SERPENTINE, CAVS! SERPENTINE!

I really like this No. 10 for Virginia, freshman midfielder Kaitlin Duff (no relation to Lizzie McGuire). She just made a nice steal in the crease and raced with the ball the length of the field. Nobody could catch her, and she soon scored. Duff is lightning out there. Fast and with no dropoff in energy. She's thinner than most of the other lax'ers out there, but she compensates for that with enthusiasm. Someone should name a beer after her. Or

The Cavs have come out in the second half with a lot more pep, led by Duff (whose dad, Jim, played college hoops at Kentucky) and they've now closed the deficit to a pair of goals. It's 12-10, Northwestern, with 21:46 to play.

Now it's 12-11. We got ourselves a game.

How to explain the Cavs' turnaround? Easy. LeBron simply took over and stopped worrying about getting his teammates involved.

An aside: Please let's take out all the idiots who ridiculed LeBron for passing the ball to Donyell Marshall at the end of Game 1 and have them banned from watching (or at least commenting on) hoops for one year. You have a better-than-average 3-point shooter wide open with a chance to take Game 1 on the road at Detroit if he just buries it. Smart play. You're an NBA small forward. You're supposed to make that shot.

I don't remember anyone chiding Horace Grant for passing to John Paxson.