CLEVELAND — LeBron James can shut up every person who ever doubted him with one more win.
Of course, it wouldn't just be any victory.
It would cap the greatest comeback in NBA Finals history: No team has ever survived three consecutive elimination games and prevailed after being down by a 3-1 count.
And it'd be against the greatest team in NBA history, the 73-9 Golden State Warriors, led by the first-ever unanimous NBA MVP in Stephen Curry.
This would be enough for James to never again sweat that his legacy would be shortchanged or his killer instinct criticized, or that his Decision was irredeemable.
With a victory in Game 7 Sunday, James could always—always—point to this achievement as proof of all that he is.
Now there's just the matter of doing it.
And doing it is, bottom line, unlikely.
In any sport, three consecutive games of getting keyed up mentally with the knowledge that you need much more than your normal effort is incredibly draining. Once is doable, maybe twice. But three times is basically superhuman.
Even if James ...
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History Awaits LeBron James If He Can Keep His Cavaliers Focused in Game 7
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