LBJ Lets His Game Do The Taking Cavaliers Take Game One Over Wizards 93-86

There are certain things in life, you just don’t do !? If the lions cage door is open, you don’t walk inside, especially if you are carrying a meatball sub in your coat pocket. You don’t walk into a “Biker Bar” wearing horned rimmed glasses, ands a pocket protector. And you don’t question Cleveland Cavaliers All-Star forward LeBron James ability by calling him overrated, as Washington Wizards designated fool DeShawn Stevenson did this week. LBJ has spent his entire career, proving his critics wrong. A couple of seasons ago, I stood two feet from him while he told we the collected media that he gets motivated by people saying he can’t do things.? James put another notch on his holster Saturday as he scored a game high 32 points, to lead Cleveland past the Wizards 93-86 in the opening game of their first round playoff series. Stevenson by the way shot 1-9 from the the floor, for a total of 3 points, 5 assists, 1 rebound, 1 steal.

Washington took the first quarter as they had a 24-19 lead at the end of the first period. The Cavaliers bounced back in the second as they?tied the game at the half, with both sides deadlocked at 46-46. Washington held the upper hand at the end of the third quarter as the led 69-65 going into the final 12 minutes of play. But that is when LBJ went into attack mode, as Cleveland outscored the Wizards 28-17 in the final 12 minutes to take the contest.

James scored 32 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 blocks, 1 steal. In my series prediction column NBA First Round Predictions From Slam Dunk Central Editor Jeff Sack?I said the key match-up for this series would be Zydrunas Ilgauskas vs Brendan Haywood. Big Z won game one with a double-double, 22 points, 11 boards, 4 assists. Delonte West?came up big?16 points, 5 assists, 5 rebounds, 2 steals,?2 blocks,?Daniel Gibson scored?11 points, 5 assists, 1 steal. Still even in victory there were troubling signs, Ben Wallace was held scoreless, with just 6 rebounds, 1 assist, and Wally Szczerbiak as a starter scored just 8? points, 2 assists, 2 rebounds.

Agent Zero proved to?be quite an effective sixth man as?Gilbert Arenas led the Wizards?with 24 points, 3 assists, 1 rebound.? Antawn Jamison recorded a double-double with 23 points, 19 boards, 2 assists, Haywood also had a double-double 15 points, 10 rebounds, 2 blocks. Caron Butler scored 14 points, 4 assists, 4 rebounds, 3 steals. Cleveland now leads the series 1-0.??