Watch a rookie stuff LeBron James on a buzzer-beating dunk attempt

Superhuman LeBron James is used to dunking all over anyone he pleases. But with a chance to slam home a game-winning dunk on Tuesday, LeBron ran into an unlikely impenetrable wall: the Nets' Mason Plumlee.

Plumlee's block allowed the Nets to hold on for the win and sweep the season series.

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