Wizards' 66-point turnaround -- does it mean anything
Hard telling if last night's Washington Wizards' 108-72 win was a harbinger of a genuine turnaround in their playoff series with Cleveland or whether it was what is sometimes referred to in the stock market as a "dead cat bounce" -- meaning that if something drops hard enough, it invariably has some kind of lift as a result.
Of course, that was some bounce. The Wizard routed the Cavs by 36 points at home after losing the first two games of the series in Cleveland, the second one by 30 points. That's a 66-point swing, folks. Washington's victory also ended an eight-game Cleveland winning streak against the Wizards in the playoffs.
The series has been full of the famous "disrespect" motivation. The Wizards have supposedly disrespected the Cavs and LeBron James; James has supposedly disrespected rapper Soulja Boy; the Cavs' Damon Jones poked fun at Washington's DeShawn Stevenson in Game 2; Stevenson was giving it back last night.
On Sunday, the Wizards get a chance to disprove that last night's win was simply a very impressive "dead cat bounce" and an indication that this cat really does have a few more lives in it.
Comments
It means, "It aint over til the Fat Lady Sings!" To quote an NBA long since removed, and most bloggers aren't (old) enough when it the quote first surfaced!"
Posted by: Captain Jack | April 25, 2008 11:27 AM
Defense, was key. Yet, I agree that this is inconclusive. The Cav's seemed to be sleep walking and James played hard when he felt like it. So what came first tough defnese or sleep walking by the Cav's. Sunday will provide better information.
The Wiz were gritty and moved the ball quite well in the coaches offense. We can only hope for a continuation of this performance. Stay tuned, this is the NBA's April madness.
Posted by: Bill Tress | April 25, 2008 12:19 PM
1-10 the Wiz are the better team. It's embarrassing to let a 1 man team beat them like LeTravel did in game 2.
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Eric,
At first, I liked the Cavs trade but it really hasn't come together for them.
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Posted by: eric | April 25, 2008 12:35 PM
Hey Cap'n Jack I remember... "Weeeeeeeeeeee are the champions.......my friends..."
Of course the fat lady was Freddie Mercury!
Go Bullets...er, I mean...Go Wizards!
Beat the Cavs!
Posted by: dashweet | April 26, 2008 12:31 AM