The Pacers were pegged as one of the NBA’s worst teams before the season began, but in the end they pushed the Cavaliers to seven games in an incredible series where Victor Oladipo cementer himself as a superstar. When it was all over game respected game and LeBron James pulled him aside and congratulated him on a series well played.
LeBron James and Victor Oladipo after Game 7 was a pure case of ‘game respect game’
This was so cool.
James Dator has been covering a wide range of sports for SB Nation for over a decade, with a special focus on the NFL.
It was too loud to hear in video form, but there’s a lot to the moment. Here’s Oladipo, on the losing end of his first playoff series where he was the centerpiece of the team, getting a lesson from LeBron on what it’s like to be in that position. We don’t even need to audio to understand how reassuring this is. Just look at a still of the pair.
That says a thousand words.
