Celtics-Cavs Game 4 Notes
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Watched the whole game with my mom.
First Quarter
–LeBron is picking the Cs apart early with his passing.
–Cs getting early points off of pick and roll slips, KG excelling with the slippage. (Note: he would excel with the slippage later in the game, but in a more literal sense.)
–Good aggression from Delonte West, slicing backdoor and penetrating hard before nailing a floater.
–KG has all of Boston’s early first quarter field goals, beasting inside and wetting jumpers. Water is wet and KG is sweat, and sweat is water.
–After LeBron rumbles through the paint like freight train, mom opines: “Well, thank God he’s a basketball player and not selling auto insurance. He’s doing what he was meant to do.” I think the Geico Gecko has already made his presence felt.
–Apparently Delonte West is battling bad allergies. What is he allergic to, being consistently awesome?
–It’s a seesaw affair early. It feels like the Cs are getting cleaner looks at the rim, what with the Cavs scoring on a tough midrange floater from Boobie and a 3 point play from LeBron.
–Mom on Anderson Varejao: “Is that a good aerodynamic haircut?”
–A pretty Joe Smith fade–career metaphor?–puts the Cavs up 23-21 to end the quarter.
Second Quarter
–LeBron gets after Pavlovic and Doug Collins praises his leadership. A little while later, Collins notes that LeBron has only made shots after absorbing contact. Such all encompassing absorption; LeBron was either a roll of paper towel or a writer in a past life.
–Solid contributions from Boobie and Andy–”Boobie and Andy”; I smell a sitcom!–help put the Cavs up 37-31.
–Relevant stats via DC/TNT/A truck: The Cavs have started 7-9 for the period; Rajon Rondo has taken more shots than Paul Pierce and Ray Allen combined.
–Mom, on Pierce wrapping LeBron up and dragging him into the crowd: “YOU CAN’T DO THAT!” I doubt there was another mother in the stands that felt the same way…
–Ray Allen is doing a fantastic impression of the mouse in my apartment.
–Cs go on a 6-0 run after LeBron picks up his 3rd foul. LeBron is visible on the bench, yelling at his teammates: “MOVE THE BALL. F*CK!” Good job, TNT. How LeBron managed to yell an asterisk into a curse word is stunning.
–A Z tip and two Boobie free throws sandwich a Ray Allen pull up, putting the Cavs up two heading into the half.
Third Quarter
–Wally Szczerbiak and Ray Allen basically audition side by side in the remake of a crappy recent flick that starred Mark Wahlberg. You might have heard of it.
Shooter.
Szczerbiak impresses the casting director most with an 18 foot bank shot, but Allen nails more lines.
–A seemingly haphazard volleyball tap from Z leaves LeBron wide open at the 3 point line with the ball. He missed many shots on this night, but this much needed trey went down. Cleveland just had a moment.
–Rajon Rondo is hot. Sam Cassell is not. Maybe because one invariably gets cold on the bench.
–JOE SMITH! (Those two words just say so much)
Fourth Quarter
–P.J. Brown and Sam Cassell run a pick and roll that was actually born in 1957.
–A beautiful no look from LeBron to Joe Smith puts the Cavs up 76-71.
–Does P.J. Brown claim ten foot bank shots on his tax returns?
–LeBron drills a big 3 off a bruising screen set by Varejao. Pierce counters with a 13 footer, but Boobie responds with a 3 of his own. The role players are rolling.
–Mom, upon seeing a jump ball: “Ooh they’re doing one of those jumpy things!”
–Acceptable nicknames for the dunk:
THE ROTTERDAMN (lots of windmills in Rotterdam), THE HOKEY POKEY (incredible lyric/reference from the Outkast/Rae song “Royal Flush), THE YOUR MOM, THE AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH, THE BIG STICKIT (you know, cause he dunked on KG).
A final point: With 8:45 left in the fourth quarter, Daniel Gibson nailed a three. It pushed Cleveland’s lead to five, but that wasn’t what was really important. As he was backpedaling down the court, a smirk crossed Boobie’s face. It was one of those typical “I know something you don’t know” grins. It was really simple, and it read: we’re not losing this game. 6 minutes later, moments before the ROTTERDAMN, another Boobie 3 effectively sealed the deal.
Best of 3. Cleveland rocks.
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I think Jake watching this game with his mom created a telepathic rift that set Gloria off.
anyone know where i can see the dunk?
PS. I dont even like Wally, but how much do you think he’s motivated to knock off KG (BTW they had the same amount of points last nite - could be a sign ?)
How dumb do the people at Gatorade feel for putting KG in that “league of clutch” commercial? Nothing says clutch like 2pts in the 2nd half.
His dunks always make highlights
Not sure what you expect from a magazine who’s target audience is (for the most part) kids and teenagers, dude! And that’s how they live… highlight to highlight.. game to game.
Co sign again at 1:12 as well. I have blasted them for this on numerous occasions, even called them a holes once. Then again, I’ve seen comments that send me over the edge as well and then I understand them. My biggest beef is what you said, that simply not sharing their opinion or meeting their standard implies we are ignorant and stupid. Tariq and his inbred/mullet comment left me shocked.
FLUX (why confuse us?) I didn’t mean anything like that, I just know that the boys get tired of cetain things being said and other things set them off so I would think that those of us who comment all the time can quickly change up what they request. It wasn’t meant to indicate anyone being ignorant or stupid.
Brown.. nice stat.:) You don’t call yourself..you just ARE an expert, right?
I dunno man! I love this place and all the writers and their styles. I just hate being called an idiot because I don’t share the same level of knowledge or don’t share their opinion. It would be like blasting someone for being a “casual” fan.
best player ever! overall player, amazing, incredible…
king james for prsident… he is god
jordan is nothing compared to the REAL KING… yeah, right… cleveland won game 4, and i just expect people to come with all this CRAP, specially guided by this idi-ots in the media today.
drive-or-die basketball is being exposed and it surely doesn’t look good… its embarrassing to see a player that most people judge as the best basketball player, taking shot after shot.. and always getting the rim… than he makes 1, even tough a triple, but 1, and than he is god again…
embarrassing. you can’t put MJ and lemerd in the same SENTANCE. i watch this games and all i remember is “lebron took a worst team to the finals”… how stupid can people be? ps: boston looks ridiculous nowadays and i blame doc rivers.
ray ray… one of my fave players in the league… you better step up or you will get some burn too.
Khalid/Tariq: I understand the frustration, I just don’t think the method to prevent that from happening (domination of ignorance) is to blast away. Maybe I am wrong. Maybe I just mis interpret when you guys are joking around or joking around. Being ignorant back is just adding fuel to the fire. Unless the idea is to dominate with superior verbal insults. As per dunk..I don’t know. Can it not just be a matter of opinion? Did Horry sinking that 3 from the Vlade “slap” not take the life out of the Kings? Maybe not. Did Duncan’s 3, like TAD said, change the whole series? Maybe not. Did Horry’s hip checking (and subsequent Nash Oscar performance) not change everything? I know it’s hard to conceive that one single solitary basket or act can change something completely. But it is possible it’s was the final straw, no? There was a few other things that led to that dunk..the dunk just seemed to be the exclamation point. Like Gibson looking back with that smile as if saying “You know what? You guy are all smoke and mirrors” The dunk can be just be taken as the moment that confirmed the suspicion and then changed evertything. Just an opinion.. you don’t have to share it.
Khaild signs guesses:
BS FREE ZONE or STUPIDITY WILL NOT BE TOLERATED
Khalid: uhh.. is the text short or long?
It’s a dunk. A huge power dunk. (as if there’s any other type of LeBron dunk). But the game was really over by then. So game-changing? Nah. It certainly punctuated the win and gave the Cleveland fans another chance to roar. But some of you are saying the dunk was SERIES CHANGING?? Wow.
should i go for the block? i’ll probably get killed by the L-train.
should i get the hell away? i can’t take the pu$$y way out.
what to do? whoops. too late.
BOOOM!!!!
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