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Lakers: The 5 worst playoff games of LeBron James’ career

By Jason Reed

DALLAS, TX - JUNE 07: LeBron James #6 of the Miami Heat wipes his face with his jersey against the Dallas Mavericks in Game Four of the 2011 NBA Finals at American Airlines Center on June 7, 2011 in Dallas, Texas. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)
DALLAS, TX - JUNE 07: LeBron James #6 of the Miami Heat wipes his face with his jersey against the Dallas Mavericks in Game Four of the 2011 NBA Finals at American Airlines Center on June 7, 2011 in Dallas, Texas. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images) /
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(Photo by Jamie Sabau/Getty Images) – LeBron James, Lakers
(Photo by Jamie Sabau/Getty Images) – LeBron James, Lakers /

When LeBron James plays poorly in a playoff game it feels like a cruel April Fools joke.

In honor of April 1, otherwise known as the day that I would tell my mom she had a spider on her head every year until I was 10, I decided to go back through the record books and look at the LeBron James playoff performances that are so bad that you would think it is some kind of cruel joke.

Luckily (spoiler alert) there is not a single bad game for LeBron James as a member of the Los Angeles Lakers! His 10-point performance in Game 2 of the NBA Playoffs against the Portland Trail Blazers last season stands out and is the sixth-worst playoff game of his career in terms of Basketball-Reference’s game score.

However, the Lakers won that game by 23 points, making it the only game in his bottom 10 in game score to be a victory. It cannot be included on the list.

The worst playoff games in LeBron James’ career:

5. LeBron James only scores 11 in Game 3 of the 2017 Eastern Conference Finals

The 2017 Eastern Conference Finals was decided in a nice, old-fashioned gentleman’s sweep as the Cleveland Cavaliers took care of the Boston Celtics in five games. This was the Isaiah Thomas-led Celtics and the Cavaliers were very obviously the better basketball team.

However, when the Celtics did get the best of the Cavaliers they truly did get the best of them. Boston won Game 3 by three points and the talent disparity was so large that it took LeBron James having one of the worst playoff games of his career for Boston to win on an Avery Bradley buzzer-beater.

LeBron scored 11 points on 4-13 shooting (0-4 from three) with six assists, six rebounds and six turnovers.