Last night was Game 5 in the first round series between the Washington Wizards and the Cleveland Cavaliers. It was a close game but the Wizards won to extend the series:

“CLEVELAND—Caron Butler saved Washington’s season. Butler made a layup with 3.9 seconds left and the Wizards held their breath as LeBron James missed a potential series-ending layup at the horn, giving Washington an 88-87 victory Wednesday night and adding at least one more game to this overheated NBA playoff series.”

link: Butler’s late basket helps Wizards win Game 5 in Cleveland

And with the win for the Wizards, comparisons between LeBron James and Michael Jordan should stop. The Wizards / Cavaliers series has been characterized by exception hard fouls and trash talk. For example, the Wizards’ DeShawn Stevenson has called LeBron James “overrated”.

Would that have ever happened to Michael Jordan? And if it did happen, do you think that that team would come back and put a loss on a Jordan team? - Never. Never. Never.

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