LeBron James made nine of his 16 shot attempts in the No. 2 Cavaliers' 115-94 win against the third-seeded Raptors at Air Canada Centre to give his team a commanding 3-0 lead in the Eastern Conference semifinals Friday, but two stood out more than the others. They weren't his signature rim-rocking dunks or the rainbow 3-pointers he's been draining at a career-high 48.6 percent in the postseason. Instead, James reached deep in his bag and pulled out a finesse left-handed turnaround jumper/floater that few, if any, have ever seen him sink with such proficiency.
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He gave second-year Toronto guard Norman Powell a taste of it in the high post early on, taking him off the dribble before spinning into a fade away toward the teeth of the defense for a deuce.
But it was the last one, a leaner from the foul line in front of an onlooking 7-footer, Toronto center Jonas Valanciunas, that got everyone up in a tizzy.
But isn't that his off hand? For those who don't already know, James, who's averaging 34.3 point per game in the playoffs, says he's actually left-handed, he just plays basketball with his right because his favorite players at the time he was learning to play the game did.
Watch him explain.
Very cool answer from LeBron when asked why he's a righthanded basketball player pic.twitter.com/evGhjBcjB9
— Kenny Ducey (@KennyDucey) May 6, 2017
So, yeah, he's ambidextrous. That's just not fair.