Ironman92;664133 wrote:Had 40 thru 3 qtrs....won't make it to 50.....Miami pulling away


Dwade too an insanely hard fall from about 8 feet and landed directly on his tailbone and he rolled around in agony for several minutes....pretty scary

Yea. He wont go for 50. Wait...................maybe

Ironman92;664240 wrote:Anderson is very streaky and helped get them back in it big time......but I want Redick off of a screen.

Anderson was 4-11 from the field. Bad choice for that shot.

september63;664247 wrote:Anderson was 4-11 from the field. Bad choice for that shot.

Very streaky indeed. Missed his first 3, made his next 4, missed his last 4. He was due to go on a hot streak.

Richardson is very good at getting off some pretty good chances with tough defense....Redick and Nelson could do it as well. Hedo could've done a jump hook from half court and got real close......or Howard coulda took a 3 as long as he pretended it was foul shot distance he'd be close too

Id have tried to get Richardson the three and they took him out.

Ironman92;664265 wrote:Richardson is very good at getting off some pretty good chances with tough defense....Redick and Nelson could do it as well. Hedo could've done a jump hook from half court and got real close......or Howard coulda took a 3 as long as he pretended it was foul shot distance he'd be close too

Howard could have dunked it from 3. I am sure the cape was in the locker room.

That's the best I've seen LBJ play. He had a chip on his shoulder and it showed. He was posting people up and taking it to their chest. He was blocking out the bigs and getting rebounds. He was a man on a mission.

Dont get used to it.

Commander of Awesome;664543 wrote:Dont get used to it.

especially over the course of a Playoff series.

Nice night for LBJ

jpake1;664526 wrote:That's the best I've seen LBJ play. He had a chip on his shoulder and it showed. He was posting people up and taking it to their chest. He was blocking out the bigs and getting rebounds. He was a man on a mission.

Get ready to see that on a nightly basis in the playoffs.

Once Mario Chalmers bangs Gloria, shit will go downhill.

thedynasty1998;664700 wrote:Get ready to see that on a nightly basis in the playoffs.

Thought we were gonna see that on a nightly basis last year

KR1245;664721 wrote:Thought we were gonna see that on a nightly basis last year

29.1 points, 7.6 assists, and 9.3 steals tells me we did see that. Everybody who says that Lebron quit in the Boston series(nobody on the Cavs showed up in game 5) seemed to either forget or leave out the fact that Lebron had a triple double in game 6 with 27 points, 19 rebounds, and 10 assists. Someone who has quit does not put up those numbers in a game.

Best player in the game.

elbuckeye28;664878 wrote:29.1 points, 7.6 assists, and 9.3 steals tells me we did see that. Everybody who says that Lebron quit in the Boston series(nobody on the Cavs showed up in game 5) seemed to either forget or leave out the fact that Lebron had a triple double in game 6 with 27 points, 19 rebounds, and 10 assists. Someone who has quit does not put up those numbers in a game.

+1

elbuckeye28;664878 wrote:29.1 points, 7.6 assists, and 9.3 steals tells me we did see that. Everybody who says that Lebron quit in the Boston series(nobody on the Cavs showed up in game 5) seemed to either forget or leave out the fact that Lebron had a triple double in game 6 with 27 points, 19 rebounds, and 10 assists. Someone who has quit does not put up those numbers in a game.

Lebrons numbers are great. I know what he put up, I still think he quit. I dont know what the reason was but it was clear to anybody that watched Lebron on a regular basis that he wasnt himself in the last 2 games of that series. Hes a great player, but imo he gave up on his team and his teammates.

Joe Tait made a comment during the broadcast that it looked like he quit, think his line was "Lebron has lost the eye of the tiger"

Couple quotes from ESPN and Truehoops writers

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop:You'd say that, I suggest, only if something was going on. And something -- whether his dog died, he's injured, he's exhausted or something else is going on -- was most definitely going on, even though he swore to TNT's David Aldridge at halftime that he was physically fine.

Until he spills the beans on that, all we can do is guess. But LeBron James has a big ol' track record, and that was not him, so I believe something is up.

Chris Broussard, ESPN The Magazine: Game 5 was inexplicable. For some reason, LeBron just wasn't himself. He wasn't aggressive, tenacious or intense, and his teammates followed his lead. While his elbow is strained and bruised, it's no excuse. His form (waist up) looks fine on his free throws and jumpers.

Marc Stein, ESPN.com: I want to believe LeBron's performance was at least somewhat injury-related because it would be indescribably disappointing otherwise. The reality, though, is that finding a way to be effective when you're hurt is something we expect the greats to do, fair or not.

Steve Nash just showed us the blueprint Sunday night with that one-eyed determination to finish San Antonio off when he had the chance, lest his longtime Spurs tormentors sniff even a hint of new playoff life.

For all the valid concerns about the Cavs' shaky chemistry and the long-standing criticism of Mike Brown's offense and ability to in-game improvise, LeBron could have played way harder in Game 5. Even with a bad elbow

Broussard: Not just an off night. This was worse; he wasn't just off, he was disengaged. But career-defining? No. He's got a long way to go, and he'll overcome this

KR1245;664897 wrote:Lebrons numbers are great. I know what he put up, I still think he quit. I dont know what the reason was but it was clear to anybody that watched Lebron on a regular basis that he wasnt himself in the last 2 games of that series. Hes a great player, but imo he gave up on his team and his teammates.

Joe Tait made a comment during the broadcast that it looked like he quit, think his line was "Lebron has lost the eye of the tiger"

Couple quotes from ESPN and Truehoops writers

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop:You'd say that, I suggest, only if something was going on. And something -- whether his dog died, he's injured, he's exhausted or something else is going on -- was most definitely going on, even though he swore to TNT's David Aldridge at halftime that he was physically fine.

Until he spills the beans on that, all we can do is guess. But LeBron James has a big ol' track record, and that was not him, so I believe something is up.

Chris Broussard, ESPN The Magazine: Game 5 was inexplicable. For some reason, LeBron just wasn't himself. He wasn't aggressive, tenacious or intense, and his teammates followed his lead. While his elbow is strained and bruised, it's no excuse. His form (waist up) looks fine on his free throws and jumpers.

Marc Stein, ESPN.com: I want to believe LeBron's performance was at least somewhat injury-related because it would be indescribably disappointing otherwise. The reality, though, is that finding a way to be effective when you're hurt is something we expect the greats to do, fair or not.

Steve Nash just showed us the blueprint Sunday night with that one-eyed determination to finish San Antonio off when he had the chance, lest his longtime Spurs tormentors sniff even a hint of new playoff life.

For all the valid concerns about the Cavs' shaky chemistry and the long-standing criticism of Mike Brown's offense and ability to in-game improvise, LeBron could have played way harder in Game 5. Even with a bad elbow

Broussard: Not just an off night. This was worse; he wasn't just off, he was disengaged. But career-defining? No. He's got a long way to go, and he'll overcome this

I'm not forgiving his performance in Game 5, but every single player, coach, etc. associated with the Cavs went through the motions that game. There was no fire in anyone. The problem I have is that people say he quit for the series, when it was clear that he had put forth an effort to have a triple double(a career game for most) with 19 rebounds(I think a career high). A player does not quit into a triple double and have the most rebounds(a somewhat effort stat).

Obviously the Cavs organization and fans weren't all that upset with him "quitting". Everybody wanted him back, it only became egregious after he had left

Everyone was pissed about him quitting game five, wanting him back had no bearing on that whatsoever. You forget the "mystery elbow injury" too.

But to say

Obviously the Cavs organization and fans weren't all that upset with him "quitting". Everybody wanted him back, it only became egregious after he had left

is just, well, stupid. Of course you want the guy that got you there back...SMH

jordo212000;665037 wrote:Obviously the Cavs organization and fans weren't all that upset with him "quitting". Everybody wanted him back, it only became egregious after he had left

LOL what? A lot of fans thought he quit before he even decided to leave. Him leaving only made us more vocal, he's still a great player and even Cavs fans will start admitting how great he is even after he screwed us over.

He definitely quit too, there's no doubt in my mind.