Lebron played great tonight even though he took some really tough shots. It would be easy to call Lebron out for his shot selection, but I loved his killer instinct. When he drained that 3 pointer over Joakim Noah you could see it in his eyes. It was like his answer to Joakim's comment about Cleveland--a step back 3 pointer over a 7 footer, only Lebron man, only Lebron. The Cavs are rolling against the Bulls and I don't think there is anything Derrick Rose can do to answer.
As Charles Barkley was saying on TNT, they don't care about the Bulls, they're playing for a championship. The supporting cast will need to step up as they get deeper in the Playoffs. Antawn Jamison is going to have to play better defense. There was one play in particular that did not look like Cavs basketball; Jamison was late getting back on defense and was out of position with his back turned instead of playing help D. The play ended with an easy layup by Flip Murray. I don't mean to call him out too much, but I think he needs to play with more intensity. It was good to see Shaq back. Hopefully he'll be able to play more than 15 minutes. I'm sure he will since Mike Brown is probably trying to ease him back in a little bit.
I think a lot of credit is due to Chicago for keeping it as close as they did, especially considering that the Cavs were lights out from deep.
ReplyDeleteno doubt they played well. they just don't have the scoring to hang with the cavs in a game like that
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