...because the Cleveland Cavaliers are one win away from the NBA Finals.
I managed to catch the end of the Cavs-Pistons Game 5 starting from about the 3rd Quarter, and boy am I glad that the game didn't go on to 3OT, otherwise I would have missed the end of the game because of class.
What I saw was greatness. It was really satisfying for me to watch LeBron destroy the Pistons single-handedly after taking so much flak for difficult 4th quarters in Games 1 and 2 of the series. Maybe people should have just shut up and cut him some slack, since he's only 22 years old. Well...those critics are probably mighty quiet now.
I'm not a LeBron fan by any means, but this was playoff greatness that only comes along once every ten years. The last time I can remember something like this was when Michael Jordan single-handedly kept the heavily underdog Bulls in it against the championship Celtics team of 1986. Jordan scored 63 points and was unstoppable, sending that game against the Celtics into overtime before the superior Celtics finally ended up winning the game.
The difference between that game and this one is that the superior team didn't win, but the superior player did. The teams with the superstar performers are usually the solid pick in the NBA to advance to the next round, and this Cavs-Pistons series is a strong bet to live up to that pattern as well. Even if the Pistons steal Game 6, is anyone going to count out another LeBron performance like the one we saw Game 5? I didn't think so.
ESPN.com - NBA - Watching LeBron go on and on
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