LeBron James & Cavs Facing Menacing Elimination Game
The Boston Celtics are on the verge of knocking the Cleveland Cavaliers out of the 2009-10 NBA Playoffs, despite Cleveland being the early favorite to win the NBA Championship. Leading 3-2 in the series, which is headed back to Boston for Game 6, the Celtics thoroughly dominated LeBron & Co. on their home floor and sent them dejected into the locker room to ponder the possible repercussions of a series loss and complete team meltdown.
Cleveland’s Lofty Expectations
The Cavs went out and made several moves in an attempt to bolster their NBA Title hopes, including getting a big body in Shaquille O’Neal to slowdown Dwight Howard of the Orlando Magic. At this point, they may not even reach the Eastern Conference Finals, where Dwight and the Magic await them after sweeping their 2nd consecutive playoff series.
Prior to the trade deadline, they went out and acquired a solid small/power forward in Antawn Jamison for virtually nothing – they got Zydrunas Illguaskas back (he was the primary piece traded for Jamison). Looking back, you wonder if the other options for Cleveland would have been better – Amare Stoudemire, Carlos Boozer (maybe not), etc.
'Tawn -"This is all your fault" Shaq -"It's never about me."Photo: Greg M. Cooper/US Presswire
Cleveland has clearly  had the best team (on paper) and throughout the regular season as they led the league in wins and clinched homecourt advantage in the playoffs & NBA Finals (if they were to make it). LeBron was the league’s MVP and most prognosticators had the Cavs in the NBA Finals – winning their first NBA Championship.
Unfortunately for the Cavaliers, the Celtics stand in the way of their broader plans to continue forward. Led by 3 potential Hall-of-Famers in Paul Pierce, Ray Allen and Kevin Garnett, along w/ rising superstar Rajon Rondo at the point and a solid group of bench contributors, the Celtics have played well en-route to the series lead.
LeBron James Last Game in Cleveland?
The biggest question facing the Cavs after the embarrassing loss to Boston on their own home floor, is if their leader and 2-time MVP will return to Cleveland next year or walk to another team this summer as a free agent. The effort given by his Cavalier teammates certainly didn’t help the campaign to keep LeBron in Cleveland, especially when they’ve pretty much done everything possible to build a championship team around him.
If the Celtics win Game 6 in Boston, James will have potentially played his last game as a Cavalier in Cleveland. He could visit them next year as a member of the New York Knicks (unlimited strippers at Scores in NY)Â or perhaps another team willing do ANYTHING Â to sign him, but his days trying to lead the city of Cleveland to a championship may be within one game of coming to an end.
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Game 6 Reaches Epic Proportions
Game 6 between Boston and Cleveland has officially reached epic proportions – not because it’s going to be the greatest game of all time – but because it could swing the power in the Eastern Conference dramatically on July 1st, the first day of free agency. James isn’t limited to an Eastern team either, but with Kobe Bryant already cemented in Los Angeles, the only market big enough to handle LeBron James is the New York (or Jersey) area. Â Other teams would benefit from his presence, but he’s got so much more advertising and sponsorship dollars in NY that it would be stupid to pass up. That is, of course, unless James really does want to win a championship, because the Knicks are far from contending from the playoffs at this point.
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