INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- LeBron James led with words, then he led by example.After kicking coach Mike Brown out of a team meeting Tuesday morning, James had 26 points, seven rebounds and six assists as the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Indiana Pacers 105-94 to clinch a playoff berth.Cleveland had lost three of four after an eight-game winning streak, but pulled within 2 1/2 games of Detroit in the race for the top seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs. It was the opener of a five-game road trip for the Cavaliers, who won the season series with Indiana 3-1.The Cavaliers came out focused after the meeting that James led on Tuesday."This is my team, that's my responsibility to make sure everyone's on course," James said. "There can be a lot of distractions on a five-game road trip." Brown didn't mind his star player becoming more vocal."We can help them and put them in spots, coach them, continue to show them where they're wrong, where they're right and so forth," Brown said, "but really, when it gets down to it, they're the ones on the floor playing. If you have a team that decides to take ownership of what they're doing, then the sky's the limit." Thoughts?
Dude Brown is fine, it is his offensive side of the ball that is killing us. We need an offensive coach- bad.
Its not the offense that is the problem, we clearly need some major help on defense and it is starting to become more and more clearly the thing we need this off season is a defensive big and not a pint guard. I think we have a point guard in Larry Hughes as long as Mike Brown gets smart and doesn't try to give Snow 30 minutes a game.Also, welcome back Drake. VERY Glad to see you posting around. I miss talking Cavalier basketball on this site.
