With 5:53 left to play in the fourth quarter of Game Six of the Eastern Conference Semifinals between the Boston Celtics and the Cleveland Cavaliers, the league's Most Valuable Player of the last two years—the Cavaliers' best player in franchise history—was caught on a one against three versus a very commanding Boston Celtics fast break. Of course, Boston made a basket on that rush, and LeBron James was left in the dust, as well as all of the players for Cleveland, as the Boston Celtics eliminated the Cleveland Cavaliers from the 2010 NBA Playoffs.
What was wrong with that paragraph above? What's wrong is that what I said should never have happened.
Not the Boston Celtics eliminating the Cleveland Cavaliers part, because I'll give credit where credit is due, and Boston played a heck of a series.
But that first part: "the Cavaliers' best player in franchise history—was caught on a one against three."
That should not happen—not to LeBron James. The "King" made it seem like he was almost being forced to hold back and play a very conservative type of basketball during the majority of this game, due to his teammates ...
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