He won me and everyone else back during the 2007 playoffs, getting swept in the Finals, but not before submitting an ESPN Classic performance in Game 5 at Detroit: scoring twenty-nine of Cleveland’s last thirty points, overpowering the Pistons and hushing their fans like nobody since Jordan. Along with so many other sports junkies, I watch thousands of hours of games every year hoping something special will happen, whether it’s a sixty-point game, a no-hitter, a seven-run comeback, a back-and-forth NFL game, a boxing pay-per-view or whatever else. Occasionally, it pays off. Maybe there are
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