Lebron says all the right things

The last time LeBron James' face showed such a mix of confusion and frustration was last June on a hot night in San Antonio.
The Cavs have won five series over the last three seasons with James as the centerpiece. But when the Cavs have failed and broken down, often looking offensively anemic and becoming an easy target of jokes, he's been in the middle of it, too.
James had a second straight poor offensive showing in Game 2 against the Celtics, making just 6-of-24 shots for an inefficient 21 points. He's just 8-of-42 in the two games, a gleaming reminder that the Celtics' greatest strength this season is their defense.
"They have athletic bigs that do a good job on rotation," James said. "They don't allow me to crack the second line of defense."
The Spurs' game plan on James was slightly different. They allowed him to come off screens but put up a road block to block his path to the basket and encouraged him to shoot midrange jumpers. In two bad losses in San Antonio, James went just 13-of-37 from the floor as one of his weaknesses was exposed.
James vowed to become a better mid-range shooter and he has. But the Celtics are taking a different tack. When James comes off screens they are trying to guide him toward the baseline to remove his angles of attack. Plus the man on the back line is often Kevin Garnett, the Defensive Player of the Year and one of the longest players in the league.
"I'm a little shocked at that (8-of-42), but this is what we work on," said Paul Pierce, who is splitting time on James with James Posey.
"We go to practice and we work on trying to contain him. LeBron is what makes them go, if we control him then we can control them. It's not me, it's everybody, it's the big guys stepping up and bringing help."
Whether it is Garnett or Kendrick Perkins or Leon Powe, the Celtics big men are approaching him with their arms stretched outward, not upward, to attempt to remove passing lanes. It is part of the reason he's got 17 turnovers in the two games.
As a result James is feeling crowded and his options seem limited. Not helping is the Cavs apparent refusal to make major adjustments. Possession after possession the Cavs ran pick-and-rolls from the same spot on the floor with James and time and time again the Celtics executed their defense.
"We didn't make a defensive adjustment, we just got to places, quicker, faster, better," Celtics coach Doc Rivers said. "This is how we want to try to force him to play. We're not recreating the wheel but we have great focus at what we're doing."
That said, James has chosen not to remember the Spurs series but the Pistons series, when the Cavs came back from 0-2 to win the Eastern Conference Finals.
"I am not frustrated," James said. "The shots that I normally make have not fallen. I'm going to stay positive."