http://www.GardeniaMarketing.com <br />Lebron James wins his first NBA MOST VALUABLE PLAYER Award (2009 MVP) <br />Cleveland Cavs <br />Los Angeles Lakers <br /> LeBron James huffed and puffed about being pushed and shoved by the Detroit Pistons. <br /><br />Then, he stopped lobbying for help from the officials and blew the Pistons down - and almost out of the playoffs. <br /><br />James scored 11 of his 25 points in the fourth quarter, lifting the Cleveland Cavaliers to a 79-68 victory Friday night over Detroit and a 3-0 lead in the first-round series. <br /><br />"Once he decided to say, `Hey, I'm not getting calls. I'm going to will this team to a win,' our whole team changed,'' Cavs coach Mike Brown said. "Watching him flip that switch, it was very exciting. <br /><br />"I just get a rush thinking about it.'' <br />The Pistons, James. <br />He had an alley-oop slam midway through the fourth quarter during an 18-2 run that started after the sixth tie of the game. <br /><br />"Big-time players make plays, and that's what he did,'' Detroit coach Michael Curry said. <br /><br />James had 11 rebounds and nine assists. He said he learned he was just short of a triple-double after looking at the stat sheet. <br /><br />"When I got to the locker room, I blamed Mo Williams,'' James joked. <br /><br />James did get some help from his friends. <br /><br />Joe Smith had a career playoff-high 19 points and 10 rebounds, and Zydrunas Ilgauskas scored 13 points <br />Detroit has advanced to at least the Eastern Conference finals the previous six seasons - the longest such streak in the NBA since the Los Angeles Lakers' run two decades ago - but now it's an eighth-seeded team with virtually no chance to survive the first round. <br /><br />"This is killing me,'' Richard Hamilton <br /><br />Kobe Bryant
