Photo: Lebron James On The Cover Of Sports Illustrated (Describes His “LJ Moment”)

But with 33 seconds left, Miami was only up by two, and James bounced the ball on the blazing Heat logo at midcourt. He pulled up from 20 feet, easy as an August afternoon at St. V, with the same result. “I know it wasn’t the magnitude of MJ hitting that shot in ’98, but I definitely thought about him,” James said. “It was an MJ moment.” He paused as a turn of phrase came to mind. “It was an LJ moment.”

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