The King and his men showed up big again today as they won another close one against the Pistons. The Pistons have now lost 2 games and won 2 close ones and they don't seem like the runaway favorites in this series that everyone thought they would be. Once again, I hate to admit it, but defense wins games and one of the reasons the Cavs are able to play them this close is because Coach Mike Brown also plays an ugly, defensive style. I kind of hate Brown's offense, but he does have his guys play defense and rebound well and thats how they stay close to the Pistons all night. And then, they have LeBron to carry them home. He did it again in the fourth quarter today as he went 4-of-6 from the field, 5-of-5 from the line and added four rebounds and three assists.
The Cavs got a great game from Daniel Gibson for the second straight game and he had 21 points on just 7 shots as he went to the line 12 times. This kid is very talented and they need to use him more than Larry Hughes, who actually played in this game despite the foot injury. LeBron's 25-7-11 night was capped by 2 clutch free throws at the end when Rip tried to throw him off with some trash talking and LeBron pushed him away. Gooden had a solid 19-8 game and a key steal at the end on a Billups drive. Billups had a few bad plays late in this game. He had that turnover and with around a minute to go and trailing by 3, he took a ill-advised, off-balance 3 on a fast break coming off a Rasheed Wallace block. It was a one-possession game with enough time on the clock and not sure what Billups was thinking. A basket there would have made things real interesting. Billups did have a good game after a few bad ones with 23-9-2 and Rip had a 19-8-2 game. Tay's 15 and McDyess's 12 were not enough to win this one. Now they have to go home with a lot of doubts.
Detroit @ Cleveland - 87-91
Playoff schedule for 05/30/2007
San Antonio @ Utah - Could be fishing time for Utah, especially if Deron is not 100%.
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