The Cavaliers and Lebron James. What a beautiful combination. The Cavs last night played the first game in the semifinals of the Eastern Conference playoffs, competing against the hated Boston Celtics. This rivalry is intense, and elbows and punches are thrown quite often. In this game, it was pretty tame. Lebron had suffered a sprained elbow and fought through it to score 35 points in the 101-93 victory. Mo Williams had a pretty darn good night as well, adding his first career dunk as a Cavalier. That in itself is impressive, but it also got the team, crowd, and himself ignited. After that dunk, Cleveland went on a 21-9 run to end the third quarter, starting with Williams' slam. Before that, Boston led by 11 points and was looking to put Cleveland away early. Now Lebron will be heading out to receive his second MVP trophy, after winning last season. Lebron also delivered the final dagger to the Celtics with about 40 seconds left, leading by 4, Lebron nails a 3 from the outside sending the Q into pandemonium. If you want to know how important this game was, Historically, winning a series opener is a good omen for the Cavs, who are 10-0 when taking Game 1. That is amazing, and I really hope they can pull it out. I think we can win Monday, but I think we lose one at Boston, but take one as well. At that point we will lead 3-1 in the series. That should be enough to finish them off at home.
The Cincinnati Reds are sitting at 2nd in the NL Central Standings right behind the team they lost to yesterday, the St. Louis Cardinals. They are currently 4 games back, and they can win the series today against the Cards when Harang takes the mound at 2:15.
