Playoff Game #3 Cleveland Cavaliers @ Washington Wizards

[TrueCavsFan23]

Cleveland Cavaliers (50-32) VS Washington Wizards(42-40)

Friday, April 28, 2006
7:00 P.M. EST
Radio : WTAM 1100
Television:ESPN
MCI Center, Washington D.C.

Head Coaches

Mike Brown / Eddie Jordan

Probable Staters

Eric Snow / Gilbert Arenas

Larry Hughes / Caron Butler

LeBron James / Jared Jeffries

Drew Gooden / Antawn Jamison

Zydrunas Ilgauskas / Etan Thomas


Cleveland Cavaliers Bench

Damon Jones / Sasha Pavlovic / Anderson Varejao / Donyell Marshall / Flip Murray

Washington Wizards Bench

Billy Thomas / Michael Ruffin / Calvin Booth / Donell Taylor / Andray Blatche


TCF's Keys to Victory

* Lebron is gonna have to have a remarkable game and just take over,the game is going to be testy like Tuesday

* This team thinks they can hang with us and they have confidence,play defense and go to the hot hand

* Arenas did have 30 last game but took 24 shots,we have been guarding him pretty good,keep it that way

* Hughes and Flip need to look to score and we will be on the right track

*CONTAIN THE TRIO OF ARENAS,BUTLER,AND JAMISON,if ones cold we need to watch Daniels off the bench

TCF's Final Note

* Am I the only one to see Butler disrespect us after the game?He pretended he had powder and did the Lebron thing(which he stole from KG)in front of our crowd

* I have built a huge hate for this team over the past week,give Arenas and Butler hard fouls to let them know what time it is

* Jamison was struggling but we let him get hot at the end of game 2,dont give them confidence
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Cavs win 108-103 Lebron has 43 points,11 assists, and 7 rebounds

 

[cdt]

Very nice preview mayne. We need to attack the bucket, get Haywood out of there so we can effective use Z. Z vs Haywood doesn't work. Z vs Ruffin or Etan Thomas is a field day. I don't want LeBron taking jumpers, he should attack the paint like no tomorrow. I'm sure he was embarassed about last game.

I'm all for planting Butler and Arenas, do it up I'm sick of them all and could care less what happens to them on the floor. Put Hendu in their and drop some people.

We need to keep our heads in the game and out of the stands. They are going to be as fired up as we were and shouting all sorts of things, just get in there and get the job done.

Cavaliers win 93-88 behind a big LeBron James effort.

Edit: Not sure where you got those records from..they are old as we won 50 games lol, and it's 1-1 for both teams

 

[TrueCavsFan23]

i used my preview from the game b4 of our last regular season game.i forgot to change it lol.

 

[PIP]

If atleast one WIZARD is not in Intensive Care after game 3, the Pipster is going to be highly disappointed.

 

[highplainsdrifter]

* Am I the only one to see Butler disrespect us after the game?He pretended he had powder and did the Lebron thing(which he stole from KG)in front of our crowd

Great preview TCF. I didnt see Butler do that. Was it directed to the crowd? Punk's gonna pay.......BIG TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[PIP]

Punk's gonna pay.......BIG TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Did someone say, PUNK ???????????????????

 

[Cleveland56]

http://www.washtimes.com/sports/20060428-123144-2378r.htm

 

[tarkington_landrep.]

http://www.washtimes.com/sports/20060428-123144-2378r.htm

thats pathetic, washington is relying on hard fouls to win. im surprised a newspaper with so much credibility would print such trash

 

[ChicagoCavFan]

I would be surprised to not see some tempers flare up tonight. I've seen it in about every other series.....

I loved how Kobe came to the defense of one of his teammates the other night. Was wondering if LeBron would do the same if someone got in Snow's face for instance. I think the team would rally if they saw that toughness out of LeBron - he's got quit being politically correct and develop a toughness, and back his teammates. I think we'll see it before the playoffs are over.

 

[highplainsdrifter]

That Wash Times article is a joke. The main point of it is that this fool thinks the Wiz can win the series if they play LeBron physical. Like LeBron cant handle that. He had a bad game 2 because it was just an off night, not like he cant handle some hard fouls. I hope they do play him physical. Its just gonna get him fired up and there'll be hell to pay for Washington. :heated: He even tries to trash talk and jokes about Andy's hair and makes a lame attempt at inspiring Wiz fans. That punk and all of Washington are in for a rude awakening...

Did someone say, PUNK ???????????????????

Yeah..........that's right............

Go ahead Wiz, play LeBron tough..........

Make his day...........:heated:

 

[PIP]

It will be mighty sad and pathetic if Gilbert, Butler or Jamison does not get cracked while they just patrol the paint at ease...

If Zydrunas is not going to show up and play basketball (which he hasn't in the last two) than he might as well make himself useful and plant someone on their ass...

 

[The Oi]

1) As far as taking it to the hole goes...LeBron's entire game is about getting fouled hard and putting the ball in the basket anyways. LeBron fears no hard fouls. What DOES seem to interfere with LeBron's game is tough play on the perimeter. When someone bulldogs him out at the three point line LeBron has a tendency to go into tunnel vision mode and focus on beating THAT guy rather than using his teammates to beat the other TEAM. This is when he forces passes or dribbles the ball off of himself.

For some reason I'm really worried that LeBron will fall apart again in this game. If he does NOT then I have to say that he's proven some serious toughness once again. I want to see him play a little more selfish, a lot more focused. I want him to MAKE his teammates earn the ball rather than deferring to them as he did in game 2.

Ideal game from LeBron: 40+ pts with maybe 5 rebs and 5 assists. I want him scoring.

2) Z has gotta show up for this one. He's a matchup nightmare and we've accepted his inability to pass out of the post. I just don't see why we cant run our game around Z when he's in there. Post and repost him and make Haywood stop him. Ideal game from Z: 18 pts and a bunch of blocks.

3) Larry got into a flow early last game and suddenly fell out of it. Was it because LeBron started to dominate the ball? I really want Larry to prove that he's compatible with LeBron tonight cause he has not done it yet in this series. Larry's role in my opinion should be to give LeBron breaks on offense. When LeBron needs a rest, Larry should take over the drive and dish role. Ideal game from Larry: 16 pts, a bunch of steals, and a few assists.

4) Big question of the night: Can Drew bring it like he did last game? That was the second most impressive Cavs performance of the series so far behind LeBron's game 1 explosion. He did everything right and even played some solid D. If Drew can do it again then I dont see why we cant feed him in the post a little bit. Ideal game from Drew: Anything in the double double range with the focus on rebounds.

5) Bench bunch...Where the hell were you in Game 2? We need Andy and Donyell to really show up for this one. They need to play the roles this team expects of them. Nuff said.

6) We had so many good hard fouls on the Wiz in game 1. Every shot was challenged. Dont be afraid to smack em when they take it to the hole...especially Arenas and Butler (who impresses me more every time I see him). Larry had some GREAT hard fouls on Wiz drives. I'd like to see him get close to fouling out tonight as bad as that sounds. I just love when he plays aggressive d.

 

[PIP]

Eddie Jordan sucks... Apparently Eddie does not even try to hide his true desires.

 

[KingJamesMVP]

Eddie Jordan sucks... Apparently Eddie does not even try to hide his true desires.

LMFAO!!!!!!!!

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Just an amazing post, LePip

 

[The Oi]

The Cavs chant worked well for the first game so lets try it again...

LET'S