May 2009

Been a hectic couple days with travel, etc. At the moment, I'm waiting to board a plane to Orlando for some event taking place there tonight. Cavs fans will enjoy this prediction column from Scouts Inc., via ESPN. It states: "Despite dominating much of the action and leading the series 3-2, Orlando has not been [...]

There were two reasons the Cavs beat the Magic in Game 5 Thursday night to keep their hopes of reaching the NBA Finals alive.
The first was the play of LeBron James, who was magnificent in the fourth quarter. James on his own accounted for the Cavs first 29 points of the quarter, 17 on baskets [...]

Highlights from Zydrunas Ilgauskas' interview at the Cavs practice facility on Wednesday:
On the Magic:
They're playing their best basketball of the season right now. They're playing better than they played against Phily and Boston.
Seems like every three you guys miss hurts more than when they miss:
That's what happens when you play from behind, when you try [...]

The Cavs are down three games to one in the Eastern Conference Finals because, LeBron James said, "we lost two games on inbounds plays."
That would be Game 1 when Rashard Lewis made a three to win, and Game 4 when Lewis made a three with the Cavs up one. Technically the Cavs did not lose [...]

Ben Wallace was asked about Mo Williams' purported guarantee that the Cavs would win the Series.
"What you want me to say, we're gonna lose?" Wallace asked. "Come on man, be real. No player in this league feels like they're gonna lose a game."
And that should put that little fable to bed.

If the Cavs weren't fuming over losing two of three to Orlando and Mo Williams being hit in the eye and Magic coach Stan Van Gundy labeling some of their key players floppers (see this post) … they should be seething now.
The Associated Press reported that the NBA rescinded the flagrant foul call on Anthony [...]

Dwight Howard has a blog, and he played the disrespect card in the latest edition.

The TV guy took the bag of doo-doo, placed it outside the front door and lit it on fire. Mo Williams opened the door and stepped right into it.
That's what happened Monday during media interviews. Williams entered with a lot of bravado, and that always leads to someone baiting the athlete with a "guarantee" question. [...]

Part I …
—I've been hearing a lot about "Le Shot" today, Sunday, May 24. That's all well and good, except  "Le Shot" took place two nights ago.
LeBron James' game-winner was spectacular and memorable and had-to-see-it-to-believe-it worthy, but there's another game to be played in this series. A few more games. Glen Davis made one of [...]