All LeBron, all the time

The announced attendance for today's game between the Cavaliers and Pacers was 20,562 -- a sellout. But that's the number of tickets sold -- that is NOT the number of people who actually attended the game. Fred Phelps said The Q looked about half-full, and he was sitting there, so that's about 10,000. As I look outside and see the snow pile up nearly above my car tires, I can't help but think that's about 10,000 morons. On the other hand, if you think there aren't 10,000 morons in Cleveland ... I'm going to leave that thought uncompleted. Anyway, you could easily find 10,000 morons in any major city.

Mr. King LeBron was his usual dominant self, winding up with 38 points and 11 rebounds in the 103-95 victory. And Anderson Varejao was an absolute monster. He bounced back from a rather listless performance Thursday against Chicago with a very strong 16-point, 15-board effort. And there were blocked shots a-plenty: LeBron, Ben Wallace, Wally Szczqzxzerbiak and Joe Smith each had two, and Delonte West blocked a three-point attempt by former Cavalier Flip Murray, which was cool.

Not to be a spoil-sport, but the Cavs ran out to a 25-9 lead, and were outscored the rest of the way. We're still short-handed, missing Z, Sasha and Boobie, but we should be able to keep a team like the Pacers from getting back into the game. They had it as close as five (92-87) with just four minutes to go. LeBron hit a three, and it went well from there, but that shouldn't happen.

But hey, a win's a win, and I'll take it.