Okay ESPN and sports world. Let’s get some things straight about the Cavs/Pistons series.
1) The Cavs cannot beat the Pistons in a seven game series.
2) LeBron is not God and he did not play a good basketball game last night.
3) The Cavs have gotten some fairly generous calls in the last two games in Quicken Loans Arena.
4) The Pistons are NOT feeling the pressure of the Cavs.
Last night after an ugly 74-72 victory, King James stated, “We're not feeling the pressure. The Pistons are.”
Yes BronBron, I’m sure the Pistons are feeling pressure of the mighty Cavs. I know Detroit only won 64 games in the regular season to your team’s 50 wins. I know Detroit has only been to three straight Eastern Conference finals. I know they have only gone to two straight NBA Finals, including a championship in 2004. I know they only have four all-stars. I know this series is now tied at two, which is one more win than most analysts believed the Cavs would record.
This inexperienced Pistons group must be feeling the pressure. Especially returning home to the Palace where they thumped Cleveland in games one and two.
Sure Sheed’s guarantee did not come to fruition. But, it wasn’t because of King James, who was 8-23 from the field and 5-10 from the free throw line. LeBron only had five points in the second half (all in the fourth quarter). Oh yeah, the next Jordan also had four air balls and 8 of his teams 18 turnovers. Now those are impressive stats that should put the pressure on the two-time defending Eastern Conference Champs.
This was a stupid comment by a player that the NBA has decided must be the center of everything related to basketball. And Nike has run the most obnoxious add campaign in their obnoxious history with the “We are all witnesses” slogan. Well last night we were witnesses to an officiated game tailored for King James’ sloppy and poor play. That’s the stuff a true fan wants to witness.
Is LeBron a good player? No. He’s a great player. Has he been outstanding in this series? Hardly. And certainly his team is not putting the pressure back on the Pistons.
However, team cannot win when they score 13 points in a quarter, let alone the fourth quarter. A team cannot win when the bench can only muster seven total points. A team cannot win when they shoot 33% from the field. A team cannot win when their best post player goes 3-13 from the field for a measly seven points. And a team cannot win when the only score 72 points in a game. Sh*t I saw Okemos High School and Saginaw Arthur Hill score more points in the Michigan Class A Basketball State Championship game. A team cannot win when every possible call is called for LeBron James and his team.
But are the Pistons feeling pressure, like the new God of the NBA stated? Let’s ask Sheed.
"I ain't worried about these cats. There's no way in hell they beat us in a series. They played well. I give them credit. We lost. We shot 30 percent and they had to play their best to beat us."
Now that’s a more accurate statement than BronBron’s.
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Lebron is very good. He will win multiple championships (given a decent supporting cast). He has played well enough the last two games to beat the Pistons.
Andy Andy Andy, please stop blaming the refs and give at least some credit where credit is due.
Pistons in six.
i'm not blaming the refs. i think i had a whole paragraph explaining why the pistons haven't won....that whole thing about only scoring seven points off the bench, etc....
no lebron hasn't played well enough for his team to win. the pistons scored 72 points! that's not because of lebron, that's because the pistons played like shit. the last game he played poorly. only five points in the second half and eight of his teams 18 turnovers.
lebron is very good, but the pistons have lost the last two games. they had a 10 point lead early in the fourth in game three. they had a seven point lead in the fourth quarter in game 4 and couldn't close out the game. the cavs haven't beat the pistons the pistons have beat themselves.
and although i think i made it pretty clear that the pistons can't expect to win the way they have been playing, the calls in game three were awful and the last game was better, but the calls weren't consistent both ways.
and look at the spurs...should we all be giving credit to the mavs who have been the benificiaries of favorable calls? the refs do influence games and star players get calls in the nba. everyone knows that. so lebron, on his home court, has gotten some nice calls. he pushed billups as billups went in for a lay-up and it wasn't called. on the flip side he's out of control in the lane and initiates contact and a foul is called.
so i'm not gonna give credit to lebron and the cavs because no nba team that scores 74 points should win a game, let alone a playoff game.
but yes, you're right. the pistons in six.
okay, maybe i should say not every call goes the cavs way. but the majority have in the last two games.
and i cannot emphasize enough that lebron james is a great player. probably the best player on the court in this series. actually he is the best player, but he still hasn't played oustanding in this series.
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