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Watch: LeBron turned the season opener into a personal highlight reel

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One of these days, the rigors of age and playing deep into June every year are going to catch up with LeBron James. If Tuesday's season-opening rout of the New York Knicks was any indication, the 2016-17 season will not be that day.

Here's a collection of impressive highlights from James' 43rd career triple-double performance.

He might have had the assist of the year two minutes into the season:

He blew past helpless Knicks defenders with hilarious ease:

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He almost hit his head on the rim finishing this ridiculous alleyoop:

The Knicks were hanging around until these back-to-back hammers in the span of 20 seconds blew the game open:

It's never too early for a chasedown block:

Not even LeBron's teammates were safe from his defensive wrath:

He tried to teach young Knick Justin Holiday not to help off a shooter one pass away.

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