Cavs Corner: Statement win for Cavaliers, LeBron over Celtics
There has been some push back of late in regards to the idea of LeBron James naming certain moves he makes on the basketball court. However, his display in Friday’s 98 – 83 win over Boston, is evidence of the fact that this is a necessary development.
For example, the words dunk, flush, slam or jam simply do not accuratly depict what Bron-Bron did to the rim when he received a feed from Daniel Gibson, on a back door cut, in the first quarter Friday – and we need a name for that. We also need a name for that thing he did to Ray Allen’s ‘transition’ lay up, as well as Kendrick Perkins’ ‘power move,’ because swat, block and rejection won’t work there either.
And while he is at it, we also need a phrase to depict just what the Cavaliers did to the Celtics in that game, because dominate, crush, and blow-out don’t do the outcome justice.
Cleveland was in control all night, leading by 9 at the half, 12 after three, and 20 with 4:01 left in the game. LBJ took a seat with 3:38 to play in the game, but before he did he tallied a stat line that read 38-7-6 and 4. He held Pierce to 11, and proved Paul to be correct when he said LBJ was the toughest cover in the Association. 
He is.
He is also the MVP, and he all but left his mailing address for the award on center court Friday. What’s more, this Cleveland team did all this with arguably their second best player in street clothes (Big Z). They moved to 19-0 at home, a couple games up on Boston in the East, and into a tie for the best record in the NBA.
No, we cannot just call Friday’s game a ‘win’ – it was something more than that. It served as notice to the NBA community that the Cavaliers are for real. It also made clear that LeBron James is the King of the NBA.
Oh, and as King, if he also wants to call another move a crab dribble, then its crab dribble fellas – don’t hate.
Crab Dribble Video
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(JD Shaver is a featured columnist at Midwest Sports Fans who also runs Shaver Sports, where they discuss everything you ever wanted to know about Cleveland sports.)
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Tags: Cleveland Cavaliers, lebron james, NBA
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Great Post!!! LeBron is the greatest and he does no wrong! I would like to welcome JD Shaver to midwest sports fan. I have never seen an article by you but certainly enjoyed the debut! Also guys check out his own blog shaversports.blogspot.com. I did and it has many great views!!!
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