LeBron unplugs from ‘nonsense’ for Cavaliers’ playoff drive

INDEPENDENCE, Ohio — No phone. No Twitter. No Instagram.

LeBron James has once again gone into lockdown mode during the NBA playoffs.

For the fourth straight post-season, Cleveland’s superstar is trying to shield himself from the outside world, saying he doesn’t need any distractions while he and the Cavs chase a title.

“I don’t have no phones, no social media, I don’t have anything,” James said following Tuesday’s morning shootaround before the Cavs dumped the Boston Celtics 99-91 in Game 2. “I don’t care about nonsense. There’s too much nonsense out there. Not during this time, this is when I lock in right now and I don’t need nothing creeping into my mind that don’t need to be there.”

On Tuesday night, James scored 30 points and Kyrie Irving added 26 as the Cavaliers took a 2-0 lead in their opening-round series against the Celtics.

James scored 15 points in the fourth quarter, moved past Hall of Famer Jerry West on the career playoff scoring list and made sure the Cavs didn’t slip up at home. He and Irving combined for all of Cleveland’s 24 points in the final period.

Game 3 of the best-of-7 series is Thursday night in Boston, where James had his first stint with Cleveland end with a playoff loss in 2010.

James began his personal media blackout — he’s dubbed it “Zero Dark Thirty” — in the 2012 postseason, one year after he and the Miami Heat lost to Dallas in the NBA Finals.

James has 20.5 million followers on Twitter, but he doesn’t plan to engage with them until the playoffs end. He said the only people he needs to communicate with are his family and teammates. And as for the rest of the Cavs and their communication habits, James said he doesn’t mind if they continue to be socially interactive.