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Did LBJ choke in the fourth quarter?

I saw this online and I thought it was pretty interesting.
Game = 30 pts
First 3 quarters = 23 pts
4th Quarter = 7 pts

4x7=28 ---- So if Lebron did what he did in the 4th quarter for the other 3 quarters he would have had 28 pts versus the 30 pts he attained while "choking" in the 4th.

The shot percentages do vary quite a bit...
however - the percentage is inflated int he fourth because of the amount of shots he took. He's .500 in the first 3 and .333 in the fourth. But if he would have made 3-6 instead of 2-6 he would be right at .500. In fact....take that 9-18 and divide it by quarters and you get....you guessed it....3 for 6. He is down one FG from his production earlier in the game.

FTs....I don't have to explain that do I? 3-4 and 4-5 is really splitting hairs. And in all honesty he almost went to the line as much in the 4th as he did the entire game.

Rebounds...7 in the first 3 quarters and 2 in the last one. If he kept that up for the entire game he would have finished with 8 boards instead of 9.

I leave you by saying this....Lebron didn't choke in the fourth.
However, He didn't step up either. This wasn't a matter of Lebron choking and the Thunder capitalizing. It was 100% the fact that Durant and Westbrook put the Thunder on their backs'