There were a ton of great plays from this game (LeBron’s three off the missed free throw, LeBron’s 30 foot fade away three, Kyle Korver’s over the basket shot, and finally Sundiata Gaines’ three pointer for the win), but there wasn’t really anything to “breakdown” so to speak.  So today, I am just going to talk about a few things in bullet form.

• The first thing that I noticed (and liked) was the Jazz fouling so early.  After a Ronnie Price 3 cut the lead to 3, the Jazz fouled with 28 seconds left.  The TNT guys didn’t like it, but I love that decision.  You have to think, LeBron was in full LeBron mode, hitting shots that he has no business making.  So what is the point in letting the Cavs run down the clock and having him knock down a shot as the shot clock runs down?  That would have meant they were down by 5 with 4 seconds left.  No way could they have won the game then.  Fouling extends the game, and if the Cavs miss free-throws (which they did), the Jazz could find themselves with a chance to win or tie, and that is exactly what happened.
• During the final 28 seconds, LeBron was the one inbounding the ball.  Why?  He is the team’s best player and a pretty big target.  He would give the inbounder a nice option, plus, I would rather live with LeBron missing free throws than with Anthony Parker missing them.

And just because this was so awesome it gave me goosebumps: