Dwight Howard Isn’t A Weakling
May 21st, 2009 at 8:49 amBy Chris
“They call me the Superman dunker… But something’s wrong, something’s wrong with these rims.”
By the time everything was said and done, Dwight Howard dismantled Cleveland’s shot clock, Rashard Lewis and Hedo Turkoglu were absolute money in the fourth quarter, and the Cavaliers wasted what was the best playoff performances by a Cleveland player, perhaps ever, and now find themselves in unfamiliar territory: trailing in this year’s playoffs. Is Cleveland in trouble? Hard to say, but I do agree with Charles Barkley, who, when talking about defending Dwight Howard — 30 points, 13 rebounds — said something along the lines of, it’s not like Zydrunas Ilgauskas is going to get any younger by Friday.
And then there are the match ups with Lewis and Turkoglu, something the Cavaliers couldn’t do last night.
Furthermore, I’d be troubled if I was backing Cleveland for this reason — it’s doubtful LeBron will play much better than he did last night. It’s also doubtful he’ll continue to shoot from outside like he did last night. Besides, what did LeBron’s spectacular outing ultimately do for the Cavaliers? Nothing, because they lost. I suppose Cavaliers fans could take solace in Stan Van Jeremy’s comments about not knowing what to do stop him, but it’s also silly to expect LeBron to score 49 every night.
For the first time perhaps all season, the Cavaliers face a must-win on Friday. Should be a ton of fun.
May 29th, 2009 at 10:53 am
no matter what i still love you.you are still going to beat KING JAMES because he is no good