Sunday, February 13, 2011

Celtics brace for a heated-up James

WALTHAM — As if the 41-point explosion against Indiana Tuesday weren't enough of a statement after he had dropped 51 on Orlando three games earlier, LeBron James felt the need to give the league an official warning.

The Heat star is in a zone. He's not feeling his way through anymore. After four months in Miami, he feels like the hoops Swiss Army knife that has won the last two MVP awards. He was so pleased with his newfound comfort level he couldn't help but speak in the third person.

"I'm back to playing LeBron James basketball,'' he said.

When that interview popped up on Celtics coach Doc Rivers's radar, he didn't see it as breaking news.

"I knew that already,'' Rivers said. "I was surprised by that statement, actually. I didn't know he was anybody else.''

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