Lebron's performance was great... and I enjoyed it immensely. But to enhance it's value, let's not put Dirk's performance (or anyone else's for that matter!) down.
Further, please don't say that was a 'vaunted Detroit defense'. Ben Wallace is now playing for Bulls AND McDyess was ejected long before Lebron's scoring binge had started. And due to that idiotic flagrant foul by McDyess, the game was called much tighter resulting in most players on both sides getting into serious foul trouble. So, every time Lebron got past his man (Rip, Billups, Prince), the help defense (Webber, Rasheed) was almost non-existent. That explains why he got so many easy layups/dunks in the final minutes of a key playoff game. Obviously he's made a few tough jumpers and that was great. He also missed 4 key FTs (3 in regulation and 1 in OT) that could have put the game away much sooner!
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