Game 79 | Cavaliers @ Sixers | April 10th, 2009 | 7:00 PM EST

[Thunder]

Early because I won't be here.

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4/10/2009
Tip-off 7:00 PM Eastern
@ Wachovia Center
Local: Cle-FSOhio, Phi-CSN​

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63-15

Starters

PG
Mo Williams

SG
Delonte West

SF
LeBron James

PF
Anderson Varejao

C
Zydrunas Ilgauskas

Bench

Joe Smith | Wally Szczerbiak | Ben Wallace | Daniel Gibson | Sasha Pavlovic| Darnell Jackson | Tarance Kinsey

Inactive:

Jawad Williams (Not good enough) | Lorenzen Wright (Not good enough) | JJ Hickson (Lower back)​

Cavaliers' 3 Keys to the Game:
-With Ben back, try to help get back on point on the defensive end and execute as well as we can heading into the playoffs
-Get the ball moving and the offense flowing
-The Sixers are a running team and we know that's a weakness (See @Wash, @Orl), so let's hope our transition D has improved
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40-38

Starters

PG
Andre Miller

SG
Willie Green

SF
Andre Iguodala

PF
Reggie Evans

C
Samuel Dalembert

Bench

Marreese Speights | Louis Williams| Kareem Rush | Royal Ivey | Donyell Marshall | Theo Ratliff

Inactive:

Jason Smith (Torn ACL- Out for Season) | Elton Brand (Shoulder- Out for Season) | Thaddeus Young (Ankle- Out Until Beginning of Playoffs)​

76ers' 3 Keys to the Game:
- A team still making a playoff push for that 5th seed, they will play hard and they're at home
- Keep running, don't let the Cavs get their D set up
- Without Thaddeus Young, try to get offense from somewhere else

 

[TheAdmin]

Re: Game 79 | Cavalers @ Sixers | April 10th, 2009 | 7:00 PM EST

Thanks for making this... A mod will open this back up once the Wizards game is over.

 

[TheAdmin]

Re: Game 79 | Cavalers @ Sixers | April 10th, 2009 | 7:00 PM EST

Open...

 

[Powerslave]

Re: Game 79 | Cavalers @ Sixers | April 10th, 2009 | 7:00 PM EST

 

[Obawan12]

Re: Game 79 | Cavalers @ Sixers | April 10th, 2009 | 7:00 PM EST

LMAO at Z's body in that picture. Was that intentional, personally I would have switched Z and AV. :chuckles:

 

[xAusT1n]

Re: Game 79 | Cavalers @ Sixers | April 10th, 2009 | 7:00 PM EST

dude ben came back last game

 

[Radar]

Re: Game 79 | Cavalers @ Sixers | April 10th, 2009 | 7:00 PM EST

Mo and Miller rivalry should be interesting...Should be a good game overall,looking forward to watching it

 

[-KingofKings23-]

Re: Game 79 | Cavalers @ Sixers | April 10th, 2009 | 7:00 PM EST

We own them in every postition in the starting lineup and our bench is alot better. We should win.

 

[-Akronite-]

Re: Game 79 | Cavalers @ Sixers | April 10th, 2009 | 7:00 PM EST

Thank God Young is injured, otherwise this would be a much rougher game. Youth up front is never a good thing when we're trying to rest up our big guys.

 

[-KingofKings23-]

Re: Game 79 | Cavalers @ Sixers | April 10th, 2009 | 7:00 PM EST

This is going to be the 2nd game of a back to back for the Sixers so if we jump on them quick and tire them out its over.

 

[The Oi]

Re: Game 79 | Cavalers @ Sixers | April 10th, 2009 | 7:00 PM EST

People are under-rating the Sixers. This a losable game...

 

[Damien O'Connel]

Re: Game 79 | Cavalers @ Sixers | April 10th, 2009 | 7:00 PM EST

they're the anti-magic, they want to run, drive the ball to the hope, but they can't shoot to save their lives. Our defense is geared to stop this kind of team.

 

[Cavatt]

Re: Game 79 | Cavalers @ Sixers | April 10th, 2009 | 7:00 PM EST

I think we will be ok against them. They had a tough run tonight with the Bulls and they played their starters a lot. As long as Z doesn't go after Hot Butter Donnie we are cool.

We are in a great position to win out. I hope our guys go for it.

 

[wuck]

Re: Game 79 | Cavalers @ Sixers | April 10th, 2009 | 7:00 PM EST

People are under-rating the Sixers. This a losable game...

I agree. The Wizards are 18-61, and the Sixers are 40-38, after all. Road games are always tough, and more so against playoff teams that desperately need to win to get home court advantage in their own playoff matchup.

It's good for the Cavs that some of the Sixers key players logged heavy minutes vs. Chicago, and it will be a back-to-back for them. The other good news is that the Sixers have played poorly since clinching a playoff spot. But this is unlikely to be a breeze.

The Cavs have only won 2 road games total against Eastern Conference opponents with better records than the Sixers. The road games they won against Atlanta and Miami were not easy, to put it mildly. Why would this one be any different?

 

[The Oi]

Re: Game 79 | Cavalers @ Sixers | April 10th, 2009 | 7:00 PM EST

I predict a 94-91 win. But I wouldn't be surprised if we lost by a similar score. The only way we lose a game like this is if we let ourselves go down 10-15 early on and have to fight back at the end.

In a close game we win this one 9/10.