Lebron Makes Beautiful Pass, Thousands of Sports Reporters Trot Out Their Tired Cliches

Lebron's decision to play within the game has the sports world flush with King James stories today, but for all the wrong reasons. I've read diatribe after knee-jerk reaction piece about how "If he wants to be the king, he better start taking games over." HE WAS TRIPLE-TEAMED. Detroit threw two, three, and occasionally four defenders at him all night, including two of the best defenders in the game (Sheed and Teyshaun). If Donyell Marshall hits that shot (and he hit 6 threes in their previous game), we spend today reading stories about Lebron's wisdom beyond his years and ability to trust his teammates at a way earlier point in his career than MJ did (as well as the fact that if Marshall cans that wide-open three, Lebron chalks up a triple-double in a game where his team scored under 80 points).

Unfortunately for Cleveland, I don't think Teyshaun is going 1-11 again, so they may have just blown their best opportunity to steal one on the road. On the other hand, Pavlovic had an off night and Lebron only dropped 10, so Game 2 could be interesting.

Also: Isn't it amazing how much better Flip's defensive sets look when Rasheed decides to move his feet?