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      Mo’s third quarter helps Cavs survive

      May 1, 2010 /

      The Cavaliers trailed by 11 at halftime, but a 36-24 third quarter run spearheaded by Mo Williams’ 14 points (including 10-straight) gave Cleveland a one-point lead heading into the fourth quarter. From there, the Cavs turned up the pressure defensively, and LeBron James (35-7-7) asserted himself offensively, allowing Cleveland to pull away to win, 101-93.

      Williams finished with 20-5-6, but was actually outplayed by Rajon Rondo (27-6-12) for three quarters of the game. The Celtics turned the ball over 16 times and Paul Pierce missed 11 of his last 12 shots, finishing with just 13 points on 17 shots. That’s not going to get it done.

      The good news for the Celtics is that Kevin Garnett (18-10) looked fresh, and if Pierce would have had a usual performance, the C’s would have won. Part of the problem for Pierce is that he has the best athlete in the world (LeBron) on him defensively.

      Game 2 is on Monday night.

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      LeBron to win MVP

      April 30, 2010 /

      Here’s a shocker — LeBron James is going to win the 2009-2010 Most Valuable Player award.

      At age 25, James becomes the second-youngest to win back-to-back MVPs. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was a couple of months younger when he won his back-to-back award in 1972. The others two win back-to-back are Steve Nash, Tim Duncan, Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Moses Malone, Wilt Chamberlain, Bill Russell and Abdul-Jabbar. Only Bird, Chamberlain and Russell ever won the award three years in a row.

      Last year James won in a landslide, getting 109 of the first-place 121 votes given out to sportswriters and broadcasters who cover the league. This year, James is expected to approach winning the award unanimously.

      LeBron has a good chance to win this award again and again, though NBA writers are fickle and they’ll start looking for reasons to give the award to someone else once voting for LeBron wears thin. The same thing happened to Michael Jordan.


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      Cavs, Celtics advance

      April 27, 2010 /

      LeBron James posted a near-triple-double (19-10-9) to help his Cavs fend off the feisty Bulls, 96-94. Antawn Jamison led Cleveland with 25 points.

      In Boston, Dwyane Wade has his own near-triple-double (31-8-10) but the Heat fell to the Celtics, 96-86. Ray Allen caught fire from three (5-of-6, 24 points) and Paul Pierce chipped in with an efficient 21-7-6. Rajon Rondo posted 16-8-12 in the win.

      The two teams square off in the next round — it should be a knock-down, drag-out battle. These two franchises simply don’t like each other.

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