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Tim Hardaway Jr. Following the 2016–17 season, the Hawks extended Hardaway a qualifying offer, making him a restricted free agent (giving the Hawks the right to match any offer that he signed).[187] On July 6, 2017, Hardaway received a four-year, $71 million offer sheet from the Knicks; Atlanta had 48 hours to match the offer or lose Hardaway.[188] The contract of $16.50M, $17.32M, $18.15M and $18.97M has a player option in year 4 and includes a 15% bonus of outstanding year 1 through 3 salary in the event of a trade.[189] The Hawks declined to match the offer,[190] and Hardaway signed with the Knicks on July 8.[191] Hardaway began the season in the starting lineup.[192] On October 29, 2017, he scored a game-high 34 points in a 114–95 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers.[193] On November 8, 2017, with Kristaps Porziņģis sidelined, Hardaway posted his first NBA career double-double with a game-high 26 points and 11 rebounds against the Orlando Magic.[194] He posted his second double-double against the Cavaliers five days later with a game-high 28 points and 10 rebounds, with Porziņģis back in the lineup.[195] On November 22, Hardaway scored a career-high 38 points, including 12 during a 28–0 run in the third that sent New York to a 108–100 victory over the Toronto Raptors.[196] On December 5, he was ruled out for at least two weeks with a stress injury to his left leg.[197] On January 12, he returned for the Knicks after missing 20 games. He scored 16 points in 25 minutes off the bench in a 118–108 loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves.[198] On February 14, he scored 32 of his 37 points in the first half of the Knicks' 118–113 loss to the Washington Wizards.[199]
LeBron James In February of the 2007–08 season, James was named All-Star Game MVP for the second time behind a 27-point, 8-rebound, and 9-assist performance.[56] On March 21, he moved past Brad Daugherty as the Cavaliers' all-time leading scorer in a game against the Raptors, doing so in over 100 less games than Daugherty.[57] His 30 points per game were also the highest in the league, representing his first scoring title.[58] Despite his individual accomplishments, Cleveland's record fell from the year before to 45–37.[59] Seeded fourth in the East entering the playoffs, the Cavaliers defeated the Wizards in the first round for the third consecutive season before being eliminated in seven games by the eventual-champion Boston Celtics in the next round.[60] During the decisive seventh game in Boston, James scored 45 points and Paul Pierce scored 41 in a game the Associated Press described as a "shootout".[61]