Some of the commentators are admitting LeBron played poorly, but he hasn't been hammered like Drk was. In fact, they tend to be apologetic more than critical towards James.He is young, his team sucks, he was tired, the Spurs are a very tenacious defensive team.By the way, how did Dirkfare last year, when his team played against the Spurs?
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After soaring past Detroit in the conference finals, James was grounded by the Spurs, whose defense was unlike anything he had ever faced before. The 22-year-old never came close to taking over as he did against the Pistons, blitzing them for 48 points in a transcendent Game 5 -- he scored Cleveland's final 25 points and 29 of the Cavs' last 30 -- that may one day stand up as his best.
Hounded by Spurs stopper
Bruce Bowen, James couldn't get his outside jumper to fall and he concluded the series with a miserable 10-of-30 outing in Game 4.
He also had nearly as many turnovers (23) in the finals as assists (27) or rebounds (28).
Following the game, James didn't disguise his disappointment and humbly vowed to improve.
"Everybody has to be better coming into next season," he said. "I have to be 10 times better. Our team has to be 10 times better."
James was at the arena on Friday as the Cavaliers packed up for the summer but he elected not to speak with the media, leaving the building as Cavs coach Mike Brown was being interviewed.
Brown feels the superstar forward, who became a father for the second time on Thursday, will be fueled by his sub-par finals showing.
"He knows he can play better than that, and he knows he can get better," Brown said. "He's a guy who doesn't like to fail and doesn't like to lose. He doesn't like second place -- or anything worse -- and that in itself is motivating enough for him to say, 'There are some things that I need to work on in order to help my team reach the ultimate goal, to win a championship."'
James needs more help to get one.