LeBron James Jokes About Missing Wide-Open Dunk Against Celtics

LeBron James missed a wide-open dunk against the Celtics on Tuesday night and joked about it after the game was over.

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Just two days after putting up an abysmal 11-point performance against the Celtics in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Finals, LeBron James rebounded to score 34 points in Game 4 on Tuesday night. He overcame some early foul trouble to finish 15-of-27 from the field and hit a bunch of key shots in the second half to help the Cavaliers win 112-99 to take a commanding 3-1 series lead. But LeBron very easily could have finished the game with even more points than that.

With just over four minutes to go in the game, Kevin Love grabbed a rebound off a missed Avery Bradley jump shot. He then turned and threw the perfect outlet pass to LeBron, who had worked his way behind the Celtics defenders at the other end of the court. LeBron caught the pass and had an opportunity for a wide-open dunk to give the Cavaliers the lead. And then, well, this happened:

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LeBron tried to throw a dunk down with so much force that he missed it and gave the ball right back to the Celtics. It was an odd sequence of events and got quite the reaction on Twitter:

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During his post-game press conference, LeBron was asked if he has ever missed a dunk like that before, and he joked that he has. He also joked that, despite the missed dunk, he still thinks he’s made more dunks in his career than he’s missed.

"I think I missed one in Boston before," he said. "I’ve missed a couple dunks in my career. I think I’ve made more than I’ve missed, though, so the percentages are pretty good."

LeBron is right. He has missed a few dunks in the past. Like this one against the Bobcats:

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And this one against the Lakers:

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And this one against the Thunder:

But he’s also had his fair share of success when it’s come to making dunks. So he’s allowed to miss one every now and then, right? Eh, just don't tell that to all the Michael Jordan fans out there.

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