Mon 28 May 2007
LBJ Carries Cleveland Past Detroit 88-82
Posted by Jeff Sack under Main
Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James was criticized in the first two games of his team’s series against the Detroit Pistons for not being aggressive enough. Consequently Cleveland lost the first two games to Detroit, and found themselves in a pretty deep hole as the series switched venues to Cleveland.
James, himself said before game three that in order for his team to get back in the series, he had to take a more dominant role. Sunday night, he did exactly that scoring 32 points, with 9 rebounds and 9 assists as Cleveland won their first game of the series 88-82. James was 12-21 from the field, 2-3 from three point range and drove to the basket as if his life depended on it, especially in the fourth quarter when he scored 12 points.
Cleveland had four of their five starters in double figures, and rookie point guard Daniel Gibson came off the bench to score nine, and lead the team down the stretch. The win puts Cleveland back into the series with game four in Cleveland on Tuesday.
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