Game 64| Cavs @ Phoenix| March 12th, 2009| 10:30 PM [ET]

[Silky Smooth]

VS.

Thursday, March 12, 2009
Where: US Airways Center
Time: 10:30pm
TV: TNT
Radio: WTAM 1100

Cleveland Cavs Head Coach Mike Brown

Phoenix Suns Head Coach Alvin Gentry​

Cavaliers

Mo Williams

Delonte West

Lebron James

Anderson Varejao

Zydrunas Ilgauskas


Cavs Bench

JJ Hickson

Darnell Jackson

Tarence Kinsey

Wally Szczerbiak

Anerson Varejao

Sasha Pavloic

Ben Wallace(out)

Lorenzen Wright

Joe Smith

Daniel Gibson



Suns

Steve Nash

Jason Richardson

Grant Hill

Matt Barnes

Shaquille O'Neal

Suns Bench

Louis Amundson

Leandro Barbosa

Amare Stoudemire(out)

Gorgan Dragic

Jared Dudley

Robin Lopez

Courtney Sims

Alando Tucker




SILKY SMOOTH'S FACTS
CAVS

• Execute on both ends of the floor.
• Transition defense will be tested
• Make Nash and Shaq work for their ponts, rebounds and assists.

Suns

• Contain Lebron(ha)
• Execute on both ends of the floor.
• Help Nash on Mo!!

One goal in mind....CHAMPIONSHIP!!​

 

[Dellzip]

Cant wait!

 

[Sasha03]

Thx 4 the preview. Hopefully another road win for the CAVS!

 

[Radar]

This one seriously scares me...After that LAC game i dont know what to expect

I will like to see lebron taking it to the whole and the team stepping up...MB better fixed that rotation

This would be another late night,tired mourning for me but its worth it!

 

[breanna]

Even though I live on the West coast I still hate late games because by the time they go off,it's time for me to go to bed.I like being in bed by 10:00.
Back on topic.We can easily lose this game if we don't come out focused and prepared.We can't try to win it in the fourth qtr.It worked against the Clippers because they are just awful.

 

[King J]

Oh shit this game is on TNT :thumbdown

 

[-KingofKings23-]

Lets see how we do against the Big Shaqtus! :chuckles:

 

[Splitz]

Oh shit this game is on TNT :thumbdown

If only he would have choked himself a little harder we all may have been spared from historically bad commentary. Everytime he calls Marv Albert "Marvelous" I feel like punting a new born.

 

[Zog]

So long as we play good defense, this shouldn't be a problem. The Suns just lost at home to the Mavs.

 

[Shakalu M.D.]

I can see Shaq having his way with us tomorrow.

 

[Walter White]

I can see Shaq having his way with us tomorrow.

I can also see Shaq getting posterized by Lebron too

 

[WestFo3]

TNT? what?

 

[davedugan43]

i have mixed feelings about this game, this will be a bounce-back game for us considering we nearly lost TO THE CLIPPERS!!! I also realize that Phoenix will be fighting for their playoff lives.

Could go either way- I'm gonna say Cavs by 4

 

[JJ Smooth]

This game is going to revolve around the big man matchup of Z and Shaq. Z's going to have to get a little physical and lose the finesse if he wants to keep O'Neal away from those high percentage shots. Also, its going to be up to Z to draw Shaq out of the paint to make way for Lebron, a Mo Float shot, or a pick and roll with Andy.

One last thing, if Chris Bosh is considered the "Rupaul of big men" what does that make Z? Maybe the Right Said Fred of big men?

 

[Obawan12]

We should activate Lonrenzen for this game, though he is nothing compared to Shaq. I wish we still had Pollard, at least he was good for 6 fouls.

I can't see us playing as bad as we did on Tuesday.