 Alright ladies and gentlemen we back Today well, I guess it's the same day I think I'm uploading twice today because the technical difficulties is over I did one full compilation reaction earlier today But now we've got to get nitty gritty in a specific game that I've been thinking about recently my father hit the mic It was game seven Cavs versus Celtics back in 2008. I just a crazy duel between LeBron and Paul Pierce and I just I just want to speak to LeBron's greatness in this video. They didn't win Spoiler alert LeBron and them didn't win the cat the Celtics went on to the championship But the highlights of this game if I remember correctly are ridiculous one of the best game sevens I've watched with my eyes, but it's also been 12 years since I've seen it because I watched this game live It's been 12 years since I've seen this game So I just remember LeBron and Paul Pierce going at it and this video has like 1.3 million views So obviously a lot of people agree that this is just one of the best games ever Obviously look at this look at the idea I mean they had to be popping the firecrackers and everything But they were guarding each other from for most of this game Paul Pierce and LeBron They were going back and forth back and forth There's no reason for LeBron to have this team in this series Rondo is basically in his prime of this post at this part Paul Pierce obviously he dropped 40 this game. He was he was in his prime basically And look they're bringing his double team for a lot of the game because what the heck has been wildest Gonna do on off as a side of the ball But um this Celtic team was ten times better than the Cavs on paper But the fact that LeBron had them in the game seven in the Easter Conference finals Just tells you how good this young LeBron James was at this point He's your five year six of his NBA career and yeah, you can just look at the at the floor It was just a way different basketball game back there because there's no space if from either team We had Kendrick Perkins and Kendrick Perkins and KG on one side Then we have been Wallace and big ill galskis on the other side and I don't want to pay to fool y'all It was galskis could hit a three, but he wasn't shooting threes We talked about a player that in 2k is three-point ready to be up in the 90s and on my team But in reality, he'd never attempted more than one three a game in his NBA career You know I'm saying so he had the ability to sometimes hit him But there was no spacing and it was just just good bad It's just a different time and I feel like some of you younger viewers may not have seen these type of games So here we are Been Wallace at this point is 33 years old. So you like Kenny been Wallace is good at this point been Wallace was not I'm sorry. He was okay. I'm not gonna say he was bad. He was okay at this point Um, definitely not the defensive player the year player that I would he was in his prime But look at this man LeBlanc man He just didn't have much help so I seen this game seven if I remember correctly The second lead to score in this series for this team was Wally Zerbiek. Oh, I don't remember that play Geez get up LeBron And I'm saying it like it's live like I don't know if he got up or not But the second leader score in this series for the Cavs was Wally Zerbiek And if I remember correctly, I don't think Wally Zerbiek scored at this game seven. Just didn't show up And that's hard. That's that's hard when your second leading scored. Don't show up at all Anyway, so it's literally the blonde James. So I think he scored about 50% of the team points by himself And you can see just how great he was they're trapping him on the double James Posey can't do anything PJ Brown is on the same bra for God the PJ Brown was on the same Paul Pierce though I talked about LeBron, but I got talked about Paul Pierce in this game And I made a tweet yesterday saying that Paul Pierce was more athletic at 32 years old than he was a 19 year old It was a joke obviously, but like Paul Pierce is like fine. Why is it seem like as long as he got like the longer He got in his career He's got better and better until obviously everybody hit that point where they just start to decline But I feel like at 30 plus 30 years old. He was better than he had ever had been in 2008 It's not much you can do about it Talk about a player that can that can dominate the game with very minimum athleticism You know, and that's something to admire. That's something to admire I know Paul Pierce is not one of the more talked about NBA stars. He's gonna be a Hall of Famer obviously But he had this skill set where like look at this man's body He had a dad by the whole basically the whole entirety of his NBA career and he was so methodic in the way He scored the ball It didn't matter that he had a dad by I didn't matter that his vertical wasn't nothing He just scored the ball effectively and efficiently, but here we go with the matchup I think LeBron realized that Paul Pierce is just too too slow to keep up You know I'm saying he just realized he's too slow And I think the largest lead for the Celtics in this game is like 15 But LeBron kept him in this game man Look at Paul I don't know how he gets that open in the game seven. We already has like 20 points, but he did Yeah, but he did LeBron goes baseline on KG. We're talking about one of the greatest defenders of all time couldn't hang That's a KG though. I didn't like this team. I really liked the Rondo Man, I really like Rondo and the more I rewatched a lot of these highlights since we're in quarantine The more I realized how great Rondo was Um He had a game game six of next year 2009 against the Bulls. It was a game six. Maybe it was game four. I'm thinking about Ridiculous the best player on the floor Undoubtedly and we're talking about we have their roles in the court. We have KG We still have Paul Pierce Ray Allen, but the best player on the court that game was Rondo You know what that wasn't game six because game six. I think I Think Ray Allen had 50 something Ray Allen was the best player on the court that game But a lot of those games Rondo was a man if it was for Rondo in that series You know what KG wasn't in that series my fault KG was not necessary either way back to this one What a take from from the truth How do you always end up in a stance? It's like the third time in this video. Oh, you know you saw that I know y'all saw that hold on While he's Irving at zero points for fouls That was basically your second lead to score for this series and he didn't put up a bucket As if he was scored just a little bit, you know and one And one and one You know around this time of this NBA career LeBron wasn't basically powering through people like he does nowadays You know I'm saying he used a lot more finesse good pass. Why is he so open shut up to the latte West? I was gonna make a joke, but I'm not going to but he wasn't really bullying people back there like he does now I think that's something he learned throughout his career Like literally there's not many players in the NBA that can stop me from getting to the paint if I put my shoulder down And then once he figured that out it was the next level for LeBron, which is crazy to say because it's LeBron James a next level for him Yeah Perfect time and perfect perfectly bad play from Kiji Perkins But it ended up in the three-pointer K K perks to get that assist man because if you don't make that terrible pass attempt They don't get that three LeBron pull-up jumper Quiet than a crowd man and down by four They were basically trailing this entire entire game and shout out to the Celtics for keeping their foot on that on the next of Not letting them really get that lead ever Paul Pierce off the screen the midi LeBron tried to contest it But again, it's a very different basketball now 2020 nowadays They don't want people taking those type of shots was the mid-range put up. He got 31 out of their 60. Come on, man Come on, man. Paul Pierce is the truth for real But the mid-range jumper just wasn't a thing and then at this point LeBron wasn't really a good three-point shooter either Yeah He said that was LeBron's first three-pointer made in Boston. We're in a seven game series This is game four in Boston and LeBron has hit this first three in game seven with five minutes to go So they were just giving LeBron that much space the whole series But we did see a lot of LeBron, you know taking the mid-range More than anything and then now we got coach like coach Mike Brown's like we got to bring the double to Paul Pierce Cuz he's dominating whoever we throw at him But I say what he's just too small to get a hand in the face So LeBron tried to come with a double, but it was a little bit too late The deal abroad just knowing where he's at 103 fast break And one brah Pull up midi in his face and then the three the first three That's a good defense they brought they brought the double PJ Brown. Ew. I don't remember his jump shot being that ugly PJ Brown, ew Got a little hitch in him, but he knocked it down. You can't complain for results man Capas Joe Smith bro Joe Smith played for like half the NBA teams He was everywhere for him a first overall pick literally was a dirty man played for so many teams I think he may be second in the league and most teams played for something crazy like that LeBron Delante I don't remember Delante hitting as many big shots as he has That's a big shot man. That could have been a foul Paul Pierce didn't get him that room to land But here we are into the third quarter. They're still down LeBron gets to the back the basket and foul by PJ. That's a good foul But now it's a four-point game with him in his left Rondo in the Dunker spot Rondo in the Dunker spot Right place right time six-point game six-point game 35 for Paul Pierce at this point. Wow Now we got the switch to get the Kg on him you like this matchup Oh James Posey certainly came over baby five-point game That's a great defense by LeBron. Paul Pierce is just on fire this game. It didn't matter It did not matter there Let's go seven point game at this point seven minutes left LeBron It's another one It's another one. That's a tough shot, bro. They're quieted the crowd. They had a little momentum for Boston Why am I watching this like I don't know the results like it's again, it's been 12 years as I've seen these live Jesus Christ Paul Paul Some tough shots bro some tough shots Paul Pierce career Andy Fisher 13 from 22 Super efficient LeBron another three Three-point game Yes, bro, yes, I'm telling this one the best game sevens that wasn't in the finals that I can remember Just a good duel from two of the greatest and I'm saying so both of these players would go on to be in the Hall of Fame eventually That's a tough shot, bro Third three in a game after not hitting any for the first three games in Boston These are the situations were like I do not fault him for not making it to the finals this year because his roster This roster is not good. It's the LeBron James show Sprinking a little bit delante Weston game seven, but other than that is the LeBron James show That's a tough shot KG Big ticket big ticket and he talking trash and he's talking trash by releasing it big ticket for real Shout out to Al's highlight world appreciate appreciate the the compilation my G And I'm sure a lot of people do this guy 1.3 million views on YouTube right now So a lot of people went back to watch this game because that's how Important it was. I mean What year is this? Yeah, Boston went on to win the championship Boston went on to win the championship this year Big big steal Great defense man. My Hollins on the bench is stuck it out here One point game One point game baby 18 seconds left But this is the moment they need both of these free throws He missed the first one Down by six 14 seconds left Is that sounds a Pavlovitch just a yeah, it's a shot. You know I'm saying you got the opportunity at the shots Paul Pierce Oh Man, oh, I don't remember that bounce he's smiling at it cuz he know that's it And that's pretty much that's the end of the game and LeBron did all he could He did all he could man And they they so reliant on LeBron James They were so reliant on LeBron James. He got off his board. It didn't look at any other player on the court Well LeBron It is what it is. I can imagine putting my table my back that much and that's it If you enjoyed the video leave it a like let me know of other specific games you want to see me react to I see I see a couple right here that I oh Wow PG versus yes a couple on this list that I would love to watch so just let me know in the comment section. Peace