Cavaliers @ Bulls

[LyXo]

GAME #73​

Cleveland Cavaliers (43-29) @ Chicago Bulls (43-30)​

Saturday, March 31, 2007
3:00pm ET
TV: ESPN, FSNO HD
Radio : WTAM 1100

Head Coaches

Mike Brown / Scott Skiles

Probable Starters

Larry Hughes / Ben Gordon

Sasha Pavlovic / Kirk Hinrich

LeBron James / Luol Deng

Drew Gooden / Pj Brown

Zydrunas Ilgauskas / Ben Wallace

Cavaliers Bench

Jones / Marshall / Gibson / Wesley / Snow / Varejao


Heat Bench

Thomas / Duhon / Griffin / Allen / Sweetney / Khryapa​

-- # -- N O T E S -- # --

* Third game into a road trip for Cleveland...after a disheartening loss in New York on Wednesday, we have time to regroup, crossing time zones (again) to Chicago.

* Chicago just had a big win against Detroit, closing the gap between the standings in the Central division even further. The Division title is within anyone's grasp, as the big three have all clinched a playoff berth and are vying for homecourt advantage.

-: lyXo's Keys to the Game :-

* Give Ben Gordon bad looks. He's a scoring machine, but that's all he generally does. Make him shoot bad shots, stop his attacks... he can slump, and when he does, he slumps bad.

* LeBron can't dominate this game... he has to get others involved in a team effort for victory. Deng has given him fits every time they meet, and this time should be no different as Luol is having a fine season.

* Outplay them. They're a good defensive team, we have to be great. They can light it up when they want to, we light it up every game. Intensity is key,

86-84 CAVS.

 

[sikaliusBD]

Damn it will be very hard game for us.. We gotta start to win , even after games like with NY

 

[ChicagoCavFan]

Guess who will be there.

 

[Mandingo]

Ben Wallace?

:chuckles:

 

[cdt]

Cavs lose this game by 10+

LeBron attacks early doesn't get "all" the calls he thinks he should..misses a good chunk of the freebies and on comes the jump shooting.

Z is negated by Wallace and PJ's work on the boards knocks Drew's offense out of whack..Sasha doesn't get nearly enough touches..Larry is Larry and our bench doesn't out perform theirs.

97-86 Bulls

 

[B Mac]

 

[chiefwahoo]

Cavs lose this game by 10+

LeBron attacks early doesn't get "all" the calls he thinks he should..misses a good chunk of the freebies and on comes the jump shooting.

Z is negated by Wallace and PJ's work on the boards knocks Drew's offense out of whack..Sasha doesn't get nearly enough touches..Larry is Larry and our bench doesn't out perform theirs.

97-86 Bulls

I was thinking something along the same lines... hope we're wrong. No need to state the obvious here, but this is a big one.

 

[cavincali]

The game will bring back our defense. Book this one to the Cavaliers.

 

[Cavaliersfan25]

I hate the bulls, mainly because ESPN acts like they are Gods and the Cavs are a bunch of nobodies. Let's go to work. Go Cavaliers!

 

[Lamaiel]

Bill Walton - "Gooden will not shoot the jumpshot, guard against his drive" and "Pavlovic is purely an offensive player, plays no defense whatsoever"

How is this guy on TV...I just don't get it

 

[sikaliusBD]

What's wrong with Tyrus :O .. damn 2 in a row sickies..

 

[cdt]

I told everyone Tyrus Thomas is a beast but no one listened...this guy is dominating the entire game...he has the arena in the palm of his hand.

Meanwhile Larry Hughes with a running fadeaway with a guy in his shirt with 18 on the shot clock this guy is ****ing terrible...Thomas dunks and while hanging on the rim Hughes grabs his shorts so he can get another free throw.

Larry Hughes is our achilles tendon..

 

[Smooth]

Walton sucks... I can't stand listening to him...

Why do you take Sasha out after hitting two 3's in the 1st, when Larry is struggling?

 

[Smooth]

I love how they say the Bulls "dominated"... Sure we played crappy and they played well but we're only down by 4 at the end of the 1st... Partly because of T2's 11 points and LeBron 3 points...

 

[PIP]

LeBron is a ****ing joke...