The LeBron Game: A Historical Perspective
LeBron James scored 45 points in Game 6 while making 19-26 from the field. Such high-scoring, high-efficiency games are relatively rare in the playoffs, and this one stands among the best of them.
| Final - 6.7.2012 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Heat | 26 | 29 | 19 | 24 | 98 |
| Boston Celtics | 16 | 26 | 19 | 18 | 79 |
LeBron James scored 45 points in Game 6 while making 19-26 from the field. Such high-scoring, high-efficiency games are relatively rare in the playoffs, and this one stands among the best of them.
The loyal Boston Celtics fans went with an amazing "Let's Go Celtics" chant for the final few minutes of the game which, under normal circumstances, wouldn't be any thing worth writing home about. When the scoreboard's margin is 20 points in the wrong direction, however ... well, it just seemed sort of special.
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A place for Orlando Magic fans to discuss Game Six of the Eastern Conference Finals between the Miami Heat and the Boston Celtics.
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| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami | 26 | 29 | 19 | 24 | 98 |
| Boston | 16 | 26 | 19 | 18 | 79 |
| Miami | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LeBron James | 44 | 19-26 | 2-4 | 5-9 | 15-2 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3-1 | 45 |
| Shane Battier | 33 | 3-7 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3-0 | 8 |
| Udonis Haslem | 22 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 9-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4-0 | 6 |
| Dwyane Wade | 38 | 6-17 | 0-0 | 5-5 | 8-4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2-0 | 17 |
| Mario Chalmers | 35 | 3-6 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3-1 | 9 |
| Chris Bosh | 28 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 6-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1-0 | 7 |
| Mike Miller | 16 | 0-3 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1-0 | 0 |
| Norris Cole | 7 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2-0 | 2 |
| James Jones | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 2 |
| Joel Anthony | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Juwan Howard | 3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 2 |
| Ronny Turiaf | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-0 | 0 |
| Eddy Curry | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Dexter Pittman | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Terrel Harris | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 37-76 | 7-16 | 17-22 | 44-10 | 15 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 21-2 | 98 | |
| .487 | .438 | .773 | Team Reb: 6 | Total TO: 0 (16 pts) | |||||||
| Boston | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Pierce | 30 | 4-18 | 0-6 | 1-2 | 5-2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3-0 | 9 |
| Brandon Bass | 33 | 5-8 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 7-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-0 | 12 |
| Kevin Garnett | 31 | 6-14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 5-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1-1 | 12 |
| Ray Allen | 35 | 3-7 | 1-3 | 3-4 | 3-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1-0 | 10 |
| Rajon Rondo | 41 | 8-14 | 0-0 | 5-7 | 4-1 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 2-0 | 21 |
| Greg Stiemsma | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0 |
| Mickael Pietrus | 21 | 1-4 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 3-2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1-0 | 2 |
| Keyon Dooling | 14 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0 |
| Marquis Daniels | 8 | 3-4 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-0 | 8 |
| Ryan Hollins | 7 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3-0 | 2 |
| Sasha Pavlovic | 4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0 |
| Sean Williams | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0 |
| E`Twaun Moore | 3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 1-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 3 |
| Avery Bradley | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| JaJuan Johnson | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 32-75 | 1-14 | 14-20 | 34-7 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 19-1 | 79 | |
| .427 | .071 | .700 | Team Reb: 9 | Total TO: 0 (9 pts) | |||||||