Cavalier fans knew this was going to be a tough series. What they didn’t know, or believe, is that the Cavaliers would play such an uninspired basketball game at home and lose to the Celtics104-86. Tied 1-1, the series heads back to Boston. Cleveland blog Fear The Sword says Cav fans should remember two things before freaking out. Number one, LeBron James had an abnormally terrible game. Number two, we’ve still got a lot of basketball to play,
Fear The Sword: Don’t Blow This Loss Out Of Proportion, Cav Fans
Playing what might of been the worst playoff game of his career, LeBron James simply could not get into a rhythm. At least for the first 3 quarters. LeBron did end up with 24 points on 7-15 from the field, but James was 0-4 from deep. As is the case most night, the Cavaliers go as LeBron goes – that’s what makes him the MVP, and that’s what can lead to a blowout such as this on nights that LeBron is either hurting or simply off.
No, I won’t blow this out of proportion. It is one game – no matter what the final score. There is an old saying, however – a playoff series doesn’t really get started until the road team wins a game. Consider this series off and running in a big way. The Cavaliers now know that they will have to do something they could not do in 2008 – win a game in Boston.
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