The Cavaliers gather at the 'Q' to take care of business with the Pistons. As usual, Lebron plays fantastically and does his normal "heat checks" (half of which he misses) and his amazing drives.
Since today wasn't all that interesting despite the playoff atmosphere, I'll wrap up what happened quickly-- the Cavaliers head out and pummel the Pistons not letting them lead even once, if I recall correctly. Mo hit's a few pull-ups and the Cavs quickly extent their lead from 2-0 to 10-2 in the first quarter. Despite what I would label as pathetic attempts at not being blown out by the Pistons, the 3rd quarter ends with a 27 point Cavaliers lead, almost making me want to leave-- had I not known the rotation well enough that Wally was supposed to come in around this time, I would have left, too.
Unfortunately, the Pistons bench players showed a little life and our team as a whole (Wally, West, Jackson, whoever else was playing, and Gibson included) started to slip and let up several points. When the lead went under the 20 point mark Mike Brown took out his starters which kind of surprised me-- I just wasn't used to the starters taking off their shirts and I was hoping Lebron wouldn't play the 4th quarter just so I could say "hah, the Cavs are so good Lebron doesn't even need to play in the 4th quarter... in the playoffs!" but my bragging opportunity was seized from me when Wally and co were taken out and Lebron and co substituted back in.
Szczerbiak only had 2 points, once again both off of free throws. He's currently a 100% free throw shooter in the playoffs, which is a good thing, right? It's even better than Mo Williams, the famed 91% free throw shooter in the regular season!
Once Mike Brown felt it safe to place Jackson and Szczerbiak back out for the final couple plays of the game, he did so, and after a horrible shot Wally grabbed the rebound (a big aspect of his gameplay, although he was only allowed 8 minutes he grabbed 3 rebounds) and then dribbled it out.
And then, guess what. You wouldn't believe it.
Wally passed the ball to the refiree, walked over, and...
-High Five-
Funniest thing I have ever seen.
NOTE: Gibson, the overrated point guard, was 1-7 on shooting, doing horrible. Despite his failures he was allowed 17 minutes. His only other stats were 1 rebound and 2 personal fouls. Seriously, I would rather have Kinsey on there-- he could at least play some defense and pass it to Wally. I'm officially giving Daniel Gibson the Most Overrated Bench Player Award. He deserves it, big time. I'm willing to prove this to anyone. If I get even one comment on this, I am going to write a large post on why he is overrated and over-liked by fans.
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Dude, Boobie is my favorite.
ReplyDeleteI actually attended the game. And when wally made his first free throw, loudville starting throwing down "wally" chants. Looks like theres wally lovers everywhere.
ReplyDeleteanother great post
I don't understand Wally's minutes going down in the playoffs. He was shooting well at the end of the season and is a threat to go on a tear anytime. He should be getting at least 15-18 minutes.
ReplyDeleteLol@boobie and now adays they do chan Wally a lot. What if they started to chant MVP!!!
ReplyDeleteI totally agree with you grumpy, he should at least be getting ss many minutes as Gibson if not more. He's proved himself by shooting 4-4 in 3-pounders that one night, and shooting 8-11 in the night vs the 76ers where he almost got a triple double. He took half as many shots as Gibson but scored only 7 less. And its not like he gave up many points, he only had 2 fouls and played pretty good D and didn't turnover much (unlike Sasha). I just feel like he's not being treated the way he should be.