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LeBron James flaunts uncanny memory to pinpoint key stretch in Game 1 loss to Boston Celtics

When asked what went wrong at the start of the fourth quarter when the Celtics went on a run that put the game out of reach, James recalled the first few possessions in near-perfect detail.
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LeBron James is a basketball savant, and he made that clear once again during his postgame news conference Sunday night.

James' Cleveland Cavaliers were just embarrassed in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals against the Boston Celtics, and he struggled mightily in the loss, finishing with 15 points, seven turnovers and a game-worst plus-minus of minus-32.

But James still found a way to flaunt his stunning recall ability.

When asked what went wrong during a crucial stretch at the start of the fourth quarter, when the Celtics went on a run that put the game out of reach, James recalled the first few possessions in near-perfect detail.

"What happened? The first possession, we ran them down all the way to two on the shot clock, Marcus Morris missed the jump shot, followed it up, they got a dunk," he said. "We came back down, we ran a set for Jordan Crawford, I mean Jordan Clarkson, and he came off and missed it. They rebounded it.

"We came back on the defensive end and we got a stop. They took it out on the sideline. Jayson Tatum took the ball out, threw it to Marcus Smart in the short corner, he made a three. We come back down, miss another shot, and then Tatum came down, went 94 feet, did a Eurostep and made a right-hand layup. Timeout."

LeBron gives a play-by-play from memory on what happened during a Celtics 2nd-half run. 😳 (Via @NBATV) pic.twitter.com/UXs4HkKqa0

— NBA on TNT (@NBAonTNT) May 13, 2018

James, for the most part, was spot on.

A play-by-play recap of those fourth-quarter possessions, via NBA.com, is below:

11:44 - Morris jump shot, missed

11:42 - Morris rebound

11:41 - Morris dunk, made

11:28 - Clarkson jump shot, missed

11:25 - Morris rebound

11:18 - Smart layup, missed

11:17 - Tristan Thompson rebound

11:16 - Thompson turnover

11:14 - Smart three-pointer, made (Tatum assist)

10:59 - James turnover

10:52 - Tatum layup, made

10:51 - Timeout Cleveland

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