For just the third time in his playoff career, which spans over 280 games, LeBron James found himself on the losing end of a four-game sweep. In 2007 a young LeBron went down in four games to the San Antonio Spurs and learned valuable lessons moving forward. In 2018 a four-game loss to the Golden State Warriors in the NBA Finals propelled him to leave the Cleveland Cavaliers and sign with the Los Angeles Lakers.
Now it has happened again, with the Lakers going down in four hard-fought games to the Denver Nuggets in the Western Conference Finals.