Game 62 | Cavaliers @ Nets | March 3rd, 2010 | 7:30PM (EST)

[JJ Smooth]

ANAGRAM EDITION!

Your starting lineups presented in jumbled words for your entertainment! Possibly more entertaining than this actual game! So, what do you think is going to be the Over/ Under on this thread getting past 20 pages?

7:30 p.m. at

The Izod Center:

Starting Lineups:

Mo Williams (PG) = Aims Mil Low

Anthony Parker (SG) = Tank Roan Hyper

Lebron James (SF) = Rebel Jam Son

Antawn Jamison (PF) = Ninja Moan Swat

Kid Dynamite (C) = Mad Deity Ink

The Best Bench In The NBA:

Leon Powe / Delonte West / Danny Green / Darnell Jackson / Jamario Moon / Anderson Varejao / Jawad Williams / Daniel Gibson / Zyndrunas Ilgauskas (whose anagram translated to "March 22nd"...odd)

Coach Mike Brown = I, Backroom Wench

The Visitors:

Devin Harris (PG) = Vanish Rider

Courtney Lee (SG) =Celery Toe Nu

Jarvis Hayes (SF) = Shave Sir Jay

(Ed: Ok, this image popped up pleading to "not shave Jay"; so, I'm using it.)

Yi Jianlin (PF) = BUST

Brook Lopez (C) =Bozo Perk Lo

Bring In The Scrubs!


Kenyon Dooling / Chris Douglas-Roberts / Trenton Hassell / Kris Humphries / Tony Battie / Chris Quinn / Terrence Williams /
Josh Boone / Shawne Williams

Coach Kiki Vandewegh = Please, put me out of my misery

INJURY REPORT:
Cavs: Shaquille O'neal: thumb strain
Nets: Courtney Lee (Day to Day) / Jarvis Hayes (Day to Day) / Bobby Simmons (Out)​

Tips to Victory:​

(1) Take it to the hole and attack the paint. The only advantage the Nets have over the Cavs right now is their center, Brook Lopez. Where as JJ is just a placeholder, Lopez is a true center at 7-0, putting him well over the 6-9 Hickson. Neutralizing Lopez early by getting him in early foul trouble can help Cavs remove the one sole advantage NJ have.

(2) Take notes of the Monday game. That rout of the Knicks had excellent ball movement and got all the players involved scoring. I'd like to see a repeat here and not the old "Lebron" goes for 50" type of game. Continue to get Antawn acclimated with offense and defensive sets; and give Powe plenty of burn time as well.

(3) End the game early. The Knicks were done after the first quarter, the Nets have to be ready to call it a season as well. That big Boston victory might have put some foolish thoughts in their head that they can contend with the Cavs, but send the message early that the team has no chance. Blow them out by halftime and keep enough pressure on them to ice the victory. I'll be disappointed if we don't have Lebron lounging by the 4th quarter here.

(4)Don't be distracted by the hostile environment. Just kidding. This game reeks of a Cavs fan infiltration game all the way.

ESPN Game Preview ("Wuckified" for easy reading):
http://scores.espn.go.com/nba/preview?gameId=300303017​

LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers will be heavily favored to complete a season sweep of the lowly New Jersey Nets. That doesn't mean that the first three wins in the series this season have come easily, though.

James and the Cavaliers make their final visit to the Izod Center on Wednesday night when they try to extend the Nets' franchise-record home skid to 10 games.

Cleveland (47-14) owns the best record in the league and New Jersey (6-53) the worst, with the Nets more focused on their move to the Prudential Center in Newark next season with the hopes that rapper and part-owner Jay-Z can lure his good friend James to the franchise in the summer.

The Cavaliers may not have the rap mogul at their disposal, but they clearly have a better team surrounding James than what the Nets have to offer. Cleveland has won four straight and 17 of 20 as it tries to hold off the Lakers for the NBA's best record.

James sat out the fourth quarter after scoring 22 points in Monday's 124-93 rout of New York as Cleveland shot 65.7 percent and led by as many as 49 points.

"We're in a flow," James said. "We've got guys who can make shots, we've got guys who want to play defense. It's easy for us on the offensive end after that."

New Jersey has lost seven straight to Cleveland, including three meetings this season that have been more competitive than the teams' records would suggest. The Nets have been within single digits in the fourth quarter of all three contests, and have not lost by more than 10 points.

The Cavaliers turned in their third-worst shooting effort of the season in their last visit to the Izod Center, finishing at 39.5 percent in a 94-86 victory Jan. 2 behind James' 28 points, nine rebounds and seven assists.

Nets second-year center Brook Lopez has played well against Cleveland, averaging 21.7 points and 12.0 rebounds in the three meetings. Lopez won't have to go up against Shaquille O'Neal on Wednesday after Cleveland announced Monday that the center will be out for up to eight weeks after thumb surgery.

That creates a chance for J.J. Hickson to shine, and the second-year forward came through with 17 points and nine rebounds Monday. Hickson is back in the starting lineup with O'Neal out.

"This is another opportunity to show what I can do," Hickson said. "We miss the Big Fella and can't wait until he gets back."

The Cavs are shooting 48.8 percent to lead the Eastern Conference while the Nets are tied with the Knicks for the worst field-goal percentage defense in the league at 48.1 percent. Defense, though, wasn't the problem for New Jersey in an 89-85 home loss to Washington on Sunday.

The Nets finished with their worst shooting effort at home this season at 35.2 percent. Devin Harris had 18 points and 14 assists, but missed 7 of 8 shots in the fourth quarter.

"I had a bunch of wide open layups and jump shots, but in the fourth quarter we couldn't buy a basket," Harris said.

Best Cheerleader for the Nets:

:ninja: My name in anagram: Bare Male Jet Jot (???) :ninja:

 

[JDeezy]

Nice, a forgeworld-version "Storm" heavy tank. Old school- resin, not plastic.

 

[IBleedWine&Gold]

So whats the over-under on this game. I predict we win by 18.

 

[wuck]

JJ Smooth =

 

[Benedict_Boozer]

Nice game thread. Lovin the Beyonce pics.

 

[Gordon Bombay]

good lord, bb...that avy is out of this world

nice thread jj

 

[Surge]

Damn, JJ... The clown kinda scared me, but the girls brought me back... Sweet thread...

Boozer, you definatley need to post in every thread with that avatar... DAMN...
10! I give it a 10! A mf-ing 10!

 

[The Oi]

With another opportunity to play small ball and Tawn fitting into the offense, this will be one more of a series of annihilations of poor teams.

Should go similarly, but to a lesser extent, to the Knicks game. Cavs will lead by 25+ at one point, but likely win by about 15-18 or so when we go deep into the bench. Early garbage time. We'll see plenty of Danny Green.

109-91

 

[Powerslave]

Anyone know Boobs' "personal" reason for not playing? We get it, you got more boobs at home, now get out there and hit some 3's.

 

[Andrew]

Anyone know Boobs' "personal" reason for not playing? We get it, you got more boobs at home, now get out there and hit some 3's.

Yeah, his son was just born.

 

[MoFlo]

Anyone know Boobs' "personal" reason for not playing? We get it, you got more boobs at home, now get out there and hit some 3's.

Not sure if you're being serious.. but he just had a baby boy.

Another homerun J.J! Great stuff!

Only one complaint... how do you have Beyonce pics without showing that booty!!

Here's your NumbersDon't game preview:

Game Preview – Wednesday March 3, 2010 – Cleveland Cavaliers @ New Jersey Nets

The Cavaliers have now won 4 in a row after dropping 3 straight right after the all-star break and will be playing their 3rd straight game without Shaquille O’Neal guarding the paint. This will also be the 1st full game that they will play against a true center without Shaq or Z in the lineup. After coming off a string of 6 games where they gave up an average of 106.3 points per game, the Cavaliers have held 3 of their last 4 opponents to 95 points or under, and have given up 96.8 points per game in regulation time over their last 4 (not including the 7 points Toronto scored in OT).

The Cavaliers are coming off absolutely spanking the Knicks in the Q, 124-93. It was the Cavaliers largest margin of victory this season, and their largest margin of victory since the 107-76 thumping of the Celtics April 12 of last season. LeBron James led 5 Cavalier scorers in double figures (actually all of them had 14+ points), with 22 points, 7 rebounds & 7 assists, while his front court mates, Antawn Jamison & J.J Hickson, combined for 34 points, 21 rebounds & 3 blocks on 14-21 shooting. The Cavaliers received 53 points from the bench, led by Delonte West & Andy Varejao’s combination of 29 on 13-19 shooting, with Andy adding 10 boards.

The Nets came back down to earth on Sunday after getting that huge win in Boston, losing 89-85 to the Wizards. Yi Jianlian had an explosive game with 20 points & 19 rebounds (12 offensive), while Brook Lopez did his usual thing with 16 points, 10 rebounds & 3 blocks. Devin Harris did his thing with 18 points, 7 rebounds, & 14 assists, but commited 4 turnovers & shot just 8-20 from the floor. Terrence Williams pitched in 11 on 4-5 shooting off the bench in the loss.​

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Check out the other posts as well.. You definitely won't be disappointed with Cam's latest, where he takes a look at LeBron's camaraderie with his teammates. By far one of the best pieces on NumbersDon't! Excellent read!

Leave us some comments & as always, feel free to make any suggestions, file complaints, hand out compliments, or just chat about the blog in the NumbersDon't thread.

And don't forget, we have a rountable chat coming up soon! So far, it involves:

-Myself & Cam
-John Krolik from Cavs: The Blog
-Jacob Rosen from Waiting for Next year

And maybe 1 or 2 others. Cam, feel free to update this list if it needs to be.

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[Andrew]

Beyonce is my dream woman.

 

[staycoolbruh]

Nice thread again JJ!

 

[Otsego Mar]

Excellent preview, and your game tips are spot on.

Stycool...nice find :chuckles: Her look after it happens is hilarious.

 

[Cavs17]

Just going to be a repeat of monday night vs. the Knicks. Get ready for a show and another team knocked off who has hopes for Lebron. I love how they think their even going to intrigue the king at all when they cant even compete.