Another LeBron Special
by Steve Weinman on Jan 30, 2008 11:00 PM EST
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PrintThe Portland Trail Blazers are now witnesses.
They had blown a double-digit fourth quarter lead, but they were back up one with 30 seconds to play. All they needed to do was to run the shot clock down and get one stop, and they would seal a victory over the defending Eastern Conference champions.
When the opposition gained possession and called timeout with 4.9 seconds remaining, the Blazers had some extra time to prepare for what was coming. They knew who the ball was going to, and they knew what he was going to do with it.
And they couldn't do a single thing about it.
Brandon Roy did plenty of witnessing of his own.
He had the distinct pleasure of watching the backside of one LeBron James, as The Man blew past him en route to a rather challenging switching-hands-in-the-air up-and-under that proved to be the winning bucket with three-tenths of a second left at the Rose Garden.
But the most amazing part of it all was how one man could make such a clearly challenging athletic feat look so easy, effortless even.
From the announcers to the benches to the fans to the body language of those on the court, there was never any doubt about how that final Cleveland possession would end in Portland last night. Because LeBron James is just that good.
Just one more feather in an ever-expanding cap.
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Cavs offense is much improved this year. It’s still ugly but it’s improved. Bron has really grown up, his understand of movement and spacing has brought his game to an MVP level, that’s huge for their offense. The next biggest thing is the improved passing and sometimes improved movement. They brought in a new assistant coach to work them out and get them to start moving the ball better and it has reaped some rewards.
Still it’s diabolical and Mike Brown should be fired but it’s improved on last season.
LeMarcus Aldridge should be disgraced by that play. There was was in the slow motion replay, next to the paint, gazing up as LeBron James swooped in for a layup. Maybe he was worried about LeBron dishing if he challenged him… but either way, you don’t let him get to the basket so easily. I mean… this is a guy that has a brief history of struggling from the line. You’re up 1. Foul him and make him earn it.
If you collapse and he dishes, you did the right thing and it is now your teammates responsibility to rotate. Roy would’ve been right there to at least challenge a layup had LeBron dished.
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