To shoot or not to shoot was the question again as LeBron was in the same situation as game 1 in this one and this time, he knew he had to shoot. He did just that, but came up short as Rip guarded him tight and might have even fouled his off-hand as LeBron took the shot with his right. I am sure that would have been a called foul in the first 3 quarters, but the refs swallowed the whistle with just a few seconds to go. Even the score was exactly the same as Detroit won 79-76 again. Once again they held The King to 19-6-7 on 7/19 shooting. Tayshaun played great D on him, though he was just 0/8 on offense, but thats a trade the Pistons will make every day if he can shut down LeBron.
It was typical grind-it-out, ugly Pistons game with only Sheed playing real well. I have always thought this guys is one of the best low-post players in the league and in this series, he is getting to show it a little bit. He hit the game-winner for the Pistons in this game as he finished with 16-11-3-2-2 on 7/10 shots. For all the negative press he used to get earlier in his career, this guy is one of the most unselfish players in the league. He can dominate games if he wants to and he did that in the 4-Th quarter.
For the Cavs, a whole bunch of players have to step up including LeBron to get back in to this series. They had a chance to win both games, but they can't do it unless Hughes, Gooden and Z play better and score more than the 4, 4 and 3 points they scored respectively in this game. Varejao and Pavlovic's had 14 each to help the Cavs stay in this one. They need more all around when this thing gets back to Cleveland.
Cleveland @ Detroit - 76-79
Playoff schedule for 05/26/2007
San Antonio @ Utah - Utah is hoping home, sweet home gets them in to this series.
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