Should the Cavs Have BEATEN the Magic in 2009? 🏀

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[Brodee]

Match ups matters. Hedu and Lewis were abusing Varajao. Collapse on Dwight and it was an open 3 or swing pass to an open shooter.

[jsgr]

LeBron Avg 38, 8, 8. Shooting 48% as a 24 years old vs a good defensive team. What more do you want from him? Mo Williams who was the second best scorer had 20 less points per game- and shot 37%
Jameer Nelson not playing was a non factor because Rafer Alston did well replacing him. You guys don't use logic when it's needed and ignore it when it's needed.

[XOverdose]

The series WAS winnable but the Magic were a bigger, better shooting team than the Cavs from 1-5. Pretty much a matchup nightmare

[swindlegfi]

Damn just disrespect Dwight, Hedo, and Rashad Lewis😂forgive if I’m missing anybody but didn’t Hedo play lights out this series? Putting up 40-10-10 at 23-25 years old is crazy

[josephzarrell]

lebron the only dude to nearly average 40-10-10 and get criticized saying he blew it. Name the second best player on that team for me

[TopTierHater]

I know Mo Williams be happy as hell whenever ppl bring up the 09 ECF and never mention how awful he was in that series😂

[dotz]

See but here’s the thing. The other dudes on the team get paid millions to do their job also. There’s a reason the Lakers beat the Magic and the Cavs didn’t. It had nothing to do with Kobe playing better than LeBron if people think that. The big guys on the team couldn’t stop or contain Dwight while the Lakers bigs did. The shooters for Orlando showed out while the Cavs shooters couldn’t buy a shot. When the games got close against the Lakers for the Magic. Derrick Fisher took and made huge shots during that run. Mo Williams wasn’t there for LeBron as the secondary option. Yea LeBron is the best player so he’s gonna get the blame but let’s not leave out context.

[camctrail]

You could make an argument that that series came down to 2 games. Games 1 and 4, where the Cavs lost those games by just 3 combined points. LeBron had 49 and 44 in those games, and the ONLY reason the Cavs lost was because Rashard Lewis literally didn't miss a shot in both of those 4th quarters, went 5-5 in Game 1 and 4-4 in Game 4 in the 4th and won Orlando those games.

If Rashard Lewis even plays like his normal self, It's 3-1 Cleveland after 4 instead of 3-1 Orlando

[aaronsansbury]

Putting up a good Stat line and learning to win are 2 different things

[SimeonB]

Jordan put up historically great stat lines in losses and he’s praised for it but LeBron gets criticized 🤔🤷🏽‍♂️

[pjwright]

Lebron the only one with no teammates that gets criticized like this.

[curtisball]

Here’s another guy you can tell spend more time at the table and not a day on the court lol

[jmar]

WTF!! LOL LeBron couldn't make a shot outside the paint that series???!?!?! Lol I swear these dudes are starting to get worse and worse with their takes. Game 3 is the ONLY game his outside shot wasn't falling and he had those 8 turnovers. It's so obvious Lo either didn't watch that series or dont know. The Cavs lost that series cuz the very same guys who were lights out from 3 for the cavs, COULDN'T THROW IT IN THE OCEAN!. On top of that it was a bad match up. The fact Lo compare Bron's jumper which was just fine those 3 yrs including in that series to Giannis at any point is embarrassing.

[TorontoWire]

No one wants to give Dwight Howard that credit yo

[brandongaspard]

The ball in your hand all game you better have 40 lol. That magic team was tough though, just shows how good a prime DH was since people are so quick to discredit him

[laronwilliams]

He has the ball 90% of time. He was there point guard. Point guards turns the ball over. It’s nothing new in basketball.

[rupertmcclendon]

LeBron did not want it head up with Kobe in that Final. He avoided that problem

[Fairfield]

I would like to see y'all do a draft using only these 2 teams

[MrKurtykurt]

Averaging “8 and 8” is not almost avg 10 over a 6 game series, he needed 16 more rebounds AND 16 more assists

[bradpitt]

Magic team was ahead of there time stretch 4 elite finishing big can shoot at every spot on the floor JJ Redick, Richard Lewis, Turkoglu