Lebron Walked

Folks who followed Michael Jordan's rise to basketball prominence have no trouble recalling his breakthrough moment: It was his sideways-moving jump shot from the top of the key over Craig Ehlo that sank the Cleveland Cavaliers in game 5 of a first round NBA playoff series in 1987. This poster shot has taken on iconic status.

Tonight, Lebron James danced through the key to hit the winning shot in game 3 -- always the crucial game in a 7-game set tied 1-1 -- to lift the visiting Cleveland Cavaliers over the Washington Wizards. It was his 40th and 41st points of the night, the most ever by a visiting player in his first NBA playoff game on the road.

But I doubt you will ever see it on television, the way we see Jordan's shot over and over again. Why? James walked.