The Raptors’ chance at redemption against LeBron James deserves a deep rewind

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  • @IgnitablePilot
    @IgnitablePilot Рік тому +1768

    2018 LeBron was on another level. He willed that team to the finals almost by himself like it was 2007

    • @angelusgnz5784
      @angelusgnz5784 Рік тому +95

      Basically was by himself

    • @thedude3065
      @thedude3065 Рік тому +137

      seeing as how they got swept in the final by an actual team
      it was exactly like 2007

    • @17Blasian
      @17Blasian Рік тому +124

      @@thedude3065 He shoulda had game 1. So heartbreaking!!

    • @thedude3065
      @thedude3065 Рік тому +45

      @@17Blasian it's almost like basketball is a team sport

    • @justinherrera1700
      @justinherrera1700 Рік тому +24

      not sure which team was worse 07 or 2018😂

  • @kidnarl
    @kidnarl Рік тому +811

    This was the first time me and my dad watched playoff basketball together, I’ll never forget this series.

    • @m3d3rz
      @m3d3rz Рік тому +9

      Damnn how old are you?

    • @ItsTj4showw
      @ItsTj4showw Рік тому +3

      Welcome to club! 👍🏿

    • @CrazyxEnigma
      @CrazyxEnigma Рік тому +8

      Not a bad series to start with!( Unless your a Raps fan) Earliest playoff basketball I can recall watching with my dad would be Lakers- Blazers in 00.

    • @kidnarl
      @kidnarl Рік тому +13

      @@m3d3rz I’m in my 20s lol, I didn’t really start watching basketball until that year, I was more of a baseball and football kid growing up.

    • @asecretone
      @asecretone Рік тому +4

      I watched this with my dad too. He lost betting the under and he beat me without mercy.

  • @JDW1110
    @JDW1110 Рік тому +1430

    As a Raptors fan, I remember going crazy when Anunoby made the 3 only for my hopes to be crushed 4 seconds later

    • @nunyabiz6532
      @nunyabiz6532 Рік тому +5

      Do y'all hold on to OG and Siakam? Or would you rebuild? Not keeping up with the Raptors but I feel like they could be a lot better than they are right now

    • @mrhumble2937
      @mrhumble2937 Рік тому +15

      That's what they get for that lucky ass double doink against my sixers.

    • @awesomedude906
      @awesomedude906 Рік тому +82

      @@mrhumble2937 at least the raps won a title, try to get past the 2nd round this year ok?

    • @kanyeeast1340
      @kanyeeast1340 Рік тому +6

      Atleast you guys seem to have our number this year. I took my 6yr old to his first Cavs game this year. You guys nearly beat us by 40 😂😂

    • @mrhumble2937
      @mrhumble2937 Рік тому +2

      ​@@awesomedude906 rude. That was sixers title. Raptors got lucky

  • @botssuck123
    @botssuck123 Рік тому +484

    Being in Jurassic Park for this game, it's weird to remember there was a timeout after the OG 3. It felt like he hit it, everyone went nuts, and LeBron immediately went the other way and crushed our dreams. It went from a full-on party to a half-empty courtyard of sadness in a blink...

    • @jameswaters3824
      @jameswaters3824 Рік тому +1

      There wasn't a time out

    • @UnBR0k3enAngel
      @UnBR0k3enAngel Рік тому +23

      @@jameswaters3824 there was lol.

    • @JTS812
      @JTS812 Рік тому +2

      This game was in Cleveland not Toronto

    • @UnBR0k3enAngel
      @UnBR0k3enAngel Рік тому +43

      @@JTS812 they have watch parties still...

    • @redteddy135
      @redteddy135 Рік тому +20

      @@JTS812 jurassic park is like a big square with big tv in toronto where lots of people go to watch the raps games

  • @Freddedonna
    @Freddedonna Рік тому +427

    Here I was having a nice saturday morning and now I gotta be reminded of LeBronto 😩

    • @demitricrawford6141
      @demitricrawford6141 Рік тому +4

      Good morning to you this is an awesome day so far isn't it 😂😂😂

    • @MarkelScott100
      @MarkelScott100 Рік тому +2

      Damn bad timing too after the loss to a bron less laker sqaud

    • @ashutoshkulkarni9280
      @ashutoshkulkarni9280 Рік тому +9

      @@MarkelScott100 Applying salt to wounds XD.

    • @cdw2468
      @cdw2468 Рік тому +11

      i feel the opposite, was feeling down until i got to remember LeBronto

    • @MarkelScott100
      @MarkelScott100 Рік тому

      @@ashutoshkulkarni9280 my bad

  • @CL-vx9dr
    @CL-vx9dr Рік тому +330

    This game literally brought me to tears and I was an adult lol

    • @ratedpending
      @ratedpending Рік тому +11

      are you still an adult?

    • @navonmyhand7999
      @navonmyhand7999 Рік тому +24

      @@ratedpending I would hope so.

    • @dusk6159
      @dusk6159 Рік тому +7

      Lebronto was brutal for the Raptors bench too

    • @IHarleyWin
      @IHarleyWin Рік тому +5

      Damn near brought Lowry to tears too.

    • @donchen6856
      @donchen6856 Рік тому +1

      good god, who the f cry in the game like this?

  • @husseinabdelraouf8578
    @husseinabdelraouf8578 Рік тому +317

    Damn the Lebron-Raptors era was crazy

  • @Qub3rs
    @Qub3rs Рік тому +232

    As a Torontonian and Raptor fan... this one cuts deep... very deep... 😶

    • @collin.grant1
      @collin.grant1 Рік тому +3

      Hey at least you guys won back to back World Series in the early 90’s lol we haven’t won one since the 40’s

    • @alwaystrippinyyz1902
      @alwaystrippinyyz1902 Рік тому

      painful

    • @partyv4n908
      @partyv4n908 Рік тому

      as an indiana sports fan: pain.

    • @pokecool2257
      @pokecool2257 Рік тому +12

      Just revel in 2019 buddy. I, a Cavs fan, rooted for you guys the whole way that year (Come playoffs time that is lol).

    • @216cle
      @216cle Рік тому +5

      Without this happening, you don't go all in for kawhi. If you guys take down the Cavs you aren't beating golden state if you even make it to the finals that year, and you aren't gonna blow it up after Lowry and DeMar just beat the Cavs. Then obviously you never win 2019... It's all worth it in the end brother
      -cavs fan

  • @marcomcdowell8861
    @marcomcdowell8861 Рік тому +83

    Prime LeBron was awesome in Miami with Wade and Bosh, but his second stint in Cleveland was on some next level stuff. He didn't stack rings there thanks to that KD/Golden State juggernaut, but he might've hit his peak for his last two seasons with the Cavs. I am happy that Toronto eventually got a championship. Always good to see franchises that struggle to get over the hump, win one.

  • @Los150
    @Los150 Рік тому +78

    Lowry’s face after the buzzer really tells the whole story of LeBronto.

  • @iijjjmmmm
    @iijjjmmmm Рік тому +471

    The moment that made us sacrifice Demar for a ring 😭

    • @MarkelScott100
      @MarkelScott100 Рік тому +4

      Lmao

    • @4thquarter5
      @4thquarter5 Рік тому +6

      Worth it?

    • @qguam6142
      @qguam6142 Рік тому +65

      @@4thquarter5 way worth it

    • @4thquarter5
      @4thquarter5 Рік тому +31

      @@qguam6142 my team refuses to sacrifice Tyler Herro for a ring so I had to ask. Cool . Not that he's at his level in taleny

    • @chuckplaysgames7925
      @chuckplaysgames7925 Рік тому +3

      @@4thquarter5 the circumstances are way different . The east was easily winnable with kawhi when lebron left. The Celtics and bucks are a lot better , the cavs are super impressive again now. Trading herro when the league is so competitive could crush your team

  • @optimusprime028
    @optimusprime028 Рік тому +226

    That last game defined DeMar's career and ended his Raptor career.

    • @pokecool2257
      @pokecool2257 Рік тому +33

      To this point, yes. I hope he joins a team soon where he can be a 1B or a #2 option so his legacy can be more than "The guy they traded Khawai for."

    • @yonigle8553
      @yonigle8553 Рік тому +20

      Defrozen

    • @tg9221
      @tg9221 Рік тому +2

      Hater

    • @David-iv6je
      @David-iv6je Рік тому +8

      Well, it was a sweep. It's a melodramatic video but its not like the Raps won even one game.

    • @BrothaMan98
      @BrothaMan98 Рік тому +1

      There are alot more things that have defined his career than just 1 game

  • @ilikeflour
    @ilikeflour Рік тому +490

    LeBronto will forever exist within our hearts.

    • @bighuncho5210
      @bighuncho5210 Рік тому +46

      That word lives rent free in my head ever since I watched that turn around middy

    • @keeshandave8603
      @keeshandave8603 Рік тому

      No it doesn't. LeBronto is a shitty name if you ask me

    • @chrisuncleahmad789
      @chrisuncleahmad789 Рік тому

      The hearts of casual fans who thought LeBron and GSW were literally the entire league

  • @itzjoboy5782
    @itzjoboy5782 Рік тому +104

    I did not need to see this today

    • @tim.noonan
      @tim.noonan Рік тому +5

      No one made you watch it but you

    • @SpaderB13
      @SpaderB13 Рік тому +20

      Literally the day Raps fans are down the worst and they post this lol 😂

    • @itzjoboy5782
      @itzjoboy5782 Рік тому

      @@tim.noonan But I didn't even watch it yet LMFAO

    • @catchcan221
      @catchcan221 Рік тому +1

      Yall won a championship the next year

  • @chrisbeach423
    @chrisbeach423 Рік тому +115

    We need a video of those battles the Grizzlies and Thunder had in the early 2010’s they met 3 or 4 times and each series was entertaining.

  • @sendAJtospace
    @sendAJtospace Рік тому +72

    Funny enough, the thing I go back to the most in this series is the mid-range barrage from LeBron in Game 2. Sight to behold.

    • @tupacalypse88
      @tupacalypse88 Рік тому +19

      "He's hotter than fish grease." YESS the look of utter despair on Lowry and Valanciunas face said it all

    • @bookimatt
      @bookimatt Рік тому +13

      It’s wild because LeBron was bullying the Raps effortlessly. It’s not often that you see an entire team get sonned, much less so deep in the playoffs.

    • @dusk6159
      @dusk6159 Рік тому +10

      From Lebronto, Brontario, Cavnada.

    • @tupacalypse88
      @tupacalypse88 Рік тому +6

      @@bookimatt spinning the ball in front of 2x blk leader 3x all d serge Obama and drilling the 3 in his face was more baller than AI stepping over ty lue

  • @rayallensjumper
    @rayallensjumper Рік тому +59

    I remember in game 2 when Dwayne Casey put CJ Miles on Lebron to guard him in the post. Probably the most dumbfounded I’ve ever been regarding like a player matchup in any sport

    • @geordiejones5618
      @geordiejones5618 Рік тому +21

      Those shots that Lebron made that game were nuts. "He's hotter than fish grease!"

    • @thegagz
      @thegagz Рік тому +1

      is that the game where Masai had to talk to Dwane Casey in the locker room about his stupid coaching decisions

    • @spicy_xinger
      @spicy_xinger Рік тому

      then he put him on kevin love, as if that was any better of a matchup lmao

  • @claycolin323
    @claycolin323 Рік тому +15

    As a lifetime Raptors fan I’m not sure why I choose to relive this

  • @Toddos
    @Toddos Рік тому +17

    2010’s NBA was immaculate in every way storyline wise

  • @Icecreamer276
    @Icecreamer276 Рік тому +32

    On behalf of the people of Toronto, thank you for yet another 'Toronto sports team collapses' episode of Rewind. Always nice to hear the correct pronunciation of the city's name while you narrate our recurring nightmares.

  • @jackgraves11
    @jackgraves11 Рік тому +88

    I'll forever remember this playoff series and the 2018 playoffs in general. It really can't be expressed without watching all the games how truly dominant LeBron was. That Cavs team would have been one of the worst teams in the entire league without LeBron

    • @princssnasty
      @princssnasty Рік тому +13

      yet the haters say he’s had nothing but stacked teams and the most help of all time 🤣 clowns

    • @CrazyxEnigma
      @CrazyxEnigma Рік тому +4

      This series demonstrates both how good LeBron was and how bad the East was at the time. Top 3 teams in the East this year smoke the teams in 18.

    • @coreythomas3633
      @coreythomas3633 Рік тому +2

      ​@@princssnasty EXACTLY

    • @coreythomas3633
      @coreythomas3633 Рік тому

      ​@@CrazyxEnigma huh east had good teams LEBRON IS THAT GOOD IDIOT.

  • @XxNardelli28
    @XxNardelli28 Рік тому +16

    As a huge NBA/Raptor fan & Canadian who lives in Toronto, I’ll never forget the run of dominance Lebron had over us in the 2010s…especially on that second run with the Cavs 🔥🏀🇨🇦

  • @marshalstewart7776
    @marshalstewart7776 Рік тому +12

    One of the best basketball games I’ve been to. The land was electric at the buzzer

  • @kaustubhtandon8131
    @kaustubhtandon8131 Рік тому +2

    His playoff run in 2018 was for the ages. Never before has a player literally dragged his team to the finals. Never had, never will. Kingly stuff.

  • @solobusiness4320
    @solobusiness4320 Рік тому +18

    This was the playoff run that made me realize he was the goat never seen anyone play as good as bron did in 2018

  • @BigMoneyMMA05
    @BigMoneyMMA05 Рік тому +36

    That last face from Lowry summed up all our reactions to that BS shot 😂

  • @cannafarmer
    @cannafarmer Рік тому +4

    The look on Lowrys face at the end was priceless

  • @collin.grant1
    @collin.grant1 Рік тому +12

    As a cleveland fan I’ve been on the Toronto side way too many times. I feel your pain but I’m basking the screaming and jumping in excitement

    • @cdw2468
      @cdw2468 Рік тому +1

      we always get LeBrontoed by the rest of the league, we need to have this one

    • @collin.grant1
      @collin.grant1 Рік тому +3

      @@cdw2468 hey if our 3 young dudes, garland, Mobley and Allen really take that next step look out for Cleveland

  • @JoshStern23
    @JoshStern23 Рік тому +22

    They don’t call it LeBronto for nothing

  • @Lord_Horker
    @Lord_Horker Рік тому +2

    I loved those raps teams. Biyombo will always be one of my favorite players for that 2016 playoff run he had it was so much fun to watch

  • @bruceking7416
    @bruceking7416 Рік тому +3

    This made the Raptors' next [championship winning] season all the sweeter 😇🏆

  • @kadebonath2778
    @kadebonath2778 Рік тому

    I watched this the day before my birthday in one of the last few days in my dorm freshman year. I remember running up and down the singular hall in excitement as I watched this incredible shot

  • @maliqparker7078
    @maliqparker7078 Рік тому +4

    Remember watching this series ending of spring semester of my sophomore year in college in the dorms. We all thought lebron was at the end of his career but after what he did to the pacers, Celtics and raptors….

  • @JaxBiv
    @JaxBiv Рік тому +1

    Fun fact: I was working in the Team Shop during this game. This was a crazy night. I love my job. #GoCavs #LetEmKnow

  • @doublem4107
    @doublem4107 Рік тому

    Blessed to be a cavs fan. 2018 bron was my favorite. He was on a whole different level offensively with essentially no consistent offensive help. Unreal season.

  • @lmSnarkk
    @lmSnarkk Рік тому

    2018 bron was the basketball that I most enjoyed watching, particularly this series! Thanks for remembering

  • @thetravhop
    @thetravhop Рік тому +6

    This almost hurt more now than when it happened live at the time.

  • @aayu101
    @aayu101 Рік тому

    The "welcome to a moment in history" sits right next to Mike Breen's "bang" for me. What a soundbite to end the video on

  • @j2jwhatsapp
    @j2jwhatsapp Рік тому

    I was in my last semester in college, nba games would take place during my first lecture where I stay. I can never forget having followed cavs closely in the regular season, I had no hopes in the playoffs. And then I'm checking my phone especially during the Toronto series, mentally preparing myself to see cavs lose, and this guy just lit up the ec all my himself, i don't really care about who the goat is, but if you're a true basketball fan, you have to go back and watch this crazy cavs run, those kinda performances is why we watch and love the sport

  • @JLeMay25
    @JLeMay25 Рік тому +1

    The stretch from midway through the 3rd to midway through the 4th of that game 2 in 2018 was unreal

  • @skipbrainless2732
    @skipbrainless2732 Рік тому +2

    A decade from now this s*it will be legendary. What this man did to the Eastern Conference for that long a period is ridiculous.

    • @nikosvault
      @nikosvault Рік тому

      In the future they will still remember that the east sucked.

  • @paperhag
    @paperhag Рік тому +1

    From LeBronto to World Champions the next year. What a wild two years to be a Raptors fan.
    From the lowest low to the highest high.

  • @colebanville3372
    @colebanville3372 Рік тому

    I remember this so vividly because it devastated me on my birthday

  • @chrisuncleahmad789
    @chrisuncleahmad789 Рік тому +3

    There are some lost nuances about the 2018 Raptors:
    They beat the 65-win Rockets TWICE
    Their two losses to Golden State were by a combined 7 points
    If Indiana beats Cleveland (which they absolutely should have if not for a couple of lucky shots), the Raptors would have faced an Indiana team that literally never won in Toronto from 2016-2021 losing 11 straight times.
    And they held their own vs Boston (assuming they still beat the Sixers) who also struggled to win in Toronto back then.

  • @thechosen9799
    @thechosen9799 Рік тому +1

    LeBrons 8 straight finals appearances were one to never forget

  • @kinglyone7172
    @kinglyone7172 Рік тому +1

    Being from Cleveland, you couldn't possibly imagine how great it was to be on the other end of rivalry like this and how much it was to be hated on by another franchise. At this time, I believe it was Toronto and the Hawks.

  • @ilikeflour
    @ilikeflour Рік тому +8

    Can we just take a moment to appreciate how much SB write in the description?

  • @AMEN4MVP99
    @AMEN4MVP99 Рік тому

    New Rewinder, my day is made!!!

  • @alexinator1288
    @alexinator1288 Рік тому

    Hey Raptors fan here. Wish he was still in Cleveland in 2019 so that we could finally redeem ourselves. If it was any year it would've been that year. It's nothing but pain now.

  • @drakorez
    @drakorez Рік тому +2

    I started watching the NBA during the 2018 playoffs and was basically just following Lebron. This was one of the first games I watched. Needless to say, I am now an NBA fan.

  • @SimplyAstonished
    @SimplyAstonished Рік тому

    one of the best, clutches coolest shots ever made.

  • @keithrg
    @keithrg Рік тому +3

    11:51 Mark Jones is FROM TORONTO and I’m just now learning he’s the one who popularized that horrifying term

    • @mikeythe3rd
      @mikeythe3rd Рік тому

      Paul Jones' brother.... I had no idea either that this Canadian came up with that term.... SMH.. lol

  • @isaacreynolds8339
    @isaacreynolds8339 Рік тому +1

    The only time I have ever cried from sports is when immediately after this game when i checked my phone and the first thing I saw was Drake's face with the caption "Turn an 0-2 to an 0-3"

  • @Eatm3
    @Eatm3 Рік тому

    One of the best pages on UA-cam you guys do incredible work

  • @AbdulStarter04
    @AbdulStarter04 Рік тому +1

    vince carter and antonio davis were also teammates that made the all star team as raptors

  • @InitialXG
    @InitialXG Рік тому +5

    Correction at 1:40. They weren’t the first pair of all star team mates for the franchise. Vince carter and Antonio Davis both started the 2001 all star game.

  • @blackice3395
    @blackice3395 Рік тому

    Love these videos!

  • @nalulumbay
    @nalulumbay Рік тому +1

    Not a Raptors fan, but man, that was tough. I feel bad for Toronto.

  • @ianzellick4980
    @ianzellick4980 Рік тому +2

    So much pain in how this season ended but a necessary pain that led to Kawhi and the chip

  • @canadadry4609
    @canadadry4609 Рік тому +24

    People dont remember it was lowry leading the way with demar benched. He stood up to lebron too. Demar was afraid of him. A big reason why masai chose to keep kyle that summer.

    • @thatonecanadianguy6523
      @thatonecanadianguy6523 Рік тому

      And why Kyle is the man dubbed the Raptors "Goat"

    • @nericdominguez6723
      @nericdominguez6723 Рік тому

      Idk about AFRAID, but the man just knows when he can't guard someone it's never been his thing + when LeBron is built like a brick-shithouse...lol

    • @thegagz
      @thegagz Рік тому

      Kyle was never the issue. Masai knew this

    • @sharifs649
      @sharifs649 Рік тому +1

      ​@@thegagz to be fair DeRozan admitted to having play off anxiety he just couldn't handle that level of pressure I think he could have been a 3rd.or a 4th option on a championship team

  • @qman66
    @qman66 Рік тому +1

    If you're a Raptors fan this shouldn't hurt. You won it all the year after.

  • @nonza15555
    @nonza15555 Рік тому

    This is what I called quality video

  • @jordandr.j4789
    @jordandr.j4789 Рік тому +2

    Bron in the 2018 Playoffs was a different beast… never forget LeBronto

  • @austintowns2629
    @austintowns2629 Рік тому

    This was an amazing video. You've earned a new subscriber with this one. Keep up the work.

  • @MightySportsFan2000
    @MightySportsFan2000 Рік тому

    That was awesome I'll never forget that moment game 3 2018 NBA playoffs LBJ buzzer beater

  • @kevingreen2400
    @kevingreen2400 Рік тому +1

    We were all saying it when James hit that shot. "Tronna bout finna get swept..." You could just look at the Raptors and they looked like "Mama its that man again, we bout to go home."

  • @keithbogansburner4343
    @keithbogansburner4343 Рік тому +3

    Never before in sports have I seen a team of the caliber of the raptors have such a mental block against one player.

    • @holstorrsceadus1990
      @holstorrsceadus1990 Рік тому +1

      It wasn't their mentality keeping them back it was their skill level.

    • @MarkelScott100
      @MarkelScott100 Рік тому

      ​@@holstorrsceadus1990 nah it was mental toronto had the better team in 2018

    • @holstorrsceadus1990
      @holstorrsceadus1990 Рік тому

      @@MarkelScott100 they played the Cavs 7 times and won once that year. Just because they chased the 1 seed doesn't mean they were the better team.

    • @thecreed1212
      @thecreed1212 Рік тому

      ​@@holstorrsceadus1990 they were definitely the better team, they just were scared of lebron. The celtics that year were not better than the raptors but they took the Cavs to 7 because they WEREN'T afraid of lebron

    • @D95-d7y
      @D95-d7y Рік тому +1

      It wasn't a mental block, LeBron was smoking everyone else too, people just like to pretend it was only the Raptors losing to LeBron's Cavs all those years which is actually quite bizarre lol.

  • @9berna
    @9berna Рік тому +1

    The shot that forever changed DeMar DeRozans career

  • @CrazyxEnigma
    @CrazyxEnigma Рік тому +7

    Cartoon dribbler?!?! Those late 90s Raptors Jerseys were absolute fire! 90s had the best Jerseys of any NBA era too.

  • @emiliomanuelcebu403
    @emiliomanuelcebu403 Рік тому +2

    For me, 2018 Bron was insane, both in the regular season and playoffs.

  • @Johndoedoe1999
    @Johndoedoe1999 Рік тому +1

    The one handed floater is crazy

  • @AxeMan808
    @AxeMan808 Рік тому +1

    "But when he leave, they be playin' again!"

  • @andrewvalenski921
    @andrewvalenski921 Рік тому +2

    *Antagonist in Toronto’s occurring nightmare. If he was the protagonist in *their* nightmare, they’d somehow be dreaming in either second-person perspective or vicariously as LeBron.
    Great video! Sorry for the pedantics - cheers!

  • @andrewliu111
    @andrewliu111 Рік тому +7

    I remember clearly that coach Casey after the game said he told his players to double Lebron, get the ball out his hand and have someone to take the shot.
    But apparently pascal Siakam didn’t listen. He ran away from double team.
    Nevertheless, that’s a great shot.

    • @AndyZach
      @AndyZach Рік тому +1

      It was good one-on-one defense by O.G. But it was a better shot. Lebron's shot that banked floater for years, if you go through his highlights.

  • @TheAlfrulz
    @TheAlfrulz Рік тому +6

    "This again, didn't we do this last year?"
    -King James, Game of Zones

  • @texasranger9599
    @texasranger9599 Рік тому +2

    LeBronto is called that for a reason.

  • @TyrannosaurusThunder
    @TyrannosaurusThunder Рік тому +1

    As a Raptors fan living through this horror, this will forever haunt me. Lebron and the Cavs at home were beyond dominant against the Raptors, like every win seemed to be 20+ and not even close. The tempo was set in the first few plays of the game and the Raptors would be behind from there on. Lebron doing fadeaways, dunking off the back board with his left hand, and that buzzer beater without needing to call a timeout showed Lebron did not sweat when he had to play Toronto.

  • @nellieugdangv9151
    @nellieugdangv9151 Рік тому +3

    They didn’t even mention how Lebron would call out toronto’s plays mid-game.

  • @bertog8080
    @bertog8080 Рік тому +1

    Still crazy they win next season

  • @Sammy_23
    @Sammy_23 Рік тому +1

    The fact the game winning shot is gonna be 5 years old is so unbelievable

  • @AirRusher1992
    @AirRusher1992 Рік тому +13

    Still waiting in the wings for separate Collapse videos about the 1996 Seattle SuperSonics, the Bad Boy Pistons, the 2018 Houston Rockets and the 2016 Cleveland Cavaliers.

    • @cdw2468
      @cdw2468 Рік тому

      the pistons and cavs don’t feel like collapses given that they came back relatively quickly

    • @AirRusher1992
      @AirRusher1992 Рік тому

      @@cdw2468 Well Secret Base made a Collapse video about the Lakers but then mentioned briefly in the end about them recovering quickly so at least those should end in that similar fashion.

  • @LuBRe06
    @LuBRe06 Рік тому

    SB, pls make more soccer/football vids. Love the content and I'd love to see these type vids on Football games.

  • @mkay6093
    @mkay6093 Рік тому +1

    AYYYY a video with out that snotty lady as the voice over.HELL YEAH!

  • @kiefernaysmith1160
    @kiefernaysmith1160 Рік тому

    I’m a huge raptors fan. Bigger blue jays fan. So big that me and my mom drove to Cleveland to watch a doubleheader between the jays and Cleveland. By luck game 3 was gonna happen while we were there. And my mon knowing I loved the raptors bought tickets so I could see my first ever raptors game, a day I’ll never forget finding out I’m gonna see them in the playoffs against bron. I loved OG since Highschool and when he hit the shot. I decided he was my favorite player (only raptors jersey I own) when I saw lebron break my heart. I burned the towels we got for attending the game. Lebron is the goat, and I’ll always treasure the fact I got to see one of his best playoff moments. But god damnit he ruined what coulda been the best week of my life. Thankgod for 2019. This comment may seem pointless to most but the message you can take from it.
    Heartbreak can turn into love. Give everything time. 1 day your favourite team will win a championship and you’ll remember the pain as something that was temporary. But the excitement and joy as forever

  • @Jarekthegamingdragon
    @Jarekthegamingdragon Рік тому

    I'd love one of these for dame's okc shot

  • @rashaadwhitfield4626
    @rashaadwhitfield4626 Рік тому

    The look lowry had got me 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @RetepAdam
    @RetepAdam Рік тому

    Shout out to that season for giving us the “pls stop” meme.

  • @1933MB
    @1933MB Рік тому +2

    History led to a 2019 NBA championship

  • @AirRusher1992
    @AirRusher1992 Рік тому +30

    Ah yes LeBronto where LeBron James have the number of the Toronto Raptors for a few years eliminating them 3 straight years before truly redeemed themselves with a title in the following year.

  • @granthatcher
    @granthatcher Рік тому +1

    I remember when Toronto tied it 2-2 in 2016. Everyone was stoked, playing with house money. Then 2017 we get swept, but we were supposed to lose anyway. Then 2018 we were the 1 seed. This was our year. Cavs looked shaky. I’ll never forget the feeling of game 1. Me and my friend were at a bar. Raps were dominating, up 20. This was finally our year! But then it slowly started to slip. Cavs started making a run, Raps lose all chemistry. Even still, we had a chance to win in regulation. Demar had like 2 or 3 GOOD looks. Point blank. Then JV also had an awesome look. I knew then we were done. No way we would win in OT. We just lost all momentum. No way we would win the series, Lebron. Was in their head. If they just coulda finished that game, things coulda been a lot different.
    But then we got Kawhi and won a chip, the end lol

  • @brightBoss
    @brightBoss Рік тому +1

    LeBronto has to be one of the biggest troll jobs in the history of basketball

  • @ljcool17
    @ljcool17 Рік тому

    Man I still remember that shot. That was cold. Might even be colder than Curry's double bang.

  • @HashimWarren
    @HashimWarren Рік тому +2

    I remember that shot and that series.. I was stunned, and I was a Lebron fan

  • @horheey
    @horheey Рік тому +13

    Im surprised you didnt mention the beef between casey and derozan since he wasnt on the court for the last few minutes, considering both were gone the next year. Great video tho!

  • @gambashaga
    @gambashaga 10 місяців тому

    Raptors championship journey deserves an episode.

  • @bmdragon
    @bmdragon Рік тому +2

    I'd love a deep rewind on the Duke - UNC double buzzer beater game

  • @Ivantheterrible81280
    @Ivantheterrible81280 Рік тому +1

    You mean “antagonist”. The protagonist is the hero of the story. And no, that doesn’t switch bc it’s a nightmare as opposed to a dream. In the case of your nightmare, you are the protagonist.

  • @kwleung1943
    @kwleung1943 Рік тому +5

    LBJ was dominating in that series. Absolutely incredible, especially in game 2.

  • @evancharles9441
    @evancharles9441 Рік тому

    lol I love that the music at the 9 min mark sounds oh so similar to some mass effect soundtracks

  • @razor2880
    @razor2880 Рік тому +4

    As a raptors fan this why brons my goat, this man was unstoppable every time we played him in the playoffs