Game #62|Cavs vs Heat| Sat. March 7th 2009|7:30pm[ET]

[Da_James_Gang]

Quicken Loans Arena: For tickets visit www.ticketcity.com

STARTERS​

Williams | Ilgauskas | Varejao | James | West​

BENCH

     Joe Smith | Daniel Gibson | JJ Hickson | Wally Szczerbiak | Sasha Pavlovic| Tarence Kinsey | Darnell Jackson

STARTERS​

Chalmers | Haslem | Oneal | Wade | Moon​

Bench​

Yakhouba Diawara|Daequan Cook |Michael Beasley|Joel Anthony|Chris Quinn|James Jones|Jamaal Magloire|Mark Blount

Injury Report​

Cavs
Ben Wallace (Leg)
Eric Snow (Knee/Retired)​

Heat​

None to report

Game Notes:

• Keep the ball out of DWades hands as much as possible. Make him a passer and force his teammates to beat you.

• Attack the rim, stop settling for outside jumpers.

• Bring the defensive intensity from the opening tip.

• Try to establish some kind of low post presence for we can work the ball inside out.

 

[Silky Smooth]

Lebron needs to make up for his bad defense against Pierce with good defense on Wade. My guess is lebron goes off for something like 40 but the teams plays so much better against Miami.

 

[kookoo]

I'm over it. Go Cavs.

 

[-KingofKings23-]

This is going to be a close game. Two of the leagues finest going toe to toe.

 

[TAS]

Wade dropped 42 on the Raptors tonight. I could have went to the game but i didn't want to miss the Cavs game against the Celtics.

 

[King of the Cavs 23]

This will be an angry game from the Cavs, determined to make amends for the pathetic showing against the C's.

 

[kookoo]

Wade dropped 42 on the Raptors tonight. I could have went to the game but i didn't want to miss the Cavs game against the Celtics.

My bud was in the Platinum seats. I should have gone with him.

 

[Zog]

I sure hope MB does not find it necessary to double Wade on every possession as he did tonight against Pierce and Allen. If he doesn't think Delonte is big enough to guard him, then put Sasha on him for most of the game. We can't be scrambling around on every possession like we were tonight.

 

[Powerslave]

[*]Attack the rim, stop settling for outside jumpers.

You'll never make it to the Cavs' coaching staff with that logical, effective, result-producing strategy.

 

[305MiamiHeat]

I sure hope MB does not find it necessary to double Wade on every possession as he did tonight against Pierce and Allen. If he doesn't think Delonte is big enough to guard him, then put Sasha on him for most of the game. We can't be scrambling around on every possession like we were tonight.

I hope so too, Miami 3pt shooters are out of their slump ever since the cleveland game in miami...It seems Chalmers, Cook, Beasly, Moon arent missing from the 3pt line the last 2 games...Wades been racking up assist just getting double and tripple teamed... Lebron should come out and gaurd him 1 on 1 every now and then to keep him honest. but if the plan on scrambling on every play like tonight its gonna get ugly!

 

[JJ Smooth]

I'd like to thank Da James Gang for getting this new shiny game thread up so quickly. Hopefully it has RCF divert their attentions from the Celtics game to what could possibly happen tomorrow.

Cavs have only had ONE losing streak all year, that being against the Lakers and then the Pacers. The latter game was questionable as you all recall. Our back to back record is 12-2, so I'm feeling confident for tonight's game. I'm expecting the Cavs to be amped up to avenge yesterday's loss, so expect a lot of Bron Ball for sure.

It's not going to be an easy win by any means, but I do think it'll be a win regardless.

 

[Gimme Some Mo]

I just can't get excited about this game now. I feel like even if we win I will still be pissed.

But, the Boston game showed EVERY game is just as important as the next. We really need homecourt and we can't afford to lose games at home against .500 teams, so this is important.

 

[flamez]

Bron played bad against the Hawks and came out strong against the Heat.

He usually bounces back from bad games with a strong performance.

I expect him to bounce back from the Boston game. Who knows if Miami's shooters will have the energy. They are also on a back to back. Wade could have an off game, he's been playing at a crazy level so he's due for an off night. I hope it happens against us, today. LOL

 

[kookoo]

Bron played bad against the Hawks and came out strong against the Heat.

He usually bounces back from bad games with a strong performance.

I expect him to bounce back from the Boston game. Who knows if Miami's shooters will have the energy. They are also on a back to back. Wade could have an off game, he's been playing at a crazy level so he's due for an off night. I hope it happens against us, today. LOL

I feel bad for Miami having to witness LeHulk two times in row.

 

[Sasha03]

Let's win this ****in' one!