LyXo
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Charlotte Bobcats(20-53) VS Cleveland Cavaliers (43-29)
Sun, April 2nd, 2006
6:00pm ET
TV: FSN Ohio, NBALP
Charlotte Bobcats Arena
Head Coaches
Mike Brown / Bernie Bickerstaff
Probable Starters
Eric Snow / Brevin Knight
Ronald Murray / Raymond Felton
LeBron James / Jumaine Jones
Drew Gooden / Gerald Wallace
Zydrunas Ilgauskas / Primoz Brezec
Cavaliers Bench
Damon Jones/Sasha Pavlovic/Anderson Varejao/Donyell Marshall/
Bobcats Bench
Bernard Robinson/Matt Carroll/Jake Voskuhl/Melvin Ely
lyXo's Keys to the Game
* Last game, we almost lost in overtime, as we were scorched, completely, by Raymond Felton. Now, they have Brevin Knight back in the mix. We must find a way to be able to defend this backcourt with physical play. They are quick but are also small... post up with Flip Murray, throw Steven Graham into the mix even to try to muscle them out of dribble penetration.
* We have a size advantage that we used perfectly last game... for the first half. Take out there starved bigs early by establishing Z in the post. Brezec, Voskuhl... not enough to stop the big guy. Get him the ball.
* Explode on them. LeBron probably has more fans there than the Bobcats do, because of his previous antics while playing there. Give them a show and soon they'll be on our side.
* LeBron James must be able to keep up with Jumaine Jones. He shot 4-13 from the arc last game. It could easily be 8-13 at the home court. We cannot allow him to chuck away, because if he has his mojo going, he'll scorch us.
* Drew Gooden must get involved. He has to prove himself against physical players in Gerald Wallace and Melvin Ely. If he can't hold his own and defeat these foes, then he might have the grand finale of his disappearing acts coming up pretty soon.
This is going to be another tight one. The Cavs will come through though, 108-104.