Paul Pierce vs LeBron James Full Highlights 2008 ECSF G7 Cavaliers at Celtics - Must Watch!!! 

Whoathereitsben man u beat me to it!!

Hell yeah , that arena was foggy as fuck. LOL, Thought I was the only one that noticed.

Whoathereitsben LeBron and Pierce were on fire.

All the all time great games seem to have that Haze to it.

It’s from the ghost of Red smoking a big fat cigar.

😅😅😅Bruhhhh same here bcuz I honestly don’t remember this game at all lol

LOL. Just watched that interview and immediately came here to refresh my memory on how this game went. I can see why he was making those prayers.

Same

Me to

Same 😂😂

only one playing lol

+Rajon Rondo lol he was playing with some real ringers haha but nah its that 2010 match up with the celts that finally did it, he didn't even look like he wanted to be on that court anymore regardless of the team

In LeBron's 3 wins against the 2008 Celtics he had 24.7 ppg 7.7 rpg 9.0 apg on 35.6% and 4.7 TOpg, very sub-par for his standards. LeBron shot under 40% in all 3 of the Cavalier wins. For the series, LeBron's teammates shot 149/344 (43.3%) whereas LeBron shot 55/155 (35.5%). LeBron had more than enough help to get the job done in this series, especially with the Celtics scoring under 100 in all 7 games (84 ppg for the series) after averaging 100 for the season, but still failed.

Anon Ymous those stats are like that because of the way the Celtics play defense. Those celtics teams, (whose defensive coach was Thibs btw) were a top defensive team at that time. And besides that everyone knows you have to stop Lebron so thats where the focus is so it makes sense that he was shooting worse than his teammates who were probably shooting less contested shots, whereas Lebron is seeing double teams thorughout the game. Lebron had hasbeens and no ones on that team that was facing 3 hall of famers (in the tail end there prime still formidable) along with the celtics leading assist man in Rondo - it would take a lot to beat them at that point in time.

+Darius Peyton Thank you for explaining to him because he obviously didn't understand

He is the greatest

Jack Sadaka He’s not the greatest. You could say the same thing about Michael Jordan carrying his Bulls team 1984-1990. Putting up 63 points against the 1986 Celtics, which is still the playoff points record today. The point is, is that when Jordan did get help, he never had a full season with the Bulls where he didn’t win the championship. You cannot say the same for Lebron however. Forget the warriors series because it’s true that those warriors teams were stacked as well, so I won’t put the blame on lebron. But Lebron’s performance against the Mavericks in 2011 is inexcusable, especially when he and Dwayne wade were seen mocking Dirk Nowitzki before a game. Additionally, his team’s loss to the 2015 Spurs is the greatest NBA finals loss in terms of points margin, and they only played 5 games. Second point is that while he did carry those early Cavs teams far, the Eastern Conference was all time horrible. The only formidable team in the East were the Pistons. This is important to point out because there have been other one man shows who carried their teams but may not have advanced as far into the playoffs because the competition was better (i.e. why Jordan’s early Bulls wouldn’t advance further than the first or second round). With regards to his performance against this 2008 Celtics team, it was incredibly impressive, but one round earlier, they were taken to 7 games by the Atlanta Hawks and a year later, would be taken to 7 games in the first round by a Bulls team led by a rookie Derrick Rose. In the end, Lebron is a great talent and player, definitely one of the best of his generation, but sometimes his greatness is exaggerated because of recency bias and history removing the context of his achievements and failures.

Robert Drummond HES was saying greatest of the era, not all time

Robert Drummond Nobody reading that but I agree on the first part. MJ and LeBron are both great but MJ is just different

@@robertdrummond3699 take pippen away and say good bye to at least 3rings...... Who on the cavs was a pippen hmm😒. Answer no one

Just like he almost led his team past the all star warriors

+4 20 "He lost because of iggys defense " lol , the man avg almost 40 a game alongside a triple double , he didnt have 2 stars dont wanna hear it

+4 20 Rofl dude the Celtics team had KG,Pierce,Ray Allen and Rondo bitch you saying LeBron is the only one that needs all stars?

+Rajon Rondo except his shooting percentage was terrible, and he took around 35 shots per game so of course hes gonna get these incredible stats.

+Calvin Odom how is it hate when its a fact? its on the stat sheet. These are stats that ESPN or sportscenter never report

this isn't when the pistons were good.. this is after.

They weren't bad... they made it to the eastern conference finals that year

This was the pistons last good year.

if you really think about it though the celtics and pistons were the only good teams. Orlando tbh sucked and the cavs had only lebron. And the pistons were past their due date at this point.

+SimplyOneSound orlando was nice idk what u talking about they made to the finals the next yesr dwight was incredibly dominant they had nice shooting etc

Man no way u said Paul and not bron man look at the roster bron was by himself doing what he did

Homie what? Lebron took em game 7 and the Celtics had a 100x better team

@@zyback Lebron is an exception! One of the all time greats! We all knew it after the 2007 season he was destined to be "different" from the rest of the league. We all knew he'd be a multiple time champion and MVP. Pierce never had that type of hype and can't compare Lebron w/ Pierce lol but what the guy meant was 2008 Paul Pierce was just on a mission he finally had the cast of characters he needed kinda like Bron in 2012 & 2013 with Bosh and Wade, just needed 2 more musketeers by his side. 2008 nothing was stopping Pierce from finally achieving his goal. Just had to get past a certain juggernaut, not the Cavs. Lebron James himself.

@@zyback if pierce got help sooner he would’ve won multiple rings, but he took advantage of having finally a great team around him

@@GJ-N17look at lebron success to Paul success they can’t be compared and bruh look at their team it was a close game and bron did that by himself

+buto1118 Bring Back Paul Da Truth Pierce in Boston Maybe is 2016 Return To Boston.

While LBJ was more athletic, I feel PP was the better overall player in this series

This wasn't Paul Pierce's prime. Watch his series against Pacers in 2003. THAT IS PRIME PAUL PIERCE!!! Everyone is talking about Lebron carrying Cleveland but what about the team Paul Pierce took to the ECF in 2002? Paul Pierce was still good when he got Kevin Garnet and Ray Allen on his team but he wasn't in his prime. 90's Paul Pierce was much better but I'd say his peak was 2003 against the Pacers. Although the wheelchair game was pretty clutch he was still older at that point.

@@zeaferjones1404 agreed, Pierce was actually at the end of his prime here

@@dayofayanju9021 Yeah Ray Allen, KG and Paul Pierce were still great players when they joined forces but if they would have been on the same team in 2003 I think they would have been unbeatable because they all averaged easily 25 points per game.

He was good, but also inneficient. He made 55 of his 155 shots in this series and averaged around 6 turnovers per game

@@mskidi yea... obviously his been double team in the series

@@mskidi but so was Paul Pierce. Pierce did just slightly better percentage wise, but took didn't have scoring responsibility Lebron had. (always try to but things in perspective and context)

Greatness came to him so naturally that he's been taken for granted honestly.

Is

There was no competition in the east

Kd was 23 leading a young okc team to the finals

@@Realcelticsfan with 2 future mvps on his team…

@@Realcelticsfan Kd had a way better team think before u talk man. Thunder roster and Cavs roster aren’t even comparable

@@areeshkirmani4013 and

yes indeed

true.

that Cavs was tacit understanding but it doesn't work in playoff especially facing the BIG three

Maxwell Lizen jimmy butler and Paul george

Lebron shot 34% and averaged 24 points through 6 games you mean it's incredible what the Cavs defense did ? Lmao

Yeah so Celtics vs Lebron

Nah ray Allen and KG played like shit this game , pierce vs Lebron and Ben Wallace

That’d be pretty interesting.

That be overkill

Him joining heat made celtics obselete. So that says enough about his move. Don't downplay it just cuz he didnt join celtics. He still had a SUPERTEAM. Stop riding his nuts

Also if he did that there was already no competition if he joined boston. Heat wouldnt have been a thing. Boston would have dominated nba. At least when durant joined warriors it wasnt a complete monopoly. There was still competition warriors just better. There was competition prior to kd joining

@@jluis612 i don't see how there was still competiton when they swept every single team besides the cavs the first year. heat may have been a superteam but you're missing the point. the point is lebron and kd pulled different moves. and had lebron did what kd did and then the celtics beat kobe it'd be pointless to brag about it.

Dylan Bruton I liked the Finals uniforms in 2016.

You said it all my friend. I think people hate on LeBron because of how good he is and they are afraid of reality.

I don't know basketball that well, why did cavs got swept in 2007? and how did they made it to the playoff

It's the same with Brady basically, also mj is also sometimes glorified. I'm sure if James continues to put up the numbers he has now he will be remembered as second only to mj, maybe even better

It's the same with Brady basically, also mj is also sometimes glorified. I'm sure if James continues to put up the numbers he has now he will be remembered as second only to mj, maybe even better

You're fool his team was a monster defensively and of Lebron could play consistent defense on teams best plusher they could win more series

E S and people aren’t talking about lebron and curry lebron was talked enough but not too much and curry trash wasn’t in the league

Yeah I miss playing hard ball. 3 ball is not very tough.

King cs the Bitch

@@niknik1557 King is a great. Keep hating no life having ass.

The Truth

Antoine Savelli I think they shot off fireworks in there

@Jerm 83 they must of burnt 5 thousand incense then😅😂 u know how big one of these stadiumns are no way it was incence

Bron at 24 vs Pierce at 34

Bron hadn't even hit his prime for another 3 or 4 years after this which is nuts

34 lebron vs 34 Pierce see the difference in this game

@@raylan286 LeBron was 23 in this game

3 vs 1 lol Look what happened when LeBron got help he straight killed the celtics in 2011 playoffs....he took the soul out of the celtics arena...

Paul Pierce was nowhere near as athletic as LeBron James, but was just as crafty, if not more. If you put these two against each other in their primes, it'd be 45 vs 55, Pierce vs James in points. Still a battle.

Funny, pretty sure he said it was Wade.

Nah it was definitely pierce they been battling since james came into the nba until the 2012 playoffs where they last squared off

+SSA INVINCIBLEx no...he said Pierce

Lol

+Brooklyn 10-4

Classy Benza yea he carried miami lol or did ray allen hit the clutches 3 in nba history oh yea and kyrie lebron only deserves 1 ring lol we he beat a very young KD and Westbrook

Torenzo Gregory dumb bitch lol if he never brung them back no shot for ray allen

Kaleal Ennis fuck that ass wipe that 3 is talk about more than any play lebron performed in those playoffs no 3 no ring Ray Allen known to be clutch af ...kobe a bring his team back and break the other teams heart with the buzzer beater

He is rated exactly where he should be

​@@ddp5406He's super underrated.

@@josemor2719 very appropriately rated

@@ddp5406 Nope. Too many naysayers that don't want to give him his due, that's all.

@@josemor2719 lol he is right there behind Lebron, kd, Bird, pippen, Baylor, Dr J, and somewhere between dominique and worthy Lol how is he underrated my guy? U think he belongs up there with lebron bird and kd bro? Stop

Yup

Another time was when the magic beat the cavs in the conference finals

KG needs to chill

@Matthew Spurs true... But uhhh didn't I hear something about a game 7🤔🤔 oh yea beating the warriors down 3-1 and still Bron gets it done 😂😂😂😂😂

I think KG refers to the 2010 eastern conference semis when cleveland was 67-15 and boston was 50-32 and the Celtics dominated them in 6. Led to Lebron taking his Cleveland jersery off as he walked off in game 6 and eventually the decision

Matthew Spurs yes lebron cavs team was better than rondo, Allen, kg, and pierce

@@cire4294 that cavs team won 67 games and that Celtics team won 50. The cavs were heavy favorites

Tre Anthony orrr the cavs had 1 main scorer and celtics had 3???

MasterWindss what does that have to do with his comment?

@@masterwindss2544 allen had 4 pts this game. So Paul Pierce carried, lol.

***** He can't dunk like he does in this video anymore

Micah Sharon he's still athletic he's just smarter now and doesn't throw his body around recklessly.

***** guarantee even if he tried his hardest his vertical will be under 40

Daniel Richards did you even watch when they played the Bucks?

Daniel Richards he still does these dunks and he missed almost every dunk he attempted in this except for the one he did on the break.

What ,!!It was game 7,that cavs team was so weak still game 7! Really

@@akshay5569 simple: LeBron James, that’s why

​@@akshay5569 It was prime LeBron, the dude took the Cavs to the finals the year prior. He could single handedly beat great teams, the Celtics obliterating the Lakers by like 45 points, in 6 games should tell you how good they were.

Cavs were not bums Wally, Big Z, Mo Williams, Older Ben Wallace were not bums.

OmNomNomNomNom That's for every superstar though

+c.lewis Like curry now, kobe then (even now), and also Jordan also

its like that with projected lottery draft picks too lol.

Lol

hahhahahahhahaha

Nah, just Michael Beasley

ATL i feel sory for trae young carrying ass team

👀

Bron STILL going 😳

@@JSowder21 still goinn

still goin

Lebron is something else man. Pierce is old and fat. Lebron is going 💪.

Of the Celtics the closest to his prime was Pierce. KG was already at the start of his decline. This was before injuries started to pile up on his body. As for Ray Allen, this wasn't his prime but just goes to show you how great of a player he was to be playing at such a high level at 33. One thing I do miss about Pierce in his younger days was he could actually defend any of the elite players one on one. Compare that to him falling for stupid crossovers and quick dribbles in his older years lol.

Maxphyte KG was still in his prime. He didn't need to play 40 mins a game like his Minnesota days because he had a better team. But per 36 mins he had numbers matching his career bests in ppg, rebounds and even had career high FG% of 54. Ray Allen was also quite close to his best. 33 for a shooter is not that old at all. Michael Jordan played more physically, 82 games every year and was still the best in the league at 35.

Daniel Richards KG even at the end of his first tenure in MN was already starting the downward slope on his prime. I'm not saying he still wasn't effective in Boston cause he's a big reason why they won their first year together as a big three, but to say that he was still in his prime in Boston is stretching it a little. Ray Allen was more than a shooter. The stuff he was doing in his Bucks/Sonics days was more than just spot up shooting and offball movement. My point is that while these two were still great players in Boston, they were not in their prime. The only person of the big three to be in his prime in Boston was Paul Pierce. And that's cause he played virtually his entire career there lol.

Maxphyte lol yep just ignore all my statistical evidence and repeat your first comment

I don't think my of them were in their prim they all were like 11+ years in and all well over 30

I was sitting there saying how its not the same in boston without pierce. Lebron vs pierce was a good playoff rivalry

No, it's gotta be Tim Duncan. That liar told Lebron the league's his in the future and 2007 and yet he's still here in 2015.

ooooooo and Paul Pierce said that he hates how Lebron is leading this new generation of players. They are friends instead of rivals/enemies. That being said, Duncan is a good comparison and i'm not gonna tell you you're wrong, just agree to disagree.

Christopher White Personally I always wanted melo to be his rival but he was never good enough. His fake rivalry with kobe is so stupid

Deonta B i agree completely. Melo is an under-performer who has more talent than most people in the league.

Facts

Gregory 888 na

Gregory 888 spurs

Gabe Mo True forgot about that player "spurs"

Lol Kawhi Leonard AND Iguodala

BJMcB92 lmao you must be what 12-13?

ProtexGames HD I'm 23 and grew up watching Pierce on the Cetlics. If you don't think going tit for tat with Lebron James in a playoff game 7, scoring 41 points in every way possible, hitting the clutch shots in the fourth quarter and having the heart and will to dive for that jump ball towards the end of the game, fight off two Cavs players and call time out is Pierce's finest moment, I don't know what else could top it.

You got a point honestly. It was one of the most important games of his career and he showed up like he always does. I wasnt technically thinking of the game specifically but more of pauls performance . If you are refferring to his greatest game of his career id also throw in when he dropped 48 against the nets in like what 2001 or 2002? 46 points in the 2nd half... not many people remember that. also when he dropped 50 against the cavs in '06 , and all the games where he would go for 30-35 and a game winner like how he did against miami to put them up 3-0 in the playoffs. Its tough to define a greatest moment when someone has such a storied, amazing career.

BJMcB92 the saddest part is that EVERYONE sleeps on pierce. imo one of the most underrated players ever for sure. Paul has dropped 35s and 40s on Lebron james MANY times in his career. that says a lot because everyone is on lebrons jock and thinks he is the best defender in the game... just proves how great of a player pierce is even more.

One of the best games of his career , indeed. Taking into account the magnitude of the game tied in with his performance. Yes sir, I'll have to agree with you there.

The East was trash in the mid to late 2000's. Everyone knew the champion was going to be a Western conference team. 7 of the top 10 teams with best odds to win the title in 2008 were out of the West. Only the Cavs, Magic and Celtics were even in the top 10 for the East. In 1989 7 of the top team title odds came in the East. Goes to show you how little competition LeBron had to deal with in the East.

Hue Xiong is that why the pistons beat the 04 lakers “super team” in 5 and then got beat by a 22 year old Lebron? Gtfoh

@@huexiong846 but the magic beat pistons that year and the champs came from the east so you talking nonsense. Lakers breezed to the chip while Celtics played 2 game 7s ( round 1 & 2) and beat pistons in 6. So it was plenty of competition.

They were not awful, that’s a misconception. That team had 4 guys averaging double digits. Mo Williams was also an all star that year. They had the best record in the league but they lost a very close series. It happens

@@OldChanCharlie The fact you said Mo Williams and that he was on that team shows you don’t know shit about basketball… HE WASNT ON THAT TEAM…. He only made 1 all star game in his career and that’s playing with LeBron 🤣🤣🤔 also got the votes after injuries and was a replacement, get the fuck outta here with that Nonsense… Those players he had were solid players… nothing more but I swear if it’s any other player “that’s not enough to win chip” but if it’s LeBron “he should’ve won” 🤡 shit

Plus rondo

Yes, those guys were also on the team. But in this particular game, Pierce was the main focus for Boston.

No Regrets wel after lebron left the whole team disbursed even the coach was let go its called a rebuild ......thats why when they were done rebuilding lebron came back trade off they new soon to be superstar for kevin love got J.R. and shrumpert and built another super team

Torenzo Gregory they're really not a super team

Blame Doc Rivers for that lol

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Hahahah who hide when lebron was in Miami?

Nathan Powers Agreed

kobe nigga

Nathan Powers hell no, he just had a great team. Lebron was the best player, and then kobe #2. your dumb

Nathan Powers LeBron better than pierce that year LeBron took that super team to game 7

Idk about that but he played big time in big games.

no

LBJ even said Paul Pierce is his toughest rival

+bob dabuilder you must be new to the NBA then

+Cam not even close been here a minute, being his rival is not the same as being someone's kriptonite

+Cam the numbers that lebron has put up vs peirce and his teams suggest th he opposite of kriptonite

This was 8 years ago in 1 year no one on the Celtics except rondo will still be in the league

Just Varejao and Lebron

+NBAKxng03 Mo Williams too

Rememba Kemba mo Williams wasn't on that team then you dumb bitch

Cloneme12 Damn nigga. What the fucks your problem? Foh with that hate

They got old lol

Garnett was injured in 2009 and they got old by the time 2010 happened.

+Mapfal 2009*

Nets 4life thank you lol