found themselves down early, by as much as 15, in the first half. But the Wizards let off the gas pedal a little bit and all of the sudden the Cavs made it a close game. The Cavs didn't take their first lead (I believe of the whole game if my memory serves correctly) until the 4th quarter. And behind all of the Cavs fans in attendance, as there were quite a lot, the Cavs had the ball with 23 seconds left as it was tied. Kyrie Irving drove the ball and ended up getting blocked shortly before time expired to send the game into overtime. From there, the Cavs took control and sent all the Wizards fans leaving the arena earlier than expected. For the Wizards, Nene was the game changer. He kept them in the game controlling the boards and putting up 24 points. Matthew Dellavedova only scored 2 points for the Cavs, but played 31 minutes because he did a fantastic job on defense. He surprised me the most and gave some hope for the future. On the flip side, Andrew Bynum was disappointing. Bynum only played in the first quarter, and was a ball hog who couldn't seem to make a shot. It's a good thing he got taken out. It was good to see the number 1 pick Anthony Bennett play, as I had as much playing time as him (0 minutes). This was the 2nd time in the season that Bennett didn't play.
Next, I watched a dinosaur of Jurassic Park....I mean Chris Bosh....and the Miami Heat.
The Cavs unfortunately couldn't put together the same type of comeback when the Heat came into town. The crowd was "Heat"ed for this game, as LeBron James returned to his kingdom to take on his former team that he walked away from with the infamous "Decision." At the Q, there were so many
"Heat" fans....AKA frontrunners. Although it was more of a mixed feeling than when he returned to Cleveland for the first time. Of course when the Miami player out of Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary was announced, the arena was filled with boos. But the claps that were accompanied told the surprising story. With LeBron James' free agency coming next year, many fans have accepted what he has done and want him to return to Cleveland to help win more rings with his first team. So a green Under Armour shirt saying "Come Home LeBron" was worn by many fans, and there was much support of him throughout the game. However, whenever he touched the ball in the first half, the whole arena started booing. James got off to a slow start but of course heated up as the night went on. Bynum did the same thing to start the game off in Washington (take every shot) except he actually made his shots this time, giving the Cavs a hopeful 8-4 lead. But that was the only highlight of the night as the
Heat had control the whole game. This was my first time seeing Dion Waiters play, as he had flu like symptoms at the DC game. He was their leading scorer with 24 points, but missed too many free throw shots. Unlike in DC, Dellavedova didn't have a great game, and sat most of the second half. The Cavs have some major work to do, as pointed out by the Ray Allen/Seattle SuperSonics fan that sat next to me at the game. I didn't have the best seats, but it was still enjoyable watching LeBron in person for the first time since he left Cleveland and maybe he will come back? But if not, good for him as he abandoned this town.
PS: The $7 bottomless popcorn has been my food of choice, with Wild Cherry Pepsi in a souvenir cup for both of the games this year. Go Vendors!....I mean Cavs!
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