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A 38-point, 17-rebound Finals line—Shaq was the most unguardable force in the game that year.
: In 2018 Durant's two-way game, scoring, rebounding and playmaking together, made him the Finals' most complete and uncopyable weapon.
: The 2018 sweep turned Durant from a newly minted champion into a two-time Finals MVP and a permanent pillar of a dynasty.
James’s 2016 game—point-forward who blocked a breakaway in Game 7—was a style no one could copy.
The 2016 title was James’s hinge—from criticized star to the man who ended Cleveland’s 52-year wait.
A 29.7/11.3/8.9 line plus The Block—James was scorer, rebounder, passer, and defender in one body.
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In 2013 the Heat beat the Spurs 4-3; James’s back-to-back title locked in a Miami dynasty.