From the PD…
2000-2001, Randy Wittman’s second season. That team would improve to 15-9 before Zydrunas Ilgauskas suffered his last foot injury. The Cavs went 15-43 the rest of the season.
I remember how shocked we all were at that team’s hot start. If the Cavs had a major injury (God forbid) this team would probably not collapse so completely as the 2000-2001 team. Injury is probably the only way this team fails to get to the playoffs.
Watching the game at Southside last night in Tremont, a new Cavs cheer developed. The Cavs were down by 8 in the first quarter. They looked sloppy, came out a bit uninspired. The bartender began to read the specials menu to us…romaine salad, a quesadilla, and a chicken sandwich.
Right about the time she said, “chicken sandwich,” the Cavs started to turn it around. It was amazing. One minute, they looked listless and down by 8 points, the next minute, after the utterance of the words “chicken sandwich”, they were flying up and down the court. We began yelling “chicken sandwich!” at the television whenever the Cavs made a good play, or were about to. Donyell spots up for a three? CHICKEN SANDWICH! Drains it.
After a short period of confusion (why are we saying chicken sandwich?) soon the entire bar was shouting “CHICKEN SANDWICH” at the television whenever the Cavs ran out on a fast break. The best invocation of the chicken sandwich was when Lebron grabbed what appeared to be a half court ally-oop, and while the ball was in the air heading to Lebron, a chorus rose up, “CHICKEN SANDWICH”, which resulted in the thudering dunk.
I think I’m gonna keep this one.
To have Lebron James and Larry Hughes on the court at the same time just. Isn’t. Fair.
After 2 points in the first quarter…TWO…Lebron ends up with 37. Ridiculous. Hughes scores 22 points, all of which accounts for 59 of the Cavs 114 points. Lebron had 10 rebounds, Hughes had 8 assists.
How are teams going to defend this pair? There were times last night when the Wizards simply had to double and triple Hughes. This will continue. Who’s left to cover Lebron? Vice versa? If I’m a defensive coordinator on an NBA team this year, I circle every date the Cavs are on the schedule, and I sub-contract a team of experts to work on this problem like some kind of Manhattan Project, because that’s the only way you’re gonna solve it.
So the Wizards have a better won-loss record (5-1) than the Cavs (5-2). Does anyone think they are the better team? I sure as hell don’t. Paging the Scary Cavs Home Court Dismantling Machine. You are urgently needed at the Q to correct the state of the NBA cosmos.
My 4 year old niece loves Lebron James. She’s not very impressed with 26 points last night, though, and ain’t real happy that Lebron was a decoy on the last play of regulation, which went to Donyell Marshall for the game-tying three. I gotta say, though, Donyell Marshall is the hero. That one shot pays for half the guy’s salary.
These kids watching Lebron James for the next, oh 15 years are gonna be spoiled. They’re gonna think this is how it always was for Cleveland basketball fans. Didn’t we always have the best player in the game? Didn’t we always hit a three at the end of regulation to send a game into OT?
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