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7 (2008)
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LeBron James game 1 round 1 2008 vs Wizards "overrated?" CLEVELAND -- Determined to shut up trash-talking Washington guard DeShawn Stevenson, who had called (More) CLEVELAND -- Determined to shut up trash-talking Washington guard DeShawn Stevenson, who had called him "overrated" last month, James took a physical pounding. But he led the Cavaliers to their seventh straight postseason win over the Wizards, who had their chances in the fourth but missed 10 straight shots and scored just two points in the final 4:39.
Afterward, James felt no need to rub it in Stevenson's face.
"93-86," he said, "is the only words I need to say."
James scored 20 points -- most of them on layups -- in the second half to lead the defending Eastern Conference champions, who took a 1-0 lead in a best-of-7 series that got off to a physical start and appears to have a long way to go.
Game 2, or Round 2, if you will, is Monday night.
"It's one game," Wizards coach Eddie Jordan said. "They drew first blood."
Resting a bothersome back, James sat out the early part of the fourth quarter. But once he returned to the floor, Cleveland's superstar forward came through as usual. With the game on the line, he twice got to the basket and scored over Wizards defenders, who had spent much of the game knocking him to the floor.
James expected a physical game, and he got one. Not that he minded.
"I was built for this," he said. "I'm not 6-9, 260 pounds to shoot jumpers all night. I go to the hole and I create contact. Don't ever think I'm the only person feeling that."
With the score tied 84-84, James knifed his way down the lane and hit a layup between Antawn Jamison and Brendan Haywood with 1:37 remaining. Following a miss by Gilbert Arenas, who led the Wizards with 24 points, James powered past Stevenson and dropped a floater with 55 seconds left in the game -- and one tick to spare on the 24-second shot clock.
The Wizards were still within four, but although Daniel Gibson missed a free throw and James misfired on two attempts from the line in the final minute, Washington's offense went cold at the worst time possible. Jamison missed three straight outside shots, two of them 3-pointers, in the final minutes.
"They were shots I normally make, but I wasn't able to convert," Jamison said. "It's frustrating."
Delonte West made four free throws in the final 15.1 seconds to seal Cleveland's win.
Arenas played 27 minutes and fouled out with 13 seconds to go. Still getting his legs after missing 66 games following knee surgery, Agent Zero tired in the fourth. Jamison had 23 points and 19 rebounds and Stevenson finished with three points on just 1-of-9 shooting.
Stevenson doesn't regret saying what he did about James. But their dialogue has ended.
"The talking is over," Stevenson said. "I didn't say anything to him and he didn't say anything to me. The series has already started. We don't need to talk. We all know what's in the air. I said what I had to say. He (James) is a good player. I do what I can to get under his skin, on and off the court."
Meeting for the third straight time in the postseason, these two teams know each other well. They also strongly dislike each other and tempers boiled over in the final seconds of the first half, when Haywood flattened James with a screen near midcourt.
James didn't appreciate the foul or that Haywood towered over him for several seconds after the call.
"He was standing over me in a very disrespectful manner," James said.
He squirmed through Haywood's legs to get up and the pair pushed and screamed at each other. Cavs coach Mike Brown quickly intervened and Jamison came running in to the fray as Ilgauskas and Ben Wallace led Cleveland's charge.
Haywood was slapped with a technical, as were Jamison and James.
"I was over top of him and he got a little razzle-dazzled," Haywood said. "That's how things go. He ain't going to do anything. I'm not going to do anything, so let's play on."
Jordan said part of Washington's game plan was to be "very physical" in the paint. And each time, James came inside, the Wizards let him feel it.
"When LeBron drives, he's getting hit, hit, hit," Brown said, pounding his hand onto the dais to emphasize his point. "Yes, he had 14 free throws, but if you go back and watch the tape, he's getting clobbered. He has to make sure that he goes in there and protects himself so he doesn't get hurt.
"One thing he can't do, is stop driving the ball."
James never did, and if there were any questions about the wellness of his back, he answered them with a one-handed dunk off an alley-oop pass from Gibson in the second quarter. Streaking down the left side, James went up to grab Gibson's lob with his right hand and slammed it in.
"I told Boobie, 'Just throw the ball anywhere, and I'll go get it,"' James said. "He really took that literally." (Less)
Game 3 round 1 Cleveland vs Washington 2008 Playoffs April 24, 2008
WASHINGTON -- LeBron James was serenaded with chants of "over-rated!" as (More) April 24, 2008
WASHINGTON -- LeBron James was serenaded with chants of "over-rated!" as he stood at the free-throw line late in the third quarter, the latest humorous twist in an ongoing saga that had somehow snared -- yes, believe it or not -- one of his son's favorite rappers into a front-row seat near the basket.
James couldn't help but laugh. He was so distracted he missed the free throw. Didn't really matter. By then, the Cleveland Cavaliers were trailing by 28 points, a stunning reversal from Game 2 to Game 3 in their first-round series against the Washington Wizards.
Maybe it was the new haircuts sported by four Wizards players. Maybe it was the presence of Soulja Boy. Maybe it was sight of Colin Powell in a "White Out" T-shirt. Or just the comfort of being home. Or the inspiration of having Gilbert Arenas in the starting lineup, even though he limped out of the game in the first half.
Actually, there were plenty of reasons the Wizards routed their playoff nemesis, 108-72 in a Thursday night party at the Verizon Center. DeShawn Stevenson, who started the "overrated" talk and invited Soulja Boy to the game, had a "can't-feel-my-face" 19 points. Caron Butler (17 points) and Antawn Jamison (15) also found their games. James didn't have his. And, yes, those 15 first-half Cleveland turnovers had a lot to do with it, too.
"It was a good old fashioned behind-kicking," Cleveland coach Mike Brown said.
The victory took the Wizards off the ropes by cutting Cleveland's lead to 2-1 in the first-round series. Washington will also host Game 4 on Sunday, when coach Eddie Jordan's players will have the confidence of knowing they aren't destined to be forever hexed by James and Co. Cleveland had won eight consecutive playoff games against the Wizards, including a first-round sweep a year ago.
"I don't know about the rapper and haircuts," Jordan said. "But I think the fans and the way we played kind of came together."
One game after setting a franchise playoff record with a 30-point win in Game 2, the Cavaliers set another team postseason mark by losing by 36. The margin of victory also set a Wizards franchise playoff record.
The Wizards took control with a pair of 9-0 runs in the first half. They led 49-33 at halftime, and the Cavaliers never threatened to make a game of it in the second half.
But, oh, the subplots!
The crowd's big chant was a reference to Stevenson's claim that James was "overrated" following a Wizards victory over the Cavaliers last month. James said responding to that remark would be like Jay-Z responding to Soulja Boy -- a hip-hop mogul answering a one-hit wonder.
Stevenson had to eat his words after Games 1 and 2, but he had Soulja Boy dancing in the aisle Thursday night while going 5-of-7 on 3-pointers. After making his shots, Stevenson ran down the court waving his hand in front of his nose, the "can't-feel-my-face" gesture that Cleveland's Damon Jones mocked in Game 2.
"If I was disrespected as an artist, I would have came, too," Stevenson said. "I felt like Soulja Boy felt disrespected, and he came to support the Washington Wizards."
So will the rapper, whose music was played on the sound system during the game, be back for Game 4?
"We got to get him here," Stevenson said. "We won with him. Me and Gil are superstitious, so we have to get him back."
What was James' response to all this? First, he said the Wizards crowd wasn't nearly as intimidating as the Detroit fans in last year's playoffs.
And as for Soulja Boy?
"My son knows every last dance Soulja Boy does and every last song he ever made," James said. "So if my son was watching, he enjoyed it."
When it was suggested that this might be part of a budding DeShawn-LeBron rivalry, James had a good laugh.
"There's no DeShawn-LeBron rivalry," he said, laughing again.
The Wizards tried to force James, who scored 32 and 30 points in Games 1 and 2, to shoot more from outside, and it worked. Booed heavily every time he touched the ball, the Cavaliers All-Star couldn't get into a flow.
James said Washington's tactics in the first two games were like a "Hack-a-Bron" strategy, but there was nothing like that this time. He finished with 22 points on 10-for-19 shooting from the field and took only four free throws.
"We double-teamed him more," Jordan said.
The Wizards no doubt felt they received the calls that they argued were lacking in Cleveland, where the games were marred by physical play that included Brendan Haywood's Game 2 ejection for a hard foul on James. (Less)
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