Having dispatched the Indiana Pacers in six games, LeBron James punched a ticket to his fifth NBA Finals, and this one is going to count for more than any that have come before it.
That's because James' history in the league's championship round has been somewhat of a mixed bag. Two early failures raised serious questions about his fitness as the NBA's next transcendent superstar—questions he went a long way toward answering in his two most recent visits to the Finals.
James' Miami Heat are already just the fourth team to make four consecutive trips to the Finals (an achievement shared only by the Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers), so regardless of the outcome, LBJ has taken up residence along some of the all-time greats.
But in this, his fifth trip to the promised land, there's something extra at stake: a chance to tilt his Finals record into the black. See, James is just 2-2 in his four previous visits, which means this year's championship round will give him a chance to get ahead...or fall under .500 yet again.
We'll look forward at the likelihood of that happening plenty of times before the Final ...
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