Jim Reilly
"An Exclamation Point On the Game"
There were plenty of interesting sub-plots in last night's Game Four, series-tying 88-77 Cavs victory over the Celtics in Cleveland. The hometown crowd getting behind Wally. Boston's stunning inability to win on the road. The continuing emergence of the Cavs bench. But with 1:45 remaining in the game, LeBron James impacted the game, and the series, with one thunderous dunk.
"I just wanted to be aggressive. I hadn’t had a play like that in the series. I just turned the corner and saw (James) Posey. I gave him the in-and-out. He went for the fake ... Once I turn the corner and get my one-two down, there’s not too many guys that can get up there and jump with me," said LeBron on Cavs.com. "There was a lot built up: missing shots that I normally make, turning the ball over. I took it upon myself to continue to shoot. I made a big three when I had missed a few. I got to the lane, made a few layups. [The dunk] just capped it off for me to get up there and put an exclamation point on the game ... That was the play we needed as a team."
And it was just not what the Celtics needed.
"He can dunk," said Doc Rivers. "Especially if you give him a running start at the basket. It’s probably going to be a pretty good dunk, and he’s so darn powerful that once he gets up there, there’s not a lot you can do. I hate the fact that he got to the basket."
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