Orlando - Cleveland

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Lebron was amazing tonight. But when a team is hitting 45% from three in a game, they're not going to lose too often.

That shot that Delonte West (or Mo Williams?) got up at the end off the jump ball was a pretty good look. Just needed to be to the left a little bit more.

 

[Diddy1122]

Lebron got extremely tired toward the end of the game. And thats the product of having to carry the load night in and night out. The Magic missed alot of open shots in the first half, and they started falling in the 2nd half. Rashard Lewis is gonna burn the Cavs in this series. Turk and Lewis are gonna force Brown to keep Big Z on the bench. And they have no answer for Howard. After watching tonight, the holes in Cleveland have become more exposed to me, and Orlando can win this series. I still think Cleveland wins, but it's gonna be a hard fought victory in 7 games.

And I have to add, the refs made a horrible call on Howard's 6th foul. But they've screwed so much up this postseason, pointing it out is a total cliche now.

 

[Riker]

Few things are funny.

Bron the runner up DPOY got mauled by Rashard (clutch shots), Pietrus and Turkoglu.

Whoever he was guarding - got his shots. That's a true DPOY.



Second thing - funny how he got "tired" and "injured" after a loss.

So after a one month vacation, while other teams were going in Game 7's, he gets injured and very, VERY tired after the loss. How....interesting.


He didn't close out, I don't care about his points, he had a great shooting night, he won't have it next time.


His only move was "get the ball, stare at the floor, swing the ball 3 times, pull up for a shot". No dribbles, no slashes, nothing.

Could it be the case of.......Dwight in the paint?

And he traveled at least 3 times blatantly.

MVP status.

 

[dynastyVI]

Indeed. As good as Lebron was tonight, his four missed three throws and the Cav bench did them in. Orlando hitting 45% of threes will too. That being said, you are right. LeBron still needs a Pippen or Havlicek. Mo Williams is a nice player, but he is not them.

 

[Riker]

OK so, if you watched the game, you noticed his pattern. Get the ball 30 feet from the basket, stop, stare at the hardwood, pull up for a shot.

That was his game for first 3 quarters.


But let's take a look what happened when THE MVP and runner up DPOY got in the final quarter after blowing 16 point lead.

Hmmmmmm........notice the all of a sudden shots from close range? Those are his signature "Imma try to bulldoze my way to the hoop and the refs will do the rest" move.

And talk about not talking responsibilities.


On the other hand, he is runner up DPOY and he's considered one of the best defenders in the league.

LOL

Here's how he managed to shut down Rashard in the last quarter.

MVP.

 

[RPK]

Riker wrote:

OK so, if you watched the game, you noticed his pattern. Get the ball 30 feet from the basket, stop, stare at the hardwood, pull up for a shot.

That was his game for first 3 quarters.


But let's take a look what happened when THE MVP and runner up DPOY got in the final quarter after blowing 16 point lead.

Hmmmmmm........notice the all of a sudden shots from close range? Those are his signature "Imma try to bulldoze my way to the hoop and the refs will do the rest" move.

And talk about not talking responsibilities.


On the other hand, he is runner up DPOY and he's considered one of the best defenders in the league.

LOL

Here's how he managed to shut down Rashard in the last quarter.

MVP.

Since we're nit-picking LeBron a bit, I'd like to add why does everyone say how great a passer he is? Those are simple passes he makes! Just because a player gets open from running screens near the basket doesn't mean it's a "Magic Johnson" type pass! Jeez, the entire first quarter I had to hear a how great a passer LeBron was when all those passes were very simple bounce passes to open players.

 

[Riker]

That's another reason why I'm laughing at the hype the dudes getting.

And further goes to prove how low NBA stooped nowadays.


They're so desperate for creating a "absolute superstar" it's sickening.



But, all in all, 2nd DPOY MVP shut down Hedo and Rashard to a point where they barely made those clutch shots, it was obvious, those shots BARELY went in, while he scored 49 and took 5 shots in final 12 minutes.


The guy is genuinely obsessed with his stats, I bet on it, stats and his "credibility" - I bet he would NEVER take a last second shot.


That's why he passed the ball up to Delonte. It's easier to pass the ball and go by that ridiculous "he gets his teammates involved" crap, than see him go up for a shot.


The only thing he does in clutch time is bulldoze to the hoop while looking at the refs.

That's high IQ basketball.

 

[engies]

Great match, looks like we have a very good conference finals series on both conferences. I found myself rooting for Magic even thou I love Lebron (yes his defense is overrated though

Even as much as I like Phil Jackson, I'm starting to hope nuggets win, even thou Kenyon & JR Smith are both punks, Chauncey is great!

 

[Shakes]

Yeah Cleveland lost and it's the fault of the guy who scored 49 points on 30 shots. Couldn't possibly be that his guards took 32 shots to score 28 points.

LeBron was amazing as usual. The rest of his team, not so much.

 

[Manic Devourer]

I can't honestly believe that people are saying that Lebron doesn't deserve the hype?

He is the best player in the entire league, and he deserves all the hype that he gets.

By the time his career ends, he'll go down as the best small forward to ever play the game. Period.

 

[Shakes]

What a shot to win by Lebron. I was really starting to think the magic could pull off the upset too, they'd played so well in the second half.