The Cleveland Cavaliers defeated the Chicago Bulls in Thursday night’s Game 6 on the road. It was an impressive victory that saw Kyrie Irving play just 12 minutes due to injury and LeBron James shoot just 7-23 from the field. Now that the Cavs have advanced to their first Conference Finals since 2009, we take a look at some to the best moments and plays from the Cavs-Bulls second round series.
10. LeBron Bringing Back Magic
LeBron James brings out his best Magic Johnson as he posts up Jimmy Butler, and drives down the middle, hooking it up with the soft touch!
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9. LeBron Does His Best Kyrie Impression
LeBron James catches the pass from Matthew Dellavedova, drives to the basket, and reverses it home. the play looked like something out of the book of Kyrie Irving
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8. One-Handed And-1
LeBron James drives by Jimmy Butler, gets hit my Nikola Mirotic, hangs and hits for the and-1 opportunity.
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7. Welcome Back, J.R. Smith
With the Cavs down three, LeBron James takes a series of screens, before going back to the middle and handing off to J.R. Smith, who hits the tough, game-tying three pointer.
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6. Mozzy To James
Timofey Mozgov catches the ball at the top of the key, Irving sets an off-ball screen for LeBron James, who cuts. Mozgov finds James alone, and James throws it down!
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5. Finesse Finish From Kyrie
Kyrie Irving dribbles the length of the court, around Derrick Rose, and finishes the impossible reverse layup.
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4. Outta The Way, Jimmy
LeBron James isolates at the top of the key, jab steps a couple times, and drives by Chicago’s Jimmy Butler and stuffs it in his face, setting up a beautiful poster dunk.
Here’s the second angle in slow-motion:
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3. Kyrie With The Beautiful Up and Under
Kyrie Irving crosses over Jimmy Butler to get free, then dribbles around Pau Gasol towards the left side, but throws the reverse up on the right side and scores!
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2. Welcome To Your Kodak Moment, Joakim
LeBron James spins baseline off of Jimmy Butler and throws it down on Joakim Noah. After the play, James says something to Noah, and the referee calls a taunting technical foul on James. Noah and James continue to exchange words after the play:
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1. LeBron James At The Buzzer!
With the Cavs and Bulls tied at 94 apiece with 1.5 seconds on the clock, LeBron James catches the inbounds pass from Matthew Dellavdova in the corner, fades out of bounds and hits