My dear friends, can you believe the following?
1. LeBron James broke Magic Johnson's
and Duncan's records!
Congratulations!!!
He just won 21 straight first round games
in the first round, moving past Magic Johnson!
He led his team to a sweep over the Pacers,
putting him alone in the record books, above Tim Duncan.
Most consecutive games won in the first round:
1. LeBron James (21)
2. Magic Johnson (20)
3. James Worthy (20)
4. Michael Cooper (20)
5. Byron Scott (19)
LeBron James, Cavs sweep Pacers,
advance to second round of NBA playoffs
http://www.cleveland.com/cavs/index.ssf/2017/04/cavaliers_pacers_sweep_lebron.html
James’ teams are now 12-0 in the first round, and he hasn’t lost a first-round game since 2012. He pushed his first-round winning streak to 21 games.
Jeff Teague must really hate Cleveland. Teague, the Pacers' point guard, played the last two seasons with the Atlanta Hawks. The Cavs beat the Hawks 4-0 in playoff series in both of those years, so Teague has now lost 12 consecutive playoff games over three seasons to James and Co.
WATCH:
LeBron James rocks Thad Young with the chasedown block
LBJ's Playoff Ranking :
Plus : Think twice before testing LeBron!!!
Example : Stephenson turned a crossover into a turnover.
http://www.sbnation.com/nba/2017/4/23/15400830/lebron-james-lance-stephenson-defense-highlights
With the Cavaliers down by five points with about seven minutes remaining in the fourth quarter, Lance tried to get past LeBron James with a flurry of crossovers ... and failed miserably.
2. Clippers' Blake Griffin's hurt... AGAIN!!!
And he's OUT for Remainder of Postseason...
I'll miss him a lot, especially his amazing dunks...
Let's wish him get well soon!
http://www.calisportsnews.com/blake-griffin-remainder-postseason/
According to ESPN.com, Blake Griffin has suffered an injury to the plantar plate of his right big toe in the first half Friday and did not return to the game.
If you remember, it was this time last year that Blake Griffin suffered a quad injury that kept him out of the Clippers’ series vs. the Trail Blazers.
A lot of the responsibility will now fall to Chris Paul, who was undoubtedly the star of last night’s game. He said this post-game about Griffin (per ESPN):
“One of the biggest adjustments is, we probably won’t be able to play through the post so much,” Paul said. “He’s such a dynamic player. We go to him in the post, and we cut and move off him. … He’s our other assist guy.
“Just his leadership, it’s just a different feeling when he’s on the court.”