LeBron James is drawing accolades for his torrid start to Miami Heat's season

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    "The greatness of LeBron James is that on a nightly basis he makes the nearly impossible seem easy.

    On Monday in Houston, James did more than that. He made shots only a few players in the world have the ability to even attempt.

    On the second night of a difficult back-to-back, in the middle of a six-game road trip, James made five three-pointers on seven attempts in a furious second half. He had 16 points in each of the final two quarters and finished with 38 points in the Heat's 113-110 victory at Toyota Center.

    "LeBron was hitting unbelievable shots," Rockets interim coach Kelvin Sampson said.

    Somehow, "unbelievable" almost seemed like an understatement.

    James' heavily contested three-pointers swished through the nets one after another and denied the young and talented Rockets their biggest victory of the season's first month. James scored 32 of the Heat's 57 points in the second half.

    The league's reigning MVP and winner of the award in three of the past four seasons, James is arguably having an even better start to this season than he did in 2011. He has recorded a double-double in seven of the Heat's first eight games and is averaging 23.9 points, 10.0 rebounds and 6.1 assists.

    Overshadowed amid those gaudy numbers are James' statistics from three-point range. After going 5 of 8 from three-point range Monday, James is an impressive 13 of 25 from three-point range for the season. For perspective, consider this: James is shooting .520 from behind the arc and .649 from the free-throw line.

    Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/11/14/3095882/lebron-james-is-drawing-accolades.html#storylink=cpy"
     

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