Game 5: Celtics @ Cavaliers - Tue, May 11, 8:00pm [TNT]

[magickingdom]

It would seem that Lebron has already moved on.
His head is somewhere else...like New York.

[beantownski]

That was humiliating beyond belief. Poor effort by Lebron, worse effort by Mike Brown, who has clearly sold his coaching soul to acquiescing to whatever LBJ tells him to do.

I give some credit to Boston for being smart enough to take advantage, but IMO this game was all about the Cavs not showing up at all. I wanted Lebron to let the other guys do more, but he still had to do something. Terrible shot selection all around, poor movement, no real sustained defensive intensity after the 2Q, careless with the ball, ugh!

so it had nothing to do with boston's lockdown defense and top notch half court execution? give credit to the other team every now and then.

here is what's wrong with the cavs. they have the best player on the court(james). the problem is that boston has the next 4(rondo, allen, pierce, garnett).

I'm sorry but no, you won because our best player did not feel like playing last night. Not to disrespect the C's who are a good team but you have seen what happens when Lebron actually decides to show up.

NO?!? oh yeah, it has to be what the cavs aren't doing, and not what the celtics are doing. have you been watching this series? besides the second half of game one (the celts let up with a 11 point halftime lead) and game three(a no show by the c's) the celtics have dominated the play. so you don't think they deserve some credit? instead of blaming it on what james didn't do. last night was a clinic. get over your james controls all mentality and realize the c's are for real.

[Gordon Bombay]

NO?!? oh yeah, it has to be what the cavs aren't doing, and not what the celtics are doing. have you been watching this series? besides the second half of game one (the celts let up with a 11 point halftime lead) and game three(a no show by the c's) the celtics have dominated the play. so you don't think they deserve some credit? instead of blaming it on what james didn't do. last night was a clinic. get over your james controls all mentality and realize the c's are for real.

you just contradicted yourself there. second half of game 1 and game 3 were what the celtics didn't do but game 5 cannot be about what lebron didn't do? sounds about right

[madmaxmedia]

Criticizing LBJ does not equate to disrespecting Boston.

When the #1 seed loses by 30 points at home in a critical game 5, there are going to be multiple reasons why something like this happens.

[wigglestrue]

A Jordon or Bird wins game 5.
...are you a Jordon or Bird, LeBron?
...or are you a Dirk Nowitzki?

Jordan lost Game 5 in: '88 Conference Semis, '89 Conference Finals, '90 Conference Finals, and others, I imagine. Bird lost Game 5 in: '80 Conference Finals, '85 Finals, '87 Conference Semis, and others, I bet.