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Game 5 | Cavaliers vs Wizards | November 3, 2009 | 7:00 PM EST

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Gotta give Wizards props when they are due, they got a team this year. Blatche is improved, Miller and Foye are good additions. Even Orberto gives them a guy with some intangibles and good b-ball IQ. They don't even have Butler or Jamison playing and they making players. Wiz have finally stepped up this year.
 
I think this is a must win game. We have played well the last 2 games but both match ups have been against scrub teams.

This should be a good measuring stick as the Wiz are looking solid this year even with some of their big guns out of the lineup.

Also I think we need to get as many wins as possible when we have the bulk of our entire team healthy. Shaq, Z, Delonte, etc. are inevitably going to miss some games so we need to pile up the wins when we have our entire squad.
 
Can someone explain to me why everyone seems to be riding the Wizards' dicks? They are 2-1 through three games with wins over the Mavs and Nets and a loss to the Hawks. They still don't play defense. They will be put in their place tomorrow night. End of discussion.
 
chiefwahoo said:
Can someone explain to me why everyone seems to be riding the Wizards' dicks? They are 2-1 through three games with wins over the Mavs and Nets and a loss to the Hawks. They still don't play defense. They will be put in their place tomorrow night. End of discussion.
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They are a play off team. Right there witht he 2nd teir teams in the east. Before because of injuries they were pitiful. This will not be an easy game, but one we should win...thats all people are saying. Not saying that the Wiz is better than the lakers or anything.
 
Benedict_Boozer said:
I think this is a must win game. We have played well the last 2 games but both match ups have been against scrub teams.

This should be a good measuring stick as the Wiz are looking solid this year even with some of their big guns out of the lineup.

Also I think we need to get as many wins as possible when we have the bulk of our entire team healthy. Shaq, Z, Delonte, etc. are inevitably going to miss some games so we need to pile up the wins when we have our entire squad.
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Most ridiculous exaggeration I've ever read on this site. It's the 5th game of the season, fcs.
 
The wiz have alot of talent, but in only a few positions, they cant all have the ball at the same time. I honestly think miller will become their x factor as the season progresses. I'm hoping the cavs can keep working on their half court sets, which have improved alot, and keep getting mo the good looks. I dont think the 'twin towers' approach will be seen, as i expect the wiz to be playing small all game
 
chiefwahoo said:
Can someone explain to me why everyone seems to be riding the Wizards' dicks? They are 2-1 through three games with wins over the Mavs and Nets and a loss to the Hawks. They still don't play defense. They will be put in their place tomorrow night. End of discussion.
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They got depth and talent. They don't defend, but if they get hot they can beat you. I think it is unwise to think our disjointed team is gonna railroad them tomorrow. They aren't as good as us, but they have firepower outside of their lil' three, and that will win you games.
 
ok so i better be able to watch the game on time warner. i see access cavaliers at 6:30 but then it goes to "inside osu athletics". at 9 "cavaliers roundtable, i see no game listen in between the two

i swear:mad:
 
wait im losing my mind

today is not the 3rd:chuckles:
 
And yes, I am still posting. You can't even ban me correctly, you dumbass admins.

COREY SHALL LIVE ON THIS SITE FOREVER!!!
 
Mr. McTavish said:
And yes, I am still posting. You can't even ban me correctly, you dumbass admins.

COREY SHALL LIVE ON THIS SITE FOREVER!!!
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You were saying?

Some people really need to look at their lives.

The Washington Wizards are still unable to play their three All-Stars on the floor at the same time, but they’ll happily settle for having Gilbert Arenas(notes) and Caron Butler(notes) available against the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Cleveland, meanwhile, seems to be back at full strength.

The Wizards hope Butler will be back from a one-game absence Tuesday night at Quicken Loans Arena, where the Cavaliers look for a third straight win after being boosted by Delonte West’s(notes) season debut their last time out.

Washington (2-1) thought it was on the verge of being an annual contender in the Eastern Conference after losing a hard-fought six-game series to the Cavaliers (2-2) in the first round of the 2006 NBA playoffs. Instead, injuries to Butler and Arenas hampered the Wizards the next two seasons, which both ended with opening-round exits against Cleveland.

Arenas has averaged 28.0 points in his first three games after missing all but two games of the 2008-09 season due to knee injuries, but this time the team’s other two All-Stars have been hurt. Antawn Jamison(notes) won’t play for at least two more weeks after suffering a shoulder injury while trying to contest a shot from Cleveland’s Zydrunas Ilgauskas(notes) in the preseason, and Butler missed Saturday’s home opener against New Jersey with a bruised left knee suffered Friday.

Thanks to Arenas and Andray Blatche(notes), Butler and Jamison weren’t missed. Arenas scored 32 points and Blatche added a career-high 30 on 15 of 18 shooting in a 123-104 rout of the Nets.

“We’ve been waiting for this for four or five years now,” Arenas said of the fifth-year big man, who scored 10.0 points per game last season but has averaged 21.0 through three games. “He finally decided this year was the year. He put in the work and it’s showing.”

Blatche might not have to step up as much Tuesday if Butler can return, and after an X-ray and an MRI were performed on the knee injured in Friday’s loss to Atlanta, coach Flip Saunders says there’s a “pretty good chance” Butler will be back.

The Cavaliers began the season 0-2, looking out of sync on both ends of the floor in losses to Boston and Toronto while trying to adjust to new additions Shaquille O’Neal(notes), Anthony Parker(notes) and Jamario Moon(notes).

They looked better in a 104-87 win at Minnesota on Friday, and West made an impact Saturday. The troubled guard’s return ended more than a month of drama that included personal problems, legal issues, and an unexcused absence, and he scored 13 points in 24 minutes off the bench in Cleveland’s 90-79 victory over Charlotte.

“I’ve said it before that Delonte is one of those guys that doesn’t need to do anything,” said LeBron James(notes), who was held to 14 points in 37 minutes. “He can sit out for two weeks and he comes back in and he’s right in the flow. I’ve said it before, he is just that type of guy.”

West’s return also coincided with the best game of Mo Williams’(notes) first week. Limited to 16.0 points per game on 35.1 percent shooting in Cleveland’s first three games, Williams was 9 of 14 and scored 24 on Saturday.

The Wizards split four meetings with the Cavaliers last season, with each team protecting home court twice. Arenas had 11 points and 10 assists in a 109-101 win at the Verizon Center on April 2, one of the two games he played.

James has averaged 28.4 points in leading the Cavaliers to 10 wins in their last 11 home games against Washington, including the postseason.
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Washington needs to either improve their player conditioning approach or split up their supposed "big three."
 
So is Butler a game time decision? If he plays, it will be close. If he doesn't, we shouldn't have to much trouble at home against these guys.
 
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