LeBron James tiptoed along the baseline and muscled through traffic for the layup with 0.9 seconds left in overtime, giving the Cleveland Cavaliers a 121-120 victory over the Washington Wizards and a 3-2 lead in their first-round playoff series on Wednesday night.

"I had enough room on the baseline," said James in a report released by the Associated Press. "If I wore an 18 or 19 size shoe, I wouldn't have made it. But I wear a 16 and was able to tightrope that baseline to get a layup."

James finished with 45 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists, while the Wizards' star Gilbert Arenas, who had put his team up by 1 from the line with under four seconds to go in overtime, finished with 44 points in an old fashioned shootout between the two star guards.