During tonight’s game against the Detroit Pistons, LeBron James performs as he always does, he goes hard or goes home. This time it costs him. He sprained his left index finger as he tried going to the basket against Pistons center Nazr Mohammed. Unfortunately for the Cavs, this injury occurred during the second quarter leading James to return to their bench late in third quarter not in his jersey but in a suit with tape around his injured fingers.
Before being injured James had 15 points and 3 assists. He accounted for more than one-third of the Cavalier’s points.
This injury could not come at a worst time, as LeBron has been playing exceptionally well lately. He clearly carries the team along, evident in Cleveland’s OT win against the strong Celtics last night.
The Cavaliers were playing a tight game up until the point where James was injured and taken out of the game. From that point on the Cavs had no chance of keeping up with the Pistons. Other than the injured James, the only other Cav player to reach double figures was Sasha Pavlovic with 13 points.
How long will James be unable to return to the game? Hopefully not too long, for the sake of the Cavaliers. It is apparent that without LeBron the Cavaliers have no chance of being victorious against their competitors. LeBron is the highest scorer on their team, with usually only one other high scorers coming close to his points gained.
Without LeBron, I fear the Cavs will have no chance.
