Dear Joakim, I speak for the city of Cleveland when I say you are not welcome here.  You proclaimed, "Cleveland sucks.. there's nothing to do here."  Coming from the single ugliest player in the Association, we take that as a compliment.  Didn't you sign a multi-million dollar contract?  You have some money, so fix the gap in your teeth before you talk about my city again.

That being said, let's talk Game 2.  The game started off with Shaq fouling Noah, and then Antawn committing an offensive foul.  Not exactly the start we were looking for.  Then Shaq comes down, draws an easy foul and makes both of his free throws, much to the delight of the best crowd in the NBA.  At one point Shaq elbows Noah in the face, and Noah gets called for the foul.  Karma's great.

LeBron starts off in assist-mode, hooking up Antawn for some easy buckets including a nice baseline dunk.  Anthony Parker starts stroking some 3's, and we instantly feel better. 

And then it happened.  At the 1 minute mark, The King affirmed his dominance.  He drove right on an over-aggressive James Johnson, and had one of the greatest posterizations of his career.  LeBron's face said it all.  Congratulations James Johnson, you officially just got Le-Dunked on, in front of millions of people.  LeBron finishes the 1st quarter with 10 hard-earned points, and 5 dimes.

But Flip Murray was up to the challenge.  Right at the end of the quarter, he drives down the middle of the lane for an easy lay-up, (much to the dismay of LeBron) and the 1st quarter ends with the Cavs up 28-22.  Mo Williams was playing like a kid who had one too many Red Bulls.  He had several turnovers, and was forcing himself into bad situations.  And Flip Murray was keeping Chicago alive.

The Bulls won the battle of the 2nd quarter, outscoring the Cavaliers 28-24.  Right about the 4-minute mark, LeBron emphatically denies Deng on a dunk attempt.  But on the next possession, he sprints down the floor and gets his dunk; all the King could do was watch. 

Shaq picks up his 3rd foul, and Mo was still being ignorant.  We were allowing Chicago to stay in the game, by not playing great defense.  They also had 8 offensive rebounds in the half.  That's 8 too many.  Joakim Noah was booed every single time he got the ball.  Right before the half ends, LeBron starts getting into a groove shooting some deep jump shots.  The half ends with the Cavs up 52-50, and we wondered why Chicago was in the game.

The 3rd quarter was back-and-forth almost the entire time.  The Bulls just kept making shots.  Rose, Hinrich, and Deng were pretty much on fire.  Although I hate to admit it, Noah was outplaying Varejao.  Which brings me to JJ Hickson.  Why is he not in Mike Clown's playoff rotation?  Clearly Noah was playing well, and our bigs weren't really stopping him.  Hickson was one of catalysts during the regular season.  Stop trying to prove a point Mike, and put him in the freaking game.  Inserting him with a few seconds to go at the end of the quarter doesn't count.  I just don't get it.

Anyways, like I said, this quarter was a well-fought battle.  We take the lead at the end 78-76, after multiple lead changes and a different-looking Bulls team.  If they actually knew how to use Flip Murray instead of relying on Deng and Rose every possession, they might have had a shot to win this game. 

The 4th quarter starts off much like the 3rd, with both teams playing hard.  And then Jamario and LeBron decided enough was enough.  With roughly 9 minutes to go, Jamario hits one of his four crucial 3 pointers in the game, putting us up 85-80, but the Bulls weren't done yet. 

Fast-forward to 7 minutes remaining.  Noah tries a stupid little hook shot, and Moon blocks the crap out of it.  2 minutes later, Jamario hits another one of his huge 3 pointers.  Deng responds with an And-1 layup with 4:45 cutting the lead to 96-93. 

And then LeBron showed Skip Bayless and all his haters why they don't know what they're talking about.  King James hits a deep 3 right in Noah's face, and then winks to Vinny Del Negro as he backpedals down the court.  This was just the start.  He comes down, hits a twisting left-handed layup, and then another deep jumper.  LeBron scores 15 of his 40 points in the last 8 minutes. 

Jamario's final exclamation point came with 30 seconds to go, as he hit the ultimate 3 point dagger to push the lead to 110-100.  At this point, you can put this one in the books.  Moral of the story: LeBron relies on his jump shot and rips 40, and Jamario to drill some clutch 3 pointers.  All while Shaq and Antawn are still on the bench.  Joakim is still ugly, and even though he played decently, he ends up looking like a fool.  Not really hard for him to do, since he's the ugliest player in the NBA.  Joakim, nobody likes you.  I'm glad you don't like Cleveland, because you won't have to return when we take both games in Chicago.  Enjoy your offseason, maybe get your face fixed and your teeth taken care of?  LeBron knows how big of a joke this guy is.  2 wins down, 14 to go.  LeBron James is Underrated