LeBron James overtakes Michael Jordan as Cavaliers reach National Basketball Association finals again

Cleveland Cavaliers, fuelled by another milestone night for LeBron James, powered into a third straight NBA Finals meeting with Golden State Warriors with a dominant 135-102 win over the Celtics here on Thursday.

But for those who want to knock James for not having six titles-yet-know LeBron has two more Finals appearances than Michael and at the age of 32, he doesn’t appear to be slowing down. “To be honest, I didn’t do one (bit of) prep for Golden State yet, because I really believe that this (Boston) team is a good team“.

After missing out on consecutive titles previous year, Warriors forward Draymond Green said he wants his team to “destroy” and “annihilate” the Cavs in this season’s Finals.

“It made me look back to see how fast everything can be taken away from me”, Thomas said.

James also passed Michael Jordan for the most points in National Basketball Association play-off games. After torching the Celtics for 35, James now sits at 5,995 postseason career points.

Greatness recognizes greatness. Salute to King James.

“The whole underdog thing is amusing to me, because, yeah, at the end of the day we are defending our title”, Love said Saturday, per ESPN’s Dave McMenamin. “So that’s the first thing I picked”.

But he finally conceded in a nod to the significance of the milestone.

“The whole underdog thing is amusing to me, because yeah, at the end of the day we are defending our title”, Cavs forward Kevin Love said following a May 27 practice. “But I feel like Mike was so… you know when you’re growing and you’re seeing Michael Jordan, it’s nearly like a god”.

“We’re definitely disappointed. I felt like if we weren’t, it would be a problem”, Bradley said. James did it with a three-pointer in the third quarter. He’s still a few thousand behind Jordan’s regular-season point total, too.

“It has nothing to do with passing him in rings, passing him in points, passing him in MVPs”.

“I don’t care who you’re playing, to make it to the NBA Finals, to win your conference finals, it’s a big task”, Brown said.

You might see that from someone like Shaquille O’ Neal, who is massive and powerful and who works close to the basket. “It doesn’t matter to me”.

Michael Jordan lead in all-time playoffs points with 5,987, and now LeBron holds the record with 5,989 points. The Cavs were pushed in individual games in the first round by the Indiana Pacers, but even the Celtics were drilled in two home-game blowouts. He’s now third with 1,439. I wore a leg sleeve on my leg and folded it down so you saw the red part. We’ll go from there. I think you’ve found two great teams. “I’m very happy and I’m going to enjoy it until we play Golden State”. And while some around the team say James didn’t order it, they acknowledge he certainly could’ve stopped it and didn’t lift a finger to.

The Cavs and Warriors do deserve credit for drafting great players like Draymond Green and Kyrie Irving.