Gilbert Arenas and the Washington Wizards must be devastated after their 114-115 overtime loss Friday night to Cleveland. It was the final crushing blow which ended their postseason. This series was fantastic as I knew it would be from the start. For two near evenly matched teams it was bound to go down to the wire in dramatic fashion. The Cavs' Damon Jones, who played rare minutes in the series, hit the game-winning jumper with just under 5 seconds to go.
Throughout the series Lebron James was sensational, making good for two 40-plus point scoring performances, a triple-double (first playoff game), and shattering a couple franchise records (25 points in a half, 5 threes in a quarter, most points in a playoff series). Most of the attention may have centered around James, but credit shouldn't be taken away from Gilbert Arenas. He shot over 50% in two games while scoring at least 34 or more 4 times, his valiant efforts kept the Wizards alive until the closing seconds of Game 6.
What an exciting, intense series! I thought for sure the Wiz would force a Game 7 back in Cleveland. Lebron and the Cavs have a new challenge in the second round, the Detroit Pistons. Any team in the East dreads facing Detroit now. Their defense is superb, no. 1 in the league behind the physical inside play of Ben and Rasheed Wallace. Point guard, Chauncey Billups is a pivotal all-around player who can hurt a team many ways. The Cavailers and Lebron will have one hell of a test as the series kicks off Sunday in Detroit. This doesn't mean King James won't be ready and willing to bring his A-game.
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