NBA playoffs 2018: LeBron James' game-winner vs. Raptors, frame by frame

Tom Gatto

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NBA playoffs 2018: LeBron James' game-winner vs. Raptors, frame by frame image

LeBron James once again tormented the Raptors and enraptured the NBA world Saturday night.

James broke Team Canada's hearts in Game 3 of the Cavaliers-Raptors playoff series with a running, fallaway bank shot as time expired. The 105-103 victory gave Cleveland a three-games-to-none lead in the best-of-seven Eastern Conference semifinal series.

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King James scored after he had dribbled almost the entire length of the court out of a timeout. To get a full appreciation of the play, let's take a frame-by-frame look, starting with the body control and the shooting touch.

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And now, a look at the celebration:

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Tom Gatto

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Tom Gatto joined The Sporting News as a senior editor in 2000 after 12 years at The Herald-News in Passaic, N.J., where he served in a variety of roles including sports editor, and a brief spell at APBNews.com in New York, where he worked as a syndication editor. He is a 1986 graduate of the University of South Carolina.