Forgotten NBA Star’s 14 Seconds of Glory That Settled LeBron James’ Ugly Duel With Michael Jordan’s Successor at Wizards

LeBron James is one of the greatest basketball players of all time. From his time with the Cleveland Cavaliers to now with Los Angeles Lakers. But there was a time in his career when LeBron was not a consistent playoff threat. During the first two years of his career, he and the Cavaliers didn’t qualify for the playoffs. But during his third season, things saw a turnaround.

James and the Cavaliers would qualify for the 2006 playoffs after winning over 50 games for the first time in more than a decade. They would face Washington Wizards led by another superstar, Gilbert Arenas. Going into game six, the Cavs led the series three games to two, and the Wizards staring elimination at their home court.

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The Wizards were up by a point when Arenas missed both of his free throws to give Cleveland the ball with 14 seconds remaining. And here stepped in a forgotten NBA Star who helped James achieve his first NBA Playoffs series win.

With 14 seconds remaining in the clock, the Cleveland coach Mike Brown sent in Damon Jones. Damon, at that point of his career, was an NBA vet who had got signed and been dismissed by eleven teams in the last six years. He had not played a single minute of that game until that point.

In what would be the game-winning shot, Jones would hit a jumper to give Cavs a one-point lead with 4.8 seconds remaining. The Cavs would go on to win the game from there.

LeBron James – Cleveland Cavaliers’ greatest player ever

The Cleveland Cavaliers picked LeBron as the number one overall pick in the 2003 NBA Draft. During his first stint with the team, he would win two MVPs and a scoring title. During the 2007 NBA Playoffs, he would lead them to the 2007 NBA Finals. By they would then lose against the San Antonio Spurs in four games.

He would eventually leave them in 2010 for Miami due to a lack of playoff success. But after winning two titles with Miami, he would come back to the Cavs in 2014.

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In one of the greatest NBA Finals ever, LeBron would lead the Cavaliers from down 3-2 against the Warriors to win it all in seven games. Thus securing the franchise’s first NBA title. Let us know in the comments below your favorite LeBron memory.