”5) A wide-open race Western New York was a surprise winner last year. Like other high-energy players – Derrick Rose of the Knicks or Dennis Schroder of the Hawks – Westbr. owd, chucking clubs, remonstrating with the heavens, demonstrating that he was, as Padraig Harrington has said, “a very sore loser”. LeBron James has played in 51 first-round games in his career – and his teams in Cleveland and Miami are 44-7 in those contests.