LeBron James made history as the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Indiana Pacers Sunday to sweep their first-round series in the 2017 NBA playoffs.
According to Elias Sports (via ESPN Stats & Info), James now owns the record for most postseason sweeps and longest streak of consecutive first-round victories:
ESPN Stats & InfoLeBron James has now swept 10 Best-of-7 playoff series in his career, the most of any player in NBA history according to @EliasSports https://t.co/d7bmhpMy54
April 23, 2017 at 7:36:43 PM GMT
ESPN Stats & InfoLeBron James' teams have won 21 straight first-round games, the longest streak by any player since 1984 according to @EliasSports https://t.