—It is imperative that Mo Williams find his shot tonight. At times in Game 2, Williams looked like a mess. He hesitated on shots and looked very uncertain. The Cavs made a concerted effort to get him shots early, and when he didn't make them his shooting struggles (13-for-40 in the series, 57-for-139 in the playoffs) got in his head. From that point, Williams was reluctant to shoot, and when he did his shot looked flat as a surfboard. He did make some big shots in the fourth quarter, which is encouraging. Orlando will not start slow tonight — that's about the only guarantee I can make on this game. James will need help scoring. Williams absolutely has to find his shot.
Of course, with James there probably should be no "absolutely" statements. Except for this one: No matter what happens, no matter what anyone else does, he almost always will absolutely find a way to keep the Cavs in the game, and maybe even win it.
–I was starting to get very angry, but thank goodness the outrage can subside. Dayana Mendoza, Miss Universe, is back blogging.
She took a break following her uplifting trip to Guantanomo, and the absence of her updates was making it tough to get through a day.
But she's back. Like the kid from Poltergeist. Shes back.
Here's some highlights:
She recently went to the People en Espanol's party for the "50 most beautiful" people. She was one; I was not. Go figure. "I saw all the guys from the magazine, the actors and actresses, everybody was salsa dancing and Meringue, it was great!" She also went to Dubai, a trip she called "educational" as well as "fun." She did some visits with HIV patients in El Salvador, and she's been Twittering a lot recently.
We can all rest a little easier.
—The bus driver from the Airport FastPark had an interesting point about the way the Cavs played Game 2. He pointed out that Orlando loves the three, and he wondered why the Cavs would continue to double-team Dwight Howard after they had a big lead. His point: Threes get the Magic back into the game, so let Howard score all the twos he can. He said if he were the coach, he'd defend the three-point line aggressively to limit the threes, which would limit the Magic's ability to come back.
Bus drivers as a group can be very insightful people.
