East Conf. Finals - Game 3: Boston Celtics 86-116 Cleveland Cavaliers - 5 Talking Points

#4 LeBron James puts in his most dominant performance of the series

LeBron James

The King played his most watchable game of the series for neutrals back at the Quicken Loans Arena. While he tallied a triple-double in Game 2 as well, his passing tonight was at quite a different level to that game.

Time and again he was setting up the likes of Larry Nance Jr., Tristan Thompson and Kevin Love in the interior with delectable passes and lobs. His best play of the game was an immaculate bounce pass right into Thompson's midsection while he got double-teamed by the Celtics.

He bossed the tempo of the game like only he can in the modern NBA, and every time that the Celtics threatened to cut the gap, he took the ball to the rack with force and finished plays inside the paint with amazing alacrity. He was perfect from the 3-point region, hitting on all 3 of his tries.

His stat line of 27 points, 12 assists and 5 rebounds is not nearly as indicative of his dominance as his game-high +/- of +31 is.