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Lakers-Cavs recap: LeBron’s 46 point masterpiece closes out Cleveland homecoming win

Erik García Gundersen
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The Los Angeles Lakers have been amazing on the road and this season their two stars have been at their best in their hometowns, with LeBron James following Anthony Davis by having a monster homecoming game, as The King delivered a 46-point masterpiece on Monday night to help hold off the Cleveland Cavaliers, 115-108. James was the leader for the Lakers all night long, but James took things to another level in the 4th quarter, particularly the final four minutes of the game.

James had 21 points in the final period of the game and had 10 in the final 4:11 of game time, which came right after a loose ball foul from Collin Sexton that took James down for a few moments. It was then that James unleashed the most memorable moment of his season and perhaps one of the best moments of the NBA season so far. LeBron had a logo 3-pointer in the final 10 points.

He also capped it off with this fierce fadeaway over a double team to bury the Cavs.

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Monday night was another one of those nights, like Thursday in Milwaukee, that will help build LeBron's MVP case. The Cavaliers aren't a doormat anymore and winning there is hard, just ask the Brooklyn Nets, who lost there twice last week. But James this season is not only playing for the MVP, but he's also adding even more to his case as the Greatest of All-Time. Perhaps it's no surprise that his best game of the season came after his pal Tom Brady earned a trip to his 10th Super Bowl, only a few months after James made his 10th NBA Finals. While LeBron is obviously as motivated as they come, January in the NBA can be a time of doldrums and a homecoming, as well as Brady making the Super Bowl at 43, was perhaps the exact type of circumstance to pull a season-best game out of LeBron tonight. https://www.instagram.com/p/CKck4vPBXYG/ James, again, is also pushing the levels of efficiency we've seen in the NBA to new heights, even in his 18th season. https://twitter.com/statmuse/status/1353910603438415872