I must admit, I haven’t been a very big fan of LeBron James since he came into the league. He has skills, I’ll give you that, but it just didn’t seem like he had reached that level of play that so many NBA greats has reached. This year’s playoffs changed all that. James has received much criticism for not being able to make the plays down the stretch to help the Cavs close out games. I think he is learning very fast what it takes to win in the playoffs, and it proving his critics wrong.
James’ performance in Game 5 in Detroit is one of the best playoff performance in NBA history — if not the best. In total he scored 48 points, including 29 of his team’s last 30 points in the game! On top of that he had 9 rebounds, 7 assists, 2 steals and only 2 turnovers. It will be interesting to see if he can keep playing like this the rest of the series. If he does, then the Cavs have a very good shot at winning the Eastern Conference Championship. I don’t think the Cavs have what it takes to beat the Spurs if they do make it to the finals, but then again no one expected Miami to win last year’s title.
