Besides James, there is another key factor here and it is Z. Z has the most experience on the team and with the addition of Wallace, his game had gone up before the injury. Wallace now takes the extra inside big man away from Z on rebounds, freeing him up to get more rebounds. Z also is a great mid rang shooter and can worry more about offense while Wallace can get the inside rebounds and put back dunks.
The Cavaliers have the single most dominant player in the NBA right now. He is unstoppable when he wants to be. James has heard every critic’s complaint and has made them eat their words, whether it was shooting or defense, he shut them up.
James now has the appropriate pieces to help. He has shooters, he has defenders, he has re-bounders and shot blockers, for the first time since being on the team he has a true point guard. Most importantly he has the drive and the will to force his team to win. He has captured that mentality to win and it has shown as he averaged 10 points per game in the fourth quarter.
If everyone comes back off their injuries and Mike Brown can figure out the rotation of Gibson, Devin Brown who has been rock solid, Damon Jones who is having a career year, Varejao, Sczerbiak and Smith off the bench the Cavaliers will be awfully tough to beat. Do you think anyone wants to see James in the playoffs?
Try facing him when he is just a few weeks away from possibly getting back to the Finals. James will be in overdrive mode, could be even better than he is now. It is scary, and with his ability to take over games in the fourth quarter, NBA fans will have something special to watch this June.
Cleveland fans have their best chance since 1997 to bring a championship to the hear of Cleveland, thanks to their own local hero, James. Ferry didn’t crack under pressure and make a bad knee jerk trade, he made a smart move for the team and to please James.
Now the pressure is on James and his gang—and that is exactly what James lives for and it was what drives him night in and night out.
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