1st Round Cavaliers vs Wizards Game 1

[Gimpy45]

Great shot by Larry at the end of the half. Is it time to put Ira on Jamison yet? Some one needs to stop him.

 

[SOA]

Now the TNT crew crucifying the Cavs . . . but given the lackadaisical effort they deserve it

this team has talent ,but not the killer instinct

 

[cdt]

Everything everyone said was on point...we play uninspired all the time...and it's translating into the playoffs..

 

[moohead]

Nice to see that Z has overcome his "nerves". Airballs, gator arms and limited foot movement for rebounds.

Z is nervous. He is mentally weak.

The team is running no discernable offense, and LeBron did not get 2nd quarter touches. Not good. Let's hope we come out with 3rd quarter energy.

Also...Andy, Newble, Snow Hughes at the same time? No wonder we couldn't score.

Moo

 

[PIP]

"They neeeeed a Poiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiint guarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrd, and a shooooooooooooooooooter"

 

[J_J]

After Snow and Newble came on the court, our offense died. Either there was no movement, or the lack of shooters made it much easier for the opponents to defend us. Then we had an offense where no one was pushing the tempo for us. That caused us to put Lebron on top of the key and see those picks and rolls over and over again. Opponents always practice that situation because we run it so much.

Even though we're winning by 7, I am disappointed by their performance. Let's go back in the post again like we did in the early first quarter. That just disappeared. Attack the rim on offense and give me some off the ball screens at the low box key.

 

[Glen Infante]

You can thank Mike "The Momentum Killer" Brown for this close game.

 

[NarlCavs]

Unimpressive 1st half. The Cavs seem to be treating this game as if it's just a regular season game in Jan. or Feb. rather than a playoff game.

Wizards are dictating much of this game. Thankfully their 2 top players are out or it would be a completely different story. After the first few minutes the Cavs have had very little aggressive play since.

The offense has been almost completely perimeter based. There were only about 4 post up plays in the 1st half. Z was completely ignored in the offense.

Please not Snow and Newble out there together once again. That is absolute stupidity.

Let's put this guys away early in the 3rd. I expect the Cavs to come out very strong in the 3rd.

 

[J_J]

The key to stop Jamison is to have Lebron guard him. Use Lebron at the PF spot and bring Hughes, Gibson, Pavlovic, and a big man in either Gooden, Varejao, or Z. We've seen Lebron at the PF spot this year and last year's playoffs against the Wizards and Washington had no answer.

Or use your big men and utilize them on offense with Lebron, Pavlovic, and Hughes attack the basket and posting up below.

 

[redscoon]

There is no need for Eric Snow or Ira Newble in this game. Washington can't score enough points to keep up if we keep the tempo quick and place capable shooters on the floor.

The only chance Washington has is if Brown panics when Jamison starts scoring and goes to his "defensive" line up that castrates the offense.

 

[The Oi]

I tried to say something earlier to criticize all of you non- believers but it didn't go through so I'll keep this short...

John Thompson is Paul Silas 2.0.

 

[SOA]

The key to stop Jamison is to have Lebron guard him. Use Lebron at the PF spot and bring Hughes, Gibson, Pavlovic, and a big man in either Gooden, Varejao, or Z. We've seen Lebron at the PF spot this year and last year's playoffs against the Wizards and Washington had no answer.

Or use your big men and utilize them on offense with Lebron, Pavlovic, and Hughes attack the basket and posting up below.

agreed John, neither Gooden nor AV do a good job defnding 4s that them outside and can shoot
Try James on him.

we need to come out in the 3rd with some intensity to put this team away.

weshould be dominating inside and on the boards

 

[Clevelandfan15]

omg

 

[cdt]

LeBron goes down and with him the Cavaliers title hopes....let's hope he can play..this one doesn't look good.

 

[Mandingo]

GOD DAMN IT!!!