2/14 from the perimeter. missed 4 ft's in the last 3 minutes. i love lebron but man he really stunk tonight.
That buzzer beater was just a shot he had to take and luckily for him it went it. He isn't anywhere close to being a clutch player in this league. He chocked in the forth prior to that shot, and he choked again tonight, it isn't really a surprise at all.
Any time you can go 2/14 and still score 41pts you aren't choking.
Lebron is the only one on the Cavs worth a damn right now.
The problem with the Cavs is their makeup. It's LBJ and a bunch of spot up shooters surrounding him. That is simply not a recipe for success against elite teams, which ORL is. The Cavs need a #2 option that can create for himself without needing Lebron to set him up.
Lebron has had some very good 4th quarter performances in both the playoffs and regular season....and Im pretty sure his "clutch" stats according to 82games.com are very good.
LeBron wasn't hitting his jumper tonight. Even the best shooters in the league have off nights with their jumper. Great players, great scorers, still find a way to put up points. Without LeBron, the Cavs lose by 35+ points tonight.
24 FT's
11/28 frm the field
1/8 3fg
yeah that looks like someone got a lot of help to make his choking performance less horrible.
Where was the free pass for our beloved Dirk for coming up short on a few shots down the stretch of Game 3?
RACIST!
I like van gundy during half time or a quarter interview saying that they can't let lebron dribble or he'll get a foul. I almost wonder if he missed a couple freethrows towards the end because his conscience was getting to him.
Without Lebron, they'd be fishing for a lottery pick.
It's not choking, he just has inconsistent outside game.
Mo Williams is a third option imo on a championship team ... but the play him as the second . not going to get it done against the better teams ... and this team isn't even at full strength (missing Nelson) ...
Absolute Truth. An 11/28 game by Kobe is Bad Kobe/Ball Hog Kobe.
Lebron's kryptonite is that he's not a consistant jump shooter
100% true, the bias is just out of this world.
All the Magic have to do is defend the paint and force LBJ into being a jumpshooter. Make his other teammates score from the perimeter - No layups.
That said, I don't think the Cavs have what it takes to beat the Magic.
Very true.
But that has alot to do with Kobe's overall at ude and demeanor. If he didn't act so fake, and didn't always act like it was all about him...then he wouldnt receive the scrutiny he does.
I can somewhat agree with you, but still the bias that is out there is just unacceptable.
What free pass did Dirk need? I didn't blame him for any of the losses. I criticized his shot selection in crunch time. It wasn't his fault the Mavs lost. But, he could have had better shot selection than shooting contested fade-away jumpers avoiding contact. What argument is there to counter that?
LeBron's shot was off and he would also attack the basket and get to the free throw line. There isn't the same criticism to be made of LeBron.
IMBECILE!
What? Admitting the Kobe is selfish but the LBJ bias is out of control?
There was a poster on here that had these Laker comics that was portraying Lakers fans by your comment.
refs were giving lebron all the ft's he could handle.
24 ing free throws and 15 of those 28 fg shots came from the perimeter. just to show you how bad it was, dwight was called on his 6th foul by cleanly blocking james 3 pt shot.
using the same excuse, lebron should've attacked since everytime he got touched he's going to the line. but he relied in his jumper. that cons utes a bad shooting selection.
Orlando is shadowing LeBron rather than trapping him on double teams like Denver had been defending Kobe. Play him just tight enough to be able to rotate back on his passes and still contest on his shots attempts, especially when he's driving.
or that he was relatively open and trying to keep the defence honest so that there are driving lanes he can exploit.
lebron would trade mo williams for pau gasol any day. lebron made the passes to williams, he just couldn't make his shots to save his life. williams managed to shoot 16 times. when the lakers lost to denver, gasol had 8 shot attempts.
battier,howard would rape gasol
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