Clevelands worst ever loss in NBA
CLEVELAND loss to the Boston was nothing as compared to the game played by Cleveland star Lebron James. Perhaps it could be because Lebron James had elbow issues which could have dissipated away to nothing. There could be a tattered muscle, a bone that be chipped off or other issued due to which James was not able to reveal himself throughout the game.
Because if all these issues were not the reason then there should be some explanation or reason for the way the Lebron and the Cleveland team played the crucial Game 5 on Tuesday Night. From the start James was looking like he was not in the game and he played awful and the team just followed him. Boston took advantage of the situation and won game 5 and took the series lead 3-2 and thus Cleveland Cavaliers faced their worst home playoff loss ever. The score in the end was 120-88.
James on court on Tuesday night in no way resembled the man who won consecutive Most Valued Person (MVP’s) and played with utmost passion and desire to prove himself in the court with the ball no matter what the position of the game looked like, he always played his best.
On Tuesday night he looked like he has given up on his coach and his team. It seemed like he has signed contract with another team. In an interview Shaquille O'Neal said the Cavaliers through the game remained united, but they didn’t perform themselves like they really do.
Whenever the team lost James was their waiting to greet his teammates and increase their moral but in the last game he went straight back to the locker room and didn’t wait for his teammates. Even within the game if something went between the two teams he would step in the middle and took control of the entire situation but that was not seen during the last game as O’Neal and Perkins squabbled while James stood there watching.
A bad game was played by James as he shot 3 for 14 and scored 15 points. A game not expected by such a great player but James and Cleveland with their play let the home town down and the fans were very much disappointed with their performance and at the end of the final minute no one was there to be seen.
It was thought that it should have been James final game in Cleveland because of his poor performance.
Lebron James said, “It was awful the way we played and the fans have the right to be angry with us and boo towards us. It was a huge game and the loss is unbearable".
It would be obvious to say that James lacked fire and intensity throughout the game and thus the Cavaliers were beat by Boston. It is an axiom that a player who struggles in shooting will look awful. That might have been the case that James game looked worse in the court and thus the team faced humiliation in their home.
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