| Michael Jordan 1989 Playoffs: Gm 5 Vs. Cavs, "THE SHOT" |
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In this series deciding game, MJ attacked the
basket with his usual finesse/ferocity to
make sure the Bulls advanced to the next
round. This is the game that features "The
Shot" - the famous hanging jumper we keep
seeing in all those highlights and
commercials. But, people forget that that
shot merely capped yet another masterful
performance. MJ attacked the basket like man
possessed to get his 44 points the hard way.
People also forget that the Bulls lost to the
Cavs in all 5 games during the regular season
so they were not expected to challenge them
at all. MJ's 39.8 ppg, 5.8 rebs and 8.2 asts
during the series made sure that the playoffs
told a different story.
As usual, when it mattered most, on national
TV, Game 5 in the playoffs, MJ raised his
play and continued his flair for the dramatic
to add to his legacy as the greatest playoff
and clutch performer ever.
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| Bobcats - Cavs 79-96 I Richardson 24pts vs James 22pts,9ast |
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CLEVELAND, October 30, 2008 (AP) -- LeBron
James scored 22 points, Daniel Gibson had 20
of his 25 in the first half and the Cleveland
Cavaliers won their home opener 96-79 over
Charlotte on Thursday night, spoiling
well-traveled coach Larry Brown's debut with
the Bobcats.
James just missed a triple-double, adding
nine rebounds and nine assists in only 30
minutes for the Cavs, who bounced back from a
sloppy season-opening loss at Boston with a
much crisper performance. Mo Williams
finished with 17 points.
Jason Richardson scored 24 and Gerald Wallace
13 for the Bobcats.
Gibson made three 3-pointers and eight of 10
shots in the first half, when the Cavs opened
a 17-point lead. He is Cleveland's best
outside-shooting threat and the Cavs missed
him last year in the final two games of the
Eastern Conference semifinals against Boston
after he separated his shoulder in Game 5.
Gibson's shooting stroke looked as good as
ever in the first half, and Cleveland pushed
its lead to 19 in the third and appeared to
be on its way to a rout.
But the young Bobcats, who went 0-8 in the
preseason, rallied and cut it to 62-57 on
Richardson's layup late in the third.
The Cavs, though, responded while James was
resting on the bench. Coach Mike Brown pulled
his superstar with 3:12 left in the third
quarter and didn't put him back in until
there was 7:27 remaining. While James was
out, Cleveland outscored Charlotte 17-6 and
opened a 79-63 lead.
Following the Bobcats' winless exhibition
season, Brown worried that his club wasn't
prepared for the opener.
"I'm not trying to make excuses, but I don't
think we're quite ready right now,'' he said.
The Hall of Famer was half right.
Charlotte was overmatched at times, but made
a game of it in the second half before fading
and falling to 0-8 in Cleveland.
The Bobcats did get their first look in more
than a year at Adam Morrison, who missed last
season with a knee injury. Morrison recently
cut off his long hair and finished with seven
points.
Leading by nine after one, Brown, who wants
to limit James to 38 minutes per game this
season, kept the Olympic gold medalist on the
bench for the first 6-plus minutes of the
second quarter. James checked in with 5:45
left and the Cavaliers quickly ripped off
eight straight to push their lead to 18.
While James was on the bench, Cleveland
rookie J.J. Hickson grabbed a loose ball in
the lane and threw down a nasty, two-handed
slam for his first points as a pro. James,
usually on the receiving end of ovations,
jumped out of his chair and screamed for
Hickson, who didn't play in the Cavs' opener.
Notes: The 68-year-old Brown hasn't lost any
of his feistiness, picking up a technical in
the third. ... Cavs C Ben Wallace had five
blocks. ... James was thrilled with Wednesday
night's rally and free concert for Democratic
presidential candidate Barack Obama that he
co-hosted with hip-hop star Jay-Z. "It was
great,'' said James. "It wasn't just a
concert for Jay-Z, it was a big-picture
thing.'' James previously donated $20,000 to
Obama's campaign. ... Crews for TV's ඄
Minutes'' have been trailing James for the
past few days for an upcoming segment on
Cleveland's star. ... At least for one night,
the Cavs toned down their extravagant pregame
ceremony, which used to include four
fire-spewing swords on the scoreboard. During
a visit to Cleveland during last year's
playoffs, NBA commissioner David Stern
lamented the use of pyrotechnics around the
league.
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| Michael Jordan vs Cavs '92 |
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Clips of the '92 playoffs series between the
Cavs and the only #23 worth watching in
Cleveland. Check his move on Nance,
switching hands for what seems like 100
times..somewhere just past the 7 minute mark.
I've never seen it in other clips..but it's
definitely one of my fave's. There's no
hangtime like Mike's.
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| Bulls - Cavs 93-107 I Gordon 31pts vs James 41pts,9reb |
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CLEVELAND, November 5, 2008 (AP) -- LeBron
James scored a season-high 41 points -- 15 on
free throws -- and Zydrunas Ilgauskas added
15 points and 10 rebounds, leading the
Cleveland Cavaliers to a 107-93 win over the
Chicago Bulls on Wednesday night.
James, who briefly left the floor in the
first quarter after twisting his left ankle,
missed just once from the line. In his past
two games, James, who has struggled with his
touch from 15 feet throughout his career, has
made 28 of 31 free throws after going 15 of
24 in the season's first three games.
While engaging in some friendly trash talk
with former teammate Drew Gooden, James
scored 14 points in the third quarter,
highlighted by a reverse layup he spun in off
the glass right-handed while driving to his
left. Over the final 5:05 of the quarter,
James had a hand in all 18 of Cleveland's
points, scoring 10 with three assists.
James added nine rebounds and six assists in
36 minutes. He arrived at the game wearing a
T-shirt with president-elect Barack Obama's
likeness on it and was asked if he would
consider a future in politics, perhaps as the
mayor of Akron, his hometown.
"Mayor of Akron?" he said. "I'm already mayor
of Akron. I've been that for about 10 years
now."
Ilgauskas made his sixth career 3-pointer and
Delonte West had 16 points for the Cavs, who
didn't put it away until the final minutes.
Ben Gordon scored a season-high 31 and rookie
Derrick Rose 20 for the Bulls, who dropped to
0-3 on the road. Luol Deng had 18 points
after scoring just one on Monday in a loss
Orlando.
The Cavs led by 12 entering the fourth, but
with James on the bench, the Bulls made their
move.
Gordon made two jumpers and scored seven
points to pull Chicago within 90-83 with 6:54
left, prompting Cavs coach Mike Brown to send
James back in.
It didn't take him long to make a difference.
Following a wild scramble for a loose ball
near mid-court, James drove to the basket and
was fouled by Gooden while hitting a layup.
He dropped his free throw to complete the
three-point play, giving the Cavs a 10-point
lead and breathing room. James then hit a
short jumper and tipped in his own miss to
make it 97-83 with 3:08 left.
James rolled his left ankle late in the first
when he landed on Kirk Hinrich's foot
following a dunk.
As the Bulls pushed the ball up the floor,
James was limping around under Cleveland's
basket when Wally Szczerbiak made a steal and
passed it ahead to his teammate, who scored
on a left-handed layup before going out.
The Cavaliers closed the first half with a
10-2 spurt, triggered by Ilgauskas' first
3-pointer since Jan. 22, 2005.
Cleveland's big man grabbed a pass from James
on the right side in front of Cleveland's
bench and calmly set his feet before draining
the long-range shot. The 7-foot-3 Ilgauskas
is 6-for-38 in his career from beyond the
arc.
Game notes
Pitcher CC Sabathia, who still keeps a home
in the Cleveland area, attended the game as
did rapper/actor Ludacris. ... With two
steals in Dallas on Monday, James reached 700
in his career and became the youngest and
fastest player to reach 700 steals, 10,000
points, 2,500 rebounds, 2,500 assists and 300
blocks. The 23-year-old did it in 395 games.
Michael Jordan was the second fastest (417
games) and Kobe Bryant (26) the second
youngest. ... It was James' 25th career game
scoring at least 40 points.
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| Cavs - Celtics 85-90 I James 22pts,7reb vs Pierce 27pts |
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BOSTON, October 28, 2008(AP) -- Banner No. 17
is up in the rafters, and win No. 1 is in the
books.
NBA finals MVP Paul Pierce scored 27 points
as the defending champion Boston Celtics
followed an emotional ring ceremony and
banner raising with a 90-85 victory over the
Cleveland Cavaliers on Tuesday night. LeBron
James scored 22, but he missed a driving
layup with 41 seconds left and two free
throws in the last 11 seconds.
In their first meaningful game since beating
the Los Angeles Lakers at the new Boston
Garden to clinch their record 17th NBA title,
the Celtics began the festivities with a
20-minute ceremony to honor the 2007-08 team
that brought Pierce to tears.
The Celtics captain - and the longest-tenured
member of the team - choked up when he was
handed the championship trophy from Hall of
Famer John Havlicek, and again when he
received his ring from owner Wyc Grousbeck.
Once all the players had received their gaudy
diamond and emerald baubles, Pierce took the
lead in pulling the ropes that slid the 񀀸
World Champions'' banner into the rafters
among all the others.
The Cavaliers chose not to watch, having been
deprived of a chance for a title of their own
when they lost to Boston in Game 7 of the
Eastern Conference semifinals. James
outscored Pierce 45-41 in that man-on-man
shootout, but Pierce's team got the better of
James' in the series, and again on Tuesday.
Pierce had 11 points in the third quarter,
when the Celtics outscored Cleveland 24-13 to
take a 67-63 lead. Boston scored 12 of the
first 14 points in the third, then the last
eight of the quarter to turn a four-point
deficit into a four-point lead.
The Celtics led 86-80 with 1:15 left when Mo
Williams, Cleveland's big offseason
acquisition, hit a 3-pointer from the left
side. Williams then grabbed the rebound of
Leon Powe's miss, but James drove through
traffic to the basket and couldn't muscle the
ball into the basket.
Pierce missed a jumper, and after James got
the rebound he was fouled hard going to the
basket; he missed the first of two free
throws, cutting it to 86-84. Pierce cleared
the full-court pressure with a long pass to
Powe under the basket for the dunk and foul.
After his missed free throw, James got
another chance at the line, this time with
the Cavaliers down 88-84 and 4.8 seconds
left. He missed the first, and Ray Allen hit
a pair of free throws to clinch it.
Allen scored eight points, and Kevin Garnett
had just 11 with six rebounds in an off night
for the Big Three.
Except for Pierce.
There were two other games on the league's
opening night, with Milwaukee at Chicago and
Portland at the Western Conference champion
Lakers.
But the commissioner was in Boston to hand
out the Celtics' rings.
Notes: In his Cavs debut, Williams scored 12
with two assists and five turnovers. ... Red
Sox players Mike Lowell and Kevin Youkilis,
along with owner John Henry and team
president Larry Lucchino, were in the crowd.
... There were two small-scale scuffles in
which double-technicals were handed out. The
first was between Zydrunas Ilgauskas and
Kendrick Perkins, and the second between
Pierce and Sasha Pavlovic.
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