The only EC team that could take the Cavs to 7 games is...

[msgkings322]

In retrospect, it’s strange that a player as great as LeBron James didn’t have a signature playoff moment until his 13th season. With radar vision, the skills and unselfishness of a guard, and the physical presence of a bionic power forward, LeBron’s game has always defied easy categorization. He’s hyperbole in human form. As The Ringer’s Danny Chau wrote, LeBron’s greatest rival has always been the idea of LeBron James. Compared with our mental image of the player, a generic LeBron night — 28 points, eight rebounds, eight assists, do-everything-but-fly-the-team-plane — feels like just another day at the office. Maybe it was James’s remarkable performance against the Pistons in Game 5 of the 2007 Eastern Conference finals — when he scored 48 points at the Palace, including the Cavaliers’ final 25 points — that prompted the question, which has haunted the perception of LeBron, to form in the back of everyone’s mind: “Why doesn’t he do that all the time?”

I'll never forget game 6 vs Boston at the Garden in 2012, when the Heat were down 3-2, and LeBron went up there and from the opening tip just destroyed Boston, taking complete control as a statement that said no, I am the best player in a generation and it's time to get my first title.

LeBron James: Epic 45-Point Game 6 Vs. Celtics In 2012 Was ‘Defining’ Moment

 

[Inimical]

Well here we go. The celtics need to play defense to win. I think celts have the better bench but the d goes to the cavs. Kelly needs to rip Kevin's shoulder out of his socket again. Stevens needs to get the most out of his bench as well.

 

[gordontrue]

Kelly needs to rip Kevin's shoulder out of his socket again.

 

[Gman]

David vs Goliath, baby...

(except David has home court advantage because Goliath likes to go through the motions during the regular season)

 

[DorianRo]

The only team that could have taken the Cavs to 7 games was probably the Bulls at full health. Though no guarantees. But they had the best shot.


Celtics will be lucky to win 2 games

 

[larryjohn]

The only team that could have taken the Cavs to 7 games was probably the Bulls at full health. Though no guarantees. But they had the best shot.
Celtics will be lucky to win 2 games

The Chicago Bulls ? The team that slid into the playoffs on the last game of the regular season ?

 

[DorianRo]

The Chicago Bulls ? The team that slid into the playoffs on the last game of the regular season ?

If they maintained their play the first 2 games of the First Round, I would say they were the best shot. Rondo was getting everyone involved and Butler/Wade picked their games up

 

[Black Adam]

feels so dirty rooting for the green slime...

then again i should WANT LeClown to get to another finals(he can't be 3-5 if he doesn't get there)...

ugh, so torn...

 

[DorianRo]

feels so dirty rooting for the green slime...

then again i should WANT LeClown to get to another finals(he can't be 3-5 if he doesn't get there)...

ugh, so torn...

ROFLMAO. 3-5 is one ugly finals record. If Lebron once again loses this year, he could have potentially been a pathetic 1-7 in finals. (Ray Allen miracle shot, and Curry/Bogut Injury, Green missing a game away from losing 2 extra finals)

 

[ChrisWebber]

ROFLMAO. 3-5 is one ugly finals record. If Lebron once again loses this year, he could have potentially been a pathetic 1-7 in finals. (Ray Allen miracle shot, and Curry/Bogut Injury, Green missing a game away from losing 2 extra finals)

Curry was not injured when he was dancing around the basketball court with flashy moves.