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Cavs-Heat: Cleveland All Out of Comebacks, Fall to Heat in Miami

 
If you didn't see this one coming, you were'nt paying attention.  Team Cleveland has been hearing all the acclaim, the rave reviews!  They believe the hype—they're destined for greatness, right?  Well, the Miami Heat are not ready to anoint them just yet. In the second game of the home and home duel between the league's top two scorers Dwyane Wade went out on his home floor and put on his best LeBron James impersonation.  Flash lead a balanced—young and growing up fast—Heat squad with 21 points, five rebounds, twelve assists, three steals, and just for good measure threw in an authoritative rejection of a LeBron James layup attempt. Is that really how you treat a good buddy on his birthday? He reminded us all that he is the same player that just three short years ago, put a veteran Miami Heat team on his back—in the Finals—and carried them to the promised land. It was the Heat who more closely ... (link)

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