LeBron James and Dwyane Wade (not pictured) had each other's back on Thursday night.
It was beautiful to watch.
LeBron has something in common with the Cavs fans--- they both watched the 4th quarter.
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Cleveland brought their creativity.
LeBron brought his game.
Before the game, I facebooked that Michael Jordan would've scored 60 on a night like this.
LeBron had 38--- 24 in the 3rd quarter-- and didn't even play in the 4th.
I'm comfortable calling that a Jordan-esque performance.
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Best moment of the night happened in the pre-game.
LeBron approached the scorer's table.
Would he or wouldn't he?
Did he have the audacity to throw his chalk up into the air and make Cavs fans choke on his ego?
He did.
It was LeBron's way of saying--- whatever you want to do tonight--- I'm going to do my thing.
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But LBJ didn't go at it alone.
First play of the game--- Dwyane Wade gets a steal-- goes coast-to-coast for a slam.
Message sent by Wade.
We're a team.
We're here for you LeBron.
Doesn't matter what they say in the stands--- we got this.
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Admittedly, the Cavs are an awful basketball team.
The Heat SHOULD route them by double-figures.
But this was no ordinary circumstance.
Cleveland fans were pegging EVERY failure that their city ever had to endure--- on this one guy.
Honestly, it's time to move on.
A free agent opted out.
Happens quite frequently in sports.
Have a problem with it? Take it up with David Stern (I'm not going to humor anyone by addressing their stupid tampering charges--- Dan Gilbert is a crazy person).
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What's exciting about tonight is that it bodes well for the playoffs.
If you can survive a building filled with murderous rage--- you can handle just about any environment that's thrown at you.
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One of my favorite scenes in "Scarface" was when Tony Montana was dragged out of the restaurant---drunk, high, angry.
Others were gawking at him and he told them--- say goodnight to the bad guy.
He's the guy that others NEED to look at, point at, talk about.
Without the bad guy, people would have to confront their own quotidian lives.
LBJ was the bad guy in Cleveland.
He moves on with a virtuoso performance.
Cavs fans are now stuck in Cleveland.
Advantage James.
