LeBron James says Cavs' David Blatt gets criticized because of him
LeBron James’ game-winning jumper in Sunday’s playoff win at Chicago should be what everyone is talking about. But a day after hitting the third game-winner in his playoff career, James is trying to quiet a controversy that he helped to ignite. James said Cavs coach David Blatt is being criticized because he’s the coach of the four-time MVP. LeBron on criticism Blatt is facing for Game 4: "He's catching heat because he's coaching me, that's all that is" — Dave McMenamin (@mcten) May 11, 2015 The controversy began after James volunteered information that he overrode his coach’s play call, which called for James to inbound the ball with less than 2 seconds remaining instead of shooting it. “To be honest, the play that was drawn up, I scratched it,” James told reporters Sunday. “I just told Coach, ‘Give me the ball.’ We’re either going to go to overtime or I’m going to win it for us.' It was that simple.” LJ says changing play "no different than a great qua...