LeBron James saved the Cleveland Cavaliers against the Washington Wizards after very nearly blowing it seconds before.

After trading baskets nearly the entire fourth quarter, the Wizards were up 118-117 with 12 seconds to play.

LeBron James drove to the basket, side-stepped a defender, blatantly traveled, and to the amazement of everyone, missed a completely wide open layup.

LeBron James layup FOR THE WIN!!!! pic.twitter.com/zSMFgajCju

The Cavs had to foul, and the Wizards hit two free throws to go up three with just under four seconds left.

But just as quickly as James nearly blew the game, he made up for it. With no timeouts, Kevin Love threw a Hail Mary down the court to find James. James caught the ball, and, smothered by Bradley Beal, stepped back and hit an impossible, turning, fade-away three off the glass to tie the game.

LeBron misses a game winning layup only to bank in a fadeaway 3 to tie it pic.twitter.com/PLal3Ndp4Y

The Wizards were unable to score on a tip-in to win the game, and it went to overtime.

Though James fouled out early in overtime, the Cavs got big efforts from Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love down the stretch to hold off the surging Wizards. Though James couldn't help seal the deal, his miracle of a shot helped get the Cavs there.

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