{"id":125984,"date":"2016-06-14T05:04:03","date_gmt":"2016-06-14T12:04:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bilcomprd.wpengine.com\/?p=125984"},"modified":"2024-01-19T15:45:00","modified_gmt":"2024-01-19T23:45:00","slug":"kyrie-irving-lebron-become-1st-teammates-to-score-40-in-same-finals-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ballislife.com\/kyrie-irving-lebron-become-1st-teammates-to-score-40-in-same-finals-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyrie Irving & LeBron Make History With Incredible GM5 Finals Performances"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Hakeem did it with Sleepy Floyd in 88 and Clyde Drexler in 95. 5 years later, Reggie Miller and Jalen Rose did it in 2000. On Monday, 16 years since the last occurrence, teammates Kyrie Irving and LeBron James scored 40+ points in the same game. What makes the duo's 41 a piece in game 5 even more impressive is it was the first time in NBA history a duo pulled it off during the NBA Finals.<\/p>\n

The duo tore apart the Draymond-less defense of the Warriors in Game 5 and despite the complaints of a certain wife of a certain Warrior who only made 5 of 14 3-pointers and was helpless guarding Irving, they did it without the help of the refs.<\/p>\n

\"It's probably one of the greatest performances I've ever seen live,\" Said LeBron about Irving's 17 of 24 (5 of 7 from 3) shooting performance.<\/p>\n

It's a statement Jeff Van Gundy and many other witnesses will agree with; It's also a statement many said about LeBron's individual performance: 41 points (16-30 fg, 4-8 3pt), 16 rebounds, 7 assists, 3 steals, 3 blocks and just 2 turnovers.<\/p>\n

\"Now, mind you, to repeat a performance like this would definitely be tough, but whatever it takes to win.\" Irving said.<\/p>\n

It's unlikely the Cavs Big 3 minus 1 will be able to duplicate these numbers in Game 6 so let's take a deeper look at just how special and historic their numbers were in Game 5.<\/p>\n