LeBron is overrated. He’s a crybaby. The Cavs are the team everyone wants to play. Think the Wizards would still stand by these statements even after being forcefully ousted by the Cavs in six games. So-called “overrated” LeBron dropped a triple-double (achieved during the third quarter, nonetheless) to bounce boisterous Washington from the playoffs for the third straight year. And each knockout has concluded on the Wizards’ home floor.
With the advantage in talented players, the Wizards were predicted by many to advance past the Cavs. Brendan Haywood, Gilbert Arenas, and Deshawn Stevenson thought along those same lines, and evidenced that with their incessant trash-talking. Well, no better medicine to end the needless banter than a thumping 17-point, decisive victory.
In a series packed with technical and flagrant fouls, shameful trash talking, ejections and suspensions, Cleveland leaves with complete fulfillment. The Wizards spent their valuable time declaring how they would defeat the Cavs, and left too little time to achieve that task. Let it be a lesson to unnecessarily cocky airheads Stevenson and Haywood that when, or if, they ever take care of business in the playoffs, then their privilege to talk will be granted.
More importantly, let it be a lesson to head coach Eddie Jordan, who allowed his players too much oral freedom. His master plan of constant fouls of LeBron flat out failed. King James converted key free throws, and turned in critical three-point plays. The hard fouls and physical play favors the Cavs; Washington prefers to run and shoot, not slow to a halt and bang for rebounds.
Finally, the end result of the series may or may not send Wizards fans the message. Booing LeBron on his every touch only adds fuel to his endless fire. And the same fans sporting “Crybaby 23” shirts at Game 6 are the same fans who bawled out their eyes after the pathetic loss.
Some say it’s not a rivalry until each team wins a series against the other. Clearly, that has yet to happen. However, with the contact and reverberating insults in these six games, the competitiveness between these teams has escalated to the rivalry echelon. But in order for Washington to claim that they’re on Cleveland’s level, they need to bring it in the playoffs and back up their talk. And, without a doubt, that has yet to happen.
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