Game logs don't have 4th quarter stats, but that doesn't really matter does it? The games are 48 minutes long you know. You are seriously gonna try and defend your stupid commentary by trying to somehow insinuate that putting up 39-8-8 over the course of a six game series is falling short? That is your approach?
I bring it up, not because the soap opera-ization of sports is dragging down Lebron's performance (it doesn't), but because it encourages sheep to run alongside whatever headline is run. Lebron is clearly putting up stats the likes of which the league hasn't seen in the modern era, and will likely not be duplicated for quite some time. Instead of seeing the beauty of basketball played right, it is just a bunch of nit-picking of stuff that doesn't matter. Who cares about a Nike designer? This is sports. Choking someone? Hill? Who? Come on.
So you have no ability or desire to thoughtfully discuss the premiere player in the league? Why exactly do you come to this thread?
I'm not the only person who notices him disappearing in the 4th quarter - it's been documented and talked about on ESPN frequently, and other sports personalities I've heard.
As for LeBron and his stat lines - I'll always argue that this guy is pure natural talent and athleticism. He is an extremely streaky shooter - this allows his team to be defeated one of two ways. Force him to shoot constantly and hope he goes cold or force him do distribute. Granted, the teams around him haven't been the best - but he did that to himself in Miami. He also "ran" the Cavs - look at Jamison, Hayward, Wallace, Shaq, the drama with West, etc.
You can teach anyone how to shoot the basketball - you can't teach them what LeBron has in talent and athleticism. I just feel he fails to ignore the fundamentals of the game, and the skill that would make him a supreme player. As he gets older and his body breaks down, he will trend very quickly downward.