How Injured Was LeBron’s Hand In The Finals? 

Coach how are you picking the right song for every occasion 😂

LeBron is bionic. Pretty simple. Lol Like how he can twist his ankle 45 degrees, and then he just tightens his shoe extra tight then sprints down the court right after. Lol

I think the injury came from the sweep not with the wall punching

LeBron is 18-31 in Finals games with being swept in two series. He had to come up with an excuse for a record that bad.

LeBron is amazingly resilient when it comes to injuries. He would definitely risk reinjuring it in order to give his team any chance of winning. No matter tho, it does not seem to have affected him that much. So it should not be a big deal, for any of the sides (lovers and haters).

The off the backboard dunk he did on Javale was all I needed to see when he talked about his "broken hand". Not only was it perfect but he thrashed a bit on the rim after the monster dunk. His hand was fine.

"these kids" those were LeBron's kids

One time I had a severe ankle injury in football. I got it iced, took some painkillers and I very nearly went back into the game, as I could jog on it without too much pain. I eventually decided to not go back in, because I’m a middle linebacker and fairly undersized for my position, wisely realizing my sub 6 foot 170 pound frame wouldn’t handle 250 pound lineman with an injured ankle. The next day when I woke up, I couldn’t put any weight on my ankle but even with a walking boot on. The point I’m trying to make is that painkillers combined with adrenaline can make very serious injuries non existent. I nearly went back into the game with an injury that sidelined me for 4 weeks. The injury was obviously there, and anybody who says it was a fake injury are simply unaware or haters. The combination of adrenaline, painkillers, icing and manning the fuck up made it seem like Lebron wasn’t injured.

the amount of sarcasm in this video is amazing

Fell in game 4, 3rd quarter and cried of pain! Held his right hand making all kinds of grimaces

I didn't hear Klay blame his ankle (nor his recovering fractured thumb). I didn't hear Iggy complain about his leg...but it says a lot to see LeBron biitch about his bruised knuckles only after game 4. I guess you can say that on and off the court, LeBron can put on a show, but did LeBron really need to flop during a post-game press conference?

Just my opinion, but I think the hand injury effected him significantly. If you compare his numbers in those three games to the numbers he was putting up during the whole 2018 playoff run, or the numbers he put up in the previous finals against Golden State, there's quite a difference. After that 51-8-8 game, it wasn't a stretch to expect a 40pt triple double in every game, and he came up way short.

Don't let this distract you from the fact that Aaron Hernandez is a better shooter than JR Smith

Lmao how come when Kobe or MJ does it it's mamba/killer mentality but when LeBron does it it's fake

maybe he punched another white board after the sweep.

2:03 , I agree with that, sometimes when I'm watching the warriors I just watch Klay, and it's fun to see how much movement he has off the ball.

Um i don’t get how this is an excuse. He averaged 34 and nearly a triple double on 53% shooting, I don’t think he didn’t show up. Is he supposed to average 50

Lebron honestly played himself

Answer: Painkillers + Adrenaline.

In my opinion it seemed like his aggressiveness dropped after game one, and he didnt drive to basket as much as in game one. Im not sure if it was broken, but it surely did affect his game

Even if they have won game one I don’t thinks the Cavs can ever beat there warriors in a seven game series

Dont let this distract you from the fact that Jr. Smith was rob of Finals MVP

I never usually comment but Coach you work super hard

It wasn't a serious injury and this shouldn't have got this much attention.

Not at all injured until the sweep was complete

my hand was so busted once i couldn't steer my lambo straight and wrecked that shit.

Cavs fan: Lebrun was injured he’s gets a pass But Steph curry was obviously hurt in 16 finals but cavs fan says he choked makes sense 😂😂

What I noticed after Game 1 was the difference in his shooting form. It didn't look natural anymore and appeared to look awkward coming off the palm and fingertips. Also his drives to the basket looked cumbersome and not as strong and he faded to the left in alot of those drives but alot of that has more to do with the warriors defense since they started loading up on LeBron.

Who cares ? they would have lost the series anyways

One word- adrenaline.. he’s hurt. The pain is masked in gameplay but still restricting. Every athlete knows this

"these kids" are Lebron's kids

lebron tried to punch jr smith but he blocked it with a henny bottle

Are you sure that he broke his hand from a whiteboard? Because I remember watching the finals and a player hit LeBron's hand and at that moment, it was clear that LeBron's hand was pretty busted. I thought the contact injured it. Until then, there was no indication that LeBron had any injuries with his hand.

Lebron is a marketing genius. He didn't show his "injured" hand the entire press conference. He only gave the press brief glances at it.

“It’s clear to see his hand is injured” I can’t even tell which hand 😂

Just from the eye test it seemed like he was very hesitant to shoot in game 2 as opposed to his 51 pt game 1, so I thought “what’s up with him?” It might’ve been his hand or not, but he looked very hesitant.

Even if it really was injured its still a LeExcuse

I think you missed the fact that it's highly possible that he was purposely using his right hand as usual despite the great pain because if the Warriors had found out he was injured they would've definitely attacked him more both offensively and defensively. Acting normal is the only way to prevent that. It doesn't really matter how much the pain was bothering him.

LeBron belongs in LA because he's such a great actor

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I think Lebron injured his hand on purpose.

This uploaded has never broke a bone.

LeBron is an Iron-Man, he doesn't get injured. So... the hand wouldnt be too bad. He has 10X regeneration rate compared to a normal human.

It was revealed before he showed up to the post-game conference. It was revealed by an ESPN analyst a few minutes before.

Just trying to make it seem that the Warriors only win championships when the opposing team has an injury to one of their best players.

"I heard and felt my ACL snap on my first two or three steps but it was about 100 more to the other side of the pitch and we needed a goal so my brain didn't let me feel the pain on the way there, it just told me "you can't do all the usual stuff now so be cautious" and I listened and scored" Otto Addo, Borussia Dortmund player who once ran the entire field and scored a goal with a torn ACL...duh...

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I think that it might be an over exaggeration of the injury, he may have brusied it, that was all.

I call BS on the injury LOL, the only thing that was injured after this series was Bron bron's huge ego and it's beyond repair lmao.

Kobe just used 4 fingers but still gave him his 5th ring. 🤷🏽‍♂️

Not to hurt lebron fans but... There was no injury, just fake or happens after game 4... I had a minor fracture on my right hand(my shooting hand) hurts like hell even with pain killers just putting any pressure or trying to grab something you feel like it gonna break... So lebron made that excuse or hit the wall after the sweep

Huge drop in the amount of mid range jumpers that he was hitting all season

pain killer injections....

His hand was swollen - close-ups showed it, but he didn't make an excuse for bad play, he just addressed it because of wrap on it after series. jeez ….

LeBron probably "broke" his hand to have another excuse as to why he got swept. #3-6

He exaggerated his injury. It was a contusion at worst. He didn’t “break” anything. No coach on the planet would risk Bron playing with a broken fucking hand. Especially against a team they had no shot at beating anyway. Also, Kobe ACTUALLY played in the finals with a broken finger...

My theory: painkillers. He probably had a lot of them and they tend to work on and off. Another theory, he was purposely trying to hide his pain

8:00 NOW THAT IS QUALITY RESEARCH

LeBron haters are always early

He must’ve meant the hand had broken feelings. 😂

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I was believing he was hurt until the push-ups

Can I get whatever LeBron was on!? That's a serious amount of swelling, but he did amazingly.

You called JR Earl! I love it!

LeBron is an incredible player, almost certainly top 5 all time. But nothing makes me laugh harder than those who claim LeBron has some sort of supernatural ability to ignore or cope with pain. It appears, based on his performance, that the injury was not all that bad. Moreover, LeBron is sensitive to discussions about his legacy and is not above exaggerating or lying a bit to soften the impact the sweep could potentially have on his legacy (much like Jordan flu game aka Jordan hungover game - different result admittedly).

"But this is a tough one, what am I looking for?" It's really simple, G. You look for a string of games in which Bron takes no threes, his mid range game goes away, and jumpers are virtually all replaced with hard drives and attempts from 2 feet away from the rim. This is not the best way to make the most of your possessions, and becoming predictable is not all that good, but it Does lead to high percentage 2-point field goals and if he gets a lot of touches and has a lot of attempts he can still put up good numbers while doing that. Another thing you can do is look at turnovers and assists in order to see if his passing game was affected in ways that are statistically meaningful. If you're going to take the stare-at-Lebron approach to watching a game, you could focus on his passes and try to get a sense of how many somewhat difficult passes were attempted and completed. Then see how that compares to games in which he doesn't have a broken hand. That's how you do it, and you can do half of this by looking at his shot chart.

kobe has like 10 broken fingers 20 years long and you never hear him bring it up himself, LeDramatic punch the board early because he knew he need some excuses to get it on off his legacy lol

Injured enough to bounce off the backboard and do a two hand dunk Injured enough to bring it up in game 4 when you get swept

Lebron liyng!!

He hurt his hand. But I dislike how we flaunts it around in the post conference. It gives him a scape goat. My coach always says if you are injured and it effects your play. The moment you tell everybody it’s an excuse instead of an injury

Who cares about the hand they got smoked 4-0 because they have poor leadership and everyone on that team plays selfishly offensively and defensively.

One thing you forgot to mention, just because you got an injured hand, doesn’t mean NOT using it could indicate that he had a severe injury. Basketball is a high speed sport that requires reflexes that have been established through rote memory. Especially for a legendary star player like LBJ. And to top it off, you can’t change strongly implanted reflexes in a couple of games. To put it simply, LBJ was most likely affected, but that won’t change the outcome of the series. Warriors are too stacked. Not even if you swap LBJ out with any top 5 all time greats.

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That microphone sounds incredibly crisp.

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He threw the ball off the backboard to myself and dunked it hard with two hands... like c'mon!! Really??? Lol

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LeBron is a legend , however I was dissapointed in his leadership. When things go wrong like with the JR situation, knowing that there are potentially 6 more games left, that is the moment you rally the troops , recover and come back for game 2. He didn't do that and instead let his emotions get the best of him. I hope LeBron learned from this defeat as he does in most cases and comes back with a feorcity next year.

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coach please make a video analyzing 'the lebron system' and how teams built around him crater when he leaves. Specifically what happened to Chris bosh and kevin love in these systems. The way people talk about the cavs makes it look like kevin love is a scrub.

Simple, the injury was on the top of his hand, not the palm where ball contact occurs. I didn't see any instances of contact on the TOP of his right hand throughout the rest of the finals. That plus local painkillers makes it not a big issue.

*Stephen Curry is the greatest shooter of all time and the 2nd best point guard of all time.*

Seeing him shooting threes well during pregame workouts , and then he can't shoot during the game? WOW

Jordan and Kobe has worse injuries. No excuses for letrash

Either way, if he got hurt it must have been a heck of a punch

Kevin Durant think he the shit now that he got another ring on a 73-9 team

He went from shooting incredible from the outside til not shooting or shooting horrible outside the paint after the injury. Case closed

Just wondering how come we’re killing lebron because he was “supposedly injured” But when curry did not play his best in the 2016 finals everyone was saying he was injured even though he was dropping 40 on okc and looked perfectly fine. He also struggled games 1-2 against the rockets and everyone was claiming he was still injured even though HE SAID HE WAS FINE. So why do people make excuses for curry being injured but kill lebron for saying he hurt his hand ?

You buried the lede to give a predetermined impression. He CLEARLY was injured and it clearly affected his shooting. I remember commenting that he oddly did not shoot any more jumpers after Game 1, not just threes, but mid ranges and that little 15 foot fade he tormented the Raptors and Celtics with. That was glaring after his 51 point Game 1, where he peppered the Warriors with jumpers. Secondly, there were several plays where he pulled his hand back instinctively from intercepting long bullet passes he normally gobbles up, including a floating pass by Curry to Draymond in Game 4 that LeBron oddly let through. Also, if you watch closely, he avoided all plays where he has to bang or Chuck anybody on a drive which may have to do with why he didn't guard Durant more.

I was thinking the same thing when I saw the press conference. Glad somebody took the time of going through the footage. Exagerated or not, Lebron is a force of nature.

The most stupid thing an athlete doing himself ... by self inflicting injury you're hand 😂

How is it the fourth rematch when it was only the fourth meeting of the two teams?

This is a super thorough and well-done analysis. And he's right; this video opens up more questions than answers

Damn son. You did RESEARCH!! 👍🏿

Uh coach it's a rematch of a rematch of a rematch, not a rematch of a rematch of a rematch of a rematch.

I don't even need to watch the vid to know the answer: not at all. That we as basketball fans even entertain LeBron's pathetic attempt at an excuse is something we should collectively be ashamed about.

If one player scores 50+ in a game. Let alone a playoff game. But still loses. The teammates got problems. Basketball is a team sport. Best player cannot beat the best team.

Bro it couldn't have been that hurt. Look at him banging his fist against his chest.

HIS GREATNESS KEEP HIM ON THE FRONT BURNER. WE LOVE YOU BIG MAN.

I read the thumbnail as how was lebrons hand injured in the finals