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if lebron doesnt score 45-50 with 10 boards & 12 assists then hahaha..u know what im saying though..role players never play as good on the road & Clevelands role players didnt even do good at home
Are you ing kidding me?
The Cavs gave up so many wide open 3's in the 4th quarter I thought I was watching the Lakers for a second.
ORL is making a shamockery of the Cavalier's vaunted defense by exposing their weak P&R defense. Hedo, Lewis, Lee, and Alston are slashing into the lanes at will and causing all kinds of matchup for the Cavs.
Had it not been for the refs and blown calls tonight the Cavs would have lost and been down 0-2.
Lebron is not going to win this series by himself.
The Cavs need their role players to start showing up. The problem is the Magic defense is making it incredibly tough for them to get open looks. Everything is contested.
he must be rolling over his grave
role players at home not playing good not good for cavs
The encouraging part is seeing the Magic defense get tighter as the game goes on. They may have started out getting bashed in the 1st two games, but they locked up on Cleveland and ran them off of easy shots and even caused some shot-clock violations in the process.
Does he really deserve this much praise?
Did you know that if Mo hit the final shot in game one the Cavs would be up 2-0.
Do you honestly think the Cavs are a better team than the Magic based on what you have seen thus far?
On the road you won't get the ref help and the Magic won't be digging themselves into 20pt holes.
That's what would scare me if I were a Cav fan. Nobody besides James has showed up for the Cavs and if they are going to win on the road that has to change.
Right on the money. Outside of Lebron, it is the same ing story. The supporting cast just isnt good enough.
Hope Anderson stops flopping on the road....he won't and shouldn't get that call.
You mean like that push-off by Hedu that turned into a foul on Pavlovic?
You just watched a great game. Be a fan and appreciate it.
Magic actually did push off on some of their defensive rebounds, so it balances out with Anderson's flopping. I got respect for you Joe, you're here in good times and bad. Congrats.
The Magic play the Cavaliers very well. Extremely tough team. They don't give up.
Can people stop blaming the refs. It has been officiated evenly. Can the Magic keep coming back from these defecits? What if the role players start to hit their shots for the Cavs?
Mo, Delonte and Big Z haven't looked very confident offensively. I'm hoping this game is what gives them the confidence. They can now attack Orlando on their homecourt, give it back to the Magic.
Mo and West might hit more jumpers late (esepcially if the Magic stop running them off of their spots as the game progresses), but Z has been terrible. Was he this bad when the Cavs were still rocking Black & Blue in the playoffs (the Terrell Brando days)?
I think Boston was a tougher matchup for Orlando because their bigs were better on offense and forced Orlando's bigs off the blocks. Rondo was also getting whatever he wanted in the lane whereas the Cavs backcourt settle for jumpers off of screens.
It has been officiated evenly?
WTF kind of pot do they smoke up in Cleveland? I want some of that.
When Mo hit the 3 and Z hit the jumper as a fan watching it made me feel much better. LeBron can't do everything. They aren't loose enough.
Um I didn't follow basketball then but looking at the stats of Z's only playoff run without LeBron he averaged 17/8 but lost in 4. His rookie year btw.
That was before he started getting injured, I remember.
It was. Big Z was potentially a true franchise center before the foot injuries. Brevin Knight was just pound it in to him in the first quarter to get that team going.
The high P&R that Hedo and Lewis run has been murder on the Cavalier defense.
They cannot hide their weak frontcourt defenders because every player on the Magic must be defended from 3 outside of D12.
I've seen nothing in both of these games that indicates they have the personnell to stop this. Game 3 should be a blowout for the Magic.
Hopefully this does turn into the 2004 Finals where the Pistons should've swept the Lakers, but couldn't put it away in Game 2 on the road. The better team usually prevails, and it appears the Magic have the better team, but they have to assert themselves in at least one game at home for further proof....hopefully 2.
Meh, if it takes that to try and reclaim a bit of the luster you once captured on your homecourt, I'll take it. Fact remains: Cavs can't hold onto double-digit leads against Magic....even late in the game.
That was an amazing shot by LeBron, but it doesn't erase the fact that the Cavs were up by 23 points at one time and couldn't hold that lead in their own house. I know teams get sloppy when they have big leads, but damn. Orlando looks like the better team right now.
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