Uhhh...If you didn't get a chance to watch the 4th and 2 OT's in the LeBron vs. Detroit series, you really missed out. LeBron was essentially unstoppable, his teammates were hilariously inept, the coaches was bad...it was very interesting.
LeBron:
Scored all of the Cavs points in 2 OT's and a large portion of their 4th quarter points, including all of the ones that came late. His winning basket involved him slicing through most of the pistons and basically laying it up with 2 seconds left. That was probably the 5th time he had done that during the back end of the game while carrying Cleveland around on his back.
LeBron's teammates:
See above and note that they did indeed take some shots in that span of time. They are so bad that, were it legal in the NBA, it would be most appropriate for DET to run a triangle and two on LeBron, largely ignoring Eric Snow and Varajao when they are on the floor.
Coaches:
Mike Brown didn't have a timeout to use to give them a half-court inbound at the end of regulation to win. Much worse, Flip's 9 seconds left, tie score is to have Billups dribble to 4 seconds and then shoot a double-pump 3. That makes no sense.
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WE ARE ALL WITNESSES.
At least I was.
My favorite shot was when he beat the double-team on the near sideline and hit the jumper just inside the 3 line as the shot clock expired. I think it was late in the 1st OT. THAT reminded me of Jordan.
You could easily compile a top 10 list of all of the great plays he had in the last 20 minutes of that game. That step back three he hit to tie, obviously the layup through most of the pistons with 2.2, your jumper (which was sick), etc.
How many wins do you think Cleveland gets this year if they don't have LeBron and replace him with an above average two? 25?
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