Yeah, historically bad. And it’s amazing that his pre-Cavs performance perfectly lined up with his career average in FG%. Would be nice if he could duplicate that against us.

i knew lewis had been somewhat bottled up, but i didn’t realize the extent.

…in fact if i’m not mistaken his Orlando numbers where worse than his Houston numbers even!! Most couldn’t believe he was shooting that well even WITH wide open look….i suspect he’ll return to his normal 13-15 points for game 5. It’s going to be a tough one!!

Heh, no, not facts. I actually like SVG a lot. Keeps his cool in tough spots, fun to listen to, respectful to opponents.

I don’t appreciate your point about “shucking and jiving.” I think if you listen to comments made by the team, aside from Mo’s “guarantee” (which was led n by the media), we have an awful lot of respect for other teams. We also have fun playing basketball. Nothing wrong with that. Say what you will about Mo, but LeBron has always conducted himself with dignity and respect for the other team and that is what separates him from most superstars in any sport. Let’s not forget you have a guy who thinks nothing of calling himself Superman and wearing a cape.

Otherwise, though, it’s hard to argue that this isn’t a flawed team, you’re right. Every team has its flaws, but perhaps this one has flaws bigger than we realized or bigger than the record would indicate. Tabler84’s larger point, however — and I think he’s spot on — is that it is unusual for you guys to be beating us the way you’re beating us and that, for the most part, our attack plan has worked.

There’s basically nothing we can do about Alston shooting the way he has other than tip our caps.

So Rashard Lewis is a better offensive player than Mo Williams? In this series he sure is. Anyone would be. But do you care to match their performance side-by-side from the season?

Lewis: 36.2 mpg, 17.7 pts, 43.9 FG%, 39.7 3P%, 83.6 FT%
Mo: 35.0 mpg, 17.8 pts, 46.7 FG%, 43.6 3P%, 91.2 FT%

If you want to say that Lewis can “take a game,” you’d obviously have to concede that Mo Williams can take over one as well, considering he’s been the better offensive player. I mean, it’s close, but Mo scores more points in fewer minutes on fewer shots.

See, when you only react to four games, you can come off as pretty ignorant.

Easily dispatched a Hawks team who was not as good as their record indicated (their improvement is due in large part to Detroit’s fall from grace)

first of all, this doesn’t make any sense. i’m not sure how a team can be “not as good as their record”, nor do i have any how the hawks’ improvement could be in any way, shape, or form related to the decline of a team (detroit) that they played 3 times.

-Magic are winning the hustle points while Cleveland is hoping for a call or hoping for the "best team in the league" respect from the refs
-Orlando is playing while Cleveland is talking about playing. Remember 2006 when all of you hated Rasheed Wallace and Chauncey Billups for how arrogant they were towards your team? Mo Williams and LeBron are filling those roles quite well.

maybe these are your opinions, but they sure as heck aren’t facts, and they certainly won’t be accepted as reality in these pages. cleveland is hoping for a call or special treatment? what evidence do you have of that? and if that were the cavs’ strategy, wouldn’t they be done already? and i just can’t accept that the cavs are merely talking about playing, while the magic are clearly playing, in a series that includes 2 1-point victories and a 2-point victory.

i don’t want to have to rehash this again, as we’ve done it 1000 times elsewhere, but this series in which the magic are so clearly (according to you) outhustling and outplaying the cavs could EASILY be 3-1 cavs if 2 plays (2 PLAYS!) turned out differently over the course of the 4 games.

Those last points are not facts, they’re opinions. Opinions are your thoughts about the game. We’re trying to deal with facts.

Boney, you should be very careful with the term “shucking and jiving.” In no way am I implying that you’re using it this way, but it can easily be construed as a racist term.

You’ve got the 3-1 lead. That speaks for itself. Orlando doesn’t need to be defended right now.

Good point. No one here is disrespecting the Magic. It’s a misperception, at best.

“Nobody even game them a chance.” As in, like, large numbers of analysts? Paid reporters? That counts as nobody? How about Cleveland fans who were rooting for Boston? That doesn’t count either?

The notion that “nobody gave the Magic a chance” is beyond tired. It’s not even close to true.

Yeah, I’d say that’s about right.

Nah, his piece probably went up before this one did. Or very close, at least.

Nick,

You’re a good egg, but I think it’s important to re-stress the point you’ve already made: This is not the majority of Magic fans. I haven’t been on Magic blogs, but I suspect there are some jerky Cleveland fans who make their way over there, too.

I just don’t understand the point these fans are trying to make. I mean, they’re winning the series, but that is apparently not good enough. They desire to rub salt in very raw wounds for fun. I can’t relate.

Cheers, and thanks for stopping by.

Brad has me talking like him now

Hey, that’s not a bad thing, is it?

I am a math teacher, so it’s good to know that I’ve educated someone about statistics!

…Engineering grad here…so it was more helped refresh than taught..:) 20 years is a long time since college…lol::P

Yeah, I was worried though when he made the first one. Thankfully that’s where his luck ended.

I’d like to see where the Magic fans are who claimed that Alston would keep shooting like he did in Game 4.