Game 76: Cavs Vs. Heat - Thursday April 2nd @ 8:00pm EST on TNT

[czvo]

Exorcising demons is a great way to start the playoffs and prime the team for what's ahead. Give me Miami.

What demons does this team have in Miami? LeBron playing there and leaving isn't a demon, it's just something that happened.

 

[Jscc]

What demons does this team have in Miami? LeBron playing there and leaving isn't a demon, it's just something that happened.

Beating them at home with Wade is one demon. Beating them at home with Wade in a series is another demon.

 

[spydy13]

Man, I'm loving the post-game presser Blatt gave tonight.

Nice to see him take some shots at the three stooges of cleveland.com as well as Windy.

 

[The Red Viper]

Beating them at home with Wade is one demon. Beating them at home with Wade in a series is another demon.

No. Its not. If it is really close, LeBron will just guard DWade and shut him down.

Also, here's a thing people need to realize. In the last few years, the playoffs version of LeBron is a completely different monster to the regular season version of LeBron. Heat may win one game or something. But thats about it!

 

[Andrew]

I don't always look at stats to define a game, a lot of time I look at body language and I will even go as far as to say teams can have good body language and still lose a game. With all that being said, the mindset of this squad was solid tonight.

This is a potential playoff foe, this is also the last time you play each other in the regular season. I felt it was a necessity of Cleveland to send a message that they are the better squad to not give unwarranted confidence to Miami.

They did just that and just poured it on on the offensive end and began to squeeze out that solid defense. Not only did you send a message, you help your own standings and put Brooklyn in the 7th seed and despite the last Nets' game, if there is a first round matchup with them, it will be a clean sweep.

Shumpert and his Cavs high in points tonight, he was out there in the passing lane and hit some beautiful shots. If everyone is on their game when it matters, this team is going far.

 

[Jscc]

No. Its not. If it is really close, LeBron will just guard DWade and shut him down.

It's OK to be confident but confidence without execution means nothing. Thus far this season, Cleveland has lost both games with a healthy Wade @ American Airlines. And Cleveland looked fundamentally awful in each one.

LeBron's getting older so that confidence check applies to him as well. I can't count how many times LeBron was unable to finish plays because he's no longer in his physical prime--his confidence exceeding execution.

 

[caf]

It's OK to be confident but confidence without execution means nothing. Thus far this season, Cleveland has lost both games with a healthy Wade @ American Airlines. And Cleveland looked fundamentally awful in each one.

In 2006-2007 the Cavs beat the Spurs in both regular season meetings. How much did those two wins count in the Finals series that year?

 

[Jscc]

In 2006-2007 the Cavs beat the Spurs in both regular season meetings. How much did those two wins count in the Finals series that year?

This Cleveland team doesn't have the luxury of 2006-2007 San Antonio's playoff experience to brush obstacles away like that.

 

[LeGOAT]

Wow! Some are still scared of a play off meeting with Miami?!

 

[Jscc]

Wow! Some are still scared of a play off meeting with Miami?!

IF Miami gets the seventh seed THEN Cleveland--an inexperienced playoff team that is 0-2 vs. Miami in their arena with a healthy Wade--will have to overcome that obstacle and it would be an excellent obstacle to overcome in the first round.

I'm not sure where the fear portion is in stating a potential factual matter.

 

[caf]

IF Miami gets the seventh seed THEN Cleveland--an inexperienced playoff team that is 0-2 vs. Miami in their arena with a healthy Wade--will have to overcome that obstacle and it would be an excellent obstacle to overcome in the first round.

I'm not sure where the fear portion is in stating a potential factual matter.

Combined playoff games played for yesterday's starting lineups:

Cavaliers: 216 games (324 with Jones)
Miami: 216 games

Edit: James Jones wasn't included in this computation.

 

[LeGOAT]

IF Miami gets the seventh seed THEN Cleveland--an inexperienced playoff team that is 0-2 vs. Miami in their arena with a healthy Wade--will have to overcome that obstacle and it would be an excellent obstacle to overcome in the first round.

I'm not sure where the fear portion is in stating a potential factual matter.

Theres loads of fear, the forum seems to be filled with "ahh lets throw the Boston games to screw Miami and avoid them". They are nothing special at all and we blitz them comfortably in 5 games max if it comes to it. Regular season games dont mean much to me, thats the sort of thing the Celtics and Bulls clung on to when playing LeBron's Miami and it meant nothing as Miami breezed past them.

 

[Jscc]

Combined playoff games played for yesterday's starting lineups:
Cavaliers: 216 games
Miami: 216 games

LeBron constitutes 158 of those games and J.R. constitutes 51. That's two players--coaches not withstanding--constituting 96.7% of the team's playoff experience. So that's abit of an unfair generalization.

Theres loads of fear, the forum seems to be filled with "ahh lets throw the Boston games to screw Miami and avoid them".

Oh, that's not me. I don't fear Miami. I want them in the first round.

 

[caf]

LeBron constitutes 158 of those games and J.R. constitutes 51. That's two players--coaches not withstanding--constituting 96.7% of the team's playoff experience. So that's abit of an unfair generalization.

And the Heats playoff games are dominated by Dwyane Wade and Loul Deng. (152/48 respectively)

The point I'm making is that the Heat are equally inexperienced in the playoffs. So how will that hurt the Cavs but help the Heat? Please explain that to me.