Black Panther Joins LeBron James on Cleveland Cavaliers in NBA 2K18

Today, LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers defeated Victor Oladipo and the Indiana Pacers in Game 7 of their first round playoff series and advanced to the second round of the NBA playoffs. While LeBron did a good amount of heavy lifting to help Cleveland to the victory in real life, well known NBA 2K video editor Shady00018 decided to create an alternate version of today's matchup that saw King T'Challa, who is better known as the Avenger Black Panther, take time away from helping to fight Thanos in Avengers: Infinity War to help LeBron and the rest of the Cleveland Cavaliers to the win. 

Utilizing the superhuman strength, speed and reflexes of the Black Panther, King T'Challa is able to give the Cleveland Cavaliers another unstoppable force on the court to push past the Indiana Pacers in the NBA playoffs. Combining Black Panther's skills with his own incredible basketball talent, LeBron is able to make multiple highlight reel plays with the Avenger's help. The Indiana Pacers had it tough enough trying to defeat the Cavs with only LeBron James to contend with, so adding an Avenger in the mix was most likely not what this NBA 2K18 version of the Indiana Pacers had wanted to see Cleveland do. 

It remains to be seen if Black Panther will lend a helping hand to LeBron in the second round matchup of the NBA playoffs or if he will have to leave his NBA career behind due to the events of Avengers: Infinity War. Whatever his choice may be, King T'Challa will always be remembered by Cleveland Cavaliers fans as the Marvel hero who helped them to a Game 7 win over the Indiana Pacers in the 2018 NBA Playoffs. 

Interested in more NBA 2K18 content? Check out the schedule for the NBA 2K League's season opening tournament "THE TIPOFF". 

(cover photo courtesy of Shady00018)