Paul Pierce vs LeBron James Full Highlights 2008 ECSF G7 Cavaliers at Celtics - Must Watch!!!
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Looks like someone was cooking a damn barbecue in here lol
Whoathereitsben man u beat me to it!!
Hell yeah , that arena was foggy as fuck. LOL, Thought I was the only one that noticed.
Whoathereitsben
LeBron and Pierce were on fire.
All the all time great games seem to have that Haze to it.
It’s from the ghost of Red smoking a big fat cigar.
Here after Kendrick Perkins confessed that he was so terrified of Lebron James he actually prayed something bad would happen to him. LOL
😅😅😅Bruhhhh same here bcuz I honestly don’t remember this game at all lol
LOL. Just watched that interview and immediately came here to refresh my memory on how this game went. I can see why he was making those prayers.
Same
Me to
Same 😂😂
LeBron truly carried the 2003-2010 Cavs team. Everyone was mad at him for switching teams but no one wanted to offer him help. LeBron is truly one of the greatest talent of our era.
He is the greatest
Jack Sadaka He’s not the greatest. You could say the same thing about Michael Jordan carrying his Bulls team 1984-1990. Putting up 63 points against the 1986 Celtics, which is still the playoff points record today. The point is, is that when Jordan did get help, he never had a full season with the Bulls where he didn’t win the championship. You cannot say the same for Lebron however. Forget the warriors series because it’s true that those warriors teams were stacked as well, so I won’t put the blame on lebron. But Lebron’s performance against the Mavericks in 2011 is inexcusable, especially when he and Dwayne wade were seen mocking Dirk Nowitzki before a game. Additionally, his team’s loss to the 2015 Spurs is the greatest NBA finals loss in terms of points margin, and they only played 5 games.
Second point is that while he did carry those early Cavs teams far, the Eastern Conference was all time horrible. The only formidable team in the East were the Pistons. This is important to point out because there have been other one man shows who carried their teams but may not have advanced as far into the playoffs because the competition was better (i.e. why Jordan’s early Bulls wouldn’t advance further than the first or second round). With regards to his performance against this 2008 Celtics team, it was incredibly impressive, but one round earlier, they were taken to 7 games by the Atlanta Hawks and a year later, would be taken to 7 games in the first round by a Bulls team led by a rookie Derrick Rose.
In the end, Lebron is a great talent and player, definitely one of the best of his generation, but sometimes his greatness is exaggerated because of recency bias and history removing the context of his achievements and failures.
Robert Drummond HES was saying greatest of the era, not all time
Robert Drummond Nobody reading that but I agree on the first part. MJ and LeBron are both great but MJ is just different
@@robertdrummond3699 take pippen away and say good bye to at least 3rings...... Who on the cavs was a pippen hmm😒. Answer no one
Can you believe that Lebron led this sorry ass team to almost beat this legendary Celtics team? Jesus Christ
Just like he almost led his team past the all star warriors
+4 20 "He lost because of iggys defense " lol , the man avg almost 40 a game alongside a triple double , he didnt have 2 stars dont wanna hear it
+4 20 Rofl dude the Celtics team had KG,Pierce,Ray Allen and Rondo bitch you saying LeBron is the only one that needs all stars?
+Rajon Rondo except his shooting percentage was terrible, and he took around 35 shots per game so of course hes gonna get these incredible stats.
+Calvin Odom how is it hate when its a fact? its on the stat sheet. These are stats that ESPN or sportscenter never report
Title should be "Why lebron left Cleveland"
only one playing lol
+Rajon Rondo lol he was playing with some real ringers haha but nah its that 2010 match up with the celts that finally did it, he didn't even look like he wanted to be on that court anymore regardless of the team
In LeBron's 3 wins against the 2008 Celtics he had 24.7 ppg 7.7 rpg 9.0 apg on 35.6% and 4.7 TOpg, very sub-par for his standards. LeBron shot under 40% in all 3 of the Cavalier wins. For the series, LeBron's teammates shot 149/344 (43.3%) whereas LeBron shot 55/155 (35.5%). LeBron had more than enough help to get the job done in this series, especially with the Celtics scoring under 100 in all 7 games (84 ppg for the series) after averaging 100 for the season, but still failed.
Anon Ymous those stats are like that because of the way the Celtics play defense. Those celtics teams, (whose defensive coach was Thibs btw) were a top defensive team at that time. And besides that everyone knows you have to stop Lebron so thats where the focus is so it makes sense that he was shooting worse than his teammates who were probably shooting less contested shots, whereas Lebron is seeing double teams thorughout the game. Lebron had hasbeens and no ones on that team that was facing 3 hall of famers (in the tail end there prime still formidable) along with the celtics leading assist man in Rondo - it would take a lot to beat them at that point in time.
+Darius Peyton Thank you for explaining to him because he obviously didn't understand
Back when the eastern conference was a warzone. You had the Celtics, Pistons, Cavs, Orlando (all legit championship teams)
this isn't when the pistons were good.. this is after.
They weren't bad... they made it to the eastern conference finals that year
This was the pistons last good year.
if you really think about it though the celtics and pistons were the only good teams. Orlando tbh sucked and the cavs had only lebron. And the pistons were past their due date at this point.
+SimplyOneSound orlando was nice idk what u talking about they made to the finals the next yesr dwight was incredibly dominant they had nice shooting etc
Just imagine if a prime LeBron James pulled a KD and joined the 08-09' Celtics
That’d be pretty interesting.
That be overkill
Him joining heat made celtics obselete. So that says enough about his move. Don't downplay it just cuz he didnt join celtics. He still had a SUPERTEAM. Stop riding his nuts
Also if he did that there was already no competition if he joined boston. Heat wouldnt have been a thing. Boston would have dominated nba. At least when durant joined warriors it wasnt a complete monopoly. There was still competition warriors just better. There was competition prior to kd joining
@@jluis612 i don't see how there was still competiton when they swept every single team besides the cavs the first year. heat may have been a superteam but you're missing the point. the point is lebron and kd pulled different moves. and had lebron did what kd did and then the celtics beat kobe it'd be pointless to brag about it.
I didn't realize how dominant young LeBron was at this age. People seem to forget how good LeBron actually was.
He was good, but also inneficient. He made 55 of his 155 shots in this series and averaged around 6 turnovers per game
@@mskidi yea... obviously his been double team in the series
@@mskidi but so was Paul Pierce. Pierce did just slightly better percentage wise, but took didn't have scoring responsibility Lebron had. (always try to but things in perspective and context)
Greatness came to him so naturally that he's been taken for granted honestly.
Is
Paul Pierce played so phenomenally this game, a shame he doesnt get enough credit for this.
Man no way u said Paul and not bron man look at the roster bron was by himself doing what he did
The Cavs were so garbage, it's incredible what Lebron did
yes indeed
true.
that Cavs was tacit understanding but it doesn't work in playoff especially facing the BIG three
Maxwell Lizen jimmy butler and Paul george
Lebron shot 34% and averaged 24 points through 6 games you mean it's incredible what the Cavs defense did ? Lmao
LeBron is absolutely ridiculous before the Heat days and most people didn't even recognize it. He CARRIED a team with a second best player named Larry Hughes. Most people won't even recognize Hughes, not surprising since he is barely a good starter, to the Finals.
If LeBron stayed in Cleveland, his prime stats would most likely be 30-9-9, given his oppoturnity to score in Miami was held down by Wade and Bosh. And he still averaged 27-7-7 in Miami. That's MJ stats right there, or should i say GOAT stats.
And yet with all the greatness this man shows, people still doubted him. "He is a coward since he left Cleveland" then why the fuck is Durant not hated for trying to leave OKC, when he has a better team than what LeBron had? "He is a crybaby" Magic was complaining to the refs. Steph Curry was complaining to the refs. Kobe was. Heck even MJ. "He can't win without superstars" MJ couldn't win before Pippen and Grant and Rodman came to the Bulls. Kobe didn't win any title without Pau and Shaq. Curry had one of the greatest team of all time. "He is a choker" LeBron averaged 36 ppg in close out games in the playoffs. He got a clutch, excuse me, LEGENDARY chasedown block in game 7 of the 2016 finals. Then went on to hit a clutch free throw to seal the championship.
Yall gotta put some respect on his name
You said it all my friend. I think people hate on LeBron because of how good he is and they are afraid of reality.
I don't know basketball that well, why did cavs got swept in 2007? and how did they made it to the playoff
It's the same with Brady basically, also mj is also sometimes glorified. I'm sure if James continues to put up the numbers he has now he will be remembered as second only to mj, maybe even better
It's the same with Brady basically, also mj is also sometimes glorified. I'm sure if James continues to put up the numbers he has now he will be remembered as second only to mj, maybe even better
You're fool his team was a monster defensively and of Lebron could play consistent defense on teams best plusher they could win more series
Lebron was a 23 year old leading a cavs team into a game 7 conference semifinals. Incredible.
There was no competition in the east
Kd was 23 leading a young okc team to the finals
@@Realcelticsfan with 2 future mvps on his team…
@@Realcelticsfan Kd had a way better team think before u talk man. Thunder roster and Cavs roster aren’t even comparable
@@areeshkirmani4013 and
Pierce was on a mission that season. He couldn't be stopped. What he did that year was legendary.
Homie what? Lebron took em game 7 and the Celtics had a 100x better team
@@zyback Lebron is an exception! One of the all time greats! We all knew it after the 2007 season he was destined to be "different" from the rest of the league. We all knew he'd be a multiple time champion and MVP.
Pierce never had that type of hype and can't compare Lebron w/ Pierce lol but what the guy meant was 2008 Paul Pierce was just on a mission he finally had the cast of characters he needed kinda like Bron in 2012 & 2013 with Bosh and Wade, just needed 2 more musketeers by his side. 2008 nothing was stopping Pierce from finally achieving his goal. Just had to get past a certain juggernaut, not the Cavs. Lebron James himself.
@@zyback if pierce got help sooner he would’ve won multiple rings, but he took advantage of having finally a great team around him
@@GJ-N17look at lebron success to Paul success they can’t be compared and bruh look at their team it was a close game and bron did that by himself
Paul Pierce is the MF truth. I’ve been blessed to watch Larry bird career and to watch Paul Pierce his entire career. Pierce did not get the credit. He deserved this game, allowed him to showcase what he did for Celtics fans all year round his entire career. Paul didn’t even get the credit he deserved in Boston. We all know how Boston fans are all those years when Paul was killing it. The Boston media was focused on the Red Sox or the Bruins or the patriots. Celtics didn’t get the attention and love like the Red Sox and the patriots did so Paul’s overshadowed but yes, he was a beast. I rank him top three scorers of all time for the Boston Celtics.
When Paul Pierce was still in his prime
+buto1118 Bring Back Paul Da Truth Pierce in Boston Maybe is 2016 Return To Boston.
While LBJ was more athletic, I feel PP was the better overall player in this series
This wasn't Paul Pierce's prime. Watch his series against Pacers in 2003. THAT IS PRIME PAUL PIERCE!!! Everyone is talking about Lebron carrying Cleveland but what about the team Paul Pierce took to the ECF in 2002? Paul Pierce was still good when he got Kevin Garnet and Ray Allen on his team but he wasn't in his prime. 90's Paul Pierce was much better but I'd say his peak was 2003 against the Pacers. Although the wheelchair game was pretty clutch he was still older at that point.
@@zeaferjones1404 agreed, Pierce was actually at the end of his prime here
@@dayofayanju9021 Yeah Ray Allen, KG and Paul Pierce were still great players when they joined forces but if they would have been on the same team in 2003 I think they would have been unbeatable because they all averaged easily 25 points per game.
one of the greatest games of all time, one of the BEST duels of all time - the cavs, coming of the finals the previous season, showed why they made it in last year - Lebron was just on fire here, carrying the entire team on his back
Yeah so Celtics vs Lebron
Nah ray Allen and KG played like shit this game , pierce vs Lebron and Ben Wallace
I'm a Celtics fan but who else agrees the cavs should go back to these uniforms?
Dylan Bruton
I liked the Finals uniforms in 2016.
If cavs won,we could see 23 VS 24.
Here from the Kendrick Perkins confession interview on JJ Redick podcast 🤣
If I was watching NBA basketball back in 2008, then this would most-likely be THE GREATEST Game 7 I’ve ever seen. Such high intensity!
Man I miss games like this. Now everybody wants the shoot the 3 ball too much now
E S and people aren’t talking about lebron and curry lebron was talked enough but not too much and curry trash wasn’t in the league
Yeah I miss playing hard ball. 3 ball is not very tough.
The king 👑 vs the truth ☘️
King cs the Bitch
@@niknik1557 King is a great. Keep hating no life having ass.
The Truth
LeBron used to be crazy in his younger days BEAST mentality
now i know why he has back issues, he's been carrying every team he was on.
Lol
+Brooklyn 10-4
Classy Benza yea he carried miami lol or did ray allen hit the clutches 3 in nba history oh yea and kyrie lebron only deserves 1 ring lol we he beat a very young KD and Westbrook
Torenzo Gregory dumb bitch lol if he never brung them back no shot for ray allen
Kaleal Ennis fuck that ass wipe that 3 is talk about more than any play lebron performed in those playoffs no 3 no ring Ray Allen known to be clutch af ...kobe a bring his team back and break the other teams heart with the buzzer beater
Pierce was an absolute killer in the mid range. One of the most underrated players of all time.
This team was so good. They had some growing pains...but man if they only came together a few years earlier. They should have won 2 or 3 titles
Pierce is pure skill.. but Mamba is Skill + Athleticism...
people forget how amazing pierce was and how he loved to challenge bron in his prime lol
Bron at 24 vs Pierce at 34
Bron hadn't even hit his prime for another 3 or 4 years after this which is nuts
34 lebron vs 34 Pierce see the difference in this game
@@raylan286 LeBron was 23 in this game
3 vs 1 lol
Look what happened when LeBron got help he straight killed the celtics in 2011 playoffs....he took the soul out of the celtics arena...
Who else watching this after Kevin Garnett said that they broke LeBron down ? 4v1 ain’t hard at all
KG needs to chill
@Matthew Spurs true... But uhhh didn't I hear something about a game 7🤔🤔 oh yea beating the warriors down 3-1 and still Bron gets it done 😂😂😂😂😂
I think KG refers to the 2010 eastern conference semis when cleveland was 67-15 and boston was 50-32 and the Celtics dominated them in 6. Led to Lebron taking his Cleveland jersery off as he walked off in game 6 and eventually the decision
Matthew Spurs yes lebron cavs team was better than rondo, Allen, kg, and pierce
@@cire4294 that cavs team won 67 games and that Celtics team won 50. The cavs were heavy favorites
This game reminded me a lot of that 1988 duel between Wilkins and Larry Joe Bird! Hand to hand. Eye to eye!! Mano e mano!
Lebron's biggest rival was Paul Pierce
Paul Pierce was nowhere near as athletic as LeBron James, but was just as crafty, if not more. If you put these two against each other in their primes, it'd be 45 vs 55, Pierce vs James in points. Still a battle.
Funny, pretty sure he said it was Wade.
Nah it was definitely pierce they been battling since james came into the nba until the 2012 playoffs where they last squared off
+SSA INVINCIBLEx no...he said Pierce
I miss this athletic version of Lebron James.... time flies, god I'm old...
***** He can't dunk like he does in this video anymore
Micah Sharon he's still athletic he's just smarter now and doesn't throw his body around recklessly.
***** guarantee even if he tried his hardest his vertical will be under 40
Daniel Richards did you even watch when they played the Bucks?
Daniel Richards he still does these dunks and he missed almost every dunk he attempted in this except for the one he did on the break.
Day 9 in quarantine & im here.. Pierce was cookin
Paul Pierce so underrated. Even before they formed the big 3 and won the championship the man carried Boston on his back. And even when they put the Boston big 3 together they don't win a title if Paul wasn't leading the way. And he would always accept the battle against other great players Lebron or Kobe or whoever! And a old Pierce help bring a winning culture to Brooklyn and Washington. Without a doubt first ballot hall of Famer. One of the NBA greats and one of the Celtics greats!
He is rated exactly where he should be
@@ddp5406He's super underrated.
@@josemor2719 very appropriately rated
@@ddp5406 Nope. Too many naysayers that don't want to give him his due, that's all.
@@josemor2719 lol he is right there behind Lebron, kd, Bird, pippen, Baylor, Dr J, and somewhere between dominique and worthy
Lol how is he underrated my guy? U think he belongs up there with lebron bird and kd bro?
Stop
Did they hotbox the stadium??
Antoine Savelli I think they shot off fireworks in there
@Jerm 83 they must of burnt 5 thousand incense then😅😂 u know how big one of these stadiumns are no way it was incence
Paul Pierce caused alot of problems for teams especially when he was in his prime.
Tre Anthony orrr the cavs had 1 main scorer and celtics had 3???
MasterWindss what does that have to do with his comment?
@@masterwindss2544 allen had 4 pts this game. So Paul Pierce carried, lol.
That's why Lebron said his greatest rival was Paul Pierce and not Kobe, because of all their wars
this the game Perk prayed for? 😂
Yup
Probably the greatest game 7 duel I can ever remember witnessing
Paul Pierce was the only player in history who gave LeBron trouble.
Facts
Gregory 888 na
Gregory 888 spurs
Gabe Mo True forgot about that player "spurs"
Lol Kawhi Leonard AND Iguodala
Damn...miss that Celtics team. True OGs
Damn this would of set up Kobe vs Lebron 😢 that would be the best ever
Another time was when the magic beat the cavs in the conference finals
As a Pierce fan, i'd love to see the Wizards and Cavs go head to head. Is it a fair statement to say that Lebrons biggest rival since he entered the league is Pierce?
I was sitting there saying how its not the same in boston without pierce. Lebron vs pierce was a good playoff rivalry
No, it's gotta be Tim Duncan. That liar told Lebron the league's his in the future and 2007 and yet he's still here in 2015.
ooooooo and Paul Pierce said that he hates how Lebron is leading this new generation of players. They are friends instead of rivals/enemies.
That being said, Duncan is a good comparison and i'm not gonna tell you you're wrong, just agree to disagree.
Christopher White Personally I always wanted melo to be his rival but he was never good enough. His fake rivalry with kobe is so stupid
Deonta B i agree completely. Melo is an under-performer who has more talent than most people in the league.
No one in NBA history elevated their game when it mattered more than Paul Pierce.
I'll take this Celtic team and put them up against anyone. They just were that good. My all time favorite team for sure. I'll miss this era.
What ,!!It was game 7,that cavs team was so weak still game 7! Really
@@akshay5569 simple: LeBron James, that’s why
@@akshay5569 It was prime LeBron, the dude took the Cavs to the finals the year prior. He could single handedly beat great teams, the Celtics obliterating the Lakers by like 45 points, in 6 games should tell you how good they were.
Cavs were not bums
Wally, Big Z, Mo Williams, Older Ben Wallace were not bums.
Met Paul Pierce at LAX. Great dude. Was after game 7 Celtics in 2018 when they lost , when he was a broadcaster . Didn’t take a picture with him, but regret it after this KOBE stuff. 🙏
crazy to realize that pierce will be out of the league soon and lebron is aging too. Nothing but respect for two legends of the game. It's amazing how consistent pierce was with that pull up
👀
Bron STILL going 😳
@@JSowder21 still goinn
still goin
Lebron is something else man. Pierce is old and fat. Lebron is going 💪.
Youngins don't know bout the truth🔥
when someone other that LeBron scores a point :"ugh. someone is doing what they're supposed to do. "
when LeBron scores "LEBRON JAMES FROM DOWNTOWN HOLY SHIZZLE. LEBRON JAMES. EMPHASES ON JAMES. JJJJAAAAMMMESSSSS". holy shit espn
OmNomNomNomNom That's for every superstar though
+c.lewis Like curry now, kobe then (even now), and also Jordan also
its like that with projected lottery draft picks too lol.
I miss this era of the Celtics but we got somethin good now with Jayson and Jaylen
Remember in 2008 when we got the 600$ stimulus checks in the mail, it was the day before this game, took it bought a ticket and to this day this is the absolute best pro sports game I've ever been too. I've probably been to 100 in the past 20 years and nothing like this atmoshpere.
lebron vs prime allen, prime KG, prime pierce
Of the Celtics the closest to his prime was Pierce. KG was already at the start of his decline. This was before injuries started to pile up on his body. As for Ray Allen, this wasn't his prime but just goes to show you how great of a player he was to be playing at such a high level at 33.
One thing I do miss about Pierce in his younger days was he could actually defend any of the elite players one on one. Compare that to him falling for stupid crossovers and quick dribbles in his older years lol.
Maxphyte KG was still in his prime. He didn't need to play 40 mins a game like his Minnesota days because he had a better team. But per 36 mins he had numbers matching his career bests in ppg, rebounds and even had career high FG% of 54. Ray Allen was also quite close to his best. 33 for a shooter is not that old at all. Michael Jordan played more physically, 82 games every year and was still the best in the league at 35.
Daniel Richards KG even at the end of his first tenure in MN was already starting the downward slope on his prime. I'm not saying he still wasn't effective in Boston cause he's a big reason why they won their first year together as a big three, but to say that he was still in his prime in Boston is stretching it a little.
Ray Allen was more than a shooter. The stuff he was doing in his Bucks/Sonics days was more than just spot up shooting and offball movement.
My point is that while these two were still great players in Boston, they were not in their prime. The only person of the big three to be in his prime in Boston was Paul Pierce. And that's cause he played virtually his entire career there lol.
Maxphyte lol yep just ignore all my statistical evidence and repeat your first comment
I don't think my of them were in their prim they all were like 11+ years in and all well over 30
People who say Paul Pierce was unstoppable, this was a game 7 between these two squads
Cavs squad: Delonte West, Lebron, Wally Szczerbiak, Ilgauskas, Ben Wallace, Sasha Pavlovic, Joe Smith, Varejao, Damon Jones
Boston squad: Kendric Perkins, Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett, Rajon Rondo, Ray Allen, Leon Powe, P.J. Brown, Eddie House, James Posey
Game 7 with 5 point difference in Celtics home. Just LOL
Blame Doc Rivers for that lol
Paul pierce deserves to be in that Kobe and lebron conversation
Was wiz Khalifa in there?
Lol
hahhahahahhahaha
Nah, just Michael Beasley
ATL i feel sory for trae young carrying ass team
I'm here again because Pierce's number has been raised to the rafters. I'll never forget what a performance this was from both Pierce and James. And just how 'foggy' it looked during the game. Iconic night.
one of the best series i have ever seen, those 7 games were on fire
I can see why Perkins was praying for LeBron to get an ACL tear. Full problem this game.
Paul Pierce's greatest game of his career.
BJMcB92 lmao you must be what 12-13?
ProtexGames HD I'm 23 and grew up watching Pierce on the Cetlics. If you don't think going tit for tat with Lebron James in a playoff game 7, scoring 41 points in every way possible, hitting the clutch shots in the fourth quarter and having the heart and will to dive for that jump ball towards the end of the game, fight off two Cavs players and call time out is Pierce's finest moment, I don't know what else could top it.
You got a point honestly. It was one of the most important games of his career and he showed up like he always does. I wasnt technically thinking of the game specifically but more of pauls performance . If you are refferring to his greatest game of his career id also throw in when he dropped 48 against the nets in like what 2001 or 2002? 46 points in the 2nd half... not many people remember that. also when he dropped 50 against the cavs in '06 , and all the games where he would go for 30-35 and a game winner like how he did against miami to put them up 3-0 in the playoffs. Its tough to define a greatest moment when someone has such a storied, amazing career.
BJMcB92 the saddest part is that EVERYONE sleeps on pierce. imo one of the most underrated players ever for sure. Paul has dropped 35s and 40s on Lebron james MANY times in his career. that says a lot because everyone is on lebrons jock and thinks he is the best defender in the game... just proves how great of a player pierce is even more.
One of the best games of his career , indeed. Taking into account the magnitude of the game tied in with his performance. Yes sir, I'll have to agree with you there.
I’m here because of game 7 vs Boston Today!
Wild game. Respect to both men and teams
Damn I love the quality!
I can't believe people give lebron crap for leaving, when you put your everything into your team year after year and still come up short I could see why he would want to leave and what's even crazier about this is that a year before this in 07 lebron carried this awful team to the finals
The East was trash in the mid to late 2000's. Everyone knew the champion was going to be a Western conference team. 7 of the top 10 teams with best odds to win the title in 2008 were out of the West. Only the Cavs, Magic and Celtics were even in the top 10 for the East. In 1989 7 of the top team title odds came in the East. Goes to show you how little competition LeBron had to deal with in the East.
Hue Xiong is that why the pistons beat the 04 lakers “super team” in 5 and then got beat by a 22 year old Lebron? Gtfoh
@@huexiong846 but the magic beat pistons that year and the champs came from the east so you talking nonsense. Lakers breezed to the chip while Celtics played 2 game 7s ( round 1 & 2) and beat pistons in 6. So it was plenty of competition.
They were not awful, that’s a misconception. That team had 4 guys averaging double digits. Mo Williams was also an all star that year. They had the best record in the league but they lost a very close series. It happens
@@OldChanCharlie
The fact you said Mo Williams and that he was on that team shows you don’t know shit about basketball…
HE WASNT ON THAT TEAM….
He only made 1 all star game in his career and that’s playing with LeBron 🤣🤣🤔 also got the votes after injuries and was a replacement, get the fuck outta here with that Nonsense…
Those players he had were solid players… nothing more but I swear if it’s any other player “that’s not enough to win chip” but if it’s LeBron “he should’ve won”
🤡 shit
This was the Boston Celtics vs. Lebron James. 😂
Paul Pierce was in his prime, but Lebron wasn't even starting to get into his. And the Celtics barely won this game.
I was a kid back then was crying after the lost .I still feeling the pain after watching this again
great highlight video
Look at the quality of this video almost 10 years ago.
Why do other channels have such a crappy quality sport video collection
Home court advantage had been a huge advantage, for the Celtics, in playoffs 2008.
It was warm in there during that game - KG my all time favorite - fills everything you want from entertainment to the player!
Earned every dollar!!!!!
Pierce was a beast
If I'm dan gilbert i'l sell my soul to lebron to keep him from leaving again. Remember how bad the cavs were after he left?
No Regrets wel after lebron left the whole team disbursed even the coach was let go its called a rebuild ......thats why when they were done rebuilding lebron came back trade off they new soon to be superstar for kevin love got J.R. and shrumpert and built another super team
Torenzo Gregory they're really not a super team
Change title to Pierce/Garnett/Allen vs LeBron
Plus rondo
Yes, those guys were also on the team. But in this particular game, Pierce was the main focus for Boston.
I graduated college on this day 5/18/08 and watched the first half at the post grad party at a restaurant with my family, then watched the 2nd half back at my dorm packing up my stuff.
Oh my god... This video quality... So good.
‘This was a crazy duel both of them was on fire but to think lebron had to play like this every night or it was over is even more crazy
Imagine seeing Ben Wallace on the court and saying Lebron "carried that sorry ass team" 😂 one of the best defensive players ever
Was a great basketball duel in NBA History
I remember how big of a series this really was. The cavs could of beaten detroit in the conference finals that year
Damn KP not an ACL 🤣🤣🤣
If only Pierce didn't play like this and essentially cancel out LeBron's scoring impact. Would have got that LeBron-Kobe Finals matchup smh.
glad that pierce dominated both kobe and lebron in the same year to win his chip
Pierce was unstoppable in this series.
Yeah refs almost carried LeBron to that Kobe LeBron match up everyone wanted
lol refs are doing a bad job with lebron.........they were rigging playoffs way more for bumass sidekick kobe lmaooooooooooooooo.
lebron vs kobe final would have disappointed. Look at all their matchups, they always played terrible against each other
The game of my childhood... man, watching this made me cry. I was 7 years old, Paul was my hero, LeBron the enemy. We were clearly the better team--not even the biggest Cavs fan doubted that. But LeBron was unstoppable. All series, he'd been killing us, even though Paul was playing valiantly. But this game, man... Paul dueled LeBron. The excitement of watching each impossible shot go in. Hating on LeBron each time he shot. Those free throws. For one night, the best player on the court was one of our guys. Our guy. Sure, the stats don't bear it out, but that night it felt like nothing was stopping Paul. Pullup. Bang. And again. Paul outdueled LeBron. Wow.
Paul might not be the best player of all time, or anywhere close. But there's not a player I'd pick over him to go into a game, especially in sentimental moments such as now. Paul was Boston... he'd stuck with us through the thick and the thin. He was The Truth. How I wanted to play basketball.
I love you, Paul. For all the happy times you brought. For this game. For always sticking with us. No player will ever come close to you in my eyes.
Sincerely,
All Boston Celtics fans born circa 2000
This was one of the best games i watched
Paul was really the best player in the world in 08
Nathan Powers Agreed
kobe nigga
Nathan Powers hell no, he just had a great team. Lebron was the best player, and then kobe #2. your dumb
Nathan Powers LeBron better than pierce that year LeBron took that super team to game 7
Idk about that but he played big time in big games.
To me this was one of the best teams ever created but what happened to the 2008 Celtics
They got old lol
Garnett was injured in 2009 and they got old by the time 2010 happened.
+Mapfal 2009*
Nets 4life thank you lol
What a duel.I am not a LeBron James fan, but even early in his career you didn’t want to see him in a game 7. Paul Pierce “the truth” , battle of 2 legends. I enjoyed watching this .
I used to be extremely mad at him leaving Cavs for Heat in 2010. Now I'm more mature and able to understand the whole circumstances. It becomes very understandable now.
Were they setting off fucking fireworks before the game?!
No supporting cast whatsoever for James but West?!!! and who is Popavich?!!!?? No wonder he left the moment he had to take his talent to SOUTH BEACH!!! to go get him two titles ironically with Ray Allen on the second run.
Who was Pippen before 1990? Jordan didn't leave and go join the Pistons. LeBron is a coward and will always be a coward.
LeBron went on to have a 6-0 record in Game 7s after this loss, including two NBA Finals (Heat d. Spurs and Cavs d. Warriors).
Man I can't believe this game was 15 years ago, I remember this season like it was yesterday. I can't believe he knows me now, and everything about me. Gotta wash them feet...
where u goin lebron u should know u cant hide from the TRUTH
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Hahahah who hide when lebron was in Miami?
This is why LeBron James has the highest scoring average in the history of the NBA in elimination games. Jordan is second and Wilt is third iverson forth.
thanks for upload in HD but do you have the entire game in HD ?
Bron had 45. Great Game‼️💯🔥
how many guys on that cavs roster even in the league???
This was 8 years ago in 1 year no one on the Celtics except rondo will still be in the league
Just Varejao and Lebron
+NBAKxng03 Mo Williams too
Rememba Kemba mo Williams wasn't on that team then you dumb bitch
Cloneme12 Damn nigga. What the fucks your problem? Foh with that hate
LeBron may have been better than Pierce but the Celtics had more firepower and Pierce got it done to win a championship and beat Kobe as well
LeBron with Ilgauskas, Mo Williams, Pavlovich versus Garnett, Pierce, Allen, and Rondo...
THE FACT THAT IT WENT GAME 7! 😂😬💯
Prime LeBron a BEAST!
Paul Pierce was very good on those mid range j
This cavaliers team was a joke. Mo William's is a back up point guard, Ilguaskas is decent and everyone else are no names. Not even rotation players, even Ben Wallace was a joke at this point.
BS2all and Lebron still carried them this far against the big 3 Celtics. Dude is unreal
mo williams wasn't on this team, he came in the summer of 08 not 07....lebrons guards are sasha pavlovic damon jones and a guy named daniel gibson who didnt play in game 7 due to injury and of course the delonte west guy as a starter...smdh...
Mo was a baller. 43% from 3 and 91% from the line in 08-09. Dude was even an all star the following year.
@@michaelkirschner6009 Mo doesn’t need to be a pippen or gasol. Cavs were the best regular season squad for 2 years straight and lost in some tough competitive series vs Boston and Orlando. Bron quit and took east street. You wanna be the goat well there’s the path to be the goat. The rebuttal could’ve been “Bron did it without a Pippen or Gasol.” But no he orchestrated and continues to orchestrate these juggernaut super teams.
@@michaelkirschner6009 sure he had a phenomenal series, no question. I meant that he quit on Cleveland by not leading them past that Boston hump. I don’t like that excuse either, Bron is a generational talent and he has pull with any organization. We’ve seen him land on teams and squads were completely shipped out in order to accommodate. There’s no doubt in my mind Bron could’ve said “Hey, these guys gotta go or else I’m outta here.” And things would’ve been much different. His second go around with Cleveland definitely demonstrated his pull within the organization.
Lbj my dude but pierce did his thang kg hit every clutch shot just a better team against the best player
Pierce balled out. But the Celtics players ran from switching to LeBron on the picks. I remember this series
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