Master Yoda would be Proud

So as I think about the Cavs game today...at one point I was ecstatic by our team's cohesiveness..the next minute I was ready to punch my TV..and by the end it felt like I had truly witnessed greatness.  The guys basically had a season in this one game. 

Up by 20 early in the second, this game was in the bag.  But then we blew it..Mavs went up by 3 at the close of the 3rd quarter.  Then when things couldn’t have gotten any worse, Tractor and Gooden were ejected.  Let’s just say the boo’s in Cleveland carried quite well over the TV.  So we are two big men down and interim coach Malone makes a bold move.   Move the King to the point and let him do what he does naturally…survey the court and pass. 

Over the past month or so, the Cavs shifted to this mode were LeBron felt like he had to be our primary scorer.  This is not his role.  The first half of the season played out like this for LeBron:  first two quarters get about 5-6 assists, pull down 4-5 rebounds, and drop 8-10 points.  This gets our big men in the game early, which we all know Gooden needs to have a successful game. On to the second half – Lebron takes more of a role in scoring and basically does what’s needed to win.  Whether that involves being the leader or not, he knows his role.  See the thing is..for the first part of the season, he would only become a Wilt Chamberlin type player when needed and if this occured it was for a half at most.  In the past few months, LeBron either was told or felt like he needed to do it all from the opening tip.  By the end of each game, LeBron was either dead tired or plain pissed.  I mean look at his minutes played over the past month..he is basically averaging 41-42 mins a game…way too much. 

While I am definetely not advocating LeBron becoming our next PG, this King needs to move back to his natural role..a play maker.  Let him get his 25 points quietly, but personally I don’t want to hear about him putting up 56 points in a losing effort.  I know the Cavs have not been playing well recently, but I think today proved to be a wakeup call.   Maybe having two of your big men tossed while on a 2 game slide and fighting for a playoff spot is what we needed.  Or better yet..maybe what we really needed was a nice kick in the arse concerning LeBron’s true role.