Cavs Need LeBron to Play Like He Cares

Filed under: Cavaliers, Celtics, NBA Playoffs

BOSTON -- Dan Gilbert should be prepared for Thursday night. The owner of the Cavs, after all, is used to seeing futures being mortgaged.



Rarely has a single game or pair of games been more related to the fortunes of a franchise. Because if the Cleveland Cavaliers can't rebound in Game 6 against the Boston Celtics, a lot of futures will be mortgaged.



Mike Brown might not return as coach, or Danny Ferry as general manager. Then there is LeBron James, who could wind up in any number of cities as a free agent. Take away James and the Cavs become what they were at the end of Game 5 -- a middling group struggling in an arena of empty seats. Has the future of a franchise ever been more dependent on the results of one game? And has one player ever had more riding on a game than James has in Boston on Thursday?

 

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