
2009 NBA Playoffs Picks: Cleveland Cavaliers (1-2) vs. Orlando Magic (2-1) Game 4: There’s an old saying that says that some things are better left unsaid. This could easily be applied to the Cleveland Cavaliers [-1½ or -125 ML] and their point guard Mo Williams.
Williams, who has yet to prove anything al all in this league, took it upon himself to provide the Orlando Magic [+1½ or +105 ML] with enough motivation and locker room poster board material to beat them going into Game 4 at Amway Arena in Orlando, Florida.
"We're the best team in basketball,” Williams said. "They deserve respect, they are a good team. But we are the best team in basketball. I don't feel that they've had to adjust to us one time in the series.”
And just when you thought, ‘loose lips sink ships’ he said this:
"Guarantee we're going to win the series? Yeah, yeah. We are down 2-1. But there is nobody on this team and definitely not myself that says we are not going to win this series. Yeah, it is going to be tough. We know that. We get this game tomorrow, go home, still got home-court advantage… We don't see ourselves losing two out of three at home.”
Then Mr. MVP put the icing on the cake when asked to offer his thoughts about Williams’ guarantees. "He should. There's no other reason why we should be here,” said LeBron James.
Oh the war of words!
"They can say whatever they want,” Orlando coach Stan Van Gundy said. "It's one of the few times you'll see a guy with the ball in his hands driving to shoot getting a flagrant foul. I'm not saying he deserved it or didn't deserve it, it's just a rare play. It's usually the guy on defense making it. There's a lot of things go on we can complain about and they can complain about.
"I was upset at the number of times that they flopped last night. I mean, Ben Wallace and Mo Williams fell down more times than a baby learning to walk.”
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