Not So Fast

For the second straight game, LeBron James and the Cavaliers found themselves down with 1 second left in the fourth quarter. For the second straight game the Cavaliers took a desperation shot with 1 second left on the clock. The difference between games one and two is that Mo Williams missed the shot in game 1 and LeBron James made the shot in game 2. This win can be looked at two different ways. One can look at this game and say big win for the Cavaliers. However someone else can look at this game and see a world of trouble for the Cavaliers. I fall in the latter category. 

This young series has seen two games in which the Cavaliers have jumped out to huge leads early in the game. At halftime the Cavaliers looked to be in total control only to have the rug snatched from underneath them. Now the Cavaliers have split at home in the beginning of the series and given up homecourt advantage. The reason why the game 2 buzzerbeater is not as encouraging as most would think is because it should have never come down to that. Clearly this Orlando Magic team did not get the memo that David Stern sent out to the NBA that Kobe and LeBron are going to meet in the finals. This Magic team is not going to roll over and play dead. Leading the game going into the fourth quarter, the Cavs gave up two big leads in consecutive games. The inability of the Cavs to step on the throat of the Magic and press firmly down is alarming. Do not expect the Cavaliers to win any games in Orlando if they continue to play as they have been playing. Making clutch shots and believing they can win are the deadly combination that the Magic are riding to the finals.