Saturday is the one-year anniversary of LeBron James' spectacular Game 5 performance from the 2007 Eastern Conference finals. James scored 48 points, including 29 of the last 30 points for Cleveland, including all 18 in the overtimes, and made the game-winning layup with two seconds left in the second overtime. In all, he scored Cleveland's final 25 points as they beat Detroit 109-107 in double overtime.
• James' 48 points broke his own franchise record and he was the first player to score at least 18 points after regulation of a playoff game since Richard Jefferson, who did it in a triple-overtime game against the Pistons in 2004. Over the last 10 years, only one other player scored 20-or-more straight points for his team in a playoff game. Tracy McGrady scored 20 straight for Orlando in a 103-96 loss to Milwaukee on April 25, 2001.
• James joined Michael Jordan (48 points, nine rebounds, eight assists in a win against Hornets on April 28, 1995) as the only players in NBA history with 48 points, nine rebounds and seven assists in a single playoff game.
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