Now it’s time to come home and even the score. Should the Cavs hold home court, it’s a 3-game series. No need to think about the closeness of Games 1 and 2.
I still think that LeBron did the right thing in Game 1 because he trusts his
teammates. I always thought of him being more of a Magic Johnson than
a Michael Jordan. Magic came in the league thinking team ball. He was
fortunate enough to have two clutch guys in James Worthy and Kareem
Abdul-Jabbar and contributors like Byron Scott and AC Green to dish to.
I think that Michael Jordan poisoned team basketball because his
success led owners to think that the could pay one superstar and a
bunch of role players. It’s better to pay a few really, really good
players and have them build some chemistry. This is why the Cavs let
Carlos Boozer go…and this is why Jim Paxson is no longer the GM.
Drew Gooden is solid but imagine a Carlos Boozer given a looser rein to
score as he has shown he is capable of in Utah? He could have been the
“Big Game James” to LeBron’s “Magic” . Larry Hughes was supposed to be
that….Hughes isn’t bad, just inconsistent.
The Cavs aren’t pretty. LeBron isn’t even pretty as much as the media would like. He likes team ball. He likes getting others involved. He cares about substance more than style. He and Mike Brown might have disagreements about that but they agree that winning ugly is more preferable than losing. Period.
Should the Cavs mount 8 more wins…nothing else will matter. The Larry O’Brien trophy will be here. No one can argue with that. I think they have a chance. Should the Cavs face San Antonio, we will see the Eastern Conference win the title for the third time in four years. Mike Brown knows Tim Duncan, Manu Ginobili, Tony Parker and those guys (he used to work under Popovich). What Popovich doesn’t know is LeBron and the hodge-podge that is the Cavaliers. Cavs in 5 in the Finals. You saw it here first…
…that is if we can make it through the D.
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