Comments on: I Was a Witness… to a Palace Coup

By: mase

mase — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 14:38:18 +0000

on a side note, ‘Sheed as an excellent complimentary player to Curry(good shot blocker, excellent 3-pt. scorer, rugged defender)…since we are ‘building around Curry’ i think we need a PF… even though he’s a head case

By: John Thacker

John Thacker — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 16:05:09 +0000

“The Lebrons, with the exception of Ilgauskas and Varajao”

Odd coincidence. The Cavs were +21 when Varajao was in, -20 when Ilgauskas was in. Does that mean anything? I’m not sure, other than the small lineup seemed to work better forsomereason.

By: Mike K. (KnickerBlogger)

Mike K. (KnickerBlogger) — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 05:06:49 +0000

Sunil & kj – 1. that’s not the play I’m talking about, it wasn’t the game winning shot. Jerry if you have a youtube of it, I’d like to see it. Because from my pov it seemed like Maxiel was there waiting to take a charge with his feet wide. But I know how defective memory is, so I’d like to see it again for clarity.

And I’m not whining, because I’m not rooting for the Pistons in this one. I’m more against the inconsistency of the officiating than the bias of it.

By: Sunil

Sunil — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 20:23:36 +0000

Was it just me or did it seem like the Pistons had thisdespondant look on their face whenever they had to guard Lebron. I know tayshaun usually has that look on his face; but it def seemed liek they all were intimidated or upset that they had to guard him.

My theory is guarding Lebron is painful. He is a brute, so when he drives and flys to the basket; if you stick you hand out, that contact is going to hurt.

This dude has about 20 lbs on rasheed wallace and is as fast as chauncey. Ridiculous !
great genes !

By: Sunil

Sunil — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 20:20:25 +0000

You are so right, kj. I think it is so obvious that Maxiel fouled him on that last play. I understand its cool to be different, kb. But come on, watch the replay. it’s an obvious foul.

By: kj

kj — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 19:29:04 +0000

sorry knickerblogger, if ya wanna talk fouls, the FACT is (go look at the replay) that LBJ was fouled by maxiell on the game-winning lay-up. he gets raked across the arm and has to re-adjust, hence his “scoop” action on the lay-up.

besides the pistons still went to the line more that the cavs last night, so to whine at all about the calls is just that, IMHO, whining.

By: Jerry

Jerry — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 16:34:51 +0000

KB, on the play you reference with Maxiell and James’s “dive,” Maxiell clearly extends his right leg and James trips over it. Could have been called incidental contact, but won’t be 80% of the time, especially with a star like James involved. You’re right that Varejao fouled Sheed at the end of the 2nd overtime, but in both cases I don’t think the Pistons can have any real officiating complaints after Rip’s hack job at the end of Game 2.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 16:23:57 +0000

No, he didn’t. LeBron James 44 points, Detroit Pistons 107 points. If we give him 100% credit for all of the points scored from his assists, and assume they were all 3 point baskets that’s LeBron James 65, Detroit Pistons 107. LeBron James was the main reason they Cavs won the game, the overwhelming main reason, but he did not win it single handedly. It doesn’t matter though, if the Cavs win LeBron is given all of the credit whether he scores 20 points or 40 points. Opposite for the loses.

By: Knickerblogger

Knickerblogger — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 15:14:42 +0000

I have to say there was some dubious calls in that game, and LeBron was the recipient of a couple. On one drive he had to avoid Maxiel or else get called for a charge, and just dove to the floor throwing the ball up. The refs blew the whistle and for the life of me I couldn’t see where the foul was.

Don’t get me wrong, I can’t stand the “let ‘em play – no whistle end of games” but is it too much to ask for better officiating in the playoffs? After baseball umpires, NBA seem to be the worst with star treatment.

All in all the officiating didn’t ruin the enjoyment of the game. LeBron was just unbelievable, and I echo the sentiment that the Pistons should have done more to get the ball out of his hands.

By: aug

aug — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 13:59:56 +0000

what was interesting to me was that even though he scored virtually all of the cavs points in the 4th quarter and the two overtimes, it still didn’t seem like he was forcing the issue or dominating the ball (like an iverson would do). he really is a unique talent, and deserves every last penny the cavs are paying him.