James Daly Videos : LeBron James 2009 ECSF, G3: 47/12/8 vs. Hawks

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LeBron James 2009 ECSF, G3: 47/12/8 vs. Hawks

ATLANTA -- LeBron James had that unstoppable feeling. Everyone get out of the way. Time for him to do something really special. As if being the league's MVP wasn't enough, James scored 47 points in his best performance yet of these playoffs, leading the Cleveland Cavaliers to the brink of their second straight postseason sweep with a 97-82 victory over the Atlanta Hawks on Saturday night. "It's unexplainable, honestly," James said after carrying Cleveland to a 3-0 lead in the series. "There's only a few guys in this league that can get into a zone like that, and I'm blessed to have the ability to be one of those guys. "You just feel like you can make pretty much every shot you take." He'll get no argument from the Hawks, who put up their best fight of the series and still find themselves just one loss away from calling it a season. The Cavaliers said James was the first player ever to score that many points, grab that many rebounds (12) and dole out that many assists (eight) in a playoff game. "LeBron was just out of his mind tonight," Atlanta's Josh Smith said. He normally rests the first few minutes of the second and fourth quarters, but this time he asked to stay in the game heading to the final period. Coach Mike Brown wasn't about to sit his star down. "He took the ball, put it in his hands and said he was going to score for us, so I told him, 'OK," Brown said. "I just told everybody else, 'Let's defend." James eclipsed his previous high in these playoffs -- 38 ...

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