LeBron James' Game 2 was rare as hell

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Sometimes, what LeBron James does on the court defies description. All the talk about the MVP, or even the best player in the league, virtually shelves LeBron as a "yeah, him too" while focusing on Curry, Harden, Westbrook, or Leonard. Yet when you watch this man play, imposing his will on teams during the playoffs, it is amazing to behold. All James did on Wednesday was score 39 points on only 14 (!) field goal attempts. That sounds good in a vacuum. But then consider, it has only been done five times before Wednesday night!

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The only playoff game in this set was by Terry Porter, who was marvelously efficient one night in 1992. And besides Rolando Blackman, the other games were all done by big men-- all time greats Mourning, Shaq, and Dwight. Note that LeBron is older than anyone who has done this before, by two years. Just, wow.

Of course, he did other things beside just rack up stats on Wednesday. Like this, which I'm pretty sure has never been done before in an NBA game.

LeBron James, spinning the ball in his hands like he's about to shoot at the county fair pic.twitter.com/qTY7PDahJv

— Barstool Sports (@barstoolsports) May 4, 2017

And that led to this piece of Twitter perfection. As has been said before, the Simpsons have done it already. No matter what it is.

"He's spinning the ball on his finger! Just take it!"

This made me die of laughter, and die inside ... #Raptors pic.twitter.com/notkcPih2o

— Chris Walder (@WalderSports) May 4, 2017