Regular season winning 60 plus for two years builds expectations.
Lebron had a bad game and nobody steps up.
There is the regular season then there is the playoffs. Celts are battle tested vets were Cavs are not. Shaq is not in game shape. I saw him play at ATL in Decmeber and he was amazing. Now he labors.
I have heard the blame falls on team unity and Mike Brown got the rotation all wrong, Lebron is disappearing, and the team is garbage.
I think the Celts have come together and are healthy right now. They are a deeper team with experiance. Jamison has not much experience in the big game. Delote? Mo Williams? Parker? Non is A-list.
ESPN had a comment that Mike was almost a Sociopath in his desire to win. Lebron wants to please too many people but is not a big enough prick. Mike was a prick.
This is how you learn.
This is why I long have said Phil Jax does not get enough credit. He took Mike and made hm the stone cold killer. Same with Kobe. Shaq ws no killer, neither was Pippen. Great "wingmen" but not the leader. Lebron is having "fun". He is good enough to do that and succeed but to put a team on your back and have fun while doin it might not be a mutual occurance. I think its fun to win but at that level you have to crave it like you crave air! Throw anyone or anything under the bus to win.
Leborn don't have that yet. Very few do.