Thursday, May 8, 2008

Turn off the internet for a day

Awful, awful game. Everything the Cavs do wrong, they did wrong. The ball wouldn't move. Lebron just dribbled and dribbled and dribbled. We let a jump shooting team get to the line 11 times more than us. 15 turnovers isn't quite awful, but it's definitely too many. 36% from the field. Outrebounded. Outplayed and a little embarrassed.

At least Delonte is blossoming into Dikembe (4 blocks).

Lebron was patently dreadful again. If Game 1 wasn't his worst game ever, Game 2 might have been. He was never as aggressive as he was in the first half last game. He shot nearly as poorly, had nearly as many turnovers, and with Ben Wallace limited by injury (dizziness? WTF?), Lebron couldn't summon his inner man-child and pound the boards.

So, as the title suggests, I wish I could just turn off the internet for a day. I spend 70% of my internet time surfing sports sites and 20% writing about the Cavs, so tomorrow will be a day to go out into the sunshine. I'm not counting the Cavs out, so there's no more of a woe-is-us story here. Let's just put this one behind us, remember how recently last year's Pistons series saw us storm back from down 0-2, and wait anxiously for some home cooking in Game 3.

(Just remember, last year was so incredible because it's so unique. One in a thousand. If Lebron is one in a million, he's the only one who can do it twice.)

Go Cavs!

2 comments:

GMoney said...

PLEASE, Mike Brown, GO SMALL! Did you not see how the Hawks were able to match them? Play Bron at the 4 for 25 minutes and surround him with "shooters".

Matt said...

But going small probably means taking Z off the floor, since he can't guard Garnett.

So would you rather have:
Lebron, Z, Smith, Wally and Boobie
or
Lebron, Smith, Wally, Delonte and Boobie?
OR!
Lebron, Z, Smith, Devin Brown, and Damon Jones

I know my pick...