NBA Playoffs Thread

A gathering of Clevelanders respond to the end of Game 4.

 

I've also been really impressed with Dirk. He has been a beast in the fourth quarter of these games. These finals are turning out to be much more entertaining than I expected.

 

The line on this one was Dallas minus 3
I've got to say, at least Vegas had this one pegged exactly.
I figured the game was set up for Dallas to win, and Wade's fumble at the end all but assured that.
Still, neither team covered.

Thursday's game is already posted, with Dallas now a 2-point favorite.

 

Postgame, the WWL shows Spoelstra in the locker room saying, while ever so glancing at a despondent and perplexed LeBron, that the Heat need to be mentally stable in future games. Yeah, that's about right.

 

Still don't get it, do you?

I don't care whether James scores 8 points or 48. He sucked tonight. He may or may not suck Thursday. Criticize at will for his play in Game 4.

But he's not the Devil incarnate. That was my only point 11 months ago, and it's my only point today.

 

Brian GriFfin I'm sure will give us 15 paragraphs on how unfair it is to expect LeBron James to score more than eight points in a game because he isn't as good at creating as Wade...

 

Im here....LeBron played like a bitch tonight...got no problems with him being criticized after that performance

 

I'm not so sure I can take much more of this.

Woosa.

 

Jason Whitlock trended worldwide on Twitter briefly following his press-conference performance with Rick Carlisle.

 

So not only are you xenophobic, you like to race bait too? Give me a break.

Strange game tonight. Nobody wanted to make a shot and it just kind of lurched to the finish.

 

You like to bait, don't you?

James didn't shoot well and choked down the stretch. But he led the team in rebounds and assists and if he shot even decent -- 6-for-11 and making those two clutch free throws he bricked -- he's sitting with 17 points, 9 rebounds and seven assists and nobody's complaining except the people who think he has to shoot 25 times a game.

But when you have James getting checked by Stevenson and Marion and Wade getting checked by Kidd and Terry, this needs to be Wade's series to be the focal point.

 

Stevenson is a TERRIBLE defender.