The Cavaliers played hard in Game 6 against the Celtics, but came out on the losing end because of their failure to protect the ball. LeBron James took it to the basket with greater frequency, but he still turned the ball over nine times. As a team, Cleveland turned the ball over 24 times leading to 27 points for Boston. By comparison, the Celtics turned the ball over just 13 times leading to 17 points for Cleveland. That is a difference of 10 points in what turned out to be a nine-point game. Sometimes it boils down to something as simple as that.
Something else that hurt the Cavs was Mo Williams running out of gas. He scored 20 points in the first half, but finished with just 22. I think he ran out of energy.
The Cavaliers needed a third scorer, and unfortunately for them Antawn Jamison came up empty. Also, their bench players didn't give them what they needed. LeBron didn't get enough help.
The Celtics had a good plan again and played another strong game. Kevin Garnett was very good from the beginning. Rajon Rondo controlled the tempo and got into the paint. Rasheed Wallace played well off the bench and Doc Rivers was excellent using his personnel.
Mike Brown was inconsistent in how he used his rotation. During the regular season, J.J. Hickson was terrific for Cleveland. Now he is the odd man out.
In the fourth quarter, after LeBron hit those two 3-pointers to cut the deficit to four, I thought Cleveland caught a couple of bad breaks. Anderson Varejao was fouled twice and the officials didn't call either one, allowing the Celtics to get fast-break opportunities instead of sending Varejao to the foul line. The Cavs never got back into it.
Dan Gilbert can suk balls
Lebronfan1219 6 months ago
@DWallace555 they dont suck ass? oh yahh they do they only have 17 championships
Ferrari123planb 10 months ago
I love how people say he gave up I want half the people to be in his shoes at that time and play against the Celtics and i can gaurntee none of them would be able to with the free agency stress and every other team talking to you about it and about the playoffs
kidkhalifa96 11 months ago
Dan Gilbert shit in his pants when he heared that lebron left.
myar4 1 year ago
I hate boston they suk ass
DWallace555 1 year ago
LBJamesHighlights, I love basketball. I am only 5'8 and I can dunk! I simply took the training program at "50inch vertical [dot] com" - you can probably do it too
howardvang52 1 year ago