My Views

Thursday, May 21, 2009

Who Put an "I" in Team?

The Cavs have finally experienced a playoff series, coming across the fired up Orlando Magic, who has to feel very good about themselves after throwing away the defending champions in a boring 7-game series.

The Cavs played horrible, but LeBron James the leagues MVP played sensational, with a lost!

Dwight Howard, scored 30 points, Rashad Lewis added 22, and the Orlando Magic railed from a 15 point half time deficit. Which made me very upset. Don't believe me check my finger nails for proof, since I spent the night eating them off.

James finished with an astonishing 49 points, which equals a playoff career high for James, he also added 8 assist and 6 rebounds. Yeah? That sounds great and all, but there is a problem here: James went limping off the court highlighting how hard he tried to win this Eastern conference opener and the Cavaliers did not return the favor to their star at all! Simply SAD!

Can anyone explain why one person is scoring 46 percent of the points? Seems impossible, but James did it on 20-30 shooting. Best playoff series ever, check the numbers!

This lost equals the 3rd lost for the Cavaliers in 46 games. Perhaps this game opened the Cavs eyes to how hard the playoffs are going to be from here on out. The Cavs swept both their first round teams, and ended up catching nine days of rest. This rest worked against the Cavs, obviously and that can explain why James had serious leg cramps.

The real deal sealer for the Cavs is when Rashad Lewis sank a crucial 3 pointer with 14 seconds remaining. After that the Cavs were not able to score back, and they fell to the Magic by a single point. I was very pissed and extremely shocked.
James had no right to give up the final shot to Delonte West, who missed an open 3 pointer, just highlighting how the Cavs did not thank James for his 49 point explosion. Delonte you can shoot! How you miss a game winning three????

After West missed the 3, James chased down the rebound on the ground and this sent him into a jump ball. In a catch an shoot situation, Mo Williams missed the game winning shot, falling to 8-1, in the playoffs. Mo didn't do a bad job on the try but it didn't go in, and the 4-th quarter made my heart hurt cause of pressure.

We still have to remember that the Cavs have not played, since May 11 so what else can we say? They were rusty and unprepared. This lost should be a wake up call, and make the Cavs even more hungry to defeat the Magic and advance to the NBA finals. I'm not sure if they can beat this team in Orlando.

Adding to the Cavs sad display, the Magic shot 55 percent from the floor-59 percent in the second half-against the leagues best defensive team. They did not live up to their potential, maybe we should not pay any attention to the sweeps, since the Cavs are not showing up after the rest. 59-percent? Are you kidding me? From what team? THE MAGIC? SAD!

James is not the Cavaliers, therefore his 49 points with a lost means nothing, unless his team helps, and he has 49 points with a victory.

The Magic just kept coming and feeding the Cavs. James drove and drew a foul on Howard, getting him out the game, but by then it didn't even matter, the seconds were ticking quickly, and so was my breath, since I was dying for my team to win.

I'm very certain the Cavs did not expect to go undefeated, this lost should open Brown to more ideas for the Cavs to get back on the right track. When I say the "Cavs" I mean the bench also, the Cavs bench was slammed, being out scored 25-5, which is sad since one person alone outscored the sorry bench.

The Cavs blew home court advantage and now they have to make up for it. The rest of the team have to assist James on the defensive and offensive end if the Cavs want any shot at the NBA finals. (The next game is Friday May, 22 at 8 o'clock on TNT)

The Cavaliers Have To Win On The Magic's Court Now
I REPEAT! They Have To.

No comments:

Post a Comment