LeBron Is The Tits

LeBron goes left against 3 Lakers, giving the Cavs the lead

After watching the end of this afternoon’s Lakers/Cavs game, I officially turned the page from football season to LeBron season (yes, the Super Bowl is next week, but if you aren’t a Patriots or Giants fan, isn’t it a bitter bitter game to watch? I’ll watch it, but I’ll be pissed the entire game). I turned the Cavs game on sometime in the third quarter, but flipped back and forth between the game and Ghostbusters until crunch-time. I was not following LeBron season at that moment, because he hadn’t revealed that it had started yet.

With the clock winding down in the fourth quarter, The Choosen One let me know that it is time to start following LeBron season. He was locked in a head-to-head battle with Mr. Kobe Bean Bryant in The Staples Center, and the Cavs had battled back from 7 down earlier in the quarter.

The Cavs took the lead as Bron sliced through the the lane with using his left hand and laid it off the glass with 1:16 left. The Cavs were still up one at 94-93, when the King took Kobe one-on-one with a quick, indefensible jump shot from a step inside the three point line with 20 seconds left. The Cavs would need this cushion, because of a quick Lakers score and a wild melee after a Larry Hughes inbounds turnover (Daniel Gibson fell down on the play).

Somehow the Cavs came away with the ball and their one point lead in tact after the craziness, and Bron-Bron got fouled. Despite Lebron’s maddening tendency to brick clutch free throws, he drained them both (maybe a new wrinkle in his game?), and the Lakers got the ball back with 9 seconds left. His Excellency led the defensive charge from there, and the Lakers didn’t even get a shot off.

Basically LeBron took over the game and beat “the best player in the NBA” in the process. LeBron 41 points, Kobe Bean 33. Cavs: 98, Lakers: 95. If I sound like an unapologetic homer, it’s because I am. The Cavs have won 10 of their last 12, and I’m damn glad that LeBron season is back. I am a Witness.