Cavs @ Bullet 7:00pm 5/2/08

[TheAdmin]

Round #1 Game #6 Cavs Lead Series 3-2

VS

Cleveland Cavaliers (3-2) @ Washington Wizards (2-3)

Friday, May 2nd, 2008
7:00pm ET
Radio : WTAM 1100
Television: ESPN 2 // FSN Ohio

Head Coaches

Mike Brown / Eddie Jordan

Probable Starters

Delonete West / Antonio Daniels

Wally Szczerbiak / DeShawn Stevenson

LeBron James / Caron Butler

Ben Wallace / Antawn Jamison

Zydrunas Ilguaskas / Brendan Haywood

Cavs Bench

BOOBIE/ DEVIN / ANDY / JOE

Wizards Bench

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Roger Mason Jr. / Nick Young / Darius Songaila​

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*Game Notes*​

· Dating back to the start of the 2006 Playoffs, the Cavaliers have won five of the seven meetings against the Wizards in Washington.

· The Cavaliers have won three of their last four road “close-out” games including each of the last two meetings at Washington (Game 4 in 2007 and Game 6 in 2006).

· LeBron James has posted back-to-back games with at least 34 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists in each game. He became just the fourth player in NBA playoff history and the the first since Larry Bird (May 11-13, 1984) to post at least those number in consecutive playoff games. Oscar Robertson (April 6-7, 1963) and Dolph Schayes (March 29-April 1, 1959) are the only other players to record those numbers.

· Zydrunas Ilgauskas has averaged 15.0 points on .526 shooting and 7.4 rebounds per game in the series. He has scored 16 or more points in three of the five games.

· The Cavaliers have made nine or more three-pointers in three of the five games in the series. Cleveland has averaged 11.0 three-pointers per game in the last two games.

· The Cavaliers have won the battle of the boards in all five games of the series and have out-rebounded the Wizards 224-182 in the series. Dating back to the 2007 Playoffs, the Cavs have out-rebounded the Wizards in nine straight games.

 

[PIP]

Punch someone in the face !!!!

 

[wallyfor3]

Punch someone in the face !!!!

I second that. GO CAVS!!!!!

 

[Maximus]

Punch someone in the face !!!!

I remember when you used to post motivational troglodyte videos during the playoffs....now you've become one.
I miss "Bertha Butt".

 

[Rick Astley]

Damon Jones will win us this game :headbang:

 

[bob2the2nd]

this sucks i was going to get tickets for the game but couldnt find anyone to go with me. my sister lives in DC and i live in baltimore and she didnt have 50 bucks to go. we went for game 6 when damon hit his game winning shot so i was hoping to see a duplicated feat. Even my damn friend who is a wizards fan didnt want to go. Instead im goign to the school bar and getting free drinks from the bartender while i watch.

 

[Wally World]

i heard that lineup will not be changed....So if we lose and wally play bad i will be so mad....We need this win badly....

 

[Green Lantern]

Getting tired of the Cavs not finishing teams off..
Lets do it tonight..

 

[BlueSeats626]

Getting tired of the Cavs not finishing teams off..
Lets do it tonight..

FWIW, we are 3-1 in our last 4 road closeout games. The three wins being Washington in '06 and '07, and NJ in '07, the loss is Detroit in '06.

Also, we are 1-2 in home closeout games.

Weird.

Hopefully we got Lebron tonight and not LeHova. He will be getting the "Overrated!" chant all game, hopefully he can go off that. I hope he learned his lesson from his lackadaisical play down the stretch two nights ago.

 

[ChicagoCavFan]

Go Cavs.....

Dammit - I have to leave at 8 CST (2 hours after local start time). The game better not be a nail biter, or my ass is gonna be late.

 

[Karma]

I'm really stoked they chose the Boston game over the cavs game down here. Really pleased with that decision.

 

[jjc58]

I'm really stoked they chose the Boston game over the cavs game down here. Really pleased with that decision.

Karma,

You sound surprised... Game 5 was one of most unwatchable games I've ever seen. I'm shocked they didn't bump Game 6 to Versus so that ESPN2 could televise a World's Strongest Man competition...or hockey.

 

[mpro]

Going to the game tonight: Section 423 Row A (FRONT ROW MEZZANINE).

My wife and I will be decked out in Lebron Jerseys...NOT white...lol...

She won't let me bring signs for fear of being killed though

 

[chiefwahoo]

Going to the game tonight: Section 423 Row A (FRONT ROW MEZZANINE).

My wife and I will be decked out in Lebron Jerseys...NOT white...lol...

She won't let me bring signs for fear of being killed though

Good call since it is Murder Capital, USA :chuckles:

 

[mpro]

I still may put up a

"Hey Deshawn, don't feel too bad, nobody will remember who you are in two days" sign on the Mezzanine

or

"Lebron James and ESPN2: bringing Summer Vacation early to Washington 3 years running"