When Game 3 started, everyone was focused on the King.Which is probably why the Cavs' Game Three heroes are a quartet of role players who weren't even a part of the team till midway of this season.
Delonte West scored 21pts, a far cry from the 7 pts he scored in games 1 and 2 combined and Joe Smith scored 17 on a perfect 7-7 stint.
Wally World scored 16pts, 12 in the first half and Ben Wallace scored 9 points and grabbed 9 rebounds plus two blocked shots.
With support like that, Lebron James finally broke loose to score 21 points, including 3 3pointers and came away 8 assists. But his biggest contributions came on the defensive end, as he logged in two of the most amazing blocks in the playoffs so far, both coming on fastbreak plays, with the unfortunate Rajon Rondo on the receiving end.
If the all the King's men keep playing that way, the Celtics may have to rely on their homecourt advantage to pull them through to the conference finals.
But then again, we all know what LBJ did to the Pistons last year on the Pistons' home court.
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