i think any team would live with what lebron did. lebron is going to get his no doubt about that, so shutting down his teammates would definitely favor the opposition. lebron had the game he had simply because his teammates couldn't get much going (varejao and big z played alright) but mo williams really needs to step up.

if only lebron hit 2 more fts. such a troublesome deficiency especially with how he has so many attempts.

loved his block on howard though...DAMN

Xeris

Iran17695 Posts

May 21 2009 07:05 GMT

#1985

if he scores 40+ in every game, Clevland is 100% going to lose the series. mo williams can't shoot 6-19, and they need more than 5 points from their bench.

lebron was fairly disappointing in the clutch situations tonight though aside from his one basket that fouled Howard out (that really shouldn't have even been a foul).

eStoniaNBoY

Switzerland439 Posts

May 21 2009 07:23 GMT

#1986

Mike Brown failed. Coach of the Year should be able to come up with something new other than just playing "Lebron" card. Even more since they had time to prepare and they knew what was coming..

Monoxide

Canada1190 Posts

May 21 2009 07:24 GMT

#1987

On May 21 2009 15:53 tonight wrote:
Kobe does go on tilt though. That's the one thing I hate about him.

By tilt you mean after he loses he comes back and owns shit up??

SK.Testie

Canada11084 Posts

May 21 2009 07:28 GMT

#1988

Nah, I think Lebron scoring 40+ is good because his FG% has been amazing this playoffs. He needs his team mates to hustle harder and to hit shots. Because sooner or later he's going to have an off night because everyone does, and he needs someone else to pwn shit up on the floor.

Monoxide

Canada1190 Posts

May 21 2009 07:29 GMT

#1989

On May 21 2009 16:23 eStoniaNBoY wrote:
Mike Brown failed. Coach of the Year should be able to come up with something new other than just playing "Lebron" card. Even more since they had time to prepare and they knew what was coming..

He doesn't have any other cards left in his deck. He's about to be decked out.

unknown.sam

Philippines2701 Posts

May 21 2009 09:43 GMT

#1990

On May 21 2009 16:05 Xeris wrote:
lebron was fairly disappointing in the clutch situations tonight though aside from his one basket that fouled Howard out (that really shouldn't have even been a foul).

yeah that was like a phantom foul..but hey it works out cause the magic still got the W.

igotmyown

United States4291 Posts

May 21 2009 10:24 GMT

#1991

I think stan van gundy should have won coach of the year over mike brown. Mike brown wins because his team finishes with the best record with the best player in basketball and he hires someone to take care of offensive strategy. Basically he does well because he didn't screw up.

Stan van gundy takes a great defensive, but mediocre offensive center and a bunch of shooters and somehow ends up with almost 60 wins, the best defensive efficiency in the nba, and a great win record vs good opponents, including over the lakers, the cavs, but somehow not the celtics.

And he does it with... well you expect howard to be good and make his team better, but the defensive dynamo that is hedo turkoglu and rashard lewis? JJ Redick's your stopper? If you started a pickup game and ended up choosing the orlando players, wouldn't you look at the cleveland team and say, damnit I messed up?

His only downside is the whole master of disaster choking label. And I would have thought Jerry Sloan deserved coach of the year, but his road record against good teams was awful, while Stan van Gundy's was dominant.

oneofthem

Cayman Islands24199 Posts

May 21 2009 12:03 GMT

#1992

holy fuck what happened.

cleveland played extremely dirty that game, ugly first half. i guess dwight did get sum rebounds

really would like to see a nuggets vs magic series. hearing kobe kobe lebron lebron kobe lebron on loop is nauseating

TheFoReveRwaR

United States10657 Posts

May 21 2009 12:27 GMT

#1993

On May 21 2009 19:24 igotmyown wrote:
I think stan van gundy should have won coach of the year over mike brown. Mike brown wins because his team finishes with the best record with the best player in basketball and he hires someone to take care of offensive strategy. Basically he does well because he didn't screw up.

Stan van gundy takes a great defensive, but mediocre offensive center and a bunch of shooters and somehow ends up with almost 60 wins, the best defensive efficiency in the nba, and a great win record vs good opponents, including over the lakers, the cavs, but somehow not the celtics.

And he does it with... well you expect howard to be good and make his team better, but the defensive dynamo that is hedo turkoglu and rashard lewis? JJ Redick's your stopper? If you started a pickup game and ended up choosing the orlando players, wouldn't you look at the cleveland team and say, damnit I messed up?

His only downside is the whole master of disaster choking label. And I would have thought Jerry Sloan deserved coach of the year, but his road record against good teams was awful, while Stan van Gundy's was dominant.

Ya lebron james is the best player in basketball, but Dwight Howard is one of the best as well.

Rashard(spelling?

) Lewis has skills at both ends of the court as well. You're obviously underrating him.
Also note that Van Gundy didnt go with reddick but instead a more athletic defensive player.

That being said, ya Stan van Gundy is a top notch coach. But you should give the magic players more credit. And give credit to Mike Brown.

As to your second part. Several very knowledgeable basketball minds picked orlando over cleveland and even more stated that Orlando matches up very well with cleveland. Charles Barkley even picked the magic to win the championship. Orlando most definitely has talented players, they wouldn't be a bad choice for the pick up game at all.

TheFoReveRwaR

United States10657 Posts

May 21 2009 12:38 GMT

#1994

Rediculous.

Jibba

United States22883 Posts

May 21 2009 13:02 GMT

#1995

On May 21 2009 16:28 MYM.Testie wrote:
Nah, I think Lebron scoring 40+ is good because his FG% has been amazing this playoffs. He needs his team mates to hustle harder and to hit shots. Because sooner or later he's going to have an off night because everyone does, and he needs someone else to pwn shit up on the floor.

It's a chicken and egg thing. They need to be more active but Lebron needs to get them involved as well. They were still moving around when he started ballhogging in the 3rd, and then they stopped and watched. A decent coach would've done something about that, but the Cavs don't have one!

KOFgokuon

United States14912 Posts

May 21 2009 14:32 GMT

#1996

that's sad

Evilmonkey.

United States1628 Posts

May 21 2009 14:46 GMT

#1997

On May 21 2009 21:38 TheFoReveRwaR wrote:

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Rediculous.

Man, I'm sorry haha but I've seen you spell ridiculous as "rediculous" like 4 times now.

And I was really impressed with the Magic's level of play but I don't think they'll stay that consistent this series.

I also thought it was really really important that the Nuggest win game 1 and use that momentum; playing out of the hole is going to be brutal for them.

myrmidon2537

Philippines2188 Posts

May 21 2009 15:21 GMT

#1998

Wow... Cavs and Nuggets lost by losing it in the second half T_T

I want my Lebron vs Melo finals

HonestTea

5007 Posts

May 21 2009 15:56 GMT

#1999

On May 21 2009 14:26 MYM.Testie wrote:
No, Kobe often has the same problem where his team mates don't provide the energy.
However, we usually don't see this from Lebron. When he took a lot of those shots, he didn't have guys wide open saying, 'GIMME DA BALL'. They sat around and didn't run around the floor trying to create a play.