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Game #52

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Cleveland Cavaliers (30-21) VS Boston Celtics(20-31)

Friday, February 10th, 2006
7:30pm ET
Radio : WTAM 1100
Television: FSN Ohio
Fleet Center, Boston, Massachusetts

Head Coaches


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Mike Brown / Doc Rivers

Probable Staters

Eric Snow / Delonte West
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Sasha Pavlovic / Paul Pierce
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LeBron James / Wally Szczerbiak
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Drew Gooden / Ryan Gomes
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Zydrunas Ilgauskas / Raef Lafrentz
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Cleveland Cavaliers Bench

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Damon Jones / Mike Wilks / Anderson Varejao / Donyell Marshall / Alan Henderson

Boston Celtic's Bench

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Brian Scalabrine / Orien Greene / Tony Allen / Michael Olowakandi / Dwayne Jones

CDT's Keys To Vic-Tor-Y

* Attack the glass. This team isn't the best rebounding team in the game. That is very obvious by the fact that Lafrentz would rather shoot threes then to crash the glass. Win the battle on the boards.

* Try to contain Paul Pierce. He is the only player that I fear on that roster. If he has a big game it will inspire his teammates and keep them alive late in the game.

* Bring some of the atmosphere from the San Antonio game with us. We often get discouraged and veer off from our game plan by shooting ill advised jumpers and playing 1 on 1 basketball.

* Play tough interior defense. They have some talented bigs, Lafrentz might get lucky and get a dunk here and there but Jefferson knows how to score easy buckets, we need to contest shots down there and take away easy points.

* BEAT A TEAM WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BEAT! Don't let the final game before the all-star break slip away. We can beat the world champs and the team with the best record in the NBA but we can't seem to focus and squash the bad teams. Don't play down to their level. Someone switch their record appearance from 21-30 to 31-20 before the game and we should win :chuckles:

CDT Prediction: Cavaliers 98 Celtics 91​
 
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Again energy is key. Win the little battles on the boards, taking care of the ball, keeping players away from their comfort zones, and keeping your head in the game.

Snow is a physical defender so Arena's is his type of matchup. Our other main worry is Jamison who can have his way with Drew. If Gooden is able to be strong on the boards it will limit Jamison's enthusiasm which he builds off. We match up ok here, but we need to go to our strengths and mismatches which is obviously Z in this encounter.
 
This should be a good game. Right now both teams would be in the playoffs, and both have win streaks. Too bad Hughes couldnt suit up. We cant afford a slow start again.
 
Both teams as per program. Sasha will play through his ankle sprain.
 
4-2 Washington early.

Z with the slam after a couple of misses!
 
Sasha and Jamison exchnge 3 balls!

9-5 Wizards!
 
9-7 Wizrads after Snow drains the J!

Arenas pushes the lead to 4!
 
Z puts in an Snow miss. Sasha boards the Arenas miss. Uptempo game!
 
Gooden and Jamison exchange jumpers from around 21 feet!

Z ties it away but picks up his 2nd foul!
 
Cleveland is playing a relaxed game. Their offensive execution is good, as well as their patience. Very little individualism to start the game. Good team play.
 
Sasha and Z sit for Damon and Donyell!
 
Nice steal Snow on Arenas. Cavs get to the line!

Gooden splits!
 
Drew cleans up his miss and scores. Nice hustle.

Jones the 3 ball off the nice board from Snow!
 
Weak pass from LeBron and we turn our 4 point lead into a 2 point deficit!

23 - 21 Wizards
 

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