Channing Frye hasn’t sustained his incredibly hot shooting from the start of the season, but if anyone really expected him to, well, that was stupid of them to expect. When he’s on, he represents a free assist for LeBron every time he gets passed the ball (even if someone is else is doing the passing, gotta respect the king). When he’s off, he’s pretty useless.
Tonight was one of his ever-rarer “on” games. Kind of. He took a lot of shots, more shots than LeBron tonight, so maybe 21 points could have been 25 or more under ideal circumstances. 21 merely ties a season high for 4-Channing instead of setting it outright. He’ll get plenty more chances, though, with Kevin Love out for a couple weeks. See? I can pretend to be a real sportswriter sometimes. That last sentence proves it.