In the 2006-2007 season, LeBron James's Cleveland Cavaliers reached the NBA Finals. This is the first time in the team's history that the team has reached the NBA Finals, and it is also the first NBA Finals journey of the Cavaliers' current greatest star in history, LeBron James, to begin his career.
LeBron James reached the Finals in the fourth season of his NBA career and was a key player on the team. So the question is, is LeBron James single-mindedly leading the team to the NBA Finals this season?
Identifying a player's solo team can be determined by looking at the technical stats and specific honors of his teammates in past and current seasons. Here's what's specific about LeBron James' teammates and stats:
The team's center = "Big Z" Zajunas Irgoskas was named an NBA All-Star in 2003 and 2005. The team's point guard, Larry Hughes, was the 2004-05 steals champion and was named to the defensive first team of the season. Drew Gooden's average technical stats for three full seasons (2005, 2006, 2007) for the Cleveland Cavaliers were 10+ points and 8+ rebounds for three consecutive seasons, and he and Ilgoskas formed the Cavaliers' inner barrier and stable scoring points, and were the team's twin towers. Drew Gooden was also the NBA's notorious predatory forward at the time. Daniel Gibson is a qualified team bench guard, and Pavlovic is a team swing man who comes to mind from time to time, similar to Danny Green's position.
The age structure of the Cavaliers in the 2006-2007 season is also very reasonable, the team's main players are 22-year-old LeBron James, big Z" Zajornas Ilgoskas 31 years old, Druckodon 25 years old, Larry Hughes 28 years old, Pavlovic 23 years old. The team's bench has all but 20-year-old Gibson and 24-year-old Movie Emperor = Vallejo, all of whom are 30+ veterans who have been baptized by the league, including Donyer Marshall, Damon Jones, former 76ers point guard Eric Snow, Ira Newbel, Shannon Brown, Scott Pollard, who have made 12 three-pointers. This season's Cavaliers are not short of energy and experience.
In 20 games in the 2006-07 playoffs, LeBron James averaged 25.1 points, 8.1 rebounds, 8.0 assists and shot 41.6 percent from the field. "Big Z" Zajunas Irgoskas averaged 12.6 points, 9.7 rebounds, 0.9 assists and shot 49.2 percent from the field. Drew Gooden averaged 11.4 points, 8.0 rebounds, 1.0 assists and shot 49.3 percent from the field. Larry Hughes averaged 11.3 points, 3.9 rebounds, 2.4 assists and shot 34.7 percent from the field. Pavlovic averaged 9.2 points, 2.6 rebounds, 1.6 assists and shot 38.1 percent from the field. Gibson averaged 8.3 points, 1.6 rebounds, 1.1 assists and shot 43.1 percent from the field. Vallejo averaged 6.0 points, 6.0 rebounds, 0.6 assists and shot 51.1 percent from the field.
From the above various data, it can be seen that in the Cavaliers' playoffs (including the Finals), there are 3 players who average double-doubles per game, as well as 9 and 8 points per game. This shows that the team's scoring points are quite balanced, the Cavaliers' twin towers steadily support the Cavaliers' inner line, and the overall strength of the team should not be underestimated.
LeBron James' biggest highlight in the 2006-07 playoffs was the miracle of scoring 25 consecutive points in game 5 against the Pistons. But then in Game 6 against the Pistons, James shot just 3-of-11 from the field, 0-of-2 from three-point range and scored 20 points on 14-of-19 free throws. The biggest contributor to Game Six was Gibson Jr., who scored 31 points on 7-of-9 shooting and 5-of-5 three-pointers to lead the team across the Pistons.
In fact, LeBron James was not very stable against the New Jersey Nets, and the game was in good shape. He shot no more than 40 percent in four of his six games against the New Jersey Nets, 5-of-14 and 5-of-16 shooting in two games.
So the above various data do not support the argument that LeBron James led the team to the NBA Finals in 2007.
LeBron James, who made his first Appearances in the Finals, may have been a little nervous, averaging just 22 points, 7.0 rebounds, 6.8 assists and shooting just 35.6 percent from the field in four games swept by the Spurs 0-4, and his various major stats in the Finals were below his average in the playoffs that season, especially in the first game of the Finals, shooting just 4 of 16, scoring only 14 points and making 6 turnovers.
LeBron James shot no more than 40 percent in three of his four games against the Spurs in the Finals. Game 4 was also a pity, in this game, James frantically shot only 10 of 30 shots, 7 of 7 three-pointers, 2 of 6 free throws, scored 24 points and 6 turnovers, and the final result of the game was that the Cavaliers lost only 1 point to the Spurs 82:83. If James could shoot one more time, the team wouldn't be swept out with a shaved head.
James shot 35.6 percent from the field, 20 percent from three-point range, 69 percent from the free throws and averaged 5.8 turnovers per game in four Games of the Finals, a Tournament that was well below his career average.
Dear readers, after reading all this, do you still think that in the 2006-2007 season, LeBron James single-handedly led the team to the NBA Finals?