So Much for Guarantees

The big story yesterday which I didnt get to was that Mo Williams, the point guard of the Cleveland Cavaliers guaranteed a series win before the pivotal game four last night. Well its going to be hard to do now as they are down 3 games to one with their backs clearly against the wall.

I always hate when professional athletes guarantee victory. It always leaves the athlete with pie in their face after they lose. Only Joe Namath has proven to be successful after a guarantee. The other thing is Williams has not done shit in this series to be running his mouth to the media. LeBron's back has to be sore from carrying this entire team on his back and it still isnt enough for the Cavs to win. We really should be talking about the Magic sweep if it hadnt been for LeBron's miracle shot in game 2.

Last night, the Cavs once again didnt make a statement and fell in defeat in overtime 116-114. LeBron did have forty-four points and 12 boards although he had eight turnovers which is never a good sign for a team. Williams seemed lost out there again for the fourth consecutive game and Orlando just let him sit out there to shoot threes.

The other large aspect that is killing the Cavs is Mike Brown. He is not a good coach and I really hope for the sake of Cleveland fans, he struggles next year at the get-go so he can be fired. Why on earth is Ben Wallace on Rashard Lewis?! I mean Lewis has been a straight-up assiasin throughout the series and you had to believe that he would be the first/second opition next to Hedo Turkologu. So why is f'in Ben Wallace brought in to guard him? Lewis is a matchup disaster for every team in the Eastern Conference. Also Brown has stuck with Delonte West on Turkologu which is a seven inch height difference and you got a guy like LBJ, cmon Mike. James would be able to contain Turkologu and could make a huge difference although he is stuck on Courtney Lee.

I think we can all see it now, the front line for Orlando is much greater than Cleveland's and that is proving to be the difference for the series so far. Do I believe its possible that the Cavs can come back from being down 3-1? No, they are done if not tomorrow night, Saturday for sure. Even if the Cavs win by 20+ which I could totally see happening, they will not be able to sustain it for another game.

-Charlie.