Last night’s battle between LeBron James and Dwyane Wade turned into a classic, as both men put on quite a show. LeBron got the last laugh as he stole the ball from Wade at the end to give the Cavs the road victory. Brian Windhorst of the Plain Dealer summed it up well.
If the league really wants to get high ratings over All-Star Weekend, it should scrap the Slam Dunk Contest and just have LeBron James and Dwyane Wade play 1-on-1.
If not, they could just show a replay of Monday night when James and Wade added another chapter to their already strong rivalry. In the first half they started a “anything you can do, I can do better” campaign at the offensive end, a few precious minutes that are sure to be some of the most memorable played in the NBA this season.
Then, as a contrast, they flipped it over to the defensive end in the second half, each attempting to one-up the other until the very end.
Finally, it took a collision and a last-second shot to settle it. James came out on the winning end of both. Therefore, the Cavs escaped AmericanAirlines Arena with a 92-91 victory over Wade’s Miami Heat (23-21).
The Cavs have been on quite a roll, and they are again staking their claim as the best team in the NBA. But we all know little matters until they meet Boston or Orlando in the playoffs. Is this LeBron’s year?
“[The Cavaliers] were the hungrier team and I think that they sense that they want to win a championship, they want to go after it, so they’re playing with a sense of urgency that we played with last year. We have to make some adjustments, we have to make some improvements. Our mentality has to change a little bit playing against these teams. These teams are physical, tough-minded and hard-nosed type of teams and we need to make some decisions.”
