- Joined
- Apr 18, 2005
- Messages
- 8,392
- Reaction score
- 9,003
- Points
- 113
Miami Heat (28-18) vs. Cleveland Cavaliers (27-17)
American Airlines Arena
Thursday, February 2, 2006
8:00pm ET
TV: TNT
Radio : WTAM 1100
Head Coaches
Pat Riley / Mike Brown
Probable Starters
Jason Williams / Eric Snow
Dwyane Wade / Sasha Pavlovic
James Posey / LeBron James
Udonis Haslem / Drew Gooden
Shaquille O'Neal / Zydrunas Ilguaskas
Cleveland Cavaliers Bench
D Marshall/L Jackson/A. Varejao/A Henderson/D Jones
Miami Heat Bench
G. Payton/J. Kapono/A. Walker/W. Simien/A. Mourning
Cavaliers' Notes
* Have won seven in a row - going for a season high tying 8th.
* On December 20th, 2005, the Cavs beat Miami 115-107 at the Q. LeBron had 41 points and 10 assists, including 13 consecutive points in the 4th quarter. The Cavs had a 22 point in the 4th - Miami stormed back to make it a game, but came up short. Boo Hoo.
* Donyell Marshall posted season highs during the first meeting - 39 minutes, 25 points and 13 boards.
Heat notes
* Have won 5 straight against the Cavs in South Beach.
* The Heat are 15-6 at home, and have won 3 straight.
* Damon Jones returns to Miami for the first time since his playing days there last year.
* The Heat has won nine of its past 12 to move a season-best 10 games above .500.
* Center Shaquille O'Neal is shooting .637 from the field over the past seven games, averaging 22.4 points and 9.7 rebounds.
* Guard Jason Williams (finger) and forward Shandon Anderson (groin) are questionable.
Chicagocavfan's keys to the game
* Containing Shaq - him and Wade have pick and rolled us fairly well in the past - our defense has improved against this, will be a test tonight.
* Matching the Heat's intensity - we all know they will bring it hard tonight - we blew them out in late December (even though they made the score close in the 4th). The heat have been off for 2 days, we are coming off a win last night.
Humourous Tidbit:
Count Wade among those to adopt leg warmers. Wade has followed the trend started by Kobe Bryant and emulated by James.
"Once you wear something you're comfortable with and you play well, you're going to do it again," Wade said of the full-length sleeve on his left leg. "I needed a different look personally. Then once I wore it, I liked it.
"Now I've got Shaq wearing it." ...
Asked which would be bigger, James' appearance or the return of former Heat guard Damon Jones, Wade smiled and said, "I think LeBron coming in."
Wade then turned to a camera and said, "My bad, Damon."
Cavalier Stats
Player G PPG RPG APG
James, L 44 31.1 7.0 6.4
Hughes, L 28 16.2 4.2 3.9
Ilgauskas, Z 43 16.0 7.3 1.1
Gooden, D 42 11.0 8.8 0.8
Marshall, D 43 10.4 6.9 0.8
Jones, D 44 7.3 1.6 1.7
Snow, E 44 5.0 2.5 4.3
Pavlovic, A 23 4.7 1.5 0.3
Henderson, A 38 2.8 2.8 0.2
Jackson, L 33 2.6 1.0 0.7
Varejao, A 11 1.6 3.1 0.3
Newble, I 20 1.3 2.1 0.4
Wilks, M 31 1.2 0.8 0.6
Andriuskevicius, M 1 0.0 0.0 0.0
Heat Stats
Player G PPG RPG APG
Wade, D 44 26.8 6.0 6.9
O'Neal, S 28 19.3 9.5 1.5
Williams, J 31 14.5 2.5 5.0
Walker, A 46 12.0 5.4 2.2
Payton, G 46 9.2 2.9 3.7
Haslem, U 46 8.9 7.5 1.2
Mourning, A 45 8.1 6.1 0.2
Posey, J 41 8.0 5.1 1.4
Fitch, G 17 4.6 1.7 1.9
Kapono, J 36 4.5 1.6 0.6
Simien, W 24 2.5 1.8 0.1
Anderson, S 15 1.9 1.2 0.5
Doleac, M 8 1.5 2.5 0.3
Wright, D 12 1.1 1.1 0.1
Barron, E 3 0.7 0.7 0.0
Heat Dancers
"Yes LeBron, that tat on the small of my back is a target..."
"I like big butts and I cannot lie..."
"Surgery is my friend"
"Chewbacca?"
"Nothing to say here except that she is FREAKIN' HOTTT"
Last edited: