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LeBron James quickly turned playoff mode on in opening half vs. Pacers

James is starting where he left off in last year’s playoffs.

LeBron James is on fire in the first half of the Cavaliers’ first-round playoff game against the Indiana Pacers. In the opening 24 minutes, he posted 14 points on 5-of-6 shooting to go along with eight assists and four rebounds.

Nothing shows where his confidence level is at better than this insane reverse dunk of an alley-oop.

Yeah, 31-year-olds en route to a potential seventh straight Finals shouldn’t be doing this.

But aside from the buckets, his vision has been vintage LeBron James. His role as a distributor has often been an underappreciated aspect of his near-perfect game. After this half it shouldn’t be.

He’s been incredible drawing defenders and kicking out.

His drop-off passes have been perfectly placed.

I’m not even sure how to describe this one-handed quarterback throw to Channing Frye.

It’s incredible that anyone is still doubting James in the playoffs. He is just too good.

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