The Day After
The sting is still there. But, I'm not going to run and hide from reality. I'm a big boy. Cleveland made it's bones while other cities were showered with Championships. Us? Well, we've had our hearts ripped out of our chests time and time again. To the point where our souls are pretty much numb to the feeling. With that said, let me try to summarize this loss.
This goes beyond matchups, rotations and coaching. There is a bigger problem here. Much bigger....
The Cavs have won 127 regular season games the last two years. All season long, we proved that we can beat anybody; that the only way we can lose is by beating ourselves. And guess what? We're beating ourselves.
In 4 of 5 games, the Celtics have outplayed & out hustled us. I can understand injuries and bad games, but this team, led by their MVP leader is playing with no emotion or sense of urgency. That is inexcusable. LeBron looks disinterested and like his spirit has been broken.
I don't want to go there, because we'll all hear it from the NY Media, but it's almost as if LeBron has one foot out the door already. I've NEVER, in my 7+ years of following LBJ EVER seen such a lack of effort out of him before than in 3 out of 5 of these games. It's embarrassing for this team to go out like this. This city deserves so much more. And if what I am suggesting turns out to be the truth, well, F* LeBron. He's lost all credibility to me. I will root against him forever and I will never forget the complete lack of effort he gave in his final series ever as a Cavalier. If he stays, well, there has to be a different reason to explain his showing and I take back everything I said.
More thoughts later....
