Found May 27, 2009 on BlackSportsOnline: Yardbarker Blogger Network
One of the first sports books I ever read was "The Jordan Rules" by Stan Smith. One of the main features of the book was a philosophy by Detroit Pistons head coach Chuck Daly (RIP) on the best way to defend Michael Jordan. The interesting thing was Daly knew you couldn't totally stop Jordan, but the plan was to force him to play 1 on 5 and to beat his brains in for the entire series. Fast forward to 2009 and you are Lebron James. You have your "Scottie Pippen" Mo Willi...

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  • MONSTER
    IM LIKE MIKE LAAAAAAARRRRRYYYY
  • BenPhranklin
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    Lebron James is lacking something.... he's afraid to drive to the hole with Dwight Howard on the floor, and he's trying to force the 3 point shot. He needs the little bit more confidence inside the paint if they're going to catch up in this series.
    • jaymz77
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      I think the entire Cavs team lost some confidence and they aren't playing how they are capable. Orlando's defense isn't getting the credit it deserves either. They are intense, flying around, and playing hard.
    • Somemo32
      It's not Lebron. He's playing the same as he did when they lost 2 -1 to Orlando in the regular series. Overall across the team they don't matchup well. You know this series is over because they've resorted to getting that sorry sideshow bob lookalike anderson varejao to foul Howard all game to try to provoke him to get another technical. That's your strategy?? Hang it up boys. See you next year. But Z is the missing link. Unless they can consistently get Z going, they're going to lose.
  • trueaglesfan34
    Its obvious the Cavs are going to lose the series. Lebron juat can not do it all by himself. Plus, the way Orlando is shooting the 3, and who down low is going to stop Dwight Howard. Obviously, Big Z shows he is afraid by posted up under the basket and being forced to foul him. As Lebron grows more and more, I believe we will be seeing plenty championships for Lebron somewhere else besides Cleveland.
  • Shark151
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    Cleveland could have had a chance on the paint D if they had a prime Olajuan (sp) or prime Motumbo.)
    • trueaglesfan34
      They need to draft a dominant big man with post defense and some scoring ability if they want to contend to beat the Magic, or the Celtics next year. Imagine if the Celtics would have Garnett this postseason healthy, the Celtics would have repeated again.
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