CLEVELAND - LeBron James' two game-winning buzzer beaters these playoffs might be more memorable, but his jump shot midway through the second quarter of Game 4 of the Eastern Conference finals on Monday was the most historic.
The 22-foot jumper off a JR Smith feed was the 2,357th made field goal of James' postseason career, passing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for the all-time playoff lead in that category.
James came into the night averaging a league-leading 32.9 points per game in the 2018 postseason, the second-highest scoring average he's ever posted in the playoffs (he averaged 35.