There were many, many incredible moments for Cleveland fans during last night’s victory over the Ex-Lasers, and we’ve pinpointed our favorite fairly easily.
No, not Boobie’s 12-12 freethrow performance or various drives. No, it wasn’t Sheed’s self-implosion or Chauncey’s various late-game screw-ups. It wasn’t LeBron’s inspiring fast-break oop from Gibson, either.
Nope…it was Rip Hamilton trying to psyche out LeBron at the free-throw line and LeBron literally shoving him away. If that doesn’t sum up this entire series, we don’t know what does.
We’ve now read 860 separate articles on this game, and that action isn’t mentioned nearly enough. (Nod to FreeDarko for being astute.) That’s the LeBron James we’ve been waiting for all year.
As for our favorite post-game quotes/actions, outside of the Sheed jersey-throw, we’ll go with this bit of genius from the ever-wise Piston Chauncey Billups.
“They pretty much know what they’re up against, and they know if they don’t bring their A-game they don’t have much of a chance. But they’re doing that, they’re bringing their A-game,” Billups said. “Our A-game and their A-game [are] really different, and hopefully ours is coming real soon.”
Oh, okay.
Keep it up, Chaunce. If you haven’t noticed, you’ve been unable to bring your personal “A-game” against the Cavaliers for about 2 years now. Their defense may have something to do with it.
Or maybe not. Perhaps you just scrambled the assist and turnover columns in your brain whenever you hear anything that rhymes with “Bleveland”.
Sheed sucks – Cavs in 6. And yeah, we mean that – this could so easily be 3-1 or even 4-0 right now, especially when you take the third quarter blahs into account. LeBron woke up in Game 3, and anyone who can’t see the difference between LBJ in the last two games and LBJ in the first two is probably named Chauncey Billups.
NOTE: Windhorst says DET is rumored to have some chemistry problems in the locker room at the moment. Surely Game 4 was a salve for such problems?
UPDATE: Boney has officially boycotted the Pistons!
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I think I saw Rip mouth the words “Your fly is down” to LeBron. I am not a lip reader or anything, so I could be wrong.
The exchange went like this:
Ripster: Two for two b1tch
LeBron: Go away son
Ripster: 100 percent biyatch, prepare to put this game on ice! You are clutch!
Ripster’s inner monologue: I’m pretty sure I did that correctly
The Cavs are awesome in the 3rd quarter. The Cavs need to book the Cavs for the halftime show so they don’t have nap time in the locker room. If only to save my mental health.
I love that we’re still flying under the radar with Detroit. The Cavs have never beaten the Pistons – ever. Sometimes Detroit incorrectly interprets the “Diff” and thinks it’s in relation to their lead/deficit.
My favorite part of the game can be summed up in one word: Geraldo
Seriously though, if the Cavs go to the Finals it’s going to be very difficult to fire Coach Mike.
Aye, that’s the rub
Giraldo says ‘count it!’!
Good call Jack. Geraldo was rocking the wine and gold ensemble.
The same TIVO that revealed the block that wasn’t a block in Game 2 also showed me something last night: The Boobie to LeBron Oop was not a slam dunk. LeBron didn’t even make contact with the rim. Anyone who’s ever plaeyd on a 9 foot rim knows that dunking can hurt your hands/wrists. LeBron is smart.
its so disappointing to see the cavs two wins away from the nba finals when a far far far far far far far superior team is getting drunk at bars in dallas…
that being said… i am adopting the winner of the eastern conference as my favorite team… BEAT SA
You know whoever wins this will be steamrolled by the Spurs.
You know whoever wins between NJ/CLE will be steamrolled by the Pistons.
If you claim whoever wins is going to get steamrolled by the Spurs, could you at least put up some intelligent reasons as to why you say this? How pointless is dialog when you can’t even back it up? The Cavs or Pistons both have a chance to beat the Spurs with the Cavs being built better for them A) because of Lebrons ability to score. B) Mike Brown’s defense. If anyone knows Popovich, its Mike Brown. The Cavs swept the series against SA this year which is a sign they CAN compete with them albeit it will have to be done in the finals. C) Having Z keep Duncan away from the hoop causes a lot of problems for SA from a defensive standpoint (as long as Z’s jumper is on). Force Tim to the weakside and try to get him and Bowen in foul trouble by running pick and fade/rolls with Z/Bron. Finally, the Cavs have the ability to take this series from Detroit in 6. If that happens, ANYTHING is possible in the finals.
you know, if the browns make the 1994 playoffs then there’s no way they can fire belichick.
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just playing devil’s advocate. for the record, i can’t stand coach mike.
but sometimes i wonder whether the bigger share of the blame for the state of the team (i.e., $20 million in payroll tied up in hughes, snow, and damon jones for the next 54 years, as well as the players’ general disinterest in things like beating the bobcats and making foul shots) lies elsewhere.
I also get the feeling that if we’d had home court advantage in this, we would’ve gotten swept. Maybe they knew what they were doing by coasting. This team continues to be an enigma.
You know what my favorite part of Game 4 was? Hearing Doug Collins and Marv Albert discuss Daniel Gibson, leading to Albert informing the public that Gilbert’s nickname is indeed “Boobie”, which made me think only of one thing… … did Albert just violate his parole?
Pistons in 6.
And Steve Kerr was like “you say that at least once a game.”
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