Heading back to the Palace, let's hope the Pistons can win the next to and close it out in 6.

Pistons - blah - Go Cavs!!

Wow!!! Gibson chose a hell of a game to bust out for a season and a career high - made the difference...

Maybe everyone will get off Lebron's case now.
He is having a J.Kidd like series at the moment, and if Marshall had hit that open 3 in game 1, and the 50/50 call gone Lebron's way in game 2, it would be all over..

Here's hoping it goes to 7 though....

a j kidd series. Are you serious. kidd always needs someone else to do the work. Lebrons taking over.

lol...should have expected that from you ELG...touche.

What I mean is he is averaging near a triple double for the series, but I agree, on a one man team..

Bron is a punk! If he hit his free throws in the 1st 2 games the Pistons would be down.

I think we all know now that Lebron is definitely not the next MJ. Sure he can flat out play, and is a great all around player, but not even close to the great man re playoff performances that MJ had at a similar stage of his career.

And lets not blow over LBJ too much yet. Ok so he's had 2 pretty good games.. but do you remember games 1 & 2?

a 50/50 call? You kidding me? Tell me any referee that will call that with a few seconds left (or anytime in the game in the NBA for that matter)

He had his arm slapped pretty hard whilst shooting. Normally a foul, at the end of the game a 50/50 call. Easy. He didn't get it so unlucky.
Just my opinion lockstock, I don't even like the Cavs.
Plus I don't want to sound like a Phoenix supporter re Nash and Horry... ; )

Just didn't think the press needed to get on him so much...

If lebron gets there he has not only made it faster to the finals than jordan but without the help Jordan had on his team.

I don't like Lebron but a monumental effort with the supporting cast he has especially when you put it up against the teams that have failed this year.

ie:DALLAS, MIAMI,

Jordan will always be the man but credit is due here for the age and team Lebron has.

Also my Spurs are keen to play Cleveland before the experienced Detroit on route to the title.

do the teams aswell.

Bear in mind MJ did 3 years at college, and Lebron came in from High School....

Never been a huge Lebron fan, even less of one now after reading this:
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_ylt=AnrtPTeA7mSlqXdi1gAsAba8vLYF?slug=stcavaliersjamesdarfur&prov=st&type=lgns

Sellout.

Jordan didn't win his first title until he was 28 and had a hell of alot more help than James's gets.James is 22 get off his back, the player we see now is not the finished product, if he went to college for the full 4 years , next season would be his rookie year, bear that in mind before you start bagging him.

I don't like Lebron's shot, and he might be a bit of a punk sell out, but he's got a fair bit going for him. He's a much better passer than I thought he was, he's leading a less than all star cast deep into the playoffs at 22 and he can touch the ring with his head (ok, so I'm speculating, but that alley he got early tonight must have been close).

He still does the odd uncontrollable drive into the key followed by an unco looking prayer that misses the ring altogether, something you wouldn't see from MJ or Kobe, but he plays more of a team game than either those guys at 22, looks to pass, bring his team into it - an unusual quality in someone so big and athletic. He's a bit like a more explosive less finesse version of Magic.

Yeah fair enough DB5.

And fair enough wit hthe Jordan comments.. Lebron still has a few years up his sleeve. But Jordan's supporting cast in the early years was pretty bad too. I was thinking more in terms of his personal performances and how he absolutely carried his team through the playoffs in the early years. Lebron will be great, and no doubt go down as one of the greatest, but I think the Jordan comparisons are exaggerated (as they always are really)

Lockstock if we are reffereing to a first trip to the finals you would have to say Jordan had it easier due to Pippen being there too.

Jordan had Pippen

Lebron had ???? Gibson, Marshall, Illgauskas, Snow !!!!

which one of these would you trade for pippen right now if he was young of course.

I certainly can't argue - Jordan had more talent on his championship team, but on his pre-Pippen days I would say he had less.

If you put a couple of top notch spot up shooters on that Cavs side they'd be mighty tough to stop, Lebron seems to hit the open man for the three really well, and with the defence unable to leave their man to play help on Lebron there's not too many defenders who can stop him one on one. That's why Z fits well, he's a jump shooting big man who draws his man outside and opens things up for the slashing Lebron.