Amusing piece by Windy about Game 3. The theme is basically "as a jaded connisseur of Lebron's playoff heroics, I can tell you that last night's game, while pretty amazing by the standards of a normal player, is no big deal for him"
http://espn.go.com/blog/cleveland-cavaliers/post/_/id/973/lebron-pulls-out-customary-playoff-heroics
Soem excerpts:
"Comparing this performance, as deep as it was in numbers and moments, to James’ 2007 conference finals effort against the Detroit Pistons, when he scored 29 of the Cavs’ last 30 points on the road against a vastly superior team, lacks perspective and the understanding of exactly who James has become.
It was a clutch day to be sure but frankly, it was also just another day at the playoff office. He won his team a game they would’ve lost without him. He has done it scores of times before and he’ll probably do it dozens more times again. If there’s a compliment to be paid to James, it’s not making a big deal of it because he has been producing these sorts of performances like Boeing churns out airplanes. They’re big and gleaming but they’re also everywhere."
and this somewhat snarky observation:
" When ogling the stat line, remember that James once played a playoff road elimination game in which he had 27 points, 19 rebounds, 10 assists and three steals but was later accused of quitting."
