Hawks Out, the LeBrons Next
The Celtics decimated the Hawks 99-65 last night and this series is thankfully over. The Celtics domination gave them the Hawks point total with about 4 minutes left in the 3rd quarter, and had doubled the score on the Hawks several times during the 3rd quarter play. Game ball went to Doc Rivers for winning his first playoff series, and player of the game candidates has to be spread around to Perkins for some aggressive defense and rebounding especially in the 1st quarter and Rondo for his gutsy comeback after being took down by Williams in a flagrant II and ejection.
The Williams Takedown - for which he was appropriately ejected - and the NBA has to do something to protect the players, especially folks like Rondo that are just getting abused by body fouls and takedowns on simple layups.
There was also the Garnett blind-siding of Pachulia - I have to admit, I got a fair amount of enjoyment from this veteran move. Garnett slightly leaned into him and caught Pachulia with his pants down, otherwise it wouldn’t have even been a foul. As the announcer said, ”that was a signature good-bye Za Za”
Adrian Wojnarowski at Yahoo has a bead on what’s in store for the Celtics against the Cavs
LeBron James has done a masterful job of setting the stage for the Celtics series, conspiring with his coach, Mike Brown, to make the world believe he had been pummeled in the Washington Wizards series. . . . For them, it’ll be fascinating to see if they can carry that narrative into the Eastern Conference semifinals. This was effective against the Wiz and privately the Celtics wonder if the precious treatment of the Cavaliers’ superstar gets transferred to them now. Even the Celtics were surprised that Darius Songailia’s hit in Game 5 on James cost the Wizards forward a Game 6 suspension.
P.J. Brown goes back to those old Knicks-Heat playoff series and sighs over what passes for rough play these days. “It’s a different league now,” he said. “If they wanted to fine him, fine, but I didn’t think it warranted a one-game suspension.” James won’t beat the Celtics alone, but officials are conditioned to protect him. Boston wonders whether its league-best defense can be framed as the bully in this series, the way one of the league’s worst in Washington had been before it.
What We Can Learn From The Celtics-Hawks Series has some interesting tidbits, and obviously it all points to King James being the NBA’s next golden child, as even the Cavs author refers to the team as LeBron James.
So the Celtics are playing “the LeBrons” next, and expect to see LeBron either at the swimming pool or the free throw line if you want to catch up with him.
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10 Responses to “Hawks Out, the LeBrons Next”
May 5th, 2008 at 6:24 am
My new motto is “Lebron WHO”?
May 5th, 2008 at 9:31 am
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May 5th, 2008 at 9:38 am
We need to get ahold of those “Crybaby - 23″ t-shirts Papa John’s printed up in the DC area.
May 5th, 2008 at 11:30 am
yeah, please do… like he needs more motivation.
May 5th, 2008 at 12:45 pm
LOL…Harrison? You mean Marvin Williams? Not Marvin Harrison?
To quote Mike Gundy:
“THAT’S NOT TRUE…SO GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT!!!!”
Cavs in 6.
May 5th, 2008 at 2:37 pm
Got me Panchmatia - you’d think I would have gone Hagler if I was going to screw up Marvin’s last name, with that attempted TKO.
Talk about The Truth, we will have LeBron down and out in a short series, Celtics in 5.
I see we have a difference in opinion, and we will have to keep up the banter on the Cavs and Celtics sites.
May 5th, 2008 at 6:14 pm
Why so confident? It took the Celtics 7 games to beat a team an inferior team that won 30 less regular season games. Now all the sudden they’re going to win a series in 5?
I don’t like the Cavs or Lebron but I can’t imagine them losing in 5. I think the series goes a minimum of 6, but that would mean the Celtics would have to win game 6 on the road. After their first round performance on the road, nobody stepping up at the end of the games, and questionable coaching; why would you think 5? I get it, winning games 1, 2, 4, and 5; but I just don’t see it happening.
The Cavs do no have a great team, but they play good defense and they have the best player on the floor. No offense, but if the game is close, I’d rather have Lebron deciding my teams fate over anybody on the Celtics.
Not to say I’m picking the Cavs, because I’m not. But if I learned anything in the first round it was that the Celtics have flaws, and they’re only going to stand out more as the playoffs continue, and the competition increases.
Even with their flaws I see them getting to the Finals, but I don’t see them beating a team like the Spurs or Lakers. I honestly think the Pistons will present them a huge challenge.
But as for this series against the Cavs, I wouldn’t be surprised if it goes 7.
May 5th, 2008 at 9:04 pm
pj brown is a dirty player
May 6th, 2008 at 12:30 am
Well that is upsetting. He won’t play enough for anyone to notice
May 6th, 2008 at 6:09 am
LeBron James is going to pose problems, but the Celtics have to come together and win in Cleveland. It won’t be easy, but all they have to do is take care of home and win one of the two in CLE to take it in 5 - seems reasonable . . . discounting the road stigma this team obtained in the Hawks series. But the Celtics were the best road team in the NBA this year - and I expect to see that team again sometime during the playoffs.
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