King LeBron James Dethroned by Celtics
LeBron James could have played his final game as a member of the Cleveland Cavaliers. LeBron and the Cavs were eliminated by the surging Boston Celtics, losing the series 4 games to 2.
LeBron had a somewhat super human game 6, statistically, but his performance was marred by bad shooting from the field and an atrocious 9 turnovers. The 9 turnovers by the MVP were mostly caused by James clearly trying to do too much.
If you watch the game from beginning to end you will notice LeBron dribbling himself in some bad situations while playing far too much individualistic, selfish-styled basketball ultimately preventative of any other Cavalier to gain any solid rhythm.
Is the Crown moving to a new city?
James constantly complained and whined excessively to the refs, inevitably clouding his ability to focus. When the money was on the line, James essentially crumbled under the pressure. That is not what the league MVP is supposed to do.
In his defense, LeBron had no substantial support, other than Mo Williams dropping 22. The Cavs did nothing else to provide any real support to James. Antawn Jamison shot the ball horrendously while Shaq looked tired and old.
Contrarily, Boston showed overall team depth with solid performances by Rasheed Wallace and Tony Allen off the bench. Wallace provided back-breaking, momentum-stunting 3 pointers in the 4th quarter to extinguish any and all rallying by the Cavs. I was puzzled watching the Cavs bring the ball up court slowly with 1:30 left and down by 9.
It appeared as though they had already conceded victory to the Celtics.
Rajon Rondo led the Boston lineup and it congealed to play like a solid championship contender, something this Cleveland team was unable to do during the series. Boston’s bench has stepped up and produced on any given night. This is a quality that LeBron has desperately lacked. And it is noteworthy to bring up the fact that Cleveland took on some serious cap-clogging contracts while trying to do so.
It makes me speculate LeBron will be reflect heavily upon this loss while contemplating the ensuing free agency bonanza set to take flight now that he has been eliminated from the chance at a ring this season.
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Thu, May 13, 2010 by Adam Sedie
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