LeBron James moved into sole possession of fourth place on the all-time playoff assists list, vaulting luminaries Tony Parker, Steve Nash and Larry Bird with seven helpers in the first quarter.
Two of James' dimes were polished off by center Timofey Mozgov.
First, James tossed a no-look strike to Mozgov in transition.
Then, James upped the ante by lobbing up a half-court pass to Mozgov for a highlight alley-oop.
James has been incredible through six playoff games thus far, averaging 26.7 points, 9.8 rebounds, 6.7 assists and 2.3 steals per game coming into Friday's contest. His contributions are even more tremendous through the lens of his tracking statistics.
LeBron James is scoring, creating, or assisting on a tremendous 45.9 points per game this postseason. Unreal for a forward.
— Synergy Sports Tech (@SynergySST) May 9, 2015