It's LeBron James that makes you bad. Every iteration of LeBron James is very scary, but Friday is her worst behavior. Against the Washington Wizards, and driving four straight defeats, James took 57 points - seconds for most of his career, and the most he got in Cleveland shirts.
"He still has it," said Wizards head coach Scott Brooks afterwards, something that should win the award for Understatement of the Night.
James's full line is a fuel horror movie: 57 points on 23-of-34 shooting, 11 rebounds, seven assists, three steals, two blocks, and just three turnovers. This is the 11th time he has fallen the 50 point plateau.
You can see this James appearing slowly over the game: He scored 24 points in the first half within this normal limit. At the beginning of the fourth quarter, he transformed into him in a pick-and-roll with Dwyane Wade. Over time, even to the side of the road. It was just James, the ball, and he was trying to score a goal. James took 12 of the team's last 14 shots. It's not an efficient way to build, but LeBron James is not normal.
LeBron does this because Cleveland desperately needs it
The Cavaliers are now 4-5, and into this game, they lost five of their last six wins. And that's not just a disadvantage - it's an objective wastebasket with defensive and problematic formations without much effort. (We'll come back later.)
This is a national television game, and the Wizards talk bad luck before starting. James must be LeBron in this game, pretty handsome so Jay Z will be brilliant into a feature for Kanye West. He.
Not like bad James this season either. He went into this game averaging 25.6 points on a 59 percent shot with 7.3 rebounds and 8.9 assists. Are you kidding? Without the proper context of "that LeBron James, perhaps the second greatest basketball player of all time," we would panic about someone who rated those numbers.
On Friday, James should be even better, and rightly so.
Cavaliers are not out of the woods - not at all
James had the second best scoring game of his career and Washington still lasted until the last minute. Wizards are good, remember, but that's unacceptable. They still give up 122 points themselves, and they can not always be themselves on the other side. This defense is very bad, like very very, and there is still no clear improvement.
Kevin Love played fewer minutes on Friday, just 27, while Jae Crowder 34 was the second in nine games he played in Cleveland. Cavaliers experimented with Ante Zizic, Channing Frye's training there for a while (not a cover but a different look from their previous rotation), and the limitedness of Dwyane Wade to just 14. But still not enough defenders both in burgandy- and -ema. The final solution might be thanks to the Nets No 1 pick.
We will see all that. For now, this is a gut-check winner, and the Cavaliers can complement each other on LeBron James for eliminating the idea of Cleveland's defeat will continue. He's still the man who can do that.
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