Game 39 | Cavaliers @ Lakers Jan. 19th, 10:30PM (ET)

[Warren G.]

Cleveland Cavaliers (31-7) vs Los Angeles Lakers (31-8)
January 19, 2009
10:30pm EST - 7:30pm PST

The Staples Center

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Broadcast Info

Coaches
Mike Brown ------ Phil Jackson
REGULAR SEASON ------------------- REGULAR SEASON
W 176 L 108 (.620) ----------------- W 1007 L 426 (.703)
POST SEASON ------------------------- POST SEASON
W 26 L 20 (.565) ------------------- W 193 L 84 (.697)

Probable Starters
The Moses Cleaveland All-Stars
Mo Williams - Sasha Pavlovic - LeBron James - Ben Wallace - Anderson Varejao

Derek Fisher - Kobe Bryant - Vlad Radmanovic - Pau Gasol - Andrew Bynum
La Reina de Los Angeles

Bench
Cavaliers
Daniel Gibson - Wally Szczerbiak - J.J. Hickson - Lorenzen Wright - Tarence Kinsey - Darnell Jackson - Jawad Williams

Lamar Odom - Trevor Ariza - Sasha Vujacic - Sun Yue's Girlfriend - Josh Powell - Chris Mihm
Lakers

Injury Report
Jedi
Delonte West : Fractured Right Wrist
Zydrunas Ilgauskas : Fractured Left Ankle
Eric Snow : Retirement

Empire
Jordan Farmar : Torn Left Meniscus (Knee Surgery)
Luke Walton : Right Toe Inflammation
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[Norm]

Nice work.

Wonder if we could just trade for Sun Yue's girlfriend:chuckles:

 

[diversebeats]

Asian girls with big breasteses=Automatic

 

[The Oi]

106-102 Cavs win it. I have no idea why but I think we can take this one. The Lakers defense is not very good and ours is the best in the league. I think the Lakers will score on us for sure, but I think our defense will get big stops in crunch time.

 

[Walter White]

When in the heck do we get Z back? There is probably gonna be alot of Lebron haters at the staples center. I think this is a W because we actually match up pretty good.

 

[3 Da Hard Way]

mo needs to attack Fisher and the laker defense all night....point guards have got off on the Lakers all season long, i expect a big night from him.

 

[KU_216]

Mo should matchup nicely against Fisher, both on offense and defense. Fisher isn't someone who runs around a lot, nor does Fisher really post up, so Mo just needs to make sure he defends Fish out to the three point line. I hope LBJ guards Kobe all night like he did to Pierce, and let Sasha guard Vlad. How beautiful would it be to have LBJ shut down Kobe all game on national T.V.?

 

[Adam]

If Lebron shuts down Kobe like he did pp then he will be the frontrunner for defensive player of the year. The media decide the winners by who they choose to hype

 

[Taki]

Sasha scores in double digits again！(I predicted he would score double digits before vs Hornets too)

 

[Houston RZ34]

I have a good feeling about this one...

 

[wuck]

When in the heck do we get Z back?

Windhorst wrote that it would likely be by the end of this month. Other insiders on the board have suggested it could be as early as the Sacramento home game (first game after the 4 game road trip). In any case within 9-14 days is what is hoped. He's cleared to rehab this coming week.

 

[SanduskyCav]

The toughest part of this game is going to be matching up with the Lakers when they have both Gasol and Bynum on the court. I'm confident in our backcourt matching up against the Lakers (even with Kobe, and without Delonte). It's all going to come down to the front court and if Andy can handle Gasol.

 

[wuck]

If a couple of the Cavs normal "bench" players bring their game (and their shot), it should be a great game. AV, Sasha, Gibson, Wally, Hickson -- we need some decent production out of that group for a road game like this. Versus New Orleans at home, the middle 3 showed up big. On the road, they have been inconsistent at best.

 

[Houston RZ34]

Let's keep it real, can Sasha and Wally's bitch ass repeat what they did against NOLA vs. the Lakers?

 

[Typhoon]

I made this yesterday