LeBron and the new boys take down Pistons
March 20, 2008 by James Edwards
Filed under Cleveland Cavaliers, Detroit Pistons, LeBron James, Rasheed Wallace
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LeBron James can do all the shooting. He needs defense from his teammates.
Detroit and Boston are on top in the East.
Even though Cleveland went to the finals by getting past the Pistons, this is a whole new Cleveland team, although still led by LeBron James.
Cleveland wants bad to beat Detroit.
Cleveland Cavaliers 89 Detroit Pistons 73
A newcomer to one of the NBA’s fiercest rivalries, Wally Szczerbiak didn’t need long to understand Cleveland’s hatred.
“All my buddies, all the fans, everybody, all they want to do is beat Detroit,” he said. source
The new guys can play some defense and that made the difference.
“We’re still in search mode,” Brown said. “We’re using these games to win and to get better. Against Orlando [on Monday night], we played [good defense] for 24 minutes. Wednesday night, we played the right way for 48 minutes and that made the difference.”
In resounding fashion.
The night after the Detroit Pistons shot lights out, the Cavs shut their Eastern Conference rival’s offensive lights off in an 89-73 victory at The Q. source
NBA Basketball Big Ben Wallace Quote of the Week – Talking to Ben Wallace before the game, a radio reporter asked him if the key to dealing with the Pistons is handling “Rasheed Wallace’s BS.”
“What is the BS?” Ben Wallace said. “Big shots?” source
So, nobody is confusing one game with getting your defensive stuff together and maintaining dominance over the Pistons, but it sure feels good.
LeBron and the new boys are headed in the right direction.
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