Throw rocks at the king's throne and you may get more than you can handle. Jimmy Butler and the Chicago Bulls understand that now.
With the Cleveland Cavaliers down 1-0 in their Eastern Conference semifinal series with the Bulls, LeBron James took matters into his own hands, literally. Especially on this one play, in which he took Butler to the tin and dunked over him with reckless abandon. As good of a defender as Butler is... this just isn't right.
The posterizing dunk was part of a 33-point, eight-rebound and five-assist performance from James, as his Cavaliers scored a 106-91 win in Game 2 on Wednesday night to even their series at a game apiece.
There's no stopping LeBron when he plays hellbent basketball like this. It's like the man is possessed — and he may need to be, since the Cavs won't have the services of power forward Kevin Love for the remainder of the postseason. Game 3 of the Bulls-Cavaliers series shifts to Chicago's United Center, beginning Friday night.
Also straightening out their playoff series Wednesday night were the Houston Rockets — who took advantage of the Los Angeles Clippers resting All-Star point guard Chris Paul for the second straight game. The Rockets edged the Clippers, 115-109, in Game 2 behind a dominant performance from Dwight Howard, who scored 24 points and grabbed 16 rebounds. Clippers center DeAndre Jordan is going to have to step up to the challenge of facing Howard.
With the series knotted at 1-1 now, the series will shift to Los Angeles for a pivotal Game 3. Will CP3 shake off his strained hamstring, suit up and play? Hmm...
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