Lebron James, Cavs Crush Celtics 124-95 in Boston
Friday, May 7th, 2010 | Boston Celtics, Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Cavaliers, MLB, NBA, New York Yankees, Sports
Ouch – the Cleveland Cavaliers crushed the Boston Celtics 124-95 tonight – it was the worst home playoff loss in the storied Celtics’ franchise history. How does a game like this get that out of hand?
It’s simple when Lebron James is on the court. The Cavs raced out to a 36-19 point 1st quarter lead behind 21 points from the 2-time reigning NBA Most Valuable Player. By halftime, the Cavs led the Celtics by 22 points. James finished the night with 38 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists. But he also had help from teammates Antawn Jamison (12 points and 9 rebounds) and Shaquille O’Neal (12 points and 9 rebounds).
It was not a night to remember for Boston sports fans. Just 4 days ago, Boston sports fans all across the country were going nuts as the Celtics and Bruins won big playoff games and the Red Sox ended a 3-game skid by cruising to an easy win over the Angels at Fenway Park. Tonight is was the exact opposite. While the Cavs were crushing the Celtics, just a few miles away, the hated New York Yankees were pounding the Red Sox 10-3 at Fenway and the Bruins lost a demoralizing overtime game to the Flyers in Philly. Paul Pierce who scored just 11 points in the loss was disgusted with his team’s play — “That was embarrassing. That’s embarrassing when you lose at home like that. We just let our guard down… You’ve got to know the Cleveland Cavaliers are going to come in here with all the urgency in the world. They took the fight to us early, and we didn’t respond to it.”
The Celtics still have a chance to even the score on Sunday with the afternoon affair against the Cavs. Guess it can’t get any worse than this…
1 Comment to Lebron James, Cavs Crush Celtics 124-95 in Boston
[...] WOW — is the Lebron James era officially over in Cleveland. If you didn’t see the Celtics manhandle the Cavs 120-88 in front of their home town crowd on Tuesday night, you missed one sad, but amazing display. Have you ever heard of Lebron James getting booed at a home game in the State of Ohio in his entire hoops career dating back to grammar school? No way. But that’s exactly what happened to Lebron and his teammates as the Cavs embarrassed themselves in the most lopsided loss for the Cavaliers in franchise history. I guess what goes around comes around as the Cavs made a mockery of the Celtics in Game 3 at the TD North Ga…. [...]
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