LeBron: ‘Not about me versus Stan’ Van Gundy

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INDEPENDENCE, Ohio — LeBron James wants to keep the focus for the Cleveland Cavaliers’ first-round series against Detroit on his team’s challenge and away from any personal feud between himself and any of the Pistons — especially head coach Stan Van Gundy.

“Stan has gotten the better of me in a playoff series before in his Orlando days,” James said after practice Tuesday. “But it’s not about me versus Stan. It’s about his teams versus the teams that I’ve been on and I’m not having an individual matchup with Stan or an individual matchup with Stanley [Johnson] or any other Stan they can possess.

“It’s about getting my guys ready. That’s all that matters.”

Van Gundy’s Orlando Magic team beat James’ Cavs in the 2009 Eastern Conference finals.

In James’ first postseason meeting with Van Gundy since then, Cleveland won Game 1 against Detroit 106-101 on Sunday. During an in-game interview with ESPN’s Lisa Salters, Van Gundy criticized the referees for the way they officiate James.

“A couple calls have upset our guys,” Van Gundy told Salters. “They’ve got to understand, LeBron’s LeBron. They’re not going to call offensive fouls on him. He gets to do whatever he wants. They’ve got to understand that.”

The comments cost Van Gundy, who was fined $25,000 by the league …

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