Cleveland - city of losers
N...@rip.ax.lt
Only In Cleveland can a team finish with the best record in back-to-
back regular seasons, and have the MVP on its roster, and not even
make the finals of its sport.
How else to explain what happened to the Cavaliers the past two
seasons?
2008-2009: Best record in the league, MVP, out in the conference
finals.
2009-2010: Best record in the league, MVP, out in the conference
semifinals.
I'm fairly certain this never has happened in the NBA.
Back to 2008-2009: Only In Cleveland can a team go 8-0 in the first
two rounds of the playoffs -- winning every game by double-digits,
mind you -- and lose in the next round.
And from 2009-2010: Only In Cleveland can a team hold homecourt
advantage throughout the playoffs and lose two of three home games
in the second round. Only In Cleveland can a team acquire a top 50
player in NBA history in a supposed fleecing -- and have the
fleeced team advance deeper in the postseason.
I tell people who aren't from Cleveland: You can't possibly
understand. Don't try to understand, because you can't.
It's not about a jinx or a hex or a curse. There are no ghosts.
It's just what happens to pro sports teams in Cleveland, at least
since 1964. They can't win it all.
If the 2008-2009 and 2009-2010 Cavaliers can't win a title, which
team from the big three is going to break through and finally
connect with the '64 Browns?
The answer is none.
It's not going to happen.
Cleveland will never win a championship in the NBA or another one
in the NFL or MLB. Never. Not in my lifetime, not in anybody's
lifetime from here on out...