Monday, May 12, 2008

Cavs, Celtics series heating up

With the Boston Celtics up 2-1 on the Cavaliers this Eastern conference second round series is about to explode. Cleveland fans are gearing up for Showtime at Quicken Loans arena. Nobody can count out the Cavs and Lebron James until the last whistle. Although the superstar didn't have a record breaking performance in Game 3 his teammates spread out the scoring to carry them to a win. Don't expect Lebron to have another similar off-night because when he gets hot no one can stop him. Getting Big Z and Delonte West involved early sure takes less focus off him. Plus when veteran, Wally Szczerbiak can spark the offense with a 16-point effort and Daniel Gibson is knocking down threes the opposition is in trouble.

To the Cavs favor in the series the Celtics are 0-4 in the playoffs on the road this year, struggling to pull out the stops at crunch time. The Eastern conference league leaders know that Lebron's 5-of-16 shooting was only a faze and his 30 ppg average proves it doesn't happen often. I've got to think Lebron will ignite the Cleveland crowd and put on a another all-around showcase. It could be Jordan-isk or just simply a Lebron James earth shattering performance. Doc Rivers better have one heck of a game plan to shut down his cerebral attack tonight. Even the up the series, Go Cavs!

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