Cleveland Cavaliers 112, Orlando Magic 102
by Ben Q Rock on May 29, 2009 12:37 AM EDT
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Thanks to LeBron James' marvelous performance, the Cleveland Cavaliers staved off elimination at the hands of the Orlando Magic, taking Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Finals, 112-102. James tallied a triple-double with 37 points, 14 rebounds, and 12 assists. More importantly, he scored or assisted on every crucial Cavalier bucket in the fourth period--which the Cavaliers entered trailing--helping them outscore the Magic, 34-23, and thus take the win. Hedo Turkoglu scored 29 points on 10-of-18 shooting to lead Orlando, while Dwight Howard scored 24 points and grabbed 10 rebounds before fouling out late in the game. The scene shifts to Orlando for Game 6 this Saturday.
| Team | Pace | Efficiency | eFG% | FT Rate | OReb% | TO Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Magic | 90 | 113.0 | 51.4% | 38.9 | 20.5 | 13.3 |
| Cavaliers | 124.4 | 55.9% | 35.5 | 21.1 | 13.3 |
This game resembled the previous two games in this series held in Cleveland, as the Cavs--possibly aided by a raucous crowd at Quicken Loans Arena--got off to a hot start before regressing sharply to the mean. In this instance, "hot start" means hitting 10 of their first 11 shots, and leading by as many as 22 points. Indeed, the score at the 1:47 mark of the first period showed the Cavs had a 34-12 advantage. Thing is, they didn't do anything differently on offense, except for the whole "ball going in the basket" part. Same drive-and-kick action. It added up to non-James Cavaliers shooting 27-of-52 from the field and 9-of-16 from three-point range. Cleveland has waited all series for its role-players to show up. Unfortunately for Orlando, tonight was that night. Mo Williams and Daniel Gibson combined for 35 points on 19 attempts, with 2 turnovers. They accounted for all 9 of Cleveland's three-pointers. Good luck beating the Cavaliers when they have the drive-and-kick going.
Thing is, the Magic nearly did it. Much will be made of their losing the lead in the fourth quarter, and maybe some people will attribute it to having to use so much energy just to get back into the game. That's partially true at best. Cleveland, simply put, played its best defense of the series. The open looks to which Orlando became accustomed in the first four games were no longer there, save for Turkoglu, apparently. Howard had a tremendous game down low as the Cavs mixed-up their double-team coverages, hoping to confuse the Magic's center. Funny that it was Ben Wallace and Zydrunas Ilgauskas who ended up being confused. Their abject refusal to wrap Howard up, as coach Mike Brown instructed unequivocally, was amusing. Kelly Dwyer touched on this point after Game 4, but it bears repeating: Wallace greatly overestimates his own defensive abilities. He cannot play Howard straight up, and although people have tried to tell him that, it's simply not going through. The Cavs repeatedly allowed Howard to finish at the basket after an offensive rebound or deep post catch. Usually, that's a bad sign for any Magic opponent.
So give Cleveland credit. A lot of it. It forced the Magic to play a lot of individual basketball tonight, with only 10 assists on their 28 field goals. Nothing came easy for them, particularly for Rashard Lewis and Rafer Alston. Those two players were the heroes in Game 4 for their timely three-point shooting. Tonight? Not so much. Not at all, in fact. Lewis hoisted 13 shots--the first time he's managed double-figure shot attempts since Game 2--and made just 4. Compounding the issue was his inaccuracy at the foul line. Orlando went 28-of-41 at the line tonight, so it was a team-wide malaise, but Lewis' 4-of-7 showing there did not help the Magic's cause.
Then there's Alston. Nobody expected him to duplicate his 26-point performance from Game 4, or even his 18-point performance from Game 3. And as much as I want to write, "but nobody expected him to shoot 1-of-10 and go scoreless for the last 47:42 of the game," it's not exactly true. Rafer has shot 6-of-27 in the three games in Cleveland this series, which has me wiping egg off my face after highlighting his usually outstanding marksmanship in The Q over the last several seasons. Poor shooting, poor decision-making, and poor defense from Rafer tonight. Not even Anthony Johnson's steady play--yeah, he shot 2-of-6, but it seemed better than that--mitigated Rafer's poor showing.
Rafer's poor play had me questioning why he was even on the floor with the game on the line during the fourth period. Either he has it or he doesn't, and tonight, he didn't. Quite obviously. The Magic have had some success with Hedo Turkoglu running point-forward, using Courtney Lee as the nominal point guard with Mickael Pietrus in the backcourt. Very, very surprised not to see that lineup on the floor late in the game, and I can't think of any disadvantages to using it, frankly. Lee can handle either Williams or Gibson, with Turkoglu trying to check the other one as Pietrus works (futilely?) to defend James. And before pointing out that Turkoglu hasn't the quickness to effectively defend those guys, let me remind you that they're essentially stand-still shooters in late-game situations, as James gets the ball at the top of the key and goes to work. He's the one doing the driving and the kicking, not them. Turk, at 6'10", has the size and length to effectively close out on either player. So again, I ask: "why didn't the Magic go point-guard-free at the end of the game?"
What it really boils down to is that James, who is magnificent in his own right, finally got a boost from his teammates. Gibson's hot shooting is no surprise, given that he is a career 43.9% three-point shooter in home games. The Cavs laid it all on the line tonight, as they had to, and for that you doff your cap. With that said, do not buy the line that the pressure is on the Magic to win Game 6, because they want to avoid a Game 7 in Cleveland. The latter part of the statement is true--they wanted to avoid a Game 7 tonight--but the former is not. The Cavaliers cannot afford to lose again this season. The pressure is still on them to win, and it really is that simple. They may indeed win out. For all the (deserved) talk about the Cavs' lack of an answer for the Magic's offense, these teams are about as evenly matched as possible. As I Tweeted earlier, the Magic hold a scant 2-point advantage in this series after 245 minutes.
As if you needed me to tell you this series would be a doozy.
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I agree i can't understand that line up at the end either.
I thoght they had it the way rhey came out in the 3rd..They fought back hard but too many miscues down the stretch. Le Bron was unstoppable. High man points.,reb.,and assists.
The Surfdog
Yeah, the Magic played poor in the fourth quarter.
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Hit it right on the nail!
I agree on that lineup; Turk at point, Lee as shooting Guard, Lewis and MP at the corners and Howard at center, especially in the fourth quarter, when Rafer THINKS he’s THE anointed 3-point champion! He should give thanks when and IF he’s making those three’s and just STOP… STOP taking them when the game is on the line, at the very end. It just Kills us!!! WE DON’T NEED THEM WHEN WE’RE AHEAD AT THE END!
But even worse, his defense on Mo Williams was non-existent and HE burned us for 25 points.
Finally, we have to do SOMETHING to prevent James from slowly dribbling away for 10 secs; then barreling into Howard EVERY SINGLE PLAY. If he keeps doing that at THAT rate, Howard WILL foul out before the end of the second quarter!!!
I know we can DO this! Let’s wrap this one at home on Saturday!
skip didnt know when to stop shooting, it was horrendous. lewis didnt show up at all. overall unfocused effort at the end of the game.
by nowuseemenowudont on May 29, 2009 10:21 AM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, the effort wasn't there in the fourth quarter. A shame, because Orlando had a chance to win.
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"THE" lineup, as I like to refer to around here, needs to be used more.
.. it’s, arguably, the best lineup the Magic can throw at the Cavaliers. I know I stated that the concerns of overusing the lineup against Cleveland is adaption but Orlando just needs one more game to seal things.
Let it loose on Saturday.
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Tough loss tonight. Had to leave the sports bar with my friends with 1 minute to go.
That said, I’m pretty confident that the Magic can seal the deal back in Orlando. I kinda felt that it was going to be very hard to win tonight and end the series 4-1 (but I was hoping for that result).
It’s strange that this line-up that you all are talking about (Turkoglu, Lee, Pietrus, Lewis and Howard) wasn’t used in the 4th quarter, when it had been the case in almost every other game of this series, and it was mostly successful to win close games. My guess would be that SVG was hoping that, after Game 4’s heroics, Rafer would catch on fire at some point.
Well, just like I said after Game 2, there is nothing to be ashamed of. Once again, Cleveland was at home, in desperation mode, and had to win it or get ready to go on vacations. It would’ve been great to watch the Magic qualify tonight for the NBA Finals, but we can all wait 2 more days and watch them win in Orlando. That’s what I’m hoping for now.
And yeah, something has to be done about James… he basically got what he wanted tonight (not that he has not in the rest of the games), when he didn’t score was only because HE missed the shot, nothing else. Oh, and be more careful with the free throws.
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by North of the South on May 29, 2009 2:12 AM EDT reply actions
Nothing to be ashamed of
You’re exactly right. I was just hoping the Magic would keep it close last night and they nearly won it. This bodes well for Saturday.
Dead-on correct assessment together with Ben Q's
Saturday … will be one of the most important games in Magic’s history!
man up!
very tough loss. we really canat afford to start off games down 20
by nowuseemenowudont on May 29, 2009 10:23 AM EDT up reply actions
Tough loss, but you figured Cleveland would come out ready to play.
Yeah, Orlando could have won. Just didn’t happen this time around.
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Very important.
The O-rena better be electric.
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Yeah, I didn't expect Orlando to win last night against Cleveland, either.
.. you knew that the Cavaliers were going to play some of their best basketball, and they did.
The Magic just need to go back home and finish things off. Simple as that.
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Believe.
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Turk's shot was falling and he rebounded well 29 & 8 but not the playmaker.
No ball movement to speak of . Turk had 2 assists. Rafe was all over the place. Had 4 assists but out of control on offense. SVG. has options.We got to slow them down and not let them get in there offense.
The Surfdog
The key is not turning the ball over and wasting possessions.
.. Orlando can’t afford to allow Cleveland to get out and run in the open court. That’s too easy for LBJ.
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This is why i can't understand letting a player try and shoot his way out especially in the playoffs.
They say just keep shooting and it will come around. In the playoffs ever possesion is key, that’s why u see SVG. pulling his hair out.LoL. So why let a player throw up 17 misguided shots to get his stroke? All those possesions down the drain. Gotta bring out The Hook.
The Surfdog
.. especially on Van Gundy.
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by erivera7 on May 29, 2009 1:59 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Hah, thanks.
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SVG will adjust, accordingly.
Cleveland forced Rafter to beat ‘em and he didn’t come through this time around. That was to be expected, given how ridiculous Alston was in Game 5. Pure regression back to the mean.
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Alston
Sadly for the Magic the real Rafer Alston showed up tonight. The Cavs dared him to shoot last game and the strategy backfired big time, but the same tactic payed off well tonight. This is where the loss of Nelson hurt the most.
Then there were sloppy plays. Blowing a 2-on-1 break and turning over the ball in a long pass off a fast break are asking for trouble, esp when the Magic was slightly ahead in a close game.
The last game is always the hardest to get, but I believe the Magic has what it takes to get it done next game.
Alston #s werent tht good on the road!!
He was a kiler at home!!
We are gona be a home baby!!
Dont stop beleiving bro!!
Nelson wll be back next year for the re-peat!! ; )
I will see the Dolphins win a SUPER BOWL before i die(22 years and counting)
.. one game at a time, dude.
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we just gave up too many posessions and gave away points with careless turnovers and fouls. gotta play with our heads in the game more
by nowuseemenowudont on May 29, 2009 10:25 AM EDT up reply actions
Agreed.
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Raf
killed us tonight with his shooting and turnovers. Good thing we are going back to Orlando where he plays well.
"No matter where you go, you are what you are playa"-Jay Z
Yeah, Rafer .. regressed to the mean last night, and then some. Sheesh.
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When J.J.'s shot wasn't falling he stayed in the offense and moved the ball. Why not Rafe?
The Surfdog
.. he tries to do too much, sometimes.
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It is what it is!!
It is dificult to win in this series!!
We will do it!! no doubt, but thing always go the other way around!!
A tech to the coach that took a lot of plays(?)
Players been on the berch of punching something!
It was dificult to stay focus. The 1st 10 min where awefoul and the last 5. Other than that, we did what was posible and loss!
In Anway will be another story! With or without mistaken apreciations ; )
I will see the Dolphins win a SUPER BOWL before i die(22 years and counting)
Ben, great points about the lineup that we all that we would see to close out the game....
…did anyone from the press get SVG’s thought on why they weren’t out there..? I also thought like someone posted above that Rafer was pumping up 3’s when we were ahead, when we should have just been running our offense through Dwight which they had no answer for. Could stand not to see AJ on the floor as much in the 4th as well trying to post up Lebron and the whole Cavs front line again…ever.
All that being said…i don’t think the cavs could have played any better…offensively or defensively and we could have still beat them despite being down 22 AGAIN regardless of how well they played. Whether it’s 10 points, 1 point , or 100 points, it’s still just one loss…and we weren,t the team on the ropes…they were. This game mirrored Game2 a lot in the big deficit and the bigger comeback….funny thing is i think the Magic took the lead too early this time..lol. Oh well, the Cavs role players won’t shoot nearly as well on the road and i’m willing to bet we won’t be in near as much foul trouble at home….take that any way you want…but we’re taking Game 6!!!
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I still feel good about the series
It took a superhuman effort by Lebron in the 4th in scoring and assists to beat us. We overcame a 22 point lead, despite missing free throws and our Point Gaurd having the worse shooting night of the year (not because of any defensive lock down mind you)
Now if this happens again after Game 6 and we lose then I admit the series is blown for us but until then, this was a team with there back to the wall and their star player doing what he had to do.
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Kristin Kreuk is teh love.
Still miss em: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvvgVn0gg1E
Credit Orlando for fighting back. Credit LeBron more for closing the game out.
.. the Magic just need to learn from the game, adjust, and be ready to play tomorrow.
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I was very impressed with Cleveland in Game 5
They certainly did what they had to do to extend the series, as it was their best game of the series. They outshot the Magic from the field, the three point line, and the free throw line, along with having the better assist/turnover ratio and a slight rebounding edge; plus, they were able to survive a 52-22 Magic run that the Magic went on from late in the first through early in the third quarter.
Williams, West, and Ilgauskas combined to score 53 points on 19 of 35 shooting, by far their best combined performance of the series.
Daniel Gibson was huge off their bench with 3 of 4 three pointers.
Missed free throws killed the Magic in the first half, as they shot a dreadful 11 of 22 from the free throw line in that first half. The Magic wound up with a seven free throws attempted edge over the Cavs, even though the Magic had to intentionally foul them the final few minutes.
I, too, am also confident that the Magic will win in Game 6. Chances are that Lewis and Alston will not combine to go 2 of 12 on three pointers, like they did in Game 5, and that James’ supporting cast will not shoot as well as they did in Game 5.
"Why not us... why not now?"
by Mike from Illinois on May 29, 2009 4:18 AM EDT reply actions
Agreed.
Cleveland play its best game of the series .. Williams finally broke the 20-point threshold, which (if everyone remembers) makes the Cavaliers nearly impossible to beat in a game. Ilgauskas and West did their thing, also. Despite all that though, Orlando had a chance to win the game but blew it in the fourth.
Yes, LeBron was incredible in the final frame but the Magic had chances, just didn’t execute.
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Watch out for Big Z.
I think he has his stroke now and will be a major problem. can shoot over anyone and Howard ain’t leavin the paint.
The Surfdog
Come on, the refs blew this game, D. Howard fouled out
he is a marked man, they really want queen james in the finals. David Stern sucks
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LOL .. the refs didn't blow this game. Orlando did.
.. that’s just a copout and lazy excuse for the Magic.
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Like I said before Im still confident we can take game 6
This team still blew a 22 point lead to us and required Lebron to beat us on his own. We can take that nothing new was presented apart from Daniel Gibson showing up (Which I always felt was gonna happen)
Rafer had a bad game but in retrospect, the amount he shot seemed normal (10) they just didnt go in. He doesnt have to have another game like that.
Adjustments will be made and hopefully the boys will be pumped up.
Orlando’s crowd has to be in it too
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Kristin Kreuk is teh love.
Still miss em: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvvgVn0gg1E
Yeah, the Magic crowd needs to be ridiculous tomorrow.
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I think the funniest part about last night was the TNT crew sitting around saying they have never seen a performance like lebrons last night…..hmmmm really? please.
Game 5 of the 1993 western conference finals: Barkley – 43 pts/10 assists/ 15 rebounds
Is he really sitting up there saying hes never seen anything like ity?, when he is actually one who has? hmm just mind boggling
I guess
That given Barkley played that game, he wasn’t “seeing” it – he was the performance.
by eltharion_doa on May 29, 2009 8:54 AM EDT up reply actions
"why didn't the Magic go point-guard-free at the end of the game?"
Oh, they did.
by JanniGogo on May 29, 2009 9:27 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Zing!
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Varejao could have punched Dwight in the face
Knocked him down, pulled out a bowie knife, stabbed him multiple times and cut his head off.
And the refs still would have called Dwight for a foul.
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Varejao
should be ashamed of himself the way ABUSES flopping. I can understand selling the play a little to make sure the charge gets called (if there was a charge anyway) but he has no defensive moves other than to jump around like crazy to annoy the opponent or start flopping.
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by Artest4Prez on May 29, 2009 10:15 AM EDT up reply actions
Well, the officials have caught on to the act and don't give him the benefit of the doubt anymore.
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and then the gap in foul totals would have been that much smaller….
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by scottsargent on May 29, 2009 10:22 AM EDT up reply actions
Barreling into Howard
Any time the Cavs need a bucket to stop any bleeding, LeBron just would drive a barrel into Howard – tweet tweet – with his arms straight up and get to the line. Just amazing! If Dwight would have a little Brazilian blood he could flop back and maybe draw a charge. But just disgusting and incredibly discouraging that he knows he can drive and get a whistle by initiating the f*cking contact all by himself.
Hate to harbor on the referee decisions, but jeebus I hope they don’t fall for that sh*t on Saturday.
LeBron is easily the toughest player to officiate in the NBA.
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Personally I think there needs to be a rule change
It isn’t just Lebron although he is the main culprit. The new style of play just kills the game. I’m not a fan of the bumrushing the lane and then leaping into the nearest defender (who may or may not even be guarding you) strategy. It isn’t real basketball. I don’t blame LBJ since this is how the game is being called so he might as well take advantage of it. I blame Stern and the refs. Lebron drives into the lane not with the intention of scoring, but with the intention of finding someone to jump into and create a foul.
Yeah, that's tough ..
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There is definitely a fine line
I just get really annoyed when LBJ drives to the hoop with literally no intention to score. His sole goal is to get fouled and then if lucky hit the continuation. The problem though since he is the one creating the foul he is able to make his shot far easier also. It just isn’t right.
I hear what you're saying.
Same could be said for Wade, etc.
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I was thinking how many times have i seen M.J. do this.
He is getting the M.J. no call. Lot of offensive fouls there.
The Surfdog
well,we expected that to happen
and it’s happening. man,how do you defend LBJ when:
-if you just stand both feet on the ground raising your arms he’ll make that shot anytime,
-if you try to go harder an block him you’ll get called for a foul,
-if you double team him,he’ll find open player,which was baaaaaaaaad last night.
i don’t know,he really impressed me,and i don’t like him big time. game on the line,2 mins to go,and he just slowly dribbles,than raises himself standing on the 3 pt line,making bucket over peaches like it’s training? he’s unbelievable. how do you stop that?
i’m really concerned about game 6. if they keep going like last night,we’re in hell of a trouble.
Eh, don't be too concerned.
Cleveland had their backs against the wall, the home crowd on their side, and they responded. That was to be expected. Orlando did its best to stay in the game and try to win it, but to no avail. LBJ took over.
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We need to run the high trap on LBJ instead of leaving Frenchie on an Island.
—OR consider putting Turk back on him for most of the game.
I was real optimistic most of last night but the end left a bad taste in my mouth. Meh. I still have TONS of faith, just not how I wanted last night to end up.
Keep up the positivity guys, but let’s not do it like some of the other blogs and be overconfident about it (“WE WILL WIN”). Naw, just be confident. Do it with class, and composure.
like we always did it. classy.
we are confident,and we are going to close them out on saturday.
it’s just that we could get it done last night,if only we put in a little more effort.
but fine,let’s do it on saturday,it’s about time that nature balances itself,giving lebron one not so stellar game.
Well said, sir.
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I think the reason we lost is pretty simple
It also gives me hope since not all of things will happen again
1. The Cavs role players nailed their shots
2. The Magic went ice cold outside
3. The Magic missed tons of free throws
4. The Magic committed the worst TOs, both in time of occurance and the actual TO. It is one thing for something to happen during the half court offense, but we had way too many fast break turnovers where we could have easily had 2 or had a wide open look at 3.
If 1 of those 4 didn’t happen then the game would be in the Magic favor. The Cavs won’t get all 4 at Amway.
Agreed.
A concise overview of last night’s game. Well done.
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Definitely agree we need to take care of the ball better...Game 6 will be better i'm sure....
..Cavs were firing on all cylinders , Alston was 1-10…and they still barely beat us…i LOVE our chances at home!!:) Magic in 6!!
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The turnovers are what killed me
Especially in the 3rd. Way too many balls thrown away on 2 on 1’s, 3 on 2’s or trying to lob a ball to a guy with a clear path to the basket.
Also do not forget the call on Hedo (the not stepping out of bounds prior to tossing it inbounds play) will not happen again.
hedo does that crap all the time. if we hit our free throws and dont act so carelessly wit the rock, we’ve got this
by nowuseemenowudont on May 29, 2009 3:13 PM EDT up reply actions
Hedo did whaaat???
..i must have missed that gladly….was it in the 1st quarter???
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by MagikFanatic on May 29, 2009 6:55 PM EDT up reply actions
Might have been, yeah
After the Cavs made a shot, Turk took the ball out of the net and inbounded it to Rafer… problem was, Turk was standing in bounds when he did it. Automatic turnover.
Favorite turnover: Rashard getting caught in the air in the middle of the lane and instinctivey throwing the ball to the right corner.... only nobody was home.
Kind of summed up the night.
Lol..i hope you meant LEAST favorite turnover Ben..??
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by MagikFanatic on May 29, 2009 6:53 PM EDT up reply actions
My favorite clusterf$#% moment:
When Gortat and Pietrus basically bodyslammed eachother before collectively fouling LeBron by falling in a heap at his feet.
Shut up, Mo.
by Stan in a Van (Down by the River) on May 29, 2009 7:58 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, I remember that play.
.. pretty hilarious, actually.
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