姆斯最具统治力的赛季（The Lakers, the Cavaliers and LeBron's most dominant season ever）

如果在2018年季后赛首轮对阵印第安纳步行者队的第五场比赛中命中关键的3分球，以及在克利夫兰骑士队与多伦多猛龙队的第二轮系列赛中第四场比赛中通过快攻投篮获胜，还有在NBA总决赛对阵金州勇士队的第一场比赛中打出51+8+8的数据统计，这些都是勒布朗-詹姆斯在他所称的“最出色赛季”中的精彩表现。那么他在第二轮系列赛第二场比赛中的表现，无疑也应被视为其“冷门之作”。

在东部半决赛首战中，詹姆斯在客场艰难战胜了排名第一的猛龙，从而赢得了比赛的胜利。而在接下来的比赛中，詹姆斯的表现让人们明白了为何骑士（常规赛战绩比猛龙少九场）并非真正的弱队。

在拿下43分、8个篮板和14次助攻（并且仅有1次失误）的同时，詹姆斯还化身成了中距离投手，他凭借精准的投篮技巧，巧妙地突破猛龙队的防线，而非仅仅依靠力量猛攻对手。

骑士的大个子球员拉里-南斯二世告诉ESPN：“我记得当时坐在长椅上，心里真切地想着，‘我再也看不到这样的比赛场面了’。”那一年，在交易截止日期时他被骑士队签下，并且是球队不可思议地闯入总决赛的一员。“再也不会有像那样的比赛了，而且以后也不会有了。”

那场比赛中，詹姆斯跳投12投8中——这是过去10年里他在季后赛中跳投命中率的最高值，数据来自GeniusIQ的追踪统计——他不仅完成了上篮、后仰跳投和接球跳投等各种投篮动作，还在整个球场上都有出色表现。

“这展现了他比赛水平的全面成熟，以及当时的手感和对对手防守漏洞的把握，”南斯继续说道，“如果我是猛龙队，我会非常高兴他能做出这样的投篮选择。但他只是在展示：‘你们什么也奈何不了我。’伙计，这太棒了。”

詹姆斯和骑士队那个赛季未能夺冠。詹姆斯也未能获得他四次最有价值球员奖中的一个。但这位23岁的老将对2017-18赛季仍充满怀念，他在上个月的播客节目中表示那是“我经历过的最棒的一个赛季”。

没人知道詹姆斯周三随洛杉矶湖人队重返克利夫兰是否就是他的最后一次经历。不过，本赛季的湖人队与他之前身披骑士队战袍的那个赛季存在一些相似之处，詹姆斯依然致力于个人表现的卓越，但未知的威胁给他的现役球队带来了混乱。

（IF THE BUZZER-BEATING 3 in Game 5 of the first round of the 2018 playoffs against the Indiana Pacers and the fast-break bank shot to win Game 3 of the Cleveland Cavaliers' second-round series versus the Toronto Raptors and the 51/8/8 stat line in Game 1 of the NBA Finals against the Golden State Warriors are LeBron James' greatest hits in what he calls his greatest season, then his performance in Game 2 of the second round should certainly be considered a B-side gem.

After eking out an overtime victory on the road against the top-seeded Raptors to open the Eastern Conference semifinals, James showed in the next game why the Cavaliers -- who amassed nine fewer wins in the regular seasons than Toronto -- weren't really an underdog.

On his way to 43 points, 8 rebounds and 14 assists (and just one turnover), James transformed into a midrange assassin by using precision to pick at the seams of the Raptors' defense rather than simply pummeling them with his power.

"I remember sitting there on the bench having a very real moment of, 'I'll never see anything like this ever again,'" Cavs big man Larry Nance Jr. told ESPN. Nance had landed with Cleveland at the trade deadline that year and was a part of its improbable run to the Finals. "And there's never been anything like that ever again, and there won't be, really."

James shot 8-for-12 on jump shots that game -- his best shooting percentage on jumpers in a playoff game over the past 10 years, per GeniusIQ tracking-- tossing in pull-ups, fadeaways and catch-and-shoots from all over the court.

"It was showing the full maturation of his game and the touch at that point and understanding where doubles are coming from and everything," Nance continued. "If I'm the Raptors, I'm so happy that he's taking these. But he's just showing them: 'There's nothing you can do.' And, dude, it was awesome."

James and the Cavaliers didn't win the title that season. James didn't win one of his four MVP awards, either. But the 23-year veteran looks back at the 2017-18 campaign with fondness, saying last month on his podcast it was "best season that I had."

No one knows whether James' return to Cleveland with the Los Angeles Lakers on Wednesday will be his last. However, there are similarities between this Lakers season and the last one in which he wore a Cavaliers uniform, with James still committed to individual excellence but with the pressure of the unknown causing chaos for his current franchise.）