Weeks later, LeBron James and the Miami Heat found the championship they were so desperately longing for, defeating a young Oklahoma City Thunder squad, equipped with its own three-headed monster in Russell Westbrook, James Harden, and Kevin Durant.
Head coach of the Celtics at the time, Doc Rivers, hoped that James performing the way he did in Game 6 would keep the analyst from saying that James could not perform in big games.
“I hope now you guys can stop talking about LeBron doesn’t play in big games,” Rivers said, “He was pretty good tonight.”