Witness
Wow… not since the Michael Jordan “Flu” game against Utah have I been so completely impressed, blown away, and even moved by an individual performance in a basketball game. Last night, LeBron James was simply phenomenal. He was “on,” he was in “the zone,” he had “the look,” whatever you want to call it, he single-handedly took over and won game 5 of the NBA’s Eastern Conference Finals between the Cavs and the Pistons.
The hostile takeover began upon James’ return to the game 4 minutes into the 4th quarter. From then on I think he scored all but 1 of the Cavs final 30 points. 48 total points. 2 overtimes. LeBron made the Pistons look helpless. He made the rest of the NBA look helpless for the years ahead. He’s 22 years old. Dunks, fade-aways, 3-pointers, brute-force, finesse, he had it all last night. Unstoppable.
I haven’t been “in to” the NBA nearly as much since MJ retired, but I try to tune into LeBron’s games when he’s on. Glad I didn’t miss witnessing that one last night.
3 comments June 01 2007 5:22 am | Pepperguy | Grant
True Dat. LeBron looked a lot like the original 23 last night. I think he answered all his critics from Games 1 & 2. Of course now they will probably complain that he is a ball hog, 1 man team, etc. Whatever, the kid is awesome! I hope there is enough left in the tank to finish the Pistons off on Sat. NBA action is FANtastic once again.
I was at that game last night! Double overtime and I didn’t get home until 1 am (and today was my first day at my new job)! My ticket should have said ‘The LeBron Show’ on it!
Grant – If I can get tickets to future games (assuming there is a game 7 and or finals games) would you be interested in driving up here?
That was a pretty impressive display. It seems the only NBA games I’ve watched a few minutes of here and there this year were just to catch a glimpse of the King.