Cleveland Cavaliers @ Washington Wizards

[TrueCavsFan23]

Cleveland Cavaliers (48-31) VS Washington Wizards(39-39)

Sunday, April 16, 2006
6:00 P.M. EST
Radio : WTAM 1100
Television:WUAB, NBALP
MCI Center, Washington D.C.

Head Coaches

Mike Brown / Eddie Jordan

Probable Staters

Eric Snow / Gilbert Arenas

Flip Murray / Antonio Daniels

LeBron James / Jared Jeffries

Drew Gooden / Antawn Jamison

Zydrunas Ilgauskas / Etan Thomas


Cleveland Cavaliers Bench

Damon Jones / Sasha Pavlovic / Anderson Varejao / Donyell Marshall / Larry Hughes

Washington Wizards Bench

Brendan Haywood / Michael Ruffin / Calvin Booth / Donell Taylor / Andray Blatche


TCF's Keys to Victory

* Establish Ilgauskas,last game Haywood disturbed Ilgauskas and then Z ended up getting ejected leaving frustrated

* Don't let up even though we are locked in the 4th spot, they are fighting for a playoff spot,this may be a playoff preview

* Make this game a playoff atmosphere and show them they can't hang with us,bring their confidence down in case we do match up to them in the first round

* Let Hughes keep shooting, we need his shot and confidence up for the playoffs,give him 20-25 shots especially if LeBron doesnt play

TCF's Final Note

* If they dont win Friday Sunday's win would guarentee them a playoff spot,Arenas,Jamison and them handled us in their place last time and we want to put a mark down that we can win in their house

* Gilbert knows what time it is and is averaging over 29 a game this season,he is a scorer

* Jamison in the past 3 months has been shooting over 50% from the arc,we cant let him sit out there shooting
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Cavs win 107-99 Hughes drops 31

 

[PIP]

Excellent preview TCF...

I'm interested in this game because of Hughes... The only time we played these guys with LH we not only got the "W", but Arenas was pretty much a non factor with LH guarding him...

I would like to see if the same holds true in terms of LH's defense on G-Wiz...

 

[RuanuLaw]

But Hughes was starting then...

 

[PIP]

Yea, but I imagine he's still going to see significant time on him throughout the course of the game...

 

[RuanuLaw]

OT- Why do u have that Pacman Jones sig? Oh the great memories of Droughns laying him out last year.

 

[RuanuLaw]

TrueCAvsFan24, you need to update ur rosters cause you don't have Larry Hughes anywhere on there.

 

[PIP]

OT- Why do u have that Pacman Jones sig? Oh the great memories of Droughns laying him out last year.

Pacman is the man... He's in trouble with the law again and he just causing trouble all together... He cracks me up... Pacman is the best..

 

[CornerThree]

Pacman is the man... He's in trouble with the law again and he just causing trouble all together... He cracks me up... Pacman is the best..

That's not my car with the custom made headwrests that say Pac-Man on them

That dude cracks me up too, but I'm glad he isn't on my team.

 

[PIP]

You caught that story too, Harp ?... :chuckles: He's a classic..

 

[TheAdmin]

""I feel good right now," James said as he walked off the practice court at Quicken Loans Arena, adding that he expects to play Sunday in Washington against the Wizards.

"It feels about 85% now and that's good enough to play without hurting the team," said James, who missed a 91-87 home win over New York on Thursday after rolling his ankle late in the third quarter the previous night in a 23-point loss in Detroit.

James intends to play in Cleveland's remaining three regular season games to stay sharp for the Cavaliers' first trip to the playoffs since 1998 — when he was a 13-year-old in junior high school. Still, he doesn't want to risk further injury and put the team's postseason hopes in jeopardy.

"I'll play it game-by-game and see how I feel," he said. "I want to be 100% when it counts the most." "

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/basketball/nba/cavaliers/2006-04-15-james-return_x.htm?POE=SPOISVA

 

[TrueCavsFan23]

shit my bad,lol.

 

[The George]

Win here sets us up to get 50 with a win over ATL

 

[RichOne]

Nice preview..

Washington playing not just for the 4 spot, but playing to just stay in the playoffs. I hope with LeBron playing that he gets plenty of rest in the game. Even though I would love to win this game, it is not time to be playing with a sprained ankle. Get the starters on the floor enough to get into the game and then get them out. I have cahnged my view on the whole "Win every game" feel.

Easter Sunday and the Tribe have the early game and the Cavs have the late one. Cook out time with the Indians on the radio and relaxing time with the Cavs on the tube tonight. Happy Easter everyone, enjoy.

 

[highplainsdrifter]

I would really like to win this game and send a statement to the Wiz that they cant handle us, like the Pistons did to the Cavs. LBJ should play a little, but its better to get him totally healthy for the playoffs. I think Hughes will have a big game.

 

[jjc58]

The Wiz are hobbling right now. No matter who's in the game, we should play this one physically. Go right at them, create some contact, and bang on the boards. If the Wizards win this one (which would be no big deal), we'd better force them to exert themselves doing so.