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Golden State blew a 3-1 lead in the 2016 Finals
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(48-12) (48-14)
Friday March 6th, 2009
8:00 pm ET, TD Banknorth Garden, Boston, MA
Available tickets here, courtesy of TicketCity
TV: Fox Sports Ohio HD, ESPN HD
Radio: WTAM 1100
(turn down the volume on your TV and listen to a legend)
HEAD COACHES
Mike Brown
REGULAR SEASON
W 193 L 113 (.631)
POST SEASON
W 26 L 20 (.565)
Glen "Doc" Rivers
REGULAR SEASON
W 380 L 340 (.528)
POST SEASON
W 24 L 24 (.500)
Probable Cavs Starters
PG: Mo Williams | 2008-2009 Stats: 17.7 PPG, 4.1 APG, 3.3 RPG
SG: Delonte West | 2008-2009 Stats: 12.4 PPG, 3.5 APG, 3.1 RPG
SF: LeBron James | 2008-2009 Stats: 28.5 PPG, 7.0 APG, 7.3 RPG
PF: Anderson Varejao | 2008-2009 Stats: 8.2 PPG, 1.0 APG, 6.9 RPG
C: Zydrunas Ilgauskas | 2008-2009 Stats: 13.5 PPG, 1.2 APG, 7.7 RPG
Bench Bunch
Joe Smith(!) | (.)(.) Gibson | JJ Hickson | Walter Szczerbs | Pip's Mancrush | Tarence Kinsey | Darnell Jackson
Probable Celtics Starters
PG: Rajon Rondo | 2008-2009 Stats: 11.6 PPG, 8.5 APG, 5.4 RPG
SG: Ray Allen | 2008-2009 Stats: 18.2 PPG, 2.8 APG, 3.4 RPG
SF: Paul Pierce | 2008-2009 Stats: 20.1 PPG, 3.7 APG, 5.7 RPG
PF: Glen "Big Baby" Davis | 2008-2009 Stats: 5.5 PPG, 0.8 APG, 3.5 RPG
C: Kendrick Perkins | 2008-2009 Stats: 8.0 PPG, 1.3 APG, 8.1 RPG
Bench Bunch
Stephon Marbury | Mikki Moore | Eddie House | Leon Powe | Bill Walker | J.R. Giddens | Gabe Pruitt
Injury Report
Cavs
Ben Wallace - PF, Broken left fibula, Out at least another 3 weeks
Eric Snow - PG, Knee, Gaining weight while working for NBATV
Cetics
Kevin Garnett - PF, Knee, Likely to miss a couple more games (boo-freaking-hoo)
Brian Scalabrine - PF, Kneck, Likely out until April
Tony Allen - SG, Thumb, Likely to miss the rest of the regular season
Bulletin Board Material for the Cavs Locker Room
Keys to the Game
- This goes without saying, but a win would be huge in the quest for the #1 seed. Time to take advantage of another team's injuries.
- A win here would also give the Cavs a 30-8 conference record and push the Celtics to 32-6. That could also be a big factor in any tiebreaker scenario.
- Keep Rondo from penetrating. Make him a jump-shooter.
- Jump on them early, don't let up, keep the crowd out of the game. The Cavs have reverted back to last season a bit with some poor third quarters lately... time to clean that up.
- We have these guys one more time at our house on April 12th, so a loss wouldn't necessarily be the end of the world. But a win would be absolutely HUGE. It would also tie the franchise record for most road victories (22).
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CHIEF'S PREDICTION
Cavaliers - 91
Celtics - 86
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