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Cardinal rule?

“It’s called being 6-8, and then it’s called being an unbelievable passer — just a high IQ of the game,” teammate Dwyane Wade said.

In the first period of Sunday’s win over Cleveland, James whipped four no-look passes into the paint to teammates. Two went for layups and two resulted in free-throw attempts. James finished the game with eight assists to go along with 28 points and three rebounds.

James is tied for 10th in the NBA in assists per game (7.1), but No. 1 among players who are not guards.

There isn’t a statistic for no-look passes that somehow find wide-open teammates under the basket, but according to Hoopdata.com, James is averaging 2.6 assists per game that result in shots at the rim. Overall, James is 19th in the league in the category. The league average is 0.8 per game.

Of course, even these statistics are somewhat deceiving. Many times, a driving guard will draw defenders at the rim and then dish off to a teammate. Wade is an expert at such situational no-look passes, said Heat center Chris Andersen.

“Wade will most definitely find you on a real late, late pass,” Andersen said.

But James’ no-look passes are different. He can read a defense and zip a pass from the top of the key — like a missile past the defense — to a wide-open player at the rim.

“LeBron will snap that ball to you on a zip line,” Andersen said. “So, you’ve got to be ready for it, or you’re going to get smacked in the face with it.”